Spring season TURKEY

[winchestergirl]

 

[Turkeyman]

 

[NWTFhunter]

Now were talking !  I like when spring rolls around and I can start my planning for turkey.

[benbo30]

cant wait will be my 2nd time ever going turkey hunting i hope i get one this year .... i got a little more knowledge now

[shorthair-on-point]

Always look forward to it

[Mo]

I'm hoping to give it a try this year.  Looks like a lot of fun.  I'll be watching this forum hoping to pick up some tips and tactics.

[270Shooter]

I have never done it either. But maybe I will give it a try this year .

[SpokaneSlayer]

Already got my spot picked out.  I'm going to do it with a bow this year.    Saw some turkey's Friday and today.

[strutnrut1984]

go  ahead and pic my brain i been turkey hunting about 30 years. former prostaffer for a major game call company. transplanted here 4 years ago from pennsylvania.           strut

[fc2038]

Coming fast. I love turkey season. turkey hunt in the morning Spring chinook fishing in the afternoon. Great time of the year!!!!! Can't wait

[Turkeyman]

Cant what awsome time of year. What company did you pro staff for. I was with hunter specalties for four years and Knight and hale for four years. I have won washington state turkey calling contest three times. Dont call in them anymore same guys all the time, dont no if they even have a state contest anymore.

[runamuk]

I have some questions for those who hunt turkeys on the westside.  Answers on or off list.

First I live in Porter and was thinking about scouting the hill, however I have never seen turkeys in these forests.  I am not sure what I should be looking for?  I know where we lived in Idaho there were turkeys frequently near the river where it was a combination of brushy with good roosting trees and open fields.  The only wild turkey's I have seen on the westside were walking down the road on the south end of Camano Island 

My husband and son went turkey hunting in the klickitat saw plenty all on private land  .

I am completely new to this and the men in my house seem to think it is a waste of time trying to find wetside turkeys, I see it as a challenge BUT to increase my chances of even seeing some scat I could use some help.  I'm good at finding grouse, haven't hunted them but I usually find them if I go looking.

Thanks in advance to anyone with words of wisdom for this total newby.

[winchestergirl]

I have never done it either. But maybe I will give it a try this year .

same.nothing gets better than brining home a twenty pound turkey in my opinion.

[EastWaViking]

I approach it sort of like giant grouse hunting.  Every year i set up my decoy and call, then get bored and sneak up and shoot one.  Spot and stalk is my favorite hunting method anyways. 

[Wacenturion]

I have some questions for those who hunt turkeys on the westside.  Answers on or off list.

First I live in Porter and was thinking about scouting the hill, however I have never seen turkeys in these forests.  I am not sure what I should be looking for?  I know where we lived in Idaho there were turkeys frequently near the river where it was a combination of brushy with good roosting trees and open fields.  The only wild turkey's I have seen on the westside were walking down the road on the south end of Camano Island 

My husband and son went turkey hunting in the klickitat saw plenty all on private land  .

I am completely new to this and the men in my house seem to think it is a waste of time trying to find wetside turkeys, I see it as a challenge BUT to increase my chances of even seeing some scat I could use some help.  I'm good at finding grouse, haven't hunted them but I usually find them if I go looking.

Thanks in advance to anyone with words of wisdom for this total newby.

There are easterns throughout the Black Hills.....but they are extremely difficult to locate and hunt.  There is approximately 91,000 acres in the Black Hills area, with turkeys scattered in small pockets....like looking for a needle in a haystack.  Best advice is to spend LOTS of time walking roads and spurs looking fpr droppings.  Once you find some stay on the sign till season and hunt the sign....as you may not hear or see any birds depending on vegetation.  Turkey sounds do not carry in Western Washington habitats like they do on the open eastside areas.
Westside eastern hunting is as tough as it gets, unless you put the time in and locate pockets of birds....then have the patience to hunt them without responses and vocalization in most cases....not all.  If you get proficient at hunting these easterns over here, killing Merriams and Rio's is almost as simple as buying a bird at Safeway.