Post by featherduster on May 13, 2010 19:28:22 GMT -5
Last year was my first time ever hunting turkey in Nebraska.
I thought I had gone to turkey hunters heaven.
This year my partner and I couldn't do ANYTHING right. The birds were roosting right where they were last year nothing had changed except these birds got smart. We made so many dumb mistakes it was sad.
LESSONS LEARNED.
1. DO NOT HUNT TOGETHER SPLIT UP, YOU WILL INCREASE YOUR CHANCES BY 50% OF GETTING A BIRD.
2.BUY A GOOD GROUND BLIND SO YOU CAN ENDURE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN COMFORT AND YOU CAN MOVE AROUND WHEN YOUR BUTT GETS SORE.
3.USE A QUALITY DECOY(S) ONES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
Here are some of the mistakes we made.
2 men in a ground blind and one is going to shoot a bow the problem is not enough room.
If you set up and you think they are not coming give it another 10 minutes because they are.
If you crawl up to the top of the hill have your gun ready because they are right there when you peek over the ridge.
All in all it was a good time and we came away knowing a lot more about turkey hunting then we thought we knew.
ADDITIONAL: forget about gimmicks like fighting calls and squealing hen calls.Stick to the basic calls.
I thought I had gone to turkey hunters heaven.
This year my partner and I couldn't do ANYTHING right. The birds were roosting right where they were last year nothing had changed except these birds got smart. We made so many dumb mistakes it was sad.
LESSONS LEARNED.
1. DO NOT HUNT TOGETHER SPLIT UP, YOU WILL INCREASE YOUR CHANCES BY 50% OF GETTING A BIRD.
2.BUY A GOOD GROUND BLIND SO YOU CAN ENDURE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN COMFORT AND YOU CAN MOVE AROUND WHEN YOUR BUTT GETS SORE.
3.USE A QUALITY DECOY(S) ONES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.
Here are some of the mistakes we made.
2 men in a ground blind and one is going to shoot a bow the problem is not enough room.
If you set up and you think they are not coming give it another 10 minutes because they are.
If you crawl up to the top of the hill have your gun ready because they are right there when you peek over the ridge.
All in all it was a good time and we came away knowing a lot more about turkey hunting then we thought we knew.
ADDITIONAL: forget about gimmicks like fighting calls and squealing hen calls.Stick to the basic calls.
