Fanning

Roost 1":28z4wkn2 said:
I have never seen a bird that stayed in the middle of a field all day, every day. If I can see him, I have confidence I can kill him eventually. It might take a day or 2. Woods birds that are not visible or vocal are a completely different story. They are the tough ones in my opinion. The bottom line, its not supposed to be easy. Fanning makes it easy....Its kind of like getting a participation trophy, you really didnt earn nothing. Some people like to earn their stripes whereas others like everything gave to them. To each their own I guess........ :stir:
I participated in fanning one time, I was behind the camera and someone else behind the fan. it was not "easy" and it did not end up with a dead bird. It was fun and made me really want to try it. I think those birds got a little smarter that day.
 
catman529":1qw2aaue said:
Roost 1":1qw2aaue said:
I have never seen a bird that stayed in the middle of a field all day, every day. If I can see him, I have confidence I can kill him eventually. It might take a day or 2. Woods birds that are not visible or vocal are a completely different story. They are the tough ones in my opinion. The bottom line, its not supposed to be easy. Fanning makes it easy....Its kind of like getting a participation trophy, you really didnt earn nothing. Some people like to earn their stripes whereas others like everything gave to them. To each their own I guess........ :stir:
I participated in fanning one time, I was behind the camera and someone else behind the fan. it was not "easy" and it did not end up with a dead bird. It was fun and made me really want to try it. I think those birds got a little smarter that day.


Where is ol fleet fox??
 
highridge":2n1vf315 said:
Setterman,
Tell them what you think about hunting from a blind, watching decoys. BTW, this should really set you off. I finally got a Spartan cell trail camera this year, I'm just going to set my camera up on a field that I'm not even hunting and watch my phone while I'm somewhere else. When that big tom appears on the camera I'm just going to go to that field and do some fanning. Letting the cell camera do the hunting for you, now that's good times.

I get it not everyone is able to go to the woods with one call and a shotgun and be successful. :poke:
 
Not for me, I haven't had a reason to do it and hope I never do, I feel differently than some. I hunt around fields but they are not huge fields, now if turkey ever get back plentiful in my area there will be some huge fields.

I was raised hunting in the woods, no fields to speak of. When I started out hunting with my dad, I didn't learn a whole lot. He was a special type of old school turkey hunter that I've only seen a few of, he would go every morning he got a chance but if he didn't kill the bitlrd within an hour off the roost, you went home because " that wasn't how it was supposed to happen".

So when I got old enough to start on my own, I pretty much self taught on turkey hunting especially after 7 a.m.

If I can see a gobbler in a field, or a gobbler is religiously using a field I feel confident I can kill him, without the use of a blind, decoy, fan or any of that. When going from hardwood ridges and hollows to fields where you can study that birds habits and reactions for a few days, it just seems alot easier without the use of any of those, than to kill a hardwood gobbler that you are guessing what he is doing because alot of times you can't get in close enough to watch him.
 
Roost 1":2ma609cc said:
catman529":2ma609cc said:
Roost 1":2ma609cc said:
I have never seen a bird that stayed in the middle of a field all day, every day. If I can see him, I have confidence I can kill him eventually. It might take a day or 2. Woods birds that are not visible or vocal are a completely different story. They are the tough ones in my opinion. The bottom line, its not supposed to be easy. Fanning makes it easy....Its kind of like getting a participation trophy, you really didnt earn nothing. Some people like to earn their stripes whereas others like everything gave to them. To each their own I guess........ :stir:
I participated in fanning one time, I was behind the camera and someone else behind the fan. it was not "easy" and it did not end up with a dead bird. It was fun and made me really want to try it. I think those birds got a little smarter that day.


Where is ol fleet fox??
Guess he hasn't posted in a while since deer season closed but I figure we will be shed hunting around here soon.
 
Mike Belt":29g8a8xc said:
How about no guns allowed while fanning? You have to jump out from behind the fan and grab them by the legs.
i might try it if it was legal. Yea I'd get tore up lol


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