Add your one tip not calling related to kill more birds this year…

[northms]

Let's see if we can get a thread going of some tips to kill more birds this year that has nothing to do with calling. Lots of new hunters could benefit and even some old dogs can learn new tricks.

Mine is don't negate scratching in the leaves when a gobbler is within 100 yards or so. Maybe further if it's quiet. In the MS big woods this has killed me several birds. Scratch (when he can't see you) to the cadence of scratch-scratch....scratch. Repeat.

Hard to mess that up even as a novice. It's something normal and calming for them to hear that has nothing to do with yapping away on your call to him.

What else?

[Will]

Patience.....resist the urge to move when things are quiet.

[RossAnderson]

Let's see if we can get a thread going of some tips to kill more birds this year that has nothing to do with calling. Lots of new hunters could benefit and even some old dogs can learn new tricks.

Mine is don't negate scratching in the leaves when a gobbler is within 100 yards or so. Maybe further if it's quiet. In the MS big woods this has killed me several birds. Scratch (when he can't see you) to the cadence of scratch-scratch....scratch. Repeat.

Hard to mess that up even as a novice. It's something normal and calming for them to hear that has nothing to do with yapping away on your call to him.

What else?

I believe your dead on with the scratching. I've had real good success from just scratching in the leaves without calling, especially around mid day and the afternoons. I've also had success with just slowing down the pace, maybe sounding like a turkey walking myself instead of just hauling fast around the woods. I learned my lesson many years ago from walking to fast and running up on birds I didn't see until it was too late. "northms" is this a good post. It'll be interesting to see what others have to say.


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[Bedge7767]

Don't go back home. If you can get a bird to gobble in the afternoon you'll be more likely to get him.

[strut]

Load the gun....

[Dtrkyman]

Practice shooting off hand.

[northms]

Load the gun....

This sounds painful haha. I've had a shell snap on me before. Not fun.

[Kygobblergetter]

Do your scouting. Your odds of success go way up when you're hunting where the birds are


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[Greg Massey]

Hunt alone the creek bottoms, those places usually green up first ...

[TRG3]

Set up some camo screen/netting in front of you. It hides your movements, including those you will make during your morning nap!

[crow]

Practice shooting left hand, if your right handed

[budtripp]

Stay out there as long as you can. My 2 MO birds were killed at 10:35 and noon last year. Both mornings my roost hunt plans didn't exactly go the way I'd envisioned.

[Oljamo]

Scouting and Knowing where they like to be, get a head of them and wait

[fallhnt]

Don't miss

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[MS TurkeyHunter]

Set up. If you don't have this no calling will work. In some cases, its all you ever need.

Calling is neat but the set up is meat!


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