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Thoughts on the 4/15 opener?
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<blockquote data-quote="Urban_Hunter" data-source="post: 5611307" data-attributes="member: 12353"><p>Man, first of all, I never claimed to be good at this. If you look back through my posts in the turkey sub-forum I've made it quite clear that I'm not very successful hunting turkeys… albeit I'm pretty selective on shooting only toms. However, your analogy is wrong… either by misunderstanding or misspeaking. </p><p></p><p>Depending on my available time on a particular hunting day and what birds I can find, I may get anywhere from 2 to 5 "sets" in. That means, I'm posted up hoping a turkey comes to me. In my experience, I think decoys help when the turkeys come off of roost. My opinion is that they get separated in the roosting process and the pitching down process, so naturally they are looking for other birds once they hit the ground. If they come out of the tree and fly into the field, in my experience, often some will change course during their pitch and land close to my decoys. In my experience, guessing, this is successful about 10% of the time (at bringing in a Tom, not just some hens or jakes). 1 out of every 10 sets. Once they're on the ground and henned up, I think the decoys become a detriment. I leave them. Often I leave them in place and move towards turkeys that did what I wanted… (were roosted close, pitched to the field I'm in, and undoubtedly ignored my decoys that they could plainly see). Once I move off, into set number 2, I feel my odds of capitalizing on that set is less than 10%… reduced odds from the morning pitch. However, I believe my odds are greater than if I were to try and recover my decoys and redeploy them somewhere else. Theoretically, let's say my odds on set 2 are 7%. And each following set is the same. If I have 4 more sets that day (7x4) I have a 28% chance at killing a bird after my initial set. I actually do have journal logs that represent this. I feel like those are relatively respectable numbers… roughly a 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 chance of taking a bird per hunting day?. This year I'm 100%, 2 for 2 on getting my daughter birds. First bird was killed on set 2 after failing with decoys, second bird was killed on set 3 after failing with decoys.</p><p></p><p>Don't know if this clarifies anything. I'm not saying my strategy is the best, or that I'm even decent. I started this venture with absolutely zero help and I do have 26 seasons under my belt. I've killed a pile of birds every way imaginable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urban_Hunter, post: 5611307, member: 12353"] Man, first of all, I never claimed to be good at this. If you look back through my posts in the turkey sub-forum I’ve made it quite clear that I’m not very successful hunting turkeys… albeit I’m pretty selective on shooting only toms. However, your analogy is wrong… either by misunderstanding or misspeaking. Depending on my available time on a particular hunting day and what birds I can find, I may get anywhere from 2 to 5 “sets” in. That means, I’m posted up hoping a turkey comes to me. In my experience, I think decoys help when the turkeys come off of roost. My opinion is that they get separated in the roosting process and the pitching down process, so naturally they are looking for other birds once they hit the ground. If they come out of the tree and fly into the field, in my experience, often some will change course during their pitch and land close to my decoys. In my experience, guessing, this is successful about 10% of the time (at bringing in a Tom, not just some hens or jakes). 1 out of every 10 sets. Once they’re on the ground and henned up, I think the decoys become a detriment. I leave them. Often I leave them in place and move towards turkeys that did what I wanted… (were roosted close, pitched to the field I’m in, and undoubtedly ignored my decoys that they could plainly see). Once I move off, into set number 2, I feel my odds of capitalizing on that set is less than 10%… reduced odds from the morning pitch. However, I believe my odds are greater than if I were to try and recover my decoys and redeploy them somewhere else. Theoretically, let’s say my odds on set 2 are 7%. And each following set is the same. If I have 4 more sets that day (7x4) I have a 28% chance at killing a bird after my initial set. I actually do have journal logs that represent this. I feel like those are relatively respectable numbers… roughly a 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 chance of taking a bird per hunting day?. This year I’m 100%, 2 for 2 on getting my daughter birds. First bird was killed on set 2 after failing with decoys, second bird was killed on set 3 after failing with decoys. Don’t know if this clarifies anything. I’m not saying my strategy is the best, or that I’m even decent. I started this venture with absolutely zero help and I do have 26 seasons under my belt. I’ve killed a pile of birds every way imaginable. [/QUOTE]
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