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My biggest mistake was reading too much about turkey hunting from other people...once I found a really successful turkey hunter in my circle of associates, I listened to his input.

Once I did that and after about four years into it, and finally said to heck with it, and pushed the envelope on my own...I started getting more successful. Sure, I made some more mistakes and boogered up some birds, but I did not learn much of anything until I started getting close contact experience.

If you really want to start killing more birds, buy you a fishing boat. Once you spend that money, you will really get into the birds :D
 
CBU93 said:
My biggest mistake was reading too much about turkey hunting from other people...once I found a really successful turkey hunter in my circle of associates, I listened to his input.

Once I did that and after about four years into it, and finally said to heck with it, and pushed the envelope on my own...I started getting more successful. Sure, I made some more mistakes and boogered up some birds, but I did not learn much of anything until I started getting close contact experience.

If you really want to start killing more birds, buy you a fishing boat. Once you spend that money, you will really get into the birds :D
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I agree, most of turkey hunting is a learning experience your first several years, that's when you should be taking in what you did wrong and come up with different ways/approaches to go at it next time
 
Setterman said:
Setting up poorly. Nothing has cost me more birds then not setting up in the best possible position. Whether it be not having the ability to see over a rise, behind thick stuff, etc etc. But more times then not a bird would have died if I had thought about my set ups a little more.
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Very true! I think all of us have found themselves in a bind more than once, but its usually to late to make a move by that point, because I have had a lot of older birds that were coming straight at me, then the last 50 yds the tom makes a huge circle silently, and comes from directly behind me or to the side where I least expect him
 
Not sitting long enough.


I've worked several birds that I thought had eventually moved on only to bolt when I get up.
 
CBU93 said:
My biggest mistake was reading too much about turkey hunting from other people...once I found a really successful turkey hunter in my circle of associates, I listened to his input.

Once I did that and after about four years into it, and finally said to heck with it, and pushed the envelope on my own...I started getting more successful. Sure, I made some more mistakes and boogered up some birds, but I did not learn much of anything until I started getting close contact experience.

If you really want to start killing more birds, buy you a fishing boat. Once you spend that money, you will really get into the birds :D
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agreed, like i have said a thousand times on here all the lessons you need to learn are waiting for you in the woods. People can give opinions all day long but until you go out and do it alone you will not really get what they are saying. When a turkey gobbles imo it is just another form of "buck fever" in that your mind just seems to not always work right and the adrenaline starts flowing. Learning to control that has to come with experience. I look at turkey hunting like golf, it is a game you will never master but over time and experience you can learn what techniques make you better at it.

having said that there are some known tips that can help out new people such as calling to much and what not...just easy tips that most everyone will agree on. once tips start to morph into techniques then the person should take each one with a grain of salt. Never hurts to try new things though. the greatest lessons i ever learned were from one guy that to this day is still the best turkey hunter and caller i have ever seen. When we get chances to go together i watch every move he makes to the letter and ask tons of questions still.
 
Agree with CBU and REN:

The best teacher on the planet in the turkey woods is old Mr. Longbeard, himself.

The second best, is following an experienced hunter around while he kills turkeys or calls in turkeys for you.
 
I also agree that the tom himself will teach us the most lessons, but you got to remember every turkey acts differently and has its own personality, its ulitmately you that makes the decisions on how to go about the hunt
 
Blount County Hunter said:
What are some of your biggest or most reoccuring mistakes involved with turkey hunting? The goal of this is to possibly prevent other turkey hunters on here from making a common mistake while after a gobbler. One my biggest mistakes is moving my head to quickly, I have been busted several times by just looking from side to side, recently I have been pretty good about slowly scanning my area, but there are still times where I get caught offf guard and move to quickly, keep in mind turkeys can almost see 360 degrees in all directions at any given time
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I would agree with some of the other posts - losing patience is the biggest overall mistake. In the spring turkey woods you NEVER know when one will show up silently at your set or sound off ready to do business
 

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