Opening Day!

[RollTideHunt85]

Tomorrow is Opening Day of the Alabama Season. Temps suppose to be 29 to 50 degrees. What is the best way to go about hunting turkeys with those temps? Do I go out before day light or wait until sun comes up?  With the low being 29 degrees I just think that they will stay on the roost longer.  Maybe not though. What are yalls thoughts?

[jakesdad]

Id go before daylight. Better early than late.

[Greg Massey]

Sounds like a hunting house with a heater wouldn't be a bad idea...lol...what about the wind ?

[RollTideHunt85]

Wind is suppose to be 8mph. NNW. Now they changed to low to 24. But forecast says full of sunshine.

[Greg Massey]

Do you have any hunting houses on the place ? If so use one of those as a hunting blind..your going to have a hard time staying warm without a lot of moving around, and the odds of you killing a turkey is about 25 percent. At least with a hunting house and decoy out you have a 50 / 50 chance...

[dejake]

you'll warm up real quick as soon as you hear that first gobble

[Greg Massey]

Turkeys are not going to gobble near as much with it 24 deg.. So by the time you hear a gobble you may be back at the truck getting warm...good luck...stay warm season is early and better weather to come...

[dejake]

RollTide - get out there and have fun!

[catman529]

I'd go early and listen for roost gobbles so you get an idea where to start


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[kjnengr]

Turkeys will definitely gobble in cold clear weather.  I should have had a bird on a morning just like that two years ago but I screwed it up.  Get out there and hunt like it was 50 degrees.  Just dress a little warmer.

[Bowguy]

Birds will still gobble in the cold. If you can roost one tonight go for it. You'll know exactly where to be come daylight. If not head to a known roost area n start there., don't run out too quick. Give em a chance to fire up. If it's not too leafy n you're early enough you oughta see them in the trees even if you can't roost tonight. I use no light. It'll spook em. Good luck!

[TRG3]

The first of five Southern Illinois turkey seasons comes in the first Monday in April. You'd think it would be nice and warm, but last year found me in insulated coveralls. I've seen the snow fly in early April, also. Having said all of that, it didn't seem to have much effect on the turkeys as gobblers sounded off on the roost and hens yelped. My quickest hunt happened when the temperature hovered around 20 degrees, cold enough that I didn't show up in the turkey woods until around 9 a.m. Fortunately for me, another hunter spooked a tom and hen which ran by me at 20 yards before I could even set out my decoys!

[compton30]

Do you have any hunting houses on the place ? If so use one of those as a hunting blind..your going to have a hard time staying warm without a lot of moving around, and the odds of you killing a turkey is about 25 percent. At least with a hunting house and decoy out you have a 50 / 50 chance...

How do you formulate odds on a turkey hunt?

[MK M GOBL]

You can kill them in the snow, cold, wind and rain and they will do their thing, play the game! Just can't kill them if your not out there, no different than dressing for late season deer hunts, watch your calls they can freeze up. I use hand muff with hand warmer too.

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MK M GOBL

[Forked lighting]

29° in turkey season.no big deal  just wear more clothes

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