Getting ready to do some fall turkey hunting...
I was up scouting on some private land I hunt in the Spring in north central PA. I knew where they were likely roosting, as we heard em in the Spring and couldnt call them to us (they didnt wanna go west, they wanted to go east!)
Anyway, I was scouting Friday AM, and definitely found em. I inadvertently got too close to the tree talk and got stuck in a half stand/crouch as they flew down within 50 yards of me. It was awesome. I was glad i found em, but was afraid to bust em up.
I stayed still for about 15 minutes while they grouped up. About 15-20 birds in all. They grouped into two separate units. They both went to the same area on the hill top for dusting and warm up (i skirted around the hillside and saw em there). Luckily i stayed still enough and they didn't spook.
It looked like a group of hens and a group of gobblers/jakes. One was def a gobbler, the rest might've been jakes or just younger gobblers, i wasnt close enough to really tell, plus they were going the away from me.
My question: Is this typical for guys and gals to group up? Is it typical for them to stay near each other, but not follow as close? Lastly, am i likely to see this behavior in a month when i get out with a shotgun? Im trying to decide if i wanna setup at the roost or where they headed. I am hoping for the latter as its 50x easier to ambush em there than to crawl down the wooded steep hill into the riverbottom where they fly down.
thanks for any help!
