Need some advice on Kansas bowhunting

[turkeyfoot]

I have never hunted Kansas so my question is strategy. I'm used to walking logging roads listening for gobbles how do you go about hunting the wide open do you set up on woodline or put blind out in middle of big field? Is it better to spot stalk or stay put in place with good amount tracks and wait it out? I'll take any advice I can get. I've heard the birds travel a lot and are hard to pattern I have 5 days to hunt.

[cuttinAR]

I've hunted KS for years and can tell you my best success has been from setting up shop along field edges and just do blind calling.  I also use decoys 90% of the time.  Don't be afraid to hit them with aggressive calling as the Rios/Hybrids are just different than easterns, at least here in the south.

At home, I run and gun and do very little blind calling and rarely use a decoy.  I tried that tactic in KS with little luck.  Walk around too much without being in a treeline or creek and you'll scare every turkey out of your section.  Where I hunt it is primarily ag fields with little pasture.  On the areas with pasture and scattered trees/cedars, run and gunning is more effective.

Again, if I had to chose a method it would be setting up for a flydown hunt, then if that fails, move to an area for mid morn hunt, then afternoon spot and so on.  Good luck.

[AUDoubleBeard]

If you are bow hunting then using a blind in open terrain will be a must. I live in Kansas and have hunted here for a couple of years. Considering you have 5 days that should be plenty to use the first day you get there to watch the birds / roost them.  I would not put much into that the birds are not pattern able because they tend to use the same fields regularly. Just my .02