weird turkey hunting tips

[g8rvet]

Wear tin foil inside your hat so the bird does not pick up on your "brain waves".   

[dirt road ninja]

For the mountain hunters, we all like to set up above the bird when possible. Grab a wrist sized stick just before you sit down against your tree and use it to stop the always annoying slide down the tree. If you place the stick just out in front of your rear end it acts as a stopper and you won't have to constantly be pushing yourself back up against the tree.

Never hunted steep mountain terrain before, but will file this one away for the day I do!

[Farmboy27]

when you're walking and calling trying to strike a bird and one hammers back right there but out of sight below a ridgeline or thick cover, don't sit down  Sitting will only cut down on how far you can see.  Step to the nearest tree, get you're gun up, and kill him when he appears. 

[TRG3]

While owls can be your friends in getting turkeys to gobble, they can become the enemy if they think that you are something to eat. Several times while hunting, especially in a tree stand while deer hunting, I've had an owl silently swoop within a very short distance of my face, much to my surprise and concern. Those talons could do real damage!

[fallhnt]

Sit on a stump and face East.

[renegade19]

Wear tin foil inside your hat so the bird does not pick up on your "brain waves".   

This.  Plus, never fart or they'll smell it and head for the next county.

[GobbleNut]

when you're walking and calling trying to strike a bird and one hammers back right there but out of sight below a ridgeline or thick cover, don't sit down  Sitting will only cut down on how far you can see.  Step to the nearest tree, get you're gun up, and kill him when he appears.

Great advice!  Took me quite a few years to figure this one out.  We are all so engrained with the "sit down" mentality with turkey hunting that I think lots of us don't even think about the fact that there are instances where standing up is a much better strategy.  There have been more than a few instances in my turkey hunting career where I have ended up saying to myself,..."You dummy, if you had just been standing up, you would have killed that bird!"  Always consider the situation before concluding that sitting down is the best strategy. 

[hotspur]

For the mountain hunters, we all like to set up above the bird when possible. Grab a wrist sized stick just before you sit down against your tree and use it to stop the always annoying slide down the tree. If you place the stick just out in front of your rear end it acts as a stopper and you won't have to constantly be pushing yourself back up against the tree.

Never hunted steep mountain terrain before, but will file this one away for the day I do!

I could use this advice when setting up on some of these large base swamp trees

[Marc]

when you're walking and calling trying to strike a bird and one hammers back right there but out of sight below a ridgeline or thick cover, don't sit down  Sitting will only cut down on how far you can see.  Step to the nearest tree, get you're gun up, and kill him when he appears.

I agree with GobbleNut on this one...  That is some really good advice, all too often over-looked.

I certainly would have killed a bird this season, and the previous season, had I been standing (both very close birds just the other side of a small depression). 

Next season, it will be a tactic that is on the tip of my brain.

[Brian Fahs]

Go early

Stay late

Dont quit

There is no substitute for time in the woods when defining successful turkey hunting.

[Bowguy]

When you take a bathroom break in the dark, squatting n are wearing suspenders, hold em so you don't drag em through anything. Ugh

[supremepredator]

For the mountain hunters, we all like to set up above the bird when possible. Grab a wrist sized stick just before you sit down against your tree and use it to stop the always annoying slide down the tree. If you place the stick just out in front of your rear end it acts as a stopper and you won't have to constantly be pushing yourself back up against the tree.

[jwright8]

For the mountain hunters, we all like to set up above the bird when possible. Grab a wrist sized stick just before you sit down against your tree and use it to stop the always annoying slide down the tree. If you place the stick just out in front of your rear end it acts as a stopper and you won't have to constantly be pushing yourself back up against the tree.

Will definitely be using this one next spring.

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[crow]

to save a lot of typing I bumped up an old thread in the General forum with my favorite weird tip and tactic,

it is post #1 on the first page of "Northwoods Law VS OLd Pro Turkey Hunter.
I hope this helps someone get that special Gobbler

as a bonus, it's good for both spring or fall turkey hunting

[2eagles]

Go early

Stay late

Dont quit

There is no substitute for time in the woods when defining successful turkey hunting.

Very good advice from a guy with only one nut.