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<blockquote data-quote="woodsman04" data-source="post: 5589317" data-attributes="member: 19488"><p>1- don't spook the turkey at all cost</p><p></p><p>2-be patient</p><p></p><p>3-turn your entire body to an ear if possible</p><p></p><p>4-don't walk around corners or over hills without easing around looking. Always be ready for a bird to be around the bend or over the knob.</p><p></p><p>5-listen for scratching in dry hardwoods, listen for drumming or hens whining or clucking. </p><p></p><p>6-don't walk around calling. Whether it's owl and crow calls or hen calls. Yea it works sometimes but it's better to ease out of the truck and walk a ways extremely quietly and slowly and listen. Find a good comfortable listening spot and just sit down and listen. When birds start on their own they are killable. Occasionally he will gobble at or with his hens. But if you hear one gobbling on his on at 12 o clock he wants to get killed.</p><p></p><p>7-don't walk through the middle of cow pastures or Ag fields EVER</p><p></p><p>8-don't call to him until you get what you think is a good set up. </p><p></p><p>9-try to get above them if possible. But I never move positions if I think I will spook the turkey. Sometimes I still probably get caught, but I try not to. </p><p></p><p>10-have some sort of obstacle that he has to be in range to see you. It's hard to call them up out of cow pastures or in wide open hardwoods.</p><p></p><p>11-don't call too much. Make a couple or three series of yelps and clucks to let him know you're there then shut up. I don't care how long it takes. Throw the call away where you won't be tempted to use it. When you make a sound he knows exactly what tree you're sitting beside. He will either come or not come. No amount of more calling will get him to change his mind.</p><p></p><p>12-don't be worried about being defeated. It's part of the game. It ain't supposed to be easy. </p><p></p><p>13-be careful, hunt smart, enjoy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodsman04, post: 5589317, member: 19488"] 1- don’t spook the turkey at all cost 2-be patient 3-turn your entire body to an ear if possible 4-don’t walk around corners or over hills without easing around looking. Always be ready for a bird to be around the bend or over the knob. 5-listen for scratching in dry hardwoods, listen for drumming or hens whining or clucking. 6-don’t walk around calling. Whether it’s owl and crow calls or hen calls. Yea it works sometimes but it’s better to ease out of the truck and walk a ways extremely quietly and slowly and listen. Find a good comfortable listening spot and just sit down and listen. When birds start on their own they are killable. Occasionally he will gobble at or with his hens. But if you hear one gobbling on his on at 12 o clock he wants to get killed. 7-don’t walk through the middle of cow pastures or Ag fields EVER 8-don’t call to him until you get what you think is a good set up. 9-try to get above them if possible. But I never move positions if I think I will spook the turkey. Sometimes I still probably get caught, but I try not to. 10-have some sort of obstacle that he has to be in range to see you. It’s hard to call them up out of cow pastures or in wide open hardwoods. 11-don’t call too much. Make a couple or three series of yelps and clucks to let him know you’re there then shut up. I don’t care how long it takes. Throw the call away where you won’t be tempted to use it. When you make a sound he knows exactly what tree you’re sitting beside. He will either come or not come. No amount of more calling will get him to change his mind. 12-don’t be worried about being defeated. It’s part of the game. It ain’t supposed to be easy. 13-be careful, hunt smart, enjoy it. [/QUOTE]
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