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Started by Mossberg90MN, March 15, 2020, 05:10:41 PM
Quote from: GobbleNut on March 15, 2020, 11:57:51 PMSimply put, turkeys are creatures of habit, and those habits are formed as a function of satisfying their daily needs. Learning where and when they satisfy those needs is a big key to knowing where to be at any given time during the day. The easiest place to call a turkey to is the place they want to be to begin with. Very often, that place is generally going to be in the same vicinity, at generally the same time, every day. Sometimes that is on a ridge, and sometimes it is in a bottom,...and much of that has to do with the habitat they live in and how they have adapted to that habitat type.What's that saying again? Oh, yeah,..."Learn the habitat, learn the hunt"
Quote from: StruttinGobbler3 on March 15, 2020, 08:58:30 PMWith these South Georgia birds, heck if I know. Occasionally they'll roost up on a ridge. Sometimes in the bottoms. Other days there will be a couple up on the ridges and a couple down in the bottom. Where they decide to go after pitching down is anybody's guess, it's like playing the slots in Vegas. Some days they come out to the fields; some days they don't. I've confirmed that theory using the time lapse mode on trail cameras looking over plots and fields. I've been chasing them a long time now and I still don't see any set pattern to what they do. They also rarely gobble in the evening, roosting is a laughable concept. Usually you just go to a prime listening spot before daylight, hope they gobble early, and strike out towards one. I have also slipped in close to general roosting areas about an hour before dark, and listened for the wing beats when they flew up. That's as close to roosted as you'll get one 98% of the time here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Quote from: bigriverbum on March 16, 2020, 04:50:39 PMare you in southeast minnesota?(driftless area)if so, i'd stay on top of ridges unless you strike birds way down in the coulees. even then i'd stay along the sides of the hills until compelled to go into the bottoms. at least until later in the season when things green up and you have some coverjust my opinion
Quote from: StruttinGobbler3 on March 16, 2020, 09:54:00 AMI also like to afternoon hunt. There's little or no gobbling and requires a lot of patience and cold calling. Not nearly as exciting as hunting them off the roost, but I've killed a lot of turkeys this way. I hunt fields that they like to feed and scratch in, and I'll also hunt this way down in the timber when I find areas with heavy sign and scratching. Not the same thrill as calling one strutting and gobbling to the gun, but this method kills birds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Quote from: Turkeytider on March 17, 2020, 08:33:29 AMQuote from: StruttinGobbler3 on March 16, 2020, 09:54:00 AMI also like to afternoon hunt. There's little or no gobbling and requires a lot of patience and cold calling. Not nearly as exciting as hunting them off the roost, but I've killed a lot of turkeys this way. I hunt fields that they like to feed and scratch in, and I'll also hunt this way down in the timber when I find areas with heavy sign and scratching. Not the same thrill as calling one strutting and gobbling to the gun, but this method kills birds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProYep, you really have to love the woods to enjoy afternoon turkey hunting. You`re going to be sitting a lot! It has its own unique challenges for sure and I would hazard a guess that most of the run and gun boys would go out of their gourds! One old saying is that if you get one to gobble to a call in the afternoon, get ready, he`s coming. I`m here to tell you that`s true!
Quote from: bigriverbum on March 17, 2020, 08:54:55 AMthe problem with going gung-ho running around the woods in the driftless area is our hills are so steep. before we get leaves on the trees a bird can see you from the next hill over or even the next one. if you're going hill to hill you're traveling so much further than a crow flies and probably spooking everything in the areai find it best to stay cautiously on top of hills simply because it conceals my movements to birds that are not immediately in my vicinity
Quote from: StruttinGobbler3 on March 17, 2020, 10:31:30 AMQuote from: Turkeytider on March 17, 2020, 08:33:29 AMQuote from: StruttinGobbler3 on March 16, 2020, 09:54:00 AMI also like to afternoon hunt. There's little or no gobbling and requires a lot of patience and cold calling. Not nearly as exciting as hunting them off the roost, but I've killed a lot of turkeys this way. I hunt fields that they like to feed and scratch in, and I'll also hunt this way down in the timber when I find areas with heavy sign and scratching. Not the same thrill as calling one strutting and gobbling to the gun, but this method kills birds. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProYep, you really have to love the woods to enjoy afternoon turkey hunting. You`re going to be sitting a lot! It has its own unique challenges for sure and I would hazard a guess that most of the run and gun boys would go out of their gourds! One old saying is that if you get one to gobble to a call in the afternoon, get ready, he`s coming. I`m here to tell you that`s true!I agree, afternoon turkey hunting requires a level of patience some just don't have. And you are absolutely correct; if you make one of these hardheaded Eastern birds gobble in the afternoon, he's on a suicide mission. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro