Tactics

[yelp]

Another tactic is to drive through Hunters Campground at night and put your tag on the ones hanging in the trees...LOL  I call it Flash tagging...

Remember you zipties..

[Tom Tamer]

I am not against using any legal tactic in the book ... if you lock in to one style with turkeys you're hurting your chances.

Tamer - I know why you bring a book and what you're using those pages for shortly after you run out of gloves !! 
       

Darn right....once the gloves are gone and my camo shirts have been whittled into tank tops I'll use anything

[the shootist]

When I'm hunting with a partner I like to leave my partner and start hen calling as I'm going away from the tom. If he gobbles to the left then I just keep crawling or sneaking along with my partner constantly between myself , and the gobbler. It works especially well when the bird is hung up. I've crawled fifty yards down a hill hen calling, paused 10 minutes, and hen called back to where I started and the tom came through the fence and right to my partner. Also know your bird.. If he is dominant then use a hen, and jake decoy but if he's been beat up just use the hen. I've watched toms see the jake and leave the area because of this. Also be aware that hens love to look for snails this time of year to keep their eggs stronger (just like feeding oyster shells to your chickens ) so use ravines where snails will be more prevalent, and you may find hens working the area with a tom in tow. Lastly remember that turkeys are a lot like elk. A bull elk will defend his harem while the satellite bulls work the borders trying for a chance at a cow. Turkeys do the same thing and a lot of birds are killed that are NOT the dominant bird with the hens. But they can still be big!!! 

[yelp]

When I'm hunting with a partner I like to leave my partner and start hen calling as I'm going away from the tom. If he gobbles to the left then I just keep crawling or sneaking along with my partner constantly between myself , and the gobbler. It works especially well when the bird is hung up. I've crawled fifty yards down a hill hen calling, paused 10 minutes, and hen called back to where I started and the tom came through the fence and right to my partner. Also know your bird.. If he is dominant then use a hen, and jake decoy but if he's been beat up just use the hen. I've watched toms see the jake and leave the area because of this. Also be aware that hens love to look for snails this time of year to keep their eggs stronger (just like feeding oyster shells to your chickens ) so use ravines where snails will be more prevalent, and you may find hens working the area with a tom in tow. Lastly remember that turkeys are a lot like elk. A bull elk will defend his harem while the satellite bulls work the borders trying for a chance at a cow. Turkeys do the same thing and a lot of birds are killed that are NOT the dominant bird with the hens. But they can still be big!!! 

Great tactic for private land becareful on public hunters..there are enough uneducated hunters that may come up and stalk you. I have had it happen to me using same tactic..it is scary.

[Phantom Gobbler]

Another tactic is to drive through Hunters Campground at night and put your tag on the ones hanging in the trees...LOL  I call it Flash tagging...

Remember you zipties..

Flash Tagging?

And I thought those were just large turkey eating fire flies in camp last year!   I did think it was strange that they ate the feathers and all!   

[yelp]

Another tactic is to drive through Hunters Campground at night and put your tag on the ones hanging in the trees...LOL  I call it Flash tagging...

Remember you zipties..

Flash Tagging?

And I thought those were just large turkey eating fire flies in camp last year!   I did think it was strange that they ate the feathers and all!   

I get my birds every year...LOL