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Ok so crunching in the leaves to my stand is an issue.. The past two times something has trotted away, it sounds like a deer but it's dark and it never blew at me... Im thinking of trying some kind of call to ease the mind of whatever's in that area.. Would a turkey call be unnatural since it is before sunrise and the turkeys are on roost or would deer even notice that? Thanks!
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i have never heard a turkey before daylight except during their breeding season which is not the same as deer season. i think that your best bet is to really take your time. it is not a race to the stand, you should just try to be as quiet as possible and walk a little and then stop. you might also want to avoid those calls as a cover to keep the yotes and wildcats and bears and mountain lions and boogeymen off your tail. remember, all of the scurrying critters make noise in the dry leaves, as long as the deer don't smell or see you, you're no different. good luck.
id go with a rake do it once and wont have 2 do it again usually. i wouldn't use the turkey call in the dark you might end up educating the deer
A couple of air horns might work to!
shouldnt be a turkey, they roost till at least dawn and don't like moving around in the dark
Raking your trail helps to keep the crunch down, but it also shows any other hunter the way to your stand. Try arriving an hour earlier, if you do bump anything goin in the area will settle down by daylight. You might try moving like a deer also. 2-3 steps then pause for 20-60 seconds then another 2-3 steps and so on, sounds better than the rhythmic foots steps of a hunter walking in.
i am not trying to be smart here but do people actually rake their trails? i did not know this was common practice.
I'll always scrap leaves aways with my feet, at least the last forty yards or so. not as obvious as raking a trail, but still effective.
if you can't get to the stand quietly, you can easily ruin the first half hour or so of hunting and that's often the best. I'd rake it if i needed to.
if not, pause often while you walk, that sounds a lot more natural in the woods than the incessant plodding of human gait.
deer don't always blow, stomp or snort.
I've had them walk away without doin anything not even a flag
I'm not sure how long your walk is through the woods, but try walking like a deer or other animal, NOT like a human. I know this sounds a little funny, but animals walk/pause/walk and they do it fairly quietly. Humans tend to thunder through the woods at an even pace, trying to get to their stand quickly and get settled in. I've tried this and I swear it works. Might be worth a shot.
im with matouse3 it seems to work for me
its definitly not a turkey there death scared of predators in the dark
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i have never heard a turkey before daylight except during their breeding season which is not the same as deer season. i think that your best bet is to really take your time. it is not a race to the stand, you should just try to be as quiet as possible and walk a little and then stop. you might also want to avoid those calls as a cover to keep the yotes and wildcats and bears and mountain lions and boogeymen off your tail. remember, all of the scurrying critters make noise in the dry leaves, as long as the deer don't smell or see you, you're no different. good luck.
id go with a rake do it once and wont have 2 do it again usually. i wouldn't use the turkey call in the dark you might end up educating the deer
A couple of air horns might work to!
shouldnt be a turkey, they roost till at least dawn and don't like moving around in the dark
Raking your trail helps to keep the crunch down, but it also shows any other hunter the way to your stand. Try arriving an hour earlier, if you do bump anything goin in the area will settle down by daylight. You might try moving like a deer also. 2-3 steps then pause for 20-60 seconds then another 2-3 steps and so on, sounds better than the rhythmic foots steps of a hunter walking in.
i am not trying to be smart here but do people actually rake their trails? i did not know this was common practice.
I'll always scrap leaves aways with my feet, at least the last forty yards or so. not as obvious as raking a trail, but still effective.
if you can't get to the stand quietly, you can easily ruin the first half hour or so of hunting and that's often the best. I'd rake it if i needed to.
if not, pause often while you walk, that sounds a lot more natural in the woods than the incessant plodding of human gait.
deer don't always blow, stomp or snort.
I've had them walk away without doin anything not even a flag
I'm not sure how long your walk is through the woods, but try walking like a deer or other animal, NOT like a human. I know this sounds a little funny, but animals walk/pause/walk and they do it fairly quietly. Humans tend to thunder through the woods at an even pace, trying to get to their stand quickly and get settled in. I've tried this and I swear it works. Might be worth a shot.
im with matouse3 it seems to work for me
its definitly not a turkey there death scared of predators in the dark
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