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Ever use a treestand for turkey?

Started by outdoorsmen, April 12, 2018, 04:27:20 PM

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outdoorsmen

So i often climb up in one of my ladder stands so i can get a better view as to whats going on out in my neighbors field.  Well today a longbeard kinda caught me by surprise and i almost got a shot at him. (11am all by himself, never made a spund and wouldn't respond to a call). Anyway, it would have been a first for me. I've shot 3 while standing up but none from a tree yet.  Sure do have a better view up there

howl

I have not, but I have heard reports. Apparently there is the problem of them flying up in trees with you. :newmascot:

mtns2hunt

I have killed them from a tree stand. Do a lot of coyote hunting from my tree stands.
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outdoors

We used to before fish@game switched firearms from anything to shotguns only . That's about 8 years ago
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noisy box call that seems to sound like a flock of juvenile hens pecking their way through a wheat field

shaman

Treestand for turkey sound like a good idea, but the problem is turkeys look up.  It may be the owls and hawks attacking them when they're young, but I've generally found turkeys to very shy of me when I'm in an elevated blind.
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Don't forget to shoot slightly under them if you are shooting down at them.
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silvestris

The value of a well-placed tree stand is to allow one to get a better view of a pasture so one may then get down and properly hunt what one saw, if anything.
"[T]he changing environment will someday be totally and irrevocably unsuitable for the wild turkey.  Unless mankind precedes the birds in extinction, we probably will not be hunting turkeys for too much longer."  Ken Morgan, "Turkey Hunting, A One Man Game

outdoorsmen

Quote from: silvestris on April 13, 2018, 12:56:38 PM
The value of a well-placed tree stand is to allow one to get a better view of a pasture so one may then get down and properly hunt what one saw, if anything.
Yep thats what i do alot

mtns2hunt

Tree stands do work well. The reason I seldom use them is I have enough stuff to carry let alone a saftey harness and rope.
Everyone wants to be successful - some just need help.

2eagles

I spend a lot of time in a treestand every fall in areas with a lot of turkeys. I almost never get turkeys close enough to offer a shot. I agree it might be that they look up because of danger from birds of prey.i watched YouTube videos a few days ago where they had treestands nearby, but were hunting on the ground. I'll be turkey hunting next week on the ground 20 yards from my treestand.