Turkey set-up opinion NEEDED
04-25-2008, 12:10 PM
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Mt. Orab,Ohio
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Turkey set-up opinion NEEDED
Hunting a spot tomorrow that i know the birds are in regularly.Do i set decoys or not? Went monday didn't start there got there about 9 and the hens where in the feild i waited them out then went in and set up not as close to this corner as i wanted to though.About an hour goes by and a lone tom comes in from acrossed the feild he comes to about 40 yds looks at my decoys(a jake and a hen) and walks off to about 70yds then starts strutting. After about 10 min he walked off.I left the spot at about 11:30 and as i was packing up he runs out of a wood pile that was sitting there that i couldn't see.He must have been there in the wood pile the whole time and i couldn't see him.What would you do for a set up.I plan on starting there and seting up right on the corner that the birds are always at(morning or evening).[/align]
04-25-2008, 12:39 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Turkey set-up opinion NEEDED
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I am a turkey hunting STOOGE.
OK....I'm watching this one, intently. I am in the exact same situation for tomorrow.
I am a turkey hunting STOOGE.
OK....I'm watching this one, intently. I am in the exact same situation for tomorrow.
04-25-2008, 12:40 PM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
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RE: Turkey set-up opinion NEEDED
Assuming Brox is bowhunting and for Jeff,
one of two things have to happen and I know Jeff isn't going to like the later, one, you need to visually stimulate your gobbler to come into bow range or why else would he be close to your blind except for a well positioned ambush, or two, you need to call them in and still call when they are insight of the blind but not close enough for a shot. Now the later with no decoy is tough because a gobbler will know exactly where that call is coming from, he looks, he sees no hen, may or may not pay more attention to your blind however, he's not likely to come any closer to something he cannot see.
I'm not a big fan of decoys however for bowhunting, they are pretty much mandatory unless your ambushing them.
one of two things have to happen and I know Jeff isn't going to like the later, one, you need to visually stimulate your gobbler to come into bow range or why else would he be close to your blind except for a well positioned ambush, or two, you need to call them in and still call when they are insight of the blind but not close enough for a shot. Now the later with no decoy is tough because a gobbler will know exactly where that call is coming from, he looks, he sees no hen, may or may not pay more attention to your blind however, he's not likely to come any closer to something he cannot see.
I'm not a big fan of decoys however for bowhunting, they are pretty much mandatory unless your ambushing them.
04-25-2008, 12:43 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: Turkey set-up opinion NEEDED
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Assuming Brox is bowhunting and for Jeff,
one of two things have to happen and I know Jeff isn't going to like the later, one, you need to visually stimulate your gobbler to come into bow range or why else would he be close to your blind except for a well positioned ambush, or two, you need to call them in and still call when they are insight of the blind but not close enough for a shot. Now the later with no decoy is tough because a gobbler will know exactly where that call is coming from, he looks, he sees no hen, may or may not pay more attention to your blind however, he's not likely to come any closer to something he cannot see.
I'm not a big fan of decoys however for bowhunting, they are pretty much mandatory unless your ambushing them.
Assuming Brox is bowhunting and for Jeff,
one of two things have to happen and I know Jeff isn't going to like the later, one, you need to visually stimulate your gobbler to come into bow range or why else would he be close to your blind except for a well positioned ambush, or two, you need to call them in and still call when they are insight of the blind but not close enough for a shot. Now the later with no decoy is tough because a gobbler will know exactly where that call is coming from, he looks, he sees no hen, may or may not pay more attention to your blind however, he's not likely to come any closer to something he cannot see.
I'm not a big fan of decoys however for bowhunting, they are pretty much mandatory unless your ambushing them.
04-25-2008, 12:51 PM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Minnesota
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RE: Turkey set-up opinion NEEDED
ORIGINAL: BROX
Yes i am bow hunting and i purred to him when he got close so he would look at the decoys! Ihave a total of two hens and a jake should i use all of them?
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Assuming Brox is bowhunting and for Jeff,
one of two things have to happen and I know Jeff isn't going to like the later, one, you need to visually stimulate your gobbler to come into bow range or why else would he be close to your blind except for a well positioned ambush, or two, you need to call them in and still call when they are insight of the blind but not close enough for a shot. Now the later with no decoy is tough because a gobbler will know exactly where that call is coming from, he looks, he sees no hen, may or may not pay more attention to your blind however, he's not likely to come any closer to something he cannot see.
I'm not a big fan of decoys however for bowhunting, they are pretty much mandatory unless your ambushing them.
Assuming Brox is bowhunting and for Jeff,
one of two things have to happen and I know Jeff isn't going to like the later, one, you need to visually stimulate your gobbler to come into bow range or why else would he be close to your blind except for a well positioned ambush, or two, you need to call them in and still call when they are insight of the blind but not close enough for a shot. Now the later with no decoy is tough because a gobbler will know exactly where that call is coming from, he looks, he sees no hen, may or may not pay more attention to your blind however, he's not likely to come any closer to something he cannot see.
I'm not a big fan of decoys however for bowhunting, they are pretty much mandatory unless your ambushing them.