Turkey

Yes. There is no smarter bird ... no easier bird (notice I refrain from using the words dumb or stupid?) ... each day one does not know what the day will bring.

I like to kill 'em close or let them live to play another day.

Much of my time afield is putting others on a bird ... my last 3 were part of doubles where we had one gun in the blind and a second Tom decided to either not run off or come back in ... that dead Tom laying on the ground - no better decoy. Sometimes my shot was closer than the person who killed the 1st Tom.

Used to run and gun public land and killed quite a few birds that way ... now most of my success is from private land where we tend to stay put in a few locations we have set up.
 
BRITTMAN said:
and a second Tom decided to either not run off or come back in ... that dead Tom laying on the ground
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This has happened to me several times too. It's like they can't figure out one of their own just got blasted in the face by a 12 gauge.
 
BRITTMAN said:
Yes. There is no smarter bird ... no easier bird (notice I refrain from using the words dumb or stupid?) ... each day one does not know what the day will bring.

I like to kill 'em close or let them live to play another day.

Much of my time afield is putting others on a bird ... my last 3 were part of doubles where we had one gun in the blind and a second Tom decided to either not run off or come back in ... that dead Tom laying on the ground - no better decoy. Sometimes my shot was closer than the person who killed the 1st Tom.

Used to run and gun public land and killed quite a few birds that way ... now most of my success is from private land where we tend to stay put in a few locations we have set up.
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I have done the stay in place, but I prefer to walk around in the woods and call. Sometimes I even take my dogs, but then my odds of getting a bird go way way down.
 
sure am. will be set up at zero dark thirty for opening morning.
 
BRITTMAN said:
Yes. There is no smarter bird ... no easier bird (notice I refrain from using the words dumb or stupid?) ... each day one does not know what the day will bring.

I like to kill 'em close or let them live to play another day.

Much of my time afield is putting others on a bird ... my last 3 were part of doubles where we had one gun in the blind and a second Tom decided to either not run off or come back in ... that dead Tom laying on the ground - no better decoy. Sometimes my shot was closer than the person who killed the 1st Tom.

Used to run and gun public land and killed quite a few birds that way ... now most of my success is from private land where we tend to stay put in a few locations we have set up.
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I got my cousin his first turkey 2 years ago, and in the last 10 or 12 years my calling has gotten a lot better and my woodsmanship so I've been able to call in a few good gobblers for friends, and I get a lot of enjoyment out of doing that because a lot of people have never shot a big gobbler. I've gotten a handful of really big turkeys in the last 15 years. No the last 25 plus years. It's my favorite thing to do, I don't fish very much at all so basically I pheasant hunt and I turkey hunt.
 
Bowguy said:
So just for curiosity, seems most of you fellas are more west of me. What type calls you running?

And have you had any luck w scents?
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I usually use a cheap slate call, or sometimes a box call. I've never tried any scent, I've never tried a gobble call, I just got real good at yelping and cutting and sometimes I do a little clock that works.
 
Nice like i said was joking about the scent. They dont really smell. Myself im thinkimg anyone in the open areas might do better with a longbox but im just guessing.
I use all calls and have more than most sport shops but I prob use a scratch box most
 
Box and pot calls for me. When I first started it was diaphragm mouth calls and I did very well with that. Somewhere along the way I developed a gag reflex and the diaphragm calls make we want to puke.

Run & Gun is best with the diaphragm call because it keeps hand and arm movement to a minimum.

I may scout at dark 30, but rarely do I find myself hunting until about 8 or 9 AM. Will do 2-3 sits between say 8 and 2:30. Occasionally will sit in a blind with a good view the last 2 hours of the day. Mostly to pattern the birds but my son has shot one on the last day of the season 10 minutes before sunset ... in the rain.
 
I hunted first 30 years mouth call almost exclusively. I still use them and make my own. Did you ever try cutting them? A buddy also makes em and uses zero tape. Its the metal frame with reeds. I personally use a longbox for locating if I’m using turkey calls, also for roosting birds.
Last year in NH I had a bunch of birds I’d circled around on. I used a mouth call cause I figured I was somewhat close. Nothing….
I grabbed a longbox, cutt on it LOUD trying to reach out to wherever the birds went. Darn things hammered close, I bet woulda been in sighting distance if the ground wasn’t so broken up. Told the guy with me to sit quick. Within seconds birds were in range.
Just a side note for any box call guys. A longbox does everything a short box does plus more. Its way louder yet if you hold the soundboards (sides) it’ll tone down a bit. Same goes for short boxes just more limited
 
BRITTMAN said:
Box and pot calls for me. When I first started it was diaphragm mouth calls and I did very well with that. Somewhere along the way I developed a gag reflex and the diaphragm calls make we want to puke.

Run & Gun is best with the diaphragm call because it keeps hand and arm movement to a minimum.

I may scout at dark 30, but rarely do I find myself hunting until about 8 or 9 AM. Will do 2-3 sits between say 8 and 2:30. Occasionally will sit in a blind with a good view the last 2 hours of the day. Mostly to pattern the birds but my son has shot one on the last day of the season 10 minutes before sunset ... in the rain.
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Yeah I actually have a pop-up blind but it's kind of heavy, and it's kind of a hassle, so I don't use it very often.. Sometimes I will make a blind out of brush and tree limbs and just so I can hide myself and get my bowl my bow set up, so I can draw my bow. With a shotgun I still try to get into some kind of cover
 
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