True challenge

[easy45]

My wife and I have been chasing one particular bird on the state forest and he literally goes a different way every morning, he always ends up at the same place, a field on private property. He is a big old bird and smarter than me, I can see into the field from the public land have tried calling at him, but he doesn't respond to it, we were within 30 yards once but a briar thicket blocked the shot, any suggestions


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[Mike Belt]

Re: True challenge

Can you get to the woods near the field edge before he does?

 

[easy45]

Re: True challenge

That's what I've been trying but typically he roost pretty close to the private land


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[Boll Weevil]

Re: True challenge

Have you tried him later in the day; 10, 11, noon? What's he doing at that time?

 

[Mike Belt]

Re: True challenge

I once had a big old bird that did the same thing. I finally set up inside the timber where visibility was good for a pretty good distance and set up a couple of decoys. Any bird going to the field or exiting could see them. I never made a call as hard as it was not to answer back when he gobbled and instead relied on the dekes to draw him in. He ate good.

 

[easy45]

Re: True challenge

Have you tried him later in the day; 10, 11, noon? What's he doing at that time?

He is in and out of that field all day, when he leaves he normally dips into private timber


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[Boll Weevil]

Re: True challenge

Hm...tough one right there if you can't get closer to that field. A field turkey can be really difficult. A field turkey on ground you can't hunt is even worse. Only thing I can think of is maybe catch a break right off the limb or before he flies up if you know where he likes to sleep.