Posted By: FoxTrot
Newby Needing help - 04/06/16 06:51 PM
I have never turkey hunted in my life. Ive been thinking about giving a whirl for a while.
I was at the lease yesterday to fill my feeder on my lunch break and I saw several gobblers, 2 jakes and a hen. One tom had a beard dragging the ground as he was chasing a hen around the field. I sat in my truck and watched them with binos for a while. It was quite the sight.
Im thinking about giving it a whirl tomorrow and Friday morning. I can say that I know how to use a mouth call. Ive been tinkering with one for a while and also a box call. I think I have calling down or at least how to use one.
So, here are my questions...
My place has a lot of pasture and smaller amounts of woods. It seems to hold turkeys really well in the areas near the feeders.
Where should I set up? Im thinking in a woodline with decoy in open?
How many decoys and what types? Toms? Jakes? Hens?
What calls should I make? and how often?
I wont be able to get there early and find their roost however I have a really good idea of where they roost. I see them coming down from roost in deer season and it is always in the same area. What trees we have are mainly cedar. We do have one oak thicket and that is where they always roost during deer season.
I was at the lease yesterday to fill my feeder on my lunch break and I saw several gobblers, 2 jakes and a hen. One tom had a beard dragging the ground as he was chasing a hen around the field. I sat in my truck and watched them with binos for a while. It was quite the sight.
Im thinking about giving it a whirl tomorrow and Friday morning. I can say that I know how to use a mouth call. Ive been tinkering with one for a while and also a box call. I think I have calling down or at least how to use one.
So, here are my questions...
My place has a lot of pasture and smaller amounts of woods. It seems to hold turkeys really well in the areas near the feeders.
Where should I set up? Im thinking in a woodline with decoy in open?
How many decoys and what types? Toms? Jakes? Hens?
What calls should I make? and how often?
I wont be able to get there early and find their roost however I have a really good idea of where they roost. I see them coming down from roost in deer season and it is always in the same area. What trees we have are mainly cedar. We do have one oak thicket and that is where they always roost during deer season.