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Using calls to move turkey
#3028868
01/31/20 12:14 PM
01/31/20 12:14 PM
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AUwrestler
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Been watching pinhoti project alot and these guys do a lot more than just hear a gobble move straight in sit down and call. They always look at map to find terrain and the higher ground they expect turkey to take. Almost like setting up for a buck based on wind. But they actively walk down call to make the turkey walk in front of their set up. I want to hear from the turkey gurus about using calls and terrain to make a Tom walk in front of you in a place more killable.
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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01/31/20 01:38 PM
01/31/20 01:38 PM
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Not meaning off the limb. I mean when the bird is working.
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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01/31/20 02:09 PM
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BhamFred
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I used to hunt with a fella from Eutaw that would think and plan where to sit when he heard a bird on the limb. We might walk all the way around a bird to sit on the other side. He killed a lot of gobblers.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: BhamFred]
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01/31/20 02:52 PM
01/31/20 02:52 PM
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Remington270
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I used to hunt with a fella from Eutaw that would think and plan where to sit when he heard a bird on the limb. We might walk all the way around a bird to sit on the other side. He killed a lot of gobblers. Did you get to the uphill side? May not even be hills in that area of the world.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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01/31/20 03:07 PM
01/31/20 03:07 PM
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Been watching pinhoti project alot and these guys do a lot more than just hear a gobble move straight in sit down and call. They always look at map to find terrain and the higher ground they expect turkey to take. Almost like setting up for a buck based on wind. But they actively walk down call to make the turkey walk in front of their set up. I want to hear from the turkey gurus about using calls and terrain to make a Tom walk in front of you in a place more killable. Is there any other way? For gobblers at least. Not sure about Toms. I know a few Toms. I usually just text them instead of calling.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: turkey247]
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01/31/20 04:04 PM
01/31/20 04:04 PM
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Been watching pinhoti project alot and these guys do a lot more than just hear a gobble move straight in sit down and call. They always look at map to find terrain and the higher ground they expect turkey to take. Almost like setting up for a buck based on wind. But they actively walk down call to make the turkey walk in front of their set up. I want to hear from the turkey gurus about using calls and terrain to make a Tom walk in front of you in a place more killable. Is there any other way. I thought the same. I always put a plan together before I go after them.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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01/31/20 10:11 PM
01/31/20 10:11 PM
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Swampdrummin
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Until they figure out how to plug one man’s thinking into another’s with a SD card, the magic formula you’re asking for is only going to be found after a couple hundred days chasing turkeys in the spring woods.
The best thing you can do is get into the woods early, earlier than you think you need to be there and be where you think the gobbler is going to be before he gobbles. Pay attention to how the turkeys use the terrain and what they do each time they beat you and you can shorten the learning curve. What those guys are doing is applying past experience and knowledge to the conditions of the current setup -which are different every time. A great turkey hunter can kill more turkeys than a good one can without picking up a call.
Last edited by Swampdrummin; 01/31/20 10:15 PM.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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02/01/20 06:04 PM
02/01/20 06:04 PM
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dBmV
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Not like I'm an expert like some of the turkey killers on here, but I've heard it's easier to get a bird to come up a hill to you than to try to call him down the hill. I've also been told that it's so hard for hunters to figure out what they are going to do because turkeys are so dumb even they don't know what they are going to do 30 seconds from now. I just try to set up where I know they've gone in the past and hope they do it again. Usually they don't but that is why I enjoy killing them when I can get it right.
What you do today, you have to sleep with tonight.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: Orion34]
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02/01/20 06:46 PM
02/01/20 06:46 PM
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Southwood7
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Where I hunt, if you pussy-foot around trying to find the perfect setup, odds are they’ll go quiet and you’ll never get in the game. I have a plan that takes into account terrain, vegetation, history with the place if I have any etc... BUT usually this game plan is going on in my head while I’m on my horse headed his way. Too many times it’s over before I could ever get in the game.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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02/02/20 08:33 PM
02/02/20 08:33 PM
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Forrestgump1
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I believe I’ve killed more turkeys by knowing what they like to do than anything else, and every turkey can be different. They usually roost in the same areas every year and they fly down and go this way 9 times out of ten, or they may roost over here and walk this road towards x food plot. There’s patterns to it but they can be very difficult.... especially with jealous hens. The terrain is one of the driving forces to how they move or what they like to do.
Last edited by Forrestgump1; 02/02/20 09:27 PM.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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02/03/20 06:18 AM
02/03/20 06:18 AM
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2Dogs
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Anytime you call a turkey you are moving him , I reckon . Way I see it , if there's high ground, take the high ground and call him to it. I've only been hunting them serious for 4-5 years , my advisers tell me to set up in a place the turkey wants to come. One of them tells me if they'll come 100 yards , they'll come 200.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: AUwrestler]
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02/04/20 10:50 AM
02/04/20 10:50 AM
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blumsden
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Know the woods like the back of your hand. Call until he gobbles, then shut up, get ready and wait. He's coming, how long it takes him to get there, well that's a whole different story. Most people overcall and move around too much. When you think you need to move, don't. You'll kill way more turkeys after 9am than you ever will before 9, if you'll just stay in the woods.
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Re: Using calls to move turkey
[Re: Orion34]
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02/04/20 01:22 PM
02/04/20 01:22 PM
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JUGHEAD
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Where I hunt, if you pussy-foot around trying to find the perfect setup, odds are they’ll go quiet and you’ll never get in the game. I used to think like this, the first several years I hunted them. I especially did on hunts where I was against the clock (before work hunt) and my only real shot of getting one killed on that day would essentially be an off the roost hunt. I called up a bunch of turkeys that I had essentially ZERO chance of killing (and didn't) because my setup was so terrible. Every hunt and situation is different, but when it comes to my more local, on private land, not much chance of anybody killing him but me kinda turkeys....I will walk off and and head to work (for short hunts) or wait/maneuver/listen/scheme for hours (when I have plenty of time) before I will make a call from a horrible setup (turkeys will use mountainous terrain/thickets/rocks and make you look/feel like a damn fool around here). And there is a way higher probability of him dying these days as a result too. I dearly love being in the game too, but not at the expense of relegating myself to almost impossible odds of killing him if/when I call him up.
Last edited by JUGHEAD; 02/04/20 01:24 PM.
"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
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