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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: machine on March 13, 2012, 08:06:30 PM

Title: bow hunting tactics
Post by: machine on March 13, 2012, 08:06:30 PM: I'm going to be going out on my first turkey hunt this spring.Permission has been given to hunt my uncles 160 acre property in republic,no time to scout that far away but have been told the property holds turkeys.Going out the first four or five days of the season. Really want to shoot one with the bow but not sure how to go about it.Would trying to spot and stalk turkeys be a mistake or should I get a blind,calls and decoys?
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Post by: Turkeyman on March 13, 2012, 09:10:31 PM: Blind and decoy's
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Post by: stickbuck on March 13, 2012, 09:28:09 PM: Quote from: Turkeyman on March 13, 2012, 09:10:31 PM
Blind and decoy's

:yeah: If you don't buy a blind, you should be able to hide in some thick brush with the dekes out in front and do just fine. I can't believe it is almost that time of the year. Good luck!!
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Post by: backcountry on March 14, 2012, 06:16:32 AM: where is his property i live by republic can tell you bout birds
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Post by: turkeydancer on March 14, 2012, 07:42:40 AM: Agree about a blind and dekes, but not about sitting in thick brush ... they seem to know thick brush is where predators hide and most often shy away from it, it will interfer with you if you need to swing your outfit for a shot, and brush deflects shots way too often.
:bdid:
By placing a jake or full strutter facing you and the hen away from you, the tom(s) should come in and be facing away from you putting you in there only blind spot ... this will allow you to draw, aim, and release when the time is right. If you know the direction they are coming from, place the dekes slightly to the other side of your settup to draw them by your settup. Aim for either the their head, vent, or at the little triangle of feathers above the leg (ie, where their vitals are and or you will break the leg or wing.
:twocents:
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Post by: machine on March 14, 2012, 11:39:49 AM: Quote from: kevin on March 14, 2012, 06:16:32 AM
where is his property i live by republic can tell you bout birds
Right outside milo.
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Post by: backcountry on March 14, 2012, 12:36:51 PM: ive been seeing alot of birds the last few days and the toms are bunching up with hens finally
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Post by: backcountry on March 14, 2012, 12:38:12 PM: whats his name i probably know him i live right in malo
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Post by: Camp David on March 14, 2012, 01:07:32 PM: Quote from: turkeydancer on March 14, 2012, 07:42:40 AM
Agree about a blind and dekes, but not about sitting in thick brush ... they seem to know thick brush is where predators hide and most often shy away from it, it will interfer with you if you need to swing your outfit for a shot, and brush deflects shots way too often.
:bdid:
By placing a jake or full strutter facing you and the hen away from you, the tom(s) should come in and be facing away from you putting you in there only blind spot ... this will allow you to draw, aim, and release when the time is right. If you know the direction they are coming from, place the dekes slightly to the other side of your settup to draw them by your settup. Aim for either the their head, vent, or at the little triangle of feathers above the leg (ie, where their vitals are and or you will break the leg or wing.
:twocents:

Good advise TD. I have also found that turkeys are not afraid of blinds. Set up where they will be and wait. Run and gun with a bow and blind is tough. You have 5 days...so learn their habits, roosts, feeding areas and set up and be ready.
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Post by: turkeydancer on March 14, 2012, 01:53:39 PM: :yeah: Spot on Camp David ...... :tup: