First thing you learned about Turkeys

[g8rvet]

I was told a lot by the guy that got me turkey hunting. 

I think the first thing I learned myself was you can't figure out what a bird will do when he is on the limb because he does not know himself.  Don't get frustrated when he does not fly down in your lap (my first hunt), but be willing to make an adjustment when you need to (pretty much most of the rest of them).

Patience and perseverance kills way more birds than calling. 

[TravisB]

The most surefire way to make a gobbler a little ways off stop gobbling is to pack up all your stuff from where you're set up and strike out in his direction. Works every time, seems like.


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[Yoder409]

That they're ignorant.

[RutnNStrutn]

The first thing I learned was that I needed to practice my calling more. I spent my first season hunting turkeys watching them high tail it in the opposite direction. 

[longbeards]

Hard to outdraw a turkey!

Dam hard to get the gun on a turkey that has spotted you!

[Kwgoke]

I learned that they will sometimes freeze and stay that way for 5 minutes until you convince yourself that it just has to be a tree that looks turkeyish, and then when you finally move because your foot is falling asleep, they run like hell... And then you cuss. A lot! 

[chadly]

I learned turkeys roost in trees.  Nothing else is consistent. 

[Papa]

I always heard people call them dumb, but you need to hunt them to see otherwise. They always have something new to show you. They are a awesome bird to hunt, and watch.

[Gooserbat]

Sit still

[Muzzy61]

I learned, It ain't deer hunting.....

[Goblen]

It's not hard to educate one.

[kyturkeyhunter4]

Be patience and be where the turkeys are wonting to go

[TuscaroraTomHunter]

That they can be killed. Didn't need a high end custom call or years of experience calling. Called in my first gobbler (3 year old bird) last year with a $3.99 primos mouth call I picked up a few weeks before the season started.


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[TonyTurk]

I learned that a bird with a brain the size of a walnut can make me look pretty stupid much of the time.

[WildTigerTrout]

I learned that the only absolute in turkey hunting is there are no absolutes! You can't call them downhill.  Yes you can. They won't cross a fence line. Yes they will. They won't cross a stream.  Yes they will.  I have learned through the years that you NEVER know what they will or won't do until they do it!

I also learned what sit still REALLY means!