Turkey Hunting Facts

What are some things you believe are factual among turkey hunters? Here's a couple...

1. A short turkey hunter has an advantage over a taller hunter. He can hide so much better in the early season when there is no foilage.

2. A turkey hunter who can't count and shoots over the limit always has too many places to hunt. He doesn't want to kill over the limit and be a game hawg, he does it so the turkeys don't overpopulate and die to a disease.

Let's list some more...

3. that property line is just a suggestion

nope

4. A good woodsman will kill more birds than a champion caller

Calling to a bird on the limb will keep him on the limb waiting to see the hen.

5) Reciprocity exists for season dates between Alabama and Georgia.

When asked if the birds are gobbling, the answer is always "No"


God Bless,
David B.

Woods birds are far easier to kill than pasture birds.

7. A Jake can be your best friend (cause that big gobbler to come in range) or your worst enemy(he comes in silent and putts and ruins everything).

8. Just about 100% of the time, never trust a turkey hunter in tennis shoes - VIOLATOR.

Aldeer members will complain about timber companies - then take about 37,000 pictures of dead birds in pine plantations. FACT!

A PBT can't be field judged, he must be ground checked.

You can't kill one on the couch.

You can't find an honest one

It's really smart to keep blowing an owl call at a turkey who is already gobbling 4 times a minute.

Fact it, there are no 100% all the time, every time facts when it comes to hunting turkeys.

60% of the time, certain tactics work EVERY time.

This whole thread is silly. The term "turkey hunting facts" is an oxymoron of the highest order.

Sounds like you missed your Fackler Texaco biscuit this morning

absolutely!

Fact - spending more time turkey hunting will result in more birds killed during the season

Scratching is often better than calling

Fact- Jackson county has the most turkeys in the southeastern states and Coosa county has the fewest

Only way to get better is to actually spend the time going and messing up instead of just reading how to hunt on aldeer or any forum/magazine

Really?

I've always found it pretty easy to kill birds I can lay eyes on...

Yep, I've found it pretty easy to kill birds in a field that see a fan or a dek.......

Field birds are very hard to kill unless I use dirty tricks on them. I consider fans, decoys, and patterning them all to be dirty tricks.

You just got to lower your standards. Easy fix.

You misunderstood me. I never said I was above it!

9. A gobbler will never go uphill to your call.

10. A gobbler will never cross a body of water to get to you.

11. Ignore rules 9 & 10.

Now that right there is some genuine facts in a factless thread.

Some people have no standards to begin with!

Nope!

You'd crawl up on one wouldn't you?

I don't use a fan or a deke and woods birds are across the board easier than pasture birds to kill. I guess a rifle wouldn't be cheating???

12. a LOT of so called sportsmen will limb a gobbler.....

Rule 14: If he's in the right mood, anyone can call one up. It takes a woodsman to get within range of a 3-4 year old bottomland gobbler. Crawling beats calling. Calling is so overrated.

Rule 14b (can't keep track of numbers above). Internet turkey hunters are far superior hunters than anyone I've ever met in person.

Big 10-4 on that one.

That's probably very true, but there are a bunch of guys on here that our as good of turkey hunters you'd be able to find anywhere.

I've crawled up on my fair share of em. And the only time I ever felt sorry for one and didn't shoot him it put me in a slump. Had to shoot 4 jakes and a bearded hen to get over it.

Time to hunt and good turkey property are more important than anything else. After these I think it is patience, woodsmanship and then calling. Just my experience for what its worth.

Fact

Don't believe anything a turkey hunter says.

That's what you get when you turn down an offering like that

Just be thankful that you didn't have to resort to the # 1 slumpbuster...

There is no being to aggressive or to patient just depends on the bird.