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Post by wesb81219 on Apr 13, 2017 16:59:27 GMT -5
What is the general rule of thumb on how long to call for and how long to lay off of calling?
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Apr 13, 2017 17:14:24 GMT -5
I let the birds help me make that decision. Sometimes they get fired up and want that excited calling. If you get one fired up and he won't come your direction then give him the ol silent treatment and after a while there's a good chance he will come looking. That's where it takes patience.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Apr 13, 2017 22:15:13 GMT -5
Whitetail Dave said it perfectly. Each bird has it's own personality. Some like a lot of chatter and others don't.
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Post by 76chevy on Apr 22, 2017 6:03:38 GMT -5
Good advice above. Turkeys have all day to respond or not to our calls. Patience and woodsmanship kills more turkeys than fancy calling.
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Post by span870 on Apr 23, 2017 10:17:29 GMT -5
I'm completely opposite of what you've read above. What they gave you though is sound advice. I'm a caller and very aggressive at that. I want that bird hammering every step and fired up when he comes in. If he shuts up he has about ten minutes to show or I'm on to the next bird. Don't care if I kill one or not but I love that gobbling, strutting, and drumming. You can take either advice. Theirs you'll probably kill more birds with. Having a good property to hunt helps a bunch. I gauge the turkey through the beginning calling slow and aggressive but when he starts coming, I'm firing him up. Another difference is terrain. I hunt woods 99.9% of the time. I've noticed more aggressive in fields will get birds locked up. In the woods, once that turkey gets about 100 yards, if you can get him double or triple gobbling, he's coming.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Apr 23, 2017 15:20:06 GMT -5
They put on a good show when they're coming at you hard don't they Span!?
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Post by span870 on Apr 23, 2017 19:54:32 GMT -5
They put on a good show when they're coming at you hard don't they Span!? The one my buddies boy killed today came in fast. Popped out on logging road about 80 yards. As soon as he did I started cutting at him. Automatically double gobbles and popped into full strut. Every two steps he'd take I'd cut at him. He'd gobble and I'd cut him off cutting at him. Figured I'd get the boys first bird to put on a show he'd never see again. Finally killed him about 8 steps and I'm pretty sure he'd of ran me over if he didn't shoot. He was that close I could feel him spit drumming. Love those birds. |
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Apr 23, 2017 20:26:00 GMT -5
I have taken a few birds strutting and playing the game but, only one really sticks out in my mind as being super aggressive. He gobbled and gobbled and gobbled, cut me off almost every time. He was strutting around on the ridge behind me and just as soon as he saw my gobbler decoy he came sprinting down the hill, around a dead fall and jumped in the air with both feet and smoked my decoy. There was no feeling out process, no posturing, no cautious approach, just pure aggression! It was awesome!
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Post by budga82832 on Apr 24, 2017 9:40:21 GMT -5
All depends on the bird and where your hunting. If you hunt public property as I do, I don't want him hammering much because other hunters hear the same thing and approach while calling. Turkey usually shuts up and walks off and no one gets him.
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Post by wesb81219 on Apr 24, 2017 11:54:27 GMT -5
All depends on the bird and where your hunting. If you hunt public property as I do, I don't want him hammering much because other hunters hear the same thing and approach while calling. Turkey usually shuts up and walks off and no one gets him. Kinda funny you mention that. I took my boy out for youth hunt at Kingsbury and had some gobbling early on and then silence. So I continued calling off and on for a while and shortly after I went silent we had a tom come out of the woods in full strut. I gave him a couple minutes to do his thing and head to my decoys and when he got around 60 yds away I started calling and he headed back to the woods. |
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Post by budga82832 on Apr 24, 2017 12:00:24 GMT -5
Weather kinda stinks, 10- 20mph winds Wed & Fri, Rain on Thursday. I hate the winds, makes it very hard to hear anything
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Post by throbak on Apr 24, 2017 16:10:05 GMT -5
Myself Iget their attention ,Know for sure they answered me,,OneTime And I shut up
They can't stand it when they gobble and no one answers
They come looking for you and know exactly where you are Most of my hunting is in the woods I can't stand setting and watching a hay field or crop field
I like to be where there at Not where there going
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Apr 24, 2017 17:02:21 GMT -5
I go to the strut zone and wait. Just call a couple times let them know I'm here. Most of time I don't wait long. They come a running to get there first. One hen decoy in corn field about 20 yards in front of me. a lot easier than running around spooking everything. Can slip in and in the creek without being seen. More like deer hunting.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Apr 24, 2017 20:20:03 GMT -5
I go to the strut zone and wait. Just call a couple times let them know I'm here. Most of time I don't wait long. They come a running to get there first. One hen decoy in corn field about 20 yards in front of me. a lot easier than running around spooking everything. Can slip in and in the creek without being seen. More like deer hunting. I think they call it deerkey hunting. I've did my fair share of this, but man it can get rather boring at times. |
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Post by jackryan on Apr 24, 2017 20:34:35 GMT -5
If you try to keep them hammering the whole way in on public ground you could sell hot dogs and popcorn by the time one makes it through the gauntlet of hunters who would "never cut one off" but WILL jump at the chance to "stalk" one moving away from them.
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Post by span870 on Apr 25, 2017 5:23:11 GMT -5
If you try to keep them hammering the whole way in on public ground you could sell hot dogs and popcorn by the time one makes it through the gauntlet of hunters who would "never cut one off" but WILL jump at the chance to "stalk" one moving away from them. Too true. I grew up and learned turkey hunting on Hoosier National Forest. Killed my fair share. Switched over to dumb, private property birds. There is a night and day difference on the way you have to hunt them. I've actually had public land birds gobbling on the ground for extended periods of time, made one soft yelp to them, and they immediately move away gobbling the whole way. Now some will say, hens pulled him the other way. I've seen birds, henless, immediately walk away. I don't give extra intelligence to them but they are a different breed. Private, on the other hand, have had two birds gobbling from two different directions. Called, and they both darn near trip over themselves trying to get to me first. True believer, if you think you are a great turkey hunter, hunt HNF. It'll humble you quick. |
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Post by hornzilla on Apr 26, 2017 12:57:34 GMT -5
I like to get as close as possible before he ever leaves the tree. As soon as things start waking up. I want to be the first hen he hears. I will fire him up a little while he's in the tree. Then I just go silent. After I hear him hit the ground. A cluck and some soft purrs most of the time is all it takes. Less is more in this game. He will come looking.
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