I know a lot of ya'll will see this and think oh boy, here he goes again. But I took the rght medication and the right amount today so it's all good.
My question is, what is the best advice you have ever received concerning turkey huinting?
Get your head examined.
You talking to me or was that the advice you received :TooFunny:
dont start
scott
Quote from: guesswho on March 03, 2012, 07:09:01 PM
You talking to me or was that the advice you received :TooFunny:
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: It didn;t help me a dang bit. :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
The first few years after I started I would freak completly out when I heard one gobble. I gota get hear, I gota get there, gota do this, gota do that. Usually when I did finally do something it was the stupidest thing I could have done. A friend of mine told me, "SIT DOWN, CALL HIM UP, AND SHOOT HIM"
HAVE PATIANCE :anim_25:
Pick your spot , sit down, and get your gun up on your knee before you ever make a call.
Quote from: hootn on March 03, 2012, 07:09:29 PM
dont start
scott
That was what I was told!
I'd have to say the best advice I've ever received would be. To be patient and always be ready regardless of the situation.
I was told by an old man, a friend of my dads. He said "Get yourself a good call and learn to use it!"
Dude you need a girlfriend.
I got my advice from a buddy of mine and he said "It aint rocket science dude, Deer screw deer and rabbits screw rabbits, if you want to kill a turkey, you have to be a turkey cause turkeys screw turkeys!" Sorry to be so blunt guys but I think that boy was on to something. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: guesswho on March 03, 2012, 07:02:10 PM
I know a lot of ya'll will see this and think oh boy, here he goes again. But I took the rght medication and the right amount today so it's all good.
My question is, what is the best advice you have ever received concerning turkey huinting?
First of all you need to learn how to spell ;D
Quote from: PaTurkHntr on March 03, 2012, 08:05:49 PM
Quote from: guesswho on March 03, 2012, 07:02:10 PM
I know a lot of ya'll will see this and think oh boy, here he goes again. But I took the rght medication and the right amount today so it's all good.
My question is, what is the best advice you have ever received concerning turkey huinting?
First of all you need to learn how to spell ;D
I'm a bad speller even on my good days. My fingers outrun my brain.
Quote from: bird on March 03, 2012, 07:35:38 PM
Dude you need a girlfriend.
My Wife said I could have one if she would pay half my bills and let me stay at her place half the time. The only ones I can find that will agree to that are kind of homely looking.
(http://www.realtree.com/assets/features/feature020110/thumb-10.jpg)
Ya gotta make it sound like, "Easy big boy, you're killin' me!"...
Three rules, sit still, sit still, sit still. Or one rule, don't move! ;)
without a doubt the best advice i got was no matter how good you can call, you can only call them where they want to go.... :z-winnersmiley:
Quote from: redarrow on March 03, 2012, 07:11:30 PM
Quote from: guesswho on March 03, 2012, 07:09:01 PM
You talking to me or was that the advice you received :TooFunny:
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: It didn;t help me a dang bit. :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
That was funny Stuff! :TooFunny: ..
Advice...Be patient and don't over call .
Sit down, shut up, and be still......Dad to me on our first hunt :D
Cadence, cadence, cadence.
And if someone ask you if you heard/seen anything, you reply, "I ain't heard/seen nothing!!"
God Bless,
David B.
"Don't go hunt turkeys......go to the woods and make turkeys hunt you" My pal Twinters told me that one a few years ago and I've thought about it a bunch of times since then.
Quote from: guesswho on March 03, 2012, 08:19:30 PM
Quote from: bird on March 03, 2012, 07:35:38 PM
Dude you need a girlfriend.
My Wife said I could have one if she would pay half my bills and let me stay at her place half the time. The only ones I can find that will agree to that are kind of homely looking.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Quote from: chatterbox on March 04, 2012, 05:45:15 AM
Quote from: guesswho on March 03, 2012, 08:19:30 PM
Quote from: bird on March 03, 2012, 07:35:38 PM
Dude you need a girlfriend.
My Wife said I could have one if she would pay half my bills and let me stay at her place half the time. The only ones I can find that will agree to that are kind of homely looking.
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
:TooFunny: :TooFunny: :TooFunny:
Best advise...My paw paw said 2 things I will never forget when he was teaching me how to turkey hunt 23 yrs ago.
1) Learn something every time you go to the woods and apply it next time you go.
2) Damn't boy shut and be still
I know you're probably overloaded with suggestions at this point anyway and are swimming in all this info ;) but I'll give a serious answer....
Tip #1 - When you set up be where the turkey want to be or, at the very least, can get to relatively easily... It'll make calling them easier.
It seems pretty simple but I think sometimes we just hear one gobble, move in to a set distance we read from experts (like myself :-*) on Oldgobbler.com and start calling without thinking about the terrain etc. I'd rather be 175yds away in a spot he wants to go to than 60yds away in a spot he cant get to easily or has no intrest in.
I killed a public land bird on a piece of property just like this last year. 1st morning I had him coming in and he hit a wall of briars about 50yds from me just over a ridge top cause I didnt realize it was there (first day hunting on this particular area). Next day, I had a better idea of what was going on and had to set up a little farther away than what I would have liked but it was a pretty straight shot from the bird to me. He closed the distance willingly and I killed him.
Quote from: redleg06 on March 04, 2012, 11:35:35 AMI'd rather be 175yds away in a spot he wants to go to than 60yds away in a spot he cant get to easily or has no intrest in.
I can't argue with that logic.
Growing up my Dad was always full of wisdom, at least thats what he calls it. He told me something one time that applies to turkey hunting and life in general that I always remember. He said "Son you have two eyes, two ears and one mouth. That tells me you should look and listen twice as much as you call or talk"
Seriously I was told don't do it you will be sorry!!
:TooFunny:
Never to start....Should have listened
A turkey killing machine once told me turkeys don't wear wrist watches.
:turkey:
When you've waited as long as you can and you're sure the gobblers gone give it 15 more minutes. That advice has added several beards to my collection.