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Offline Ductsquatch

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My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« on: May 07, 2014, 07:35:40 PM »
Just found out I am going on my first Turkey Hunt Ever May 16-18.
Any tips for a greenhorn turkey hunter's first timeout?
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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2014, 07:45:20 PM »
 :tup: have fun and good luck  !!!!!!!

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2014, 12:04:40 PM »
Don't move.
Cuss on Monday,  Pray on Sunday,  Pass It Around and Talk About Someday.

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2014, 01:47:04 PM »
 :yeah:

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2014, 03:07:14 PM »
Use bug spray, or you will move just about the time the tom almost gets in range.

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2014, 03:11:35 PM »
Have a good backdrop to help conceal your movment :tup:  Good luck and post some pictures.
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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2014, 04:29:11 PM »
 :tup:

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2014, 04:48:06 PM »
Don't over call and good luck
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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2014, 08:28:54 AM »
Member:  YKWTSASFFRO (The young Buck)

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2014, 10:41:42 AM »
Three rules to turkey hunting -
1) Don't let them see you !
2) Don't let them see you !
3) Don't let them see you !
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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #10 on: May 13, 2014, 07:22:09 PM »
THANKS!!
Don't over call.....
And don't let them see  you.
GOT IT
Making my own Ghilly Suit....and a small blind.......
Amazon.com hasn't delivered my invisibility pills.
I assume I also do not want them to smell me.
Hope they like Pierre Cardin :tung:

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2014, 09:55:16 AM »
Turkeys don't have a sense of smell .... but they know deer do .... :tup:

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2014, 10:15:35 AM »
 :yeah:

Probably the most relaxed deer and turkeys I've ever seen was when I've seen them near one another...
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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2014, 11:26:41 AM »
Don't worry about the smell as much as being seen. Are you on your own or going guided?
Cuss on Monday,  Pray on Sunday,  Pass It Around and Talk About Someday.

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Re: My FIRST Turkey Hunt
« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2014, 07:47:17 AM »
I am going with my Dad and Brother. Bro has a cabin in the woods and has seen them in quantity. We are all doing this for the first time. Plenty of Hunting and Woods experience, but never turkey hunted. I have some netting attached to an old hoody that I stuff with branches and grasses and such in for home made Ghilly. I also have some plastic fencing to prop up and stuff also for  a light weight, mobile if necessary, blind.
Good to know the deer and turkeys work together like that.
Don't over call.
Don't let them see you.
Don't scare the deer.
Don't forget about the wind.
Got it. I can't wait. Leaving tomorrow in afternoon. Plan to hunt all day Saturday. Maybe a little Sunday before heading back.

 


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