Turkey Hunting >> Turkey Hunting Tips

1. When you are setting up on wild turkeys ahead of daylight, don’t get excessively close to roosting places. Views depend on which is the appropriate distance but generally, try to get within 100 to 150 yards if possible. You are basically attempting to get closest to the turkey without spooking it off. The closer you’ve gotten, the fewer the barriers that bird will have to overcome to get to your spot.

2. If you’ve found a tom that is placed on a hillside or part way up a crest, make an effort to climb the hill or ridge and do the calling from a spot above the gobbler or in any case on the equal level. Turkeys aren’t as liable to coming down a hill to a call.

3. Do not endeavor to shoot a swaggering gobbler. If possible, wait until the turkey comes out of swagger and extends its neck. If he does not do it on his own, give him a “cackle” or two; that is typically enough for it to come out and lift his head to observe who’s there. Your goal is to be able to take the best shot you can and plainly collect the turkey. A shotgun pattern will be most proficient when the tom extends his neck, increasing the target area.

4. If you are fortunate enough to be living in a blustery state, then you’d better become skilled at hunting in windy conditions. Strong winds amplify the challenge of wild turkey hunting because you are not able to hear like in normal circumstances and neither are the turkeys. It is important to try to find areas that are left out of the wind, if it is possible and if you can’t find any then use noisy, high-pitched pack calls and glass or otherwise aluminum rubbing calls which can be perceived through wind. Try to set up and call in a spot upwind of the place you believe turkeys may be so that the sound can travel downwind to them.

5. Patience, patience, patience - Perhaps the most ignored ability in wild turkey hunting is the aptitude of sitting motionless and wait for a gobbler. Whenever you can’t bear sitting any longer and feel it is time to move to a different spot, stay there for 15 more minutes. Patience is responsible for more gobbler kills than any other cause.

6. If you can see a fellow hunter approaching in the forest, under no circumstances move or make any turkey sounds. Just call him by his name if you happen to know him or simply say “Hello.” The resonance of a human voice securely alerts your colleague that someone else must be in the area. It’s much better to perhaps frighten a gobbler nearby than to be unintentionally shot at.

7. Do not start with forceful calling immediately after calling to a tom. Instead start with some soft cackles and purrs. Providing it doesn’t show signs that it is working, go for a few intermediate volume yelps. If however that doesn’t get his attention, try a handful of harsh and insistent yelping. If the calling is too much and excessively loud, you may scare the gobbler off, which means that the game is over. Starting soft, you will be able to work your way to more forceful calls.

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