Question for guys that just sit.

[surehuntsalot]

If I know birds are in the general area, I will set for at least 3 hours at a time

[Cut N Run]

There's a couple of small (< 150 acre) horse farms I hunt that have a lot of pasture.  Run & gun doesn't work well there at all. Most of the gobblers there prefer to roost on neighboring properties too.  If you can get in there without getting busted, they can be called to the more favored areas. Those turkeys definitely know their woods and if you're set up wrong, call too much, or they catch you moving, it is game over.

The best spot on the smaller farm is the back corner of a field, near the highest elevation, that cannot be seen from the road, exactly what MK M GOBL was describing. I've taken 5 grown longbeards (3 were limbhangers) from the same spot over the past 4 years.  Only one of them was roosted near enough where I could hear him from the roost.

Jim

[deerpoo22]

If I know birds are in the area I generally will sit all morning. Especially if I find a food source or an area they've been scratching up while scouting. Sooner or later hens will get hungry and where there's hens there's gobblers. That's been pretty successful for me the last couple years. I only run and gun anymore when I'm not confident in my setup or hunting a new area I don't know.

[gergg]

I laughed at myself yesterday.....I set up in a good spot(public mountain area) had 2-3 turkeys gobbling off & on within 300 yards of me for 2 1/2 hours, I decided to get up and close the distance on one that was stationary in a creek bottom and seemed to not move an inch from daylight. I snuck along a ridge line to where I knew he was, set up and called on my trumpet....boom, he gobbled right where I was sitting for 2 1/2 hours. It might have taken me 20 minutes to sneak along the ridge and in that amount of time he had made it to my original spot looking to get shot.....lol....I even made myself sit an extra 30 minutes, dang birds will drive me crazy.

[stinkpickle]

I amd NOT trying to start an argument over what method is better ect,just looking for opinions. You guys that just go to one spot and sit. Where do you sit ? a place you know where they will eventually be ? A strut zone ? a field ? a pinch point in a bottom you know they will eventually walk through ?

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.  I plant myself as close to where I've been seeing them as possible. 

[beardwacker]

   I like all aspects of turkey hunting, some of which have already been stated.  I only hunt public land, so when I decided to sit for long period of time, it is educated.  I will scout a lot, and notice the birds behavior.  I will then favor to use my woodsmanship, to find a way to a hidden place they favor, usually a dip in a field, or a blind spot.  Then I will sit and call sparingly.  As one person said, the 30 minute rule.  When nothing has happened and ready to leave I will sit for 30 minutes longer, as a safety time.  One big thing is never move within 30 minutes of calling!  Many times a person does this, as a last effort then get up, take two steps only to run the bird off.