Turkey hunting - Give us your best legal tip or tactic to being successful!

[runamuk]

I like to follow Al around.  He scouts a lot so there are always lots of birds around him.  So my advice is to find someone with more birds then they know what to do with and spy on them.  Let them hunt the area and warm up the birds, wait for them to leave and sneak in and wait for them to come looking for him.  Easy as pie.

This the the best tips so far!   

that sounds about ideal 

[400out]

I have never hunted them But damn it I am going to one of these years until then I will read your guys tips 

[kevinlisa06]

My best advice to ya is to pattern your shotgun. Find the best GUN/CHOKE/SHELL combination. If you have great results with your first combination good for you but if you dont, dont use that combination.
Im shootin the 20ga this year and picked up a box of hevi 13 mag blend so when it warms up I will be testing them babies out, really like to use them so hopfully I dont have to buy a few more chokes.

[elksnout]

Don't wait until the last day "before season" to start trying to find the birds. Spread out and look for diffrent bunches of birds early. Beacause not matter how hard you try. You can't kill birds if they are not in the area. Also look for natural travel paths. Like between canyons. They like to use the easy path of travel most of the time. I have killed more then one bird. By setting up in areas I know the birds will want to cross at.

     So when do you start to scout? I wouldn't imagine to try that a day or so before the season. But if a guy finds sign and birds say, 2-3 weeks before would it be reasonable to still find them in the same area?   

[Wacenturion]

Western Washington Eastern tip...................you needed to start scouting and looking two weeks ago....and continue in earnest.....and don't give up....burn that shoe leather....forget hearing them, look for droppings....they are your friend.

[Turkeyman]

 

[BIGINNER]

I have never hunted them But damn it I am going to one of these years until then I will read your guys tips 

i'm in the same boat.  i almosy hunted them last spring, but drove around with my wife and kid for 2 day looking out the car windows at TONS of turkeys,   and yes i did have a tag in my pocket.      

it was pretty fun though

[400out]

I have never hunted them But damn it I am going to one of these years until then I will read your guys tips 

i'm in the same boat.  i almosy hunted them last spring, but drove around with my wife and kid for 2 day looking out the car windows at TONS of turkeys,   and yes i did have a tag in my pocket.      

it was pretty fun though

If I ever get to work we will have to take our virgin asses to the hills and smoke some  I think I know a place to go 

[baldopepper]

Patience, Patience and more patience.  Don't be afraid to wait em out.  I'm getting older and could'nt "run and gun em" even if I wanted, but for me, patterning the birds and then waiting them out is the key.  Sit down, hide up and wait for them to come to you. Call sparingly and keep your eyes open, be ready to shoot when that red head suddenly pops into view.

[alwinearcher]

I like to follow Al around.  He scouts a lot so there are always lots of birds around him.  So my advice is to find someone with more birds then they know what to do with and spy on them.  Let them hunt the area and warm up the birds, wait for them to leave and sneak in and wait for them to come looking for him.  Easy as pie.

This the the best tips so far!   

that sounds about ideal 

Crap,
I gotta get a new truck no one knows before season roles around

[Ray]

If I can find a turkey then it ups my odds. So I guess the best tip is to find the turks. Go to a place where harvest odds are high or where you have seen turkeys before.

[tlbradford]

I like to follow Al around.  He scouts a lot so there are always lots of birds around him.  So my advice is to find someone with more birds then they know what to do with and spy on them.  Let them hunt the area and warm up the birds, wait for them to leave and sneak in and wait for them to come looking for him.  Easy as pie.

This the the best tips so far!   

that sounds about ideal 

Crap,
I gotta get a new truck no one knows before season roles around

I ruined a great little piece of public land this way.  My buddy was filming turkey hunting and we drove his truck that is covered in sponsor decals to this spot.  The next day there were 3 rigs parked there when I had basically hunted it for years and only seen a couple of occasional hunters.

[yelp]

I like to follow Al around.  He scouts a lot so there are always lots of birds around him.  So my advice is to find someone with more birds then they know what to do with and spy on them.  Let them hunt the area and warm up the birds, wait for them to leave and sneak in and wait for them to come looking for him.  Easy as pie.

This the the best tips so far!   

that sounds about ideal 

Crap,
I gotta get a new truck no one knows before season roles around

I ruined a great little piece of public land this way.  My buddy was filming turkey hunting and we drove his truck that is covered in sponsor decals to this spot.  The next day there were 3 rigs parked there when I had basically hunted it for years and only seen a couple of occasional hunters.

THis is how I roll! Gott to blend in! 

[alwinearcher]

I like to follow Al around.  He scouts a lot so there are always lots of birds around him.  So my advice is to find someone with more birds then they know what to do with and spy on them.  Let them hunt the area and warm up the birds, wait for them to leave and sneak in and wait for them to come looking for him.  Easy as pie.

This the the best tips so far!   

that sounds about ideal 

Crap,
I gotta get a new truck no one knows before season roles around

I ruined a great little piece of public land this way.  My buddy was filming turkey hunting and we drove his truck that is covered in sponsor decals to this spot.  The next day there were 3 rigs parked there when I had basically hunted it for years and only seen a couple of occasional hunters.

Yep, gotta have the old crapper rig that no one recognizes.

[turkeydancer]

I like to follow Al around.  He scouts a lot so there are always lots of birds around him.  So my advice is to find someone with more birds then they know what to do with and spy on them.  Let them hunt the area and warm up the birds, wait for them to leave and sneak in and wait for them to come looking for him.  Easy as pie.

They don't call you Sneakyjake for nothing my friend ... I could just pull up another gobble lounger for you.