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Dusting bowls, hunt em like a scrape ?

Started by Uncle Bucky, May 11, 2011, 07:38:26 AM

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Uncle Bucky

found several dusting bowls and set up a game cam, anyone hunt them with any luck ?

CASH

I've never heard of turkeys using the same dust bowl over and over.  I know the ones at my club are random.
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stinkpickle

I haven't hunted any place that has had dust on it for years...only mud puddles.   :laugh:

Footballer

I def wouldn't sit and hunt over them. However, I would keep these areas in mind when runnin and gunnin as this could be a good spot to strike a gobbler late in the morning.

Nimrodmar10

They are a pretty good place to find birds noonin. On warm days the turkeys don't move much in the heat of the day. They'll find a cool shady spot to spend the hot hours in. Most of the time they'll do a little dusting while they're hanging around a spot.
Sometimes I'll set up in range of one of these dusting areas while I'm eating lunch. You've gotta set somewhere. Why not near a dusting area? And in my area they use the same dusting areas day after day and year after year. The trick is figuring which one they're using today.

dirt road ninja

put a trail camara on it. might learn something. we turkey hunters really dont use them enough. I would like to get a plot watcher for next spring.

WyoHunter

Quote from: dirt road ninja on June 24, 2011, 09:44:28 PM
put a trail camara on it. might learn something. we turkey hunters really dont use them enough. I would like to get a plot watcher for next spring.
Good idea!
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FullChoke

I've only seen hens in dusting bowls. She may bring a gobbler with her to watch her take a bath.


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love dust bowls, there like scrapes. and yes they reuse them how do you think they get so deep.
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