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General Discussion => Turkey Hunting Tips ,Strategies & Methods => Topic started by: slicksbeagles1 on May 14, 2011, 08:05:00 PM

Title: do you call when raining as you would on a clear day?
Post by: slicksbeagles1 on May 14, 2011, 08:05:00 PM
do you call the same when it is raining as you would when it is a clear day?
Title: Re: do you call when raining as you would on a clear day?
Post by: redarrow on May 14, 2011, 08:07:58 PM
I do,but I tend to hunt field edges more during a rain.
Title: Re: do you call when raining as you would on a clear day?
Post by: mdtkyhntr on May 14, 2011, 09:16:26 PM
I tend to tone it down a little and stick to field edges as redarrow said. Days with periods of light rain have been some of my most productive on a couple of my spots.
Title: Re: do you call when raining as you would on a clear day?
Post by: Nimrodmar10 on May 14, 2011, 10:43:39 PM
Rain or shine, I match my calling to the birds. If they are vocal so am I. If not I stay quiet. When a tom gobbles to my call I count the seconds between the time I call and he answers. Then I wait that long before I call again. That keeps me from over calling or not calling enough. On a hot bird the times will keep getting shorter. I keep that up until I have to move on him or I kill him.

The fields are also a good bet in the rain. When a turkey gets soaked they're miserable just like us. They'll get out in the open and just stand there. I think the rain makes it too noisy in the woods for them. I think moving around when they're wet also makes them colder so they move only as much as necessary.