Biggest change in your hunting style

[Kylongspur88]

Patience. In my teens and 20s I was like a bull in a China shop. I killed a lot of birds but I also ran myself to half to death and blew oportunities that I shouldn't have. I'm 37 now and in the past few years I just feel like I've become much more patient and methodical in my hunting.

[Hoosier2]

Has to be patience. When I was in my early teens hearing a bird fire back did it for me. Now a days(30) it's almost down to a science. If I shut up and don't hear a gobble for 30 min typically they show up. The best is when it goes silent and he lets a gobble out close .


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[Dtrkyman]

PATIENCE!  Which comes from confidence! Knowing how birds will use an area is huge, if I have confidence in a set up I can stay a long time!


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[wvmntnhick]

Has to be patience. When I was in my early teens hearing a bird fire back did it for me. Now a days(30) it's almost down to a science. If I shut up and don't hear a gobble for 30 min typically they show up. The best is when it goes silent and he lets a gobble out close .


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Hate that! Don't mind a silent approach but when he gets in tight behind me and cuts loose, I nearly crap my pants.


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[Chordeiles]

I do a lot more preseason scouting. I call a lot less and try to be more patient.

The shift I'm working now, is going to allow me to set foot in the woods every morning of the season.
Aside from any family obligations, I'm going to try it, for the first time ever.

Hopefully, I'll survive. Lol

[Ranger]

Used to anchor down a lot/ Move often and with purpose like an Indian tracker
Used to call to the gobbler for his answer/ now I do the answering
Decoys ain't that bad/ Wouldn't use one except for a kid and even then iffy
835 Cannon with 6Hevis/ 20Ga Youth Weatherby with 9s
Used several calls/ Shouldn't take more than 2
Killed and kept spurs, beards, fans etc./ Trophy #s and items kept, and put into kill log for all kills, and detailed story journal of the more significant hunts from each year
Greed beyond belief/ Put kids on birds all year long
Used to poach a lot/ Now just slip a little on some questionable places

As said by Hooksfan, I've married an amazing bride but a woman changes nothing

[SemoRiverRat]

I don't feel like I need to rush to set up on roosted gobblers like I used to, of the opportunity presents itself it's great to be set up on one in the dark and give him the soft talk but I used to feel like it was a lot more of a necessity and I know I educated some birds with less than desireable set ups.  As I'm older and more experienced now if I'm not in good position for that I'm more likely to wait till he flies down and get a better position before I make first contact, it's a game changer.

[Hersh]

Probably the biggest thing for me has been realizing that kills immediately after fly down are great, but the majority of my birds have come between 930-1200. 

[LaLongbeard]

Used to poach a lot/ Now just slip a little on some questionable places

Why do you still poach on any level, or put it on a forum?

[Ranger]

Used to poach a lot/ Now just slip a little on some questionable places

Why do you still poach on any level, or put it on a forum?

Like I said, just a little slipping, not poaching.  I'd be more ashamed of the way some legally hunt regularly than crossing property lines occasionally but that's just me.

[Gobspur]

Used to poach a lot/ Now just slip a little on some questionable places

Why do you still poach on any level, or put it on a forum?

Like I said, just a little slipping, not poaching.  I'd be more ashamed of the way some legally hunt regularly than crossing property lines occasionally but that's just me.

Yeah, slipping,  occasionally crossing lines, "thats just me" type really burns me up.  How about I come to your place and borrow your truck sometime, or maybe help myself to some food in your fridge.  Private property is private.  Ill add the exception that I know in some places its legal to go onto unposted  private without permission, but Im talking where its illegal and people do it anyways because they think the landowner "has enough" and won't mind or notice.

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