The make or break decision

[WV Flopper]

 This is a HUGE subject, one that I think I could write on forever...

Reason I think I could write forever is not because I think I am a god or something but because there are so many different variables.

Two things right off the bat: I ain't circling a turkey 180 degrees to get a shadow on me, if your hunting fields or woods that has 3" trees?

I do like the snake reference above! And, I have had sun in my eyes on many a kill.

[WV Flopper]

 The "Make" is being in a direction the turkey is willing to go. The "Break" is being busted.

[RiverRoost]

Forgot to mention standing, huge advantage in many situations, killed half my birds last season standing up!

Man that's interesting. I could see it be as good as a seat at the base of a tree, I've just got to get brave enough to try it!

[rstewart8706]

I'm more of an expert on what not to do...

me too!

[Gooserbat]

Shade and a wider than me backdrop.  A rise in front for him to "pop over" certainly does help.

[Dtrkyman]

Every bird I have killed standing, which is many had no idea I was in the world!  Standing behind large trees, standing in pines, either way you are hidden extremely well.

This all started on a friends lease, really steep terrain and birds were constantly coming to his call and hanging up just out of sight, I told him to just set up standing, he never did for whatever reason.

I got on that lease with him and killed my first two birds standing!  Been using it ever since.

[Tail Feathers]

Shade, overhanging limbs over my head seem to help, along with front cover and a decent field of fire in the direction I think the bird will come from or to.

[Zobo]

Every bird I have killed standing, which is many had no idea I was in the world!  Standing behind large trees, standing in pines, either way you are hidden extremely well.

This all started on a friends lease, really steep terrain and birds were constantly coming to his call and hanging up just out of sight, I told him to just set up standing, he never did for whatever reason.

I got on that lease with him and killed my first two birds standing!  Been using it ever since.

I shot two gobblers standing last year. One came in so fast I had no choice. The other I shot after standing up to leave and realizing he was still there, couldn't see him while sitting and he wasn't saying much. I have shot a few others through the years while leaning against trees and the view angle helps at times. One negative is that off hand shots are usually more difficult.
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[hawgsalot]

Standing is a new one for me, the only time I tried it I missed one in North Missouri after watching him in a corn field for an hour.