Interesting thread! I've been working and just now getting around to reading it.
One thing I have never understood is the term "deer hunting" turkeys. For that matter, what is "deer hunting" deer? I've killed deer on dog drives, slipping through the woods, walking cutover, ground stands, tree stands, and probably some other ways. I don't know which one of those is real deer hunting. I really don't know how to apply any of those to turkey hunting. Would someone explain to me what it means to "deer hunt" a turkey?
If a turkey doesn't gobble, the only way I know to hunt him is by "blind calling." I would define that term as calling when you haven't heard a turkey, and that describes a majority of my hunts. I would much rather hunt a gobbling turkey, but if I go hunting and nothing is gobbling I resort to blind calling. I have killed a lot of turkeys that started gobbling after first hearing me. If I think there is a gobbler in an area, I will stay on a setup a long time. If I don't know if a turkey is around, I'll spend less time per setup and try to cover more ground.
But the one certainty if I am turkey hunting is that I am gonna be calling to a turkey, whether he is talking or not. I don't see much this has to do with deer hunting.
