losthunter
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Decided I'm gonna forgo my opening day deer hunt and try for a fall turkey in the mountains. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Gonna try for a fall turkey, any advice?
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Wrangler95
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Most bust a flock and call them back together with a kee kee call!Ive never tried it though,I just dont hunt the fall season!
Huntaholic
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Why would you take away the excitement and thrill of calling in a mature gobbler in the spring, gobbling, strutting, drumming, all the way to the gun, to kill one just feeding along minding his own business in the fall?
losthunter
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Probably because I've never killed a turkey and am not feeling hunting deer right now.
Soft Talker
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Cause it takes a "real" Turkey hunter to "yelp" up a mature Gobbler in the Fall
Boll Weevil
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Boot leather, look for sign, and listen. Fall hunting isn't like spring…patience kills fall turkeys.
I've done that back wen we had a fall season and it was one of the most fun exciting hunting experiences I've had. Loved it! Fall hunting like that is just as fun or more so than spring hunting.
Wait till spring when it's more fun
Fall is much more simple. Find their normal pattern and just get where they transition to and wait.
You must be hunting the royal palm strain of turkeys
I was hunting on the river back then, slipping along listening and looking and I heard a bunch feeding and doing their thing. I eased up as close as I could till all their heads were up the they started clucking, I rushed them as fast as I could and they went in every direction! Perfect! After getting up against a tree right where they busted up I got my yelper going and kee keeing and yelping to them, instantly they started answering, I thought it was a done deal. They started appearing and filtering in at a distance then the old boss hen started yelping at them, and all the keekeeing they were doing stopped. They marched straight to her and they were gone in less than 5 min!!!!
Not at all, mostly on public land at that, people just don't know how to hunt turkeys in the fall and make them act right. It doesn't work all the time, but I've killed a bunch in October that gobbled and strutted like april.You must be hunting the royal palm strain of turkeys
I've seen em gobble and strut into fighting purrs in October but it's not for breeding, it's for fighting.
Soft Talker
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Looks to be cooling off nicely for the shotgun opener. Should be lots of color in the woods as well. Can't freakin wait.
I have seen a crap ton of turkeys in the past 3-4 weeks. None strutting none gobbling. Just feeding there faces and getting fat for spring. Now I love some turkey hunting..... and if a mature tom decides to wonder close enough..... well he may take a dirt nap but I am not chasing them right now. Deer got more meat on there bones.
Soft Talker
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Spoken by someone who truly, has no clue, what Fall Gobbler hunting is all about.I have seen a crap ton of turkeys in the past 3-4 weeks. None strutting none gobbling. Just feeding there faces and getting fat for spring. Now I love some turkey hunting..... and if a mature tom decides to wonder close enough..... well he may take a dirt nap but I am not chasing them right now. Deer got more meat on there bones.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART!......... AND YOUR TOO BLAME!................ DARLING YOU GIVE LOVE....... A BAD NAME!!!
Most of the ones I kill come into yelps a purs just like spring
Hen calls?
