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Started by Gobbler2577, March 22, 2015, 11:10:19 PM
Quote from: mlisandro on March 23, 2015, 08:24:28 AMConfidence and patience are keys to success.
Quote from: GobbleNut on March 23, 2015, 08:20:12 AMAlthough I agree with the idea that a person must feel confident in their abilities and methodology, I think a lot of what you are talking about is related to another topic that we have discussed here lately,....that is hunting pressure, and the consequential result of the turkeys wising up. There was a time not too many years ago when a hunter who made the effort could pretty easily find gobblers that had not been messed with by other hunters enough that they would come to the call with regularity. Those birds, for those of us that have to hunt places that other hunters can hunt at will (i.e....public lands), have become much more rare. ...Not everywhere, but in a lot of places.I used to hunt ten days a year and call in twenty or thirty gobblers during the season. Now I hunt twenty days a year, hunt a lot harder, and maybe call in five. The cause,....more hunters and the birds have wised up a bunch. Of course, that decreasing success makes one think that he has lost the touch, but in reality, I think it is just the turkeys adapting. Also, with the increasing hunter pressure, the easy birds are getting thinned out a lot quicker nowadays.
Quote from: Longshot on March 23, 2015, 02:36:42 PMQuote from: GobbleNut on March 23, 2015, 08:20:12 AMAlthough I agree with the idea that a person must feel confident in their abilities and methodology, I think a lot of what you are talking about is related to another topic that we have discussed here lately,....that is hunting pressure, and the consequential result of the turkeys wising up. There was a time not too many years ago when a hunter who made the effort could pretty easily find gobblers that had not been messed with by other hunters enough that they would come to the call with regularity. Those birds, for those of us that have to hunt places that other hunters can hunt at will (i.e....public lands), have become much more rare. ...Not everywhere, but in a lot of places.I used to hunt ten days a year and call in twenty or thirty gobblers during the season. Now I hunt twenty days a year, hunt a lot harder, and maybe call in five. The cause,....more hunters and the birds have wised up a bunch. Of course, that decreasing success makes one think that he has lost the touch, but in reality, I think it is just the turkeys adapting. Also, with the increasing hunter pressure, the easy birds are getting thinned out a lot quicker nowadays.My sentiments exactly!!!