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<blockquote data-quote="TN Larry" data-source="post: 5060065" data-attributes="member: 2019"><p>Some good advice offered so far. <strong>Ditto on scn's safety tips</strong>. Also dittoe on moving as you can get away with a whole lot more on a deer than you can a turkey. You still have to move your gun and shift but make absolutely sure he can't see you or the gig is up.</p><p></p><p>Couple of things to note in terms of hunting even though there are really no absolute rules:</p><p></p><p>1) Use the terrain to your advantage when closing in before calling. Get to where you want to be before calling to him. I always try to have a little rise or some terrain feature between me and him where he has to come look at 40 or under to see me. You can't always do this but if he can hear you then he knows exactly your location and may get hesistant if he can see 80 yards to you and not see a hen.</p><p></p><p>2) Call as less as possible but also keep him in interested. Let the bird tell you what he liked. Remember that nature is for the hen to go to the gobbler. I usually never call again when I know that he is committed. On the flip side, I have killed a bird or two that wouldn't even think of coming to soft calling. It had to be loud and aggressive as a last ditch effort.</p><p></p><p>3) It is the rule of thumb to get above a bird before calling if you can. However, I have killed a bunch that I have had to call down hill just because the terrain or property lines didn't allow me to get around him. I always at least try to get on his level. I have seen some though that I tried to call below them and finally kept moving and working to them as they moved to finally get in their bubble. Once that happened, they came on a string.</p><p></p><p>Most of this is already said but please make sure safety is number one, two, and three. Go have fun, and learn from your mistakes. Treat every bird as different even though some general rules will hopefully help. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TN Larry, post: 5060065, member: 2019"] Some good advice offered so far. [B]Ditto on scn's safety tips[/B]. Also dittoe on moving as you can get away with a whole lot more on a deer than you can a turkey. You still have to move your gun and shift but make absolutely sure he can't see you or the gig is up. Couple of things to note in terms of hunting even though there are really no absolute rules: 1) Use the terrain to your advantage when closing in before calling. Get to where you want to be before calling to him. I always try to have a little rise or some terrain feature between me and him where he has to come look at 40 or under to see me. You can't always do this but if he can hear you then he knows exactly your location and may get hesistant if he can see 80 yards to you and not see a hen. 2) Call as less as possible but also keep him in interested. Let the bird tell you what he liked. Remember that nature is for the hen to go to the gobbler. I usually never call again when I know that he is committed. On the flip side, I have killed a bird or two that wouldn't even think of coming to soft calling. It had to be loud and aggressive as a last ditch effort. 3) It is the rule of thumb to get above a bird before calling if you can. However, I have killed a bunch that I have had to call down hill just because the terrain or property lines didn't allow me to get around him. I always at least try to get on his level. I have seen some though that I tried to call below them and finally kept moving and working to them as they moved to finally get in their bubble. Once that happened, they came on a string. Most of this is already said but please make sure safety is number one, two, and three. Go have fun, and learn from your mistakes. Treat every bird as different even though some general rules will hopefully help. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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