Turkey Killing Tips

[Huckleberry Finn]

rotflmao He said Mountme rotflmao
And if you add just a couple more letters.....It reads: You are getting on peoples nerves and most of us think you are a smuck! Get yourself some manners or exercise your right to be silent ~~ How Cool Is That!

Sumbitch, all these years we thought Jesse was long winded and here comes a fellar that translates him into longer (accurate) sentences.

I'll be damned. :smiley_crocodile:

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Wasn't this thread about turkey callin and hunting?

Here's the video I scratched out last year trying out a new slate (turns out I hardly touched it in the woods last spring)

[video=youtube;vufjbkRrJsI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vufjbkRrJsI[/video]

 

[bowhunter1023]

I left my rubber boots on the boot dryer today. Sum beech...

I've killed a grand total of one turkey in my whole life in about 10 hours of real effort. What killed that turkey was what Joe told me: After he knows you are there, make him call because he wants you to talk; not because you are talking. I called less than 30 seconds on a 20 minute hunt. The most crucial call was the 3 yelps from my Primos Sonic Dome when he turned to leave after some how missing my dekes. I yelped, he looked back and locked on the dekes; game over.

I can take notes and did that day. I went from causally hunting turkeys to a turkey hunter that day. It changed my whole outlook things...

 

[hickslawns]

I took notes on that one TOO Jesse. Hoping it pays off. Saw 3 in the field this morning. One was in full strut again. I sure hope they are still hanging around the area during the season.

 

[xbowguy]

I got this feeling that Hicks is gonna get one..............His approach to this is just TOO stealthy not to.

 

[Mountaineer]

I agree..i think Hicks has an excellent chance..Everyone in here does who puts their time in.

My prediction for me is 2 longbeards in OH and 2 in WV

 

[hickslawns]

I hope you guys are right. I started deer hunting with one heck of a chance of luck. Hopefully turkey hunting is the same way. I didn't think so at the time, but now with four seasons under my belt, I realize I was the luckiest SOB around. haha "The Deer that hooked Me" was a TOO HOF story about that first deer. Like I said, looking back and thinking about how a totally green hunter shot a 139" deer on his third day hunting requires a good bit of luck. haha

 

[xbowguy]

Sometimes you can create your own luck! Or at least side it in your favor....... There's just something about your approach to this..... I Hope You Do!

 

[epe]

I am curious to see what the weather does to the birds. I am hoping some are unhenned..

 

[brock ratcliff]

A girl that works in our shop just told me she's been having them strutting in her yard every morning for the last two weeks. Gonna be a strange season I'd guess.

 

[Mountaineer]

One tip i can give is..Dont give the Gobbler your best calling all at once...make him earn everything. Start with soft calling and slowly work up to your most aggresive calls.which could take hours. The ole timer taught me to always save something for the end. If you give him everything you got all at once and 5 mins into the hunt you wont have anything left for him. Tease him with soft subtle calls ..make it seem you are not intrested. It will drive him crazy. and slowly work up to your most aggressive and best calling. Its a slow process and once again it reverts back to who is the most patient hunter as like big buck hunting.

If you chase they run if you run they chase.

 

[JD Boyd]

Paul, your gonna make Hicks the best turkey hunter in allen county with all the great tips you keep sharing...

 

[Mountaineer]

lol..JD...Im tryin.

 

[mrex]

I was looking through some tapes and came across this “raw” footage of my youngest son taking his first gobbler...I think he was eight. We decided to let Corey be the gunner, Ryan the caller and I would run the camera. My wife roosted the bird for us the night before. I’m pretty sure they used this in one of the HS Cuttin’ & Struttin’ videos…after a whole lot of editing.

Corey runs out to get the bird but it’s still kicking so his brother runs out to help him. The best part is the post hunt “cut aways.” The first try, I told the boys to stop at a specific spot and tell the story…and Corey walks right out of the screen. The next dozen or so cut aways are comical as they do their best to replicate the excitement of the hunt and follow the script.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO4nqk3rFdM&feature=youtu.be

My memory is not that great and I had completely forgotten about this hunt. Here’s another tip…for those of you with young kids, I encourage you to bring a camera along on your on your trips in the field whenever possible.

 

[JD Boyd]

LOL!!! I think that bird was starting to get a little heavy for him...lol

 

[RedCloud]

Suprised he ever wanted to shoot and carry out another bird after that day lmao.

 

[xbowguy]

Suprised he ever wanted to shoot and carry out another bird after that day lmao.

I agree RC......... On the last take, Dove Hunting was probably looking pretty good!

Good Video Mike. Awesome to see the youth gettin after it.

 

[Duck Commander]

I disagree. If turkey hunting somehow comes to the point of "Stealth Turkey Assassins" (STA? Sounds pretty good), then I'll love this sport even more. Like deer hunting, shooting the first deer you see of the season is like calling one right off the roost and getting an easy kill. That's fine. There's nothing like fresh meat in the first few days of the season. However, I truly appreciate turkey hunting due to the skill involved in tracking those buggers down. As the OP stated, in nature, hens come to toms so most of the time you have to become a true "hunter" and hunt them down yourself. If nothing else in life gets your juices flowin, then try hunting down a big ole tom that isn't responding very well to your calls. It puts meat on the table of course but the story of how you killed it is much bigger and should be truly appreciated.

 

[aholdren]

I was looking through some tapes and came across this “raw” footage of my youngest son taking his first gobbler...I think he was eight. We decided to let Corey be the gunner, Ryan the caller and I would run the camera. My wife roosted the bird for us the night before. I’m pretty sure they used this in one of the HS Cuttin’ & Struttin’ videos…after a whole lot of editing.

Corey runs out to get the bird but it’s still kicking so his brother runs out to help him. The best part is the post hunt “cut aways.” The first try, I told the boys to stop at a specific spot and tell the story…and Corey walks right out of the screen. The next dozen or so cut aways are comical as they do their best to replicate the excitement of the hunt and follow the script.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO4nqk3rFdM&feature=youtu.be

My memory is not that great and I had completely forgotten about this hunt. Here’s another tip…for those of you with young kids, I encourage you to bring a camera along on your on your trips in the field whenever possible.

That's my favorite video you have posted so far Mrex. Your yougest definitely got his exercise that morning toting that long beard back and forth, was the breast meat bruised from him flopping it off his shoulder and onto the ground for each clip LOL.

 

[Mountaineer]

Here's another tip. If you truely love spring Gobbler hunting you need to at least hunt one time in your life Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri. I spent 10 years traveling to these states hunting spring birds and it is absolutely the pinnicle of spring bird hunting. You must at least try it one time in your life. Most mornings you will 20 to 50 Gobblers sounding off and one morning I heard 100 to 200 gobblers sounding off. It's an experience of a.lifetime.

 

[Milo]

Here's another tip. If you truely love spring Gobbler hunting you need to at least hunt one time in your life Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri. I spent 10 years traveling to these states hunting spring birds and it is absolutely the pinnicle of spring bird hunting. You must at least try it one time in your life. Most mornings you will 20 to 50 Gobblers sounding off and one morning I heard 100 to 200 gobblers sounding off. It's an experience of a.lifetime.

I am thinking of planning a trip to kansas or nebraska to chase birds some time...