Drive around, walk an area, or setup and wait for turkeys?

[Jarredhs]

Just wondering how much you guys are on the run when it comes to hunting turkeys? Do you drive the Forrest roads and just try to get a shock gobble/ or respond to a call till you get a response then get out and run at it? Do you pick an area to walk through all day just calling on and off? Or do you pick a ridge and setup a decoy on it and try to get them to you. Just wondering whats the general consensus on where and how to spend your time to increase chances to kill a turkey on public.

[Mfowl]

Early in the morning or late in the evening I might drive some roads and use a shrill locator call like a coyote howler to find some roosted birds and attempt to make a plan from that. Outside of those time frames I plot out a course to hike and make locator calls of all sorts every few hundred yards through the hike. I only do blind setups/calling if I have an area that I know the turkeys use or travel through.

[Russ McDonald]

When your looking try to call from ridge tops or hills.   Call sounds travel farther and you can hear more.

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[ASHQUACK]

I'll use a combination of all three. Depending on the area and my knowledge of it as well as time of day.

[Dogmanscott]

I use a primos peacock call to locate birds . People that drive roads become road hunters. Walk ridges. Carry multiple shock gobble calls.( crow, wood pecker, pea cock and coyote, and a sonic boom. I have not found that last call.)
Find birds, hens or Tom’s. They will eventually be one. Never stalk a turkey. It equals death to you. Someone will shoot you as you approach the real thing.  Never approach a gobble. Many hunters are very realistic. You will walk into your own death. Never walk through the woods yelping. Some hunter new to everything will be overly excited and shoot you.
The non turkey calls do not elicit turkey hunter response. And for God’s sake?? Don’t do a gobble call on prime weekends . You will find yourself dead. Scott

[MtnMuley]

I use a primos peacock call to locate birds . People that drive roads become road hunters. Walk ridges. Carry multiple shock gobble calls.( crow, wood pecker, pea cock and coyote, and a sonic boom. I have not found that last call.)
Find birds, hens or Tom’s. They will eventually be one. Never stalk a turkey. It equals death to you. Someone will shoot you as you approach the real thing.  Never approach a gobble. Many hunters are very realistic. You will walk into your own death. Never walk through the woods yelping. Some hunter new to everything will be overly excited and shoot you.
The non turkey calls do not elicit turkey hunter response. And for God’s sake?? Don’t do a gobble call on prime weekends . You will find yourself dead. Scott

I must be extremely lucky, because I do everything you mentioned not to do for 30 years and have not been shot at and killed.

[hunter399]

I use a primos peacock call to locate birds . People that drive roads become road hunters. Walk ridges. Carry multiple shock gobble calls.( crow, wood pecker, pea cock and coyote, and a sonic boom. I have not found that last call.)
Find birds, hens or Tom’s. They will eventually be one. Never stalk a turkey. It equals death to you. Someone will shoot you as you approach the real thing.  Never approach a gobble. Many hunters are very realistic. You will walk into your own death. Never walk through the woods yelping. Some hunter new to everything will be overly excited and shoot you.
The non turkey calls do not elicit turkey hunter response. And for God’s sake?? Don’t do a gobble call on prime weekends . You will find yourself dead. Scott

I must be extremely lucky, because I do everything you mentioned not to do for 30 years and have not been shot at and killed.

Ok ,yup done all those and then some .

I say you do you,if it works for ya.
Road hunt
Walk in
Or setup and wait.
Try all three ,why not.
Never hurts to give it a try.

[birddogdad]

if you are mobile, i think you will have more encounters than a one stop shop blind setup... that being said, if you have a private area you can setup on.. they are quite predictable in those pastures...

[follow maggie]

I’ve always covered ground on my feet. I call here and there. When I come to a spot with good views, I’ll set up and glass like you would for deer or elk, and get to a spot to intercept hem.  I’ve been pretty successful that way.