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QUESTION: For an all day sit Is it better to be in the woods on a nice day or in a field on a rainy day ( or in a field on a nice day) all comments wanted :thanks: :gobble:

I hunt turkeys every day I have off that I can get away...  Sunny, windy, rainy, whatever...  Killed a nice bird on a rainy day this season...

But I do not like hunting in the rain...  Hate cleaning the gun and all the gear, besides the discomfort of sitting in the rain.

I actually like an overcast late morning/early afternoon hunt...  Seems like the hens go to the nest a bit earlier, and the toms are more willing to gobble and play the game...  And generally, an overcast day in the spring is nice weather; not too hot or too cold...

cool thanks for the advice.  however nobody else has anything to say :z-dizzy:  thier are like 80 some people that looked and nobody had an opinion  :gobble:

Give me a nice day in the timber; I don't hunt in the rain and don't really enjoy fields very much.

Not a fan of hunting in the steady rain. Yes, of course, it can be done. But I've found fair weather to be much better hunting. And yes, part of that is you not getting soaked and just having a more enjoyable experience outside in general.

Like MARC I go everyday unless it is pouring.  If I can make it to a blind which is a converted old shithouse some guy hunts deer from, I'll hunt in a hard rain.  A light rain like we had yesterday is good for me.  I just wear a rainsuit that I paid a lot of money for, might as well use it or no point in buying.  Last year I hunted a morning when the wind was fierce but I got a bird that morning.  I'm retired but live close to WV/VA border so I have tags to use from both states.  I just go and if need to I can go home.  Been slow this year though.

I sure wish I could sit in the woods again, beats hunting a field in my book.

A nice day in the timber for me. But I ain't sitting anywhere for long. I can't stand welfare hunting them.

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Never heard that term HAPPY.  Welfare hunting?  Probably a new age term?

Quote from: rifleman on May 07, 2020, 08:00:27 PM
Never heard that term HAPPY.  Welfare hunting?  Probably a new age term?

It's a happyism, means sitting on your rear and waiting for it to be given to you instead of going and getting it. I dont care how other people do things. I am pretty good at ignoring the things I dont like. I just can't Turkey hunt that way.

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I do not hunt field birds .....period. I have left a many a Gobbler that refuses to leave a field without decoys or fans or tents it's really hard to convince a Gobbler to walk up to a field edge to an invisible hen. Besides a nice day in the woods is better than the inside of any tent.

Leaf Shaker  I failed to answer your question as asked.  I would much rather be in the mountain almost anytime.  If it is raining enough to make foliage wet, I will go to a field or open area in the mountain.  Good luck.

Any day in the timber for me. Sitting and waiting is not my idea of turkey hunting. I like to cover ground and find a willing gobbler. And something about watching them creep up through the woods that just excites me. Watching one strut in the light rays coming through the trees, or seeing a bright blue head in the dark early morning woods is my idea of turkey hunting. I deer hunt but only because turkey season is closed. I just hate sitting and waiting for an animal to walk by. The gobbles sound so much better echoing through the trees too lol.

I dont generally leave to go hunting if it's raining,  but ive been caught in many a rainstorm.  I like hunting the timber over fields, but i have a pretty good track record with field birds. I usually find something that gets in their head and make them come my way even though I dont use decoys.

I will hunt in any weather except tornado stuff. I don't have access to a lot of fields to hunt but I have some success there. I don't use decoys either. I would rather hunt woods though. I just go to the gobble, wherever that leads.

First all this field - timber hunting and sitting all depends were your hearing and seeing birds, so that's why you scout and listen ... that will determine your setup and waiting on gobblers.. I will take field say mid-morning over timber most any day.. but it all depends on the gobblers

As far as productivity I'll take rainy fields, enjoyment obviously the woods. I like calling turkeys in, and having them come home with us, I'll deal with a little wetness. 

I do a little of both, I typically hunt the woods starting out in the morning then slip into a field and setup on the edge of it about 0900 once the hens start going back to the nest. Where I hunt there are a lot of ag fields surrounded buy hardwoods and it seems that the birds like to hit those fresh tilled ag fields to feed, strut and look for hens. I have had success this way, honestly I have probably killed 75% of my birds after 0900.

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Quote from: Happy on May 08, 2020, 07:42:48 AM

Quote from: rifleman on May 07, 2020, 08:00:27 PM
Never heard that term HAPPY.  Welfare hunting?  Probably a new age term?

It's a happyism, means sitting on your rear and waiting for it to be given to you instead of going and getting it. I dont care how other people do things. I am pretty good at ignoring the things I dont like. I just can't Turkey hunt that way.

Couldn't have said it better or more succinctly. ....It is a "gobblenut-ism", as well.  :)

Rain or shine, I'm hunting the wooded ridges.

Combo.   I like to Bobcat around and field hop, and I'm not talking a half acre green spot.   I like pastures and big woods.   Lightning will cause me to seek refuge, but rain doesn't bother or deter me.   I won't shoot gift turkeys or bonus turkeys.   And I don't care how the next man does it.   I hunt the way I was brought up.  Bobcat'n, calling and trying to find the killing spot.

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Quote from: Happy on May 08, 2020, 07:42:48 AM

Quote from: rifleman on May 07, 2020, 08:00:27 PM
Never heard that term HAPPY.  Welfare hunting?  Probably a new age term?

It's a happyism, means sitting on your rear and waiting for it to be given to you instead of going and getting it. I dont care how other people do things. I am pretty good at ignoring the things I dont like. I just can't Turkey hunt that way.

Couldn't have said it better or more succinctly. ....It is a "gobblenut-ism", as well.  :)

Well looks like ol KC figured out his keyboard again.

Probably just got his computer privileges back at the old folks home.   He calls it Gobblenut-ism, everybody else that knows him just calls it BS-ism.

I like to hunt in the woods over a field any day... rain or shine. But I also like to hunt where the birds are.... Where I hunt there are often not fields...problem solved!

I hunt where the birds are. I had rather hunt a hardwood ridge or a creek bottom if possible and tend to spend more time on high ridges where my call can be heard in more directions and farther, especially when the gobblers are with hens and have gone silent.  I hunt rain or shine and tend to focus more on fields, old logging roads and loading docks when it's raining, any open area. When the thunder and lightening starts, I go to the truck. Don't mind getting wet but really not interested in getting struck by lightening. I enjoy walking and calling, especially if I'm hunting a large track and can cover a lot of territory. I tend to sit more when hunting smaller tracks.

Hardwoods ridge would be my favorite place to square off with a gobbler.

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In the woods for me...I don't use decoys and love the feeling of a south Bama hardwood bird coming in searching for you

I'd rather hunt them in the woods but if there in the fields on a rainy day that's where I will be


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I've killed all my birds in fields.  That being said I'd love to kill one in the woods.  I've noticed turkey around here stay in the fields more during the day when it's raining.  It's hard to for me to sit in the the rain though.  I sat in a torrential downpour on a field edge last year and got soaked.  An hour later I killed a gobbler. 

My answer is YES!  Whatever the day brings.  LOL

But who doesn't like a clear weather day for turkey hunting?

A nice day in the timber is my preferred. But rain or shine turkey season only comes once a year and I'll be out there.