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3-Part Series on Hunting Silent Toms
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<blockquote data-quote="jaybird62" data-source="post: 5870462" data-attributes="member: 3437"><p>Perhaps that's all YOU need to know about hunting tight-lipped turkeys, but in my experience there's a little more to it than what you believe to be true. I've opened up a few seasons in a few places over the last 40 years chasing these birds and they've taught me most of what I know. </p><p></p><p>BTW, maybe you meant to say "opening morning" rather than "opening day." For those of us who have had to hunt public ground and worn out several pairs of boots chasing these marvelous critters, I'm sure I'm not the only member of the Tenth Legion who has witnessed a marked decrease in turkey vocalization after 10 a.m. on opening day. </p><p></p><p>Though you didn't say it, "hunting pressure" can be applied by humans prior to opening day and shut a tom up. That's why it's illegal to run a call in the woods in many places prior to actual opening day. The other side of that coin is that turkeys get hunted 365 days a year. Predators kill a lot more turkeys every year than people do, and I've seen predator pressure dramatically reduce gobbling activity.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck, and I hope that every turkey you sit down to gobbles a hundred times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybird62, post: 5870462, member: 3437"] Perhaps that's all YOU need to know about hunting tight-lipped turkeys, but in my experience there's a little more to it than what you believe to be true. I've opened up a few seasons in a few places over the last 40 years chasing these birds and they've taught me most of what I know. BTW, maybe you meant to say "opening morning" rather than "opening day." For those of us who have had to hunt public ground and worn out several pairs of boots chasing these marvelous critters, I'm sure I'm not the only member of the Tenth Legion who has witnessed a marked decrease in turkey vocalization after 10 a.m. on opening day. Though you didn't say it, "hunting pressure" can be applied by humans prior to opening day and shut a tom up. That's why it's illegal to run a call in the woods in many places prior to actual opening day. The other side of that coin is that turkeys get hunted 365 days a year. Predators kill a lot more turkeys every year than people do, and I've seen predator pressure dramatically reduce gobbling activity. Best of luck, and I hope that every turkey you sit down to gobbles a hundred times. [/QUOTE]
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