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Title: Fields or forests???????
Post by: chatterbox on December 08, 2011, 05:47:57 AM
Gentlemen.
Where is your favorite place to setup on turkeys? Do you like to camp out on field edges, or are you more of a deep woods hunter.
My favorite is to hunt field edges overlooking known safe areas where turkeys will visit. I don't mean ambush situations, but areas where a turkey will not only answer your calls, but will feel safe traveling down to that area.
What do you guys like?
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Post by: guesswho on December 08, 2011, 07:49:20 AM
Up until about 10:00 a.m. I like the timber.  After that I like to field hop, hunting the woods along the way.
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Post by: drenalinld on December 08, 2011, 07:59:32 AM
Where they are gobbling!!! I prefer big hardwood flats, but after spending some time out West hunting them on open farm ground I like that also.
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Post by: vaturkey on December 08, 2011, 08:31:01 AM
Decoys & fields are real killers !  I've had gobblers come from over 300 yds once they have spotted the decoys.  :icon_thumright: 



             vaturkey   :newmascot:
Title: Re: Fields or forests???????
Post by: VAHUNTER on December 08, 2011, 08:56:58 AM
timber for me but will go to where the birds are.i do like open areas on a rainy day
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Post by: Cove on December 08, 2011, 09:05:40 AM
All of the above with a cypress swamp thrown in there as well.  :z-guntootsmiley:
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Post by: redarrow on December 08, 2011, 09:07:23 AM
Fields for me.
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Post by: davisd9 on December 08, 2011, 09:18:02 AM
Where ever he is roosted.  If it is on a field's edge then that is where I will be, but if he is in the woods then that is where I will be. 
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Post by: spurman on December 08, 2011, 09:20:24 AM
I like timber at dawn and then on up in the morning I like to hunt field edges and fields. Out west is almost all field hunting.
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Post by: stinkpickle on December 08, 2011, 09:58:52 AM
Very few of my hunting spots have any timber much thicker than a brushy draw, so I'm usually limited to hunting field edges anyway.
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Post by: ctwny1 on December 08, 2011, 10:18:47 AM
Like woods up to around 9:30am....then edge of field.
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Post by: Struttinhusker on December 08, 2011, 10:21:25 AM
I put my ground blind in a somewhat open area between a thick timber on one side and pasture on the other.  There are corn and soybean fields all around. This little area seems to be one of those safe places that the turkeys come through.  I hunt deer in the same exact spot.
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Post by: Wrangler95 on December 08, 2011, 10:54:30 AM
I hunt woods and fields but fields with decoys is where I kill most of my turkeys!
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Post by: West Augusta on December 08, 2011, 11:10:00 AM
Wouldn't know how to hunt open ground.  There aren't many fields in this part of the state.
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Post by: Basser69 on December 08, 2011, 11:20:43 AM
I had rather be in the woods but will set up on a field if that is where he is roosted at first light. After 10:00 or so its all field hunting for me
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Post by: gob09 on December 08, 2011, 11:33:47 AM
killed more in the fields i like the timber too
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Post by: bigwayne17 on December 08, 2011, 11:42:51 AM
Quote from: West Augusta on December 08, 2011, 11:10:00 AM
Wouldn't know how to hunt open ground.  There aren't many fields in this part of the state.

Im opposite from Augusta. I dont know if I would know how to hunt in the woods....Its something that I would like to try though. It just seems like there are too many pines around my hunting spots, not many open hardwood stands left.
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Post by: mossy835 on December 08, 2011, 01:00:42 PM
Both for me but best results in the edges of fields where I hunt. I also notice in the evening the turkeys out here seem to follow the white tails in to the fields sort of a second layer of safety.
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Post by: BigHooks on December 08, 2011, 05:20:30 PM
I'll go wherever he is, but love hunting fields the most I'm like Ricky love to watch them come in from 200-300 or more yards to my decoys it's great watching that happen..
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Post by: Flydown on December 08, 2011, 11:22:40 PM
I love hunting the woods but I'm gonna go wherever my chances are the best on that day! "Adapt and Kill"!
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Post by: Shotgun on December 08, 2011, 11:38:30 PM
The biggest majority of my hunting is done in the woods.  I simply just don't have access to fields unless I hunt out west. 
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Post by: socalturkeyman on December 09, 2011, 12:17:17 AM
thick woods means up close and personal shots,really thats the only spots in Socal that I've gotten shots on public land. As for the private land its all fields with decoys. But I've had them straight look at the dekes and turn and run to the next county lol.
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Post by: TRKYHTR on December 09, 2011, 12:27:28 AM
I live out west so most of my turkey hunting is done in the open. I didn't say fields because even our woods are pretty open compared to the south. I think thats why I love huntin the south. Those hardwoods are hard to beat. Best hunts I've ever had were in the deep south hardwoods. That said I'll kill them wherever I can.

TRKYHTR
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Post by: handcannon on December 09, 2011, 12:42:24 AM
Where I come from the majority of my land is gonna be piney hills and a little bit of hardwood bottom land. We dont have open fields to hunt most of the time. I've always wanted to watch a bird come into a field and work across to my setup. It sure is a fine show to watch on TV so I imagine the real thing would be awesome to see.
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Post by: stone road turkey calls on December 09, 2011, 12:43:58 AM
hardwoo flats
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Post by: 3" 870 Shell Shucker on December 09, 2011, 03:16:25 AM
I don't have fields in which to hunt turkeys or deer, so I hunt in the woods.
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Post by: gob09 on December 09, 2011, 08:27:01 AM
theres just nothing like hearing the sounds of a turkey in the woods and not knowing exactly where he's is located
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Post by: Kylongspur88 on December 09, 2011, 09:35:36 AM
I'm an equal opportunity turkey killer.
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Post by: gob09 on December 09, 2011, 09:42:56 AM
Quote from: Kylongspur88 on December 09, 2011, 09:35:36 AM
I'm an equal opportunity turkey killer.
i agree
man theres a lot of guys on here this morning dont anyone work lol my excuse is im off for the winter
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Post by: T-town on December 09, 2011, 09:37:12 PM
For me, the woods. For deer as well as turkeys.
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Post by: unclerick on December 09, 2011, 09:38:48 PM
Fence rows and wood edges for me, I like to be able to see since I don't hear well, I rely on my sight more then anything in the turkey woods but I will go into woods and sit up.