Run and gunners vs blind and decoy hunters

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Which are you and why? Some like to listen and run to the gobbling, set up quickly and call. Others like to get in a likely spot and wait it out in a blind with a few decoys, calling occasionally. I prefer the run and gun method at least at first until I've run out of other options. I was just wondering what techniques others were using and if they found they were more successful or just preferred it that way.
 
I am mobile. I hunt a large property that allows me to be. That's the way I enjoy hunting. If I only had a small place I would probably have to be more stationary. Could be very effective but I prefer the mobile technique. If this property sells I will have to resort back to public land or try and find another private property. Depending on the size of parcel depicts how I attack it.


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I got stuck in my blind with my camcorder in the rain for over 6 hours yesterday, made me even more blind shy, but I'd like to kill one out of it sometime. I much prefer to move around and try to strike one


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At some point during the season I do all of the above. I'm more of a run and gun type hunter, but I'm not afraid to get the blind and decoys out from time to time.
 
Being deaf in one ear can't tell direction of the calling mist of the time, I park against a tree and wait. Guess that's why I've only killed 2 birds in 15 years
 
Both, I prefer running and gunning but if I have an area that birds frequent I'm not against setting up on them
 
I always set up in the morning in a blind, or man-made blind where I think they will fly down. I also use decoys at times. Early season I have some luck with that. After an hour of watching turkeys dodge the decoys and head to other places where gobbling is taking place, I pack up and get after them. My favorite is to spot and stalk. I can't call well enough to get a gobbler away from hens so I have to go to him. I could probably run a marathon by the time season is over.
 
Mobile. Sitting in a blind is not my thing. Nothing wrong with it, it's just not for me. Seams to much like sitting in a stand deer hunting, and I've had enough of that by the time deer season is over to last me till next year. When spring rolls around I'm ready for the me vs them game.
 
Mobile, I hunt huge mountain birds and have basically unlimited land to roam. I'd go nuts sitting in a blind, and refuse to hunt behind plastic turkeys.
 
Depends in the situation. A lot of times in the mornings if I know pretty close to where they have roosted I will set up with a line feeding hen decoy. Afternoon I'll run and gun, and if I get a chance I'll sit the decoy up then too. The David Smith feeding hen works mircles lol
 
I'm mobile, no decoys. When he gobbles, I'm headed his way, cutting down the distance unless he's right on top of me, then I'm obviously sitting my butt down.
 
Mobile as well...no dekes.

I do more of what I call trolling though; still cover lots of ground but try to be much more thorough rather than just walking and calling. If a bird cuts my call off with a gobble that's great and I'm in business. If no answer but I know birds should be within earshot, I'll sit a little while and can't tell you how many times a bird has hollered after 15-20 minutes have passed...trying to communicate with the hen that recently wandered through.

If I'd have simply moved on to the next prospecting spot, might have never gotten a response.
 
Both, depends on the time in the season or weather condition. But I keep a soft shell decoy in my vest also to set up when I'm on the move.


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Boll Weevil":cy9ermz7 said:
Mobile as well...no dekes.

I do more of what I call trolling though; still cover lots of ground but try to be much more thorough rather than just walking and calling. If a bird cuts my call off with a gobble that's great and I'm in business. If no answer but I know birds should be within earshot, I'll sit a little while and can't tell you how many times a bird has hollered after 15-20 minutes have passed...trying to communicate with the hen that recently wandered through.

If I'd have simply moved on to the next prospecting spot, might have never gotten a response.
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Sounds a lot like me, I do this as well.
 
I love to set up an entire spread of decoys (sometimes up to 7 or 8) on roosted flocks first thing in the morning. Some of my most memorable hunts have been when an entire flock of birds pitched right into the decoys off the roost just like duck hunting. There's nothing more exciting than watching a pissed off longbeard absolutely demolishing your male decoys in a fit of rage.

After initial fly down, I'm a run and gunner covering as much ground as possible as fast as possible. I pack a lone hen decoy in case I find a single field bird, but don't use any dekes if I get on birds in the woods.

I would never hunt out of a blind. I'm too ADD when it comes to turkey hunting and can't sit still blindly unless I've got a bird working, plus one of my favorite things I enjoy is using natural cover as part of my setups.
 
Gravey":65vzqlg0 said:
I used to be more of a run and gunner but my primary place these days is 40 acres so very limited on how much I can move around there. Its made me a more patient hunter and have found out that patience kills turkeys.
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What Gravey said. I prefer to run and gun but sometimes the property just makes it not feasible.
 

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