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Stalking Turkeys
Uploaded on July 26, 2009I usualy stalk and call rather than sit, because i think it puts a bit more action in the hunt. I start out by heading out at noon(and yes i've shot many arround that time) and take a 4-weeler to a bunch of canyons park it on the top of the hill and start from there, but once i start out i don't see or hear anything till about an houre after i drop out of sight in to the canyons. If i am doing any thing wrong please say.
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You will kill more turkeys by sitting and calling.Try it out.
Don't stalk, bad Idea, if a hunter sees movement he may shoot you.
I'm sure you don't want that.
stalking is too dangerous, I'm pretty sure that is how the kid got shot in Vermont.
depends on exactly what you mean. You should move to different locations all right, if you are hearing no gobbles [this would be spring gobbler]
Stalking and calling is compared to trying to commit suicide. Hunters will shoot at the sound and movement. I have had several cases of this over the years.
Well I call in a spot for about 30 mins then move about 30 yrds sit and call for another 30 mins, and so on. Unless of course a tom is answering.
I practice both forms of turkey hunting. Opening day (since I've scouted rather heavily up to) I usually know where the birds are so I get out early and sit and call. If I'm still coming up short with that approach, I'll start moving around. I'll walk through the woods to where I know turkeys usually are and call a little. If I get a response, I'll sit down/set up nearby and start calling. OTherwise I continue to move, calling every so often.
I must say this however. Even though I hunt mainly on private land, I almost always will throw on a blaze orange hat and secure/hide my decoys while moving. I know it's not much, but every little bit helps! The last thing I want is a face full of #6's!
It is nearly impossible to stalk close enough to a turkey to get a shot unless you can put some geographical feature between you and him, like popping up out of a ditch when you are in range. As others have said, it isn't a good idea to try if there are other hunters in the woods. I always try to be as quiet as possible when moving from one calling location to the next, but not with any real expectation of getting withing range of a gobbler.
I saw just the other day where a man was crawling up on a turkey and got a fatal load of #4's in the face. There is not a turkey on the planet worth getting shot, don't do it.
Never stalk a turkey. Period, full stop.
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You will kill more turkeys by sitting and calling.Try it out.
Don't stalk, bad Idea, if a hunter sees movement he may shoot you.
I'm sure you don't want that.
stalking is too dangerous, I'm pretty sure that is how the kid got shot in Vermont.
depends on exactly what you mean. You should move to different locations all right, if you are hearing no gobbles [this would be spring gobbler]
Stalking and calling is compared to trying to commit suicide. Hunters will shoot at the sound and movement. I have had several cases of this over the years.
Well I call in a spot for about 30 mins then move about 30 yrds sit and call for another 30 mins, and so on. Unless of course a tom is answering.
I practice both forms of turkey hunting. Opening day (since I've scouted rather heavily up to) I usually know where the birds are so I get out early and sit and call. If I'm still coming up short with that approach, I'll start moving around. I'll walk through the woods to where I know turkeys usually are and call a little. If I get a response, I'll sit down/set up nearby and start calling. OTherwise I continue to move, calling every so often.
I must say this however. Even though I hunt mainly on private land, I almost always will throw on a blaze orange hat and secure/hide my decoys while moving. I know it's not much, but every little bit helps! The last thing I want is a face full of #6's!
I saw just the other day where a man was crawling up on a turkey and got a fatal load of #4's in the face. There is not a turkey on the planet worth getting shot, don't do it.
Never stalk a turkey. Period, full stop.
It is nearly impossible to stalk close enough to a turkey to get a shot unless you can put some geographical feature between you and him, like popping up out of a ditch when you are in range. As others have said, it isn't a good idea to try if there are other hunters in the woods. I always try to be as quiet as possible when moving from one calling location to the next, but not with any real expectation of getting withing range of a gobbler.
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