field hunting or woods

[Eli103]

i'm curious to see if y'all like an open field or the timber a little bit better. for me i'm split. they both have their pros and cons. also do y'all sit and wait for one to come in or chase em down.

 

[TreyB]

I love the woods. Close the distance and let him hopefully make the longer walk to me.

 

[Boll Weevil]

All of the above.

 

[Woodman]

I go where I can find turkeys...........doesn't have any thing to do with what I like, it's what the turkeys like & what it takes to get a good shot.

 

[Layne]

If the turkeys will oblige me I prefer the woods, if I have to hunt a field I prefer it to be a narrow field, hunting them on a large field just drives me nuts and ends up wasting good hunting light... oh and I definitely prefer to go get em...

 

[REN]

Woods without question. I hate field turkeys.
Just a totally different gobble sound in the woods. Nothing like it

 

[Dennis]

If I am going to sit somewhere for a few hours, I enjoy the sights, smells and sounds of the woods, as opposed to staring into an open field.

However, when it comes to killing a nice gobbler, I like my odds when it is one that struts around in a field. I know a lot of guys say those field gobblers are difficult to tag, but that has not been my experience. They often don't like to come to a call - that is true. But they can be very predictable in terms of how they enter or leave the field, which is all I need to know.

 

[BigRod]

If I am going to sit somewhere for a few hours, I enjoy the sights, smells and sounds of the woods, as opposed to staring into an open field.

However, when it comes to killing a nice gobbler, I like my odds when it is one that struts around in a field. I know a lot of guys say those field gobblers are difficult to tag, but that has not been my experience. They often don't like to come to a call - that is true. But they can be very predictable in terms of how they enter or leave the field, which is all I need to know.

I'll agree with this post. I had 3 Toms that i could almost set my watch by of how they entered a field and left the field last year. They knew where and when they wanted to go and there was a call I could make to change their minds.

 

[megalomaniac]

I prefer to hunt and kill birds in the woods, but I also enjoy actually watching them, especially if I haven't gotten a woods bird into range in a while. That's when the field hunts come into play.

 

[Setterman]

Either woods or fields Are fine with me, each are fun in their own way.

 

[CBU93]

Field birds are tough..:that's why I love them.

 

[poorhunter]

I'm going to admit that field birds are an absolute pain for me. I've killed a couple in the last 25-30 years but I am no good with them...except the two times I used decoys when we killed four. I'm more successful in the woods.

 

[Snake]

I voted woods because at the time that is all I have to hunt . If I had a place with fields I surely would hunt them mostly in the evenings JMO .

 

[tree_ghost]

I'll kill them wherever they want to die but personally to have one screaming his head off as he appears slowly over the crest of a rise in the timber is how I like it best!

 

[CBU93]

The only things I like hunting in the woods are ducks.