Teach me how to hunt steep creeks and drains

[RiverRoost]

Hunted some new ground this weekend that is mostly 6-700 ft ridges and every one falls off to creeks or drainages. Tips on how you hunt the ones that are roosted down in these drainage and creeks, roughly 150-200ft elevation change from the field edges. Get down in there with them and choose a"knoll" or ridge slope down to the drainage and hope they walk up that way? Most of this stuff was steep all around and couldn't tell any flat openings down in the creek/drainage flows where they would pitch down and hang around in. I hunt 100% flat ground where I'm from so this was a learning curve for me.

[davisd9]

They will pitch across. Got to find the easier ground to walk. We hunted a similar place and they roosted across the river and pitched across to logging roads going around the ridges. You could also find areas that were not as steep that they would use to move. Going to have to take time to figure out their routes and make moves. Chess matches are fun.


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[KYTurkey07]

I would spend some time there before season figuring out how they move through the area. I've come to learn this is part of the fun of chasing turkeys, putting the puzzle together. It's amazing how well adapted they can get to different areas and sometimes they break the rules in their behavior or travel.