losthunter
Well-Known Member
Do you guys use a light when you walk in before daylight for turkeys? I'm in rattlesnake country and didn't know if it spooks the birds or not.
True. You can het pretty close now with the woods,all leafed out. A light shined on the ground won't carry far thru the woods.PalsPal":1exx52a2 said:Something else to keep in mind is that now that greenup has occurred, I think you'd be fine until you got very close to roosted birds.
This. Always tickles me to see folks talking about walking a long ways in the dark for fear of spooking birds. Once i get real close to where I think they may be, I'll switch to a red light or cup my headlamp in my hand to where.its barely.throwing a beamSetterman":3pgmxdgo said:I use a light and have never had it bump birds. Often times I've walked right under them and they don't care. I would rather have the light and not crash around. If the birds are singing I can see well enough to not need it, but usually I'm sitting listening by then. Don't shine it in the trees and use a small head lamp rather than a spotlight and you'll be fine