Gobbler Positioning System

[troutfisher13111]

Seen this posted on another forum. Not sure if it has been posted here yet, but it's worth a read

http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/hunting/2014/05/new-gps-gobbler-positioning-system

[mikejd]

Cant we leave anything alone. Do we really need to know why a hen chooses a nesting site. As long as she knows. The thing that makes turkey hunting the best sport on earth is the simple fact that no one can figure them out.

[d.winsor]

Cant we leave anything alone. Do we really need to know why a hen chooses a nesting site. As long as she knows. The thing that makes turkey hunting the best sport on earth is the simple fact that no one can figure them out.

I'm with you mikejd, I think we already know how turkeys respond to hunting pressure, If they are not hunted they don't mind human presence.  As far as knowing where turkeys roost or why they pick roost sites, I think if you find a roost site in the spring, every year they will be close by.  Personally I think the toms follow the hens and end up close to nesting sites, because the hens pick the nesting site for a reason, and the toms are not going to be far away.  I would hate it if everyone knew or had the potential of knowing where Toms are roosting because of some study.  I hunt only public land for the most part and that would be a crowd of hunters for sure around a roost tree.  I say leave well enough alone, seems like a waste of money to me.

[Marc]

Maybe it is the scientist in me, but I enjoyed the article...

If they published a journal article, I would read it.

I do not think it is going to provide the magic formula for killing turkeys, but I do feel that knowledge can be beneficial...  If not interesting.

I do see where this type of information could be useful, especially for managing public hunting, and for those of us managing pressure on private areas as well.  If there is a consistent threshold of pressure that causes birds to move out of an area, we would to well to avoid that threshold.

If the article gives insight into nesting habitat, it seems that those managing turkey habitat would have an easier time manipulating better nesting habitat and increasing production.

[BoWhoop]

Gotta agree with Marc, I just find all of this interesting.  Mainly it validates what I have suspected about some gobblers just being able to hold their position in the face of numerous hunters in their midst. I hunt public all over and have known some clever birds that roost at parking areas.  They may not be smart, but they CAN be trained!

Now give me some real data on which mornings birds will gobble or not....I'm going either way, just would be interesting to know if anyone ever really figured it out or not!

As much as these birds have been studied, I don't think any scientific finding has ever helped me with my hunting.  Hard work, patience, boot leather, persistence, and preparation have though.  Keep the info coming....

[d.winsor]

Don't take this wrong but we have members on this forum that are taking 8 birds a year, How much more science and information do we need?

[troutfisher13111]

I was more interested in the science of it and less as a hunting tool. I didn't take anything away from it that I am going to use in the woods. I enjoy learning about my prey species, even if it's irrelevant to actual hunting.

[DirtNap647]

interesting...

[BigGobbler]

The future of hunting. GPS tagged game and hunters and bet on what Hunters gets the game or gets the closest to it.

[MACHINIST]

the only thing I took from that is later in the year try areas where the hunters haven't been.Other that that the science is pretty cool especially when the science tells you that it depends on the turkey and you never know what they will do.Some fly the coop and some hunker down and make it almost impossible to kill them.I liked it!