Breaking myths on public ground.....

[stratos907]

I have been hunting turkys here on Peabody WMA for 15 years in Muhlenburg county. And over the years I have read several articles and such about public land turkeys and they all say the same thing. Call very littl, call very soft, and be conservative on pressured turkeys. I think this very advice saves alot of birds. Yesterday I killed a big bird out there by absolutely scalding him. I was outta breach from cutting so hard and long at him. 23# 12oz....10"beard....1.5" spurs. This morning I went with a buddy about a quarter mile down the road and got on another big one. It took about 30 minutes to get him to 65 yards. And every time I would go silent he would WALK AWAY gobbling. So again, I went into a cutting rant, as loud as I could go, for as long as I could go. I bet he gobbled 75 times or more. He was killed at 25 yards. 22lbs. 10.5 " beard...1.25" spurs. Don't be afraid to get in their face and shake 'em up a bit.

[chancey021]

I was at rich wma on sunday morn and had a bird in the hollow below me that I worked for over an hour and he would only answer or move closer when I was very aggressive! when he was about to finally come into range a guy and his son stuck their head over the hill and scared him off!!! Oh well that's hunting on public land

[uplandchessies]

I've killed birds with only 3 yelps and a fly-down cackle and had them run into me. I've also worked birds for as long as 2 1/2 hours using aggressive calling. There's a lot of varitation between those 2 scenarios, too. The biggest problem with public land birds are not the birds themselves, but the hunters hunting them. But it's public land and one has to deal with it.

[kyscrapejuice]

I have been hunting turkys here on Peabody WMA for 15 years in Muhlenburg county. And over the years I have read several articles and such about public land turkeys and they all say the same thing. Call very littl, call very soft, and be conservative on pressured turkeys. I think this very advice saves alot of birds. Yesterday I killed a big bird out there by absolutely scalding him. I was outta breach from cutting so hard and long at him. 23# 12oz....10"beard....1.5" spurs. This morning I went with a buddy about a quarter mile down the road and got on another big one. It took about 30 minutes to get him to 65 yards. And every time I would go silent he would WALK AWAY gobbling. So again, I went into a cutting rant, as loud as I could go, for as long as I could go. I bet he gobbled 75 times or more. He was killed at 25 yards. 22lbs. 10.5 " beard...1.25" spurs. Don't be afraid to get in their face and shake 'em up a bit.

Very good advice. This is my style of hunting anyways. I'm sure I repel some birds that I could have otherwise killed by my hunting methods, but I also kill my share. Heck, thats the fun of hunting turkey, them coming to a call, chocking from gobbling so much!!! I don't get much enjoyment out of sitting and waiting 4 hours, yelping 3 times every 30 minutes. To each is own, but thats not my style.

[WalnutCreekDoc]

I have been hunting turkys here on Peabody WMA for 15 years in Muhlenburg county. And over the years I have read several articles and such about public land turkeys and they all say the same thing. Call very littl, call very soft, and be conservative on pressured turkeys. I think this very advice saves alot of birds. Yesterday I killed a big bird out there by absolutely scalding him. I was outta breach from cutting so hard and long at him. 23# 12oz....10"beard....1.5" spurs. This morning I went with a buddy about a quarter mile down the road and got on another big one. It took about 30 minutes to get him to 65 yards. And every time I would go silent he would WALK AWAY gobbling. So again, I went into a cutting rant, as loud as I could go, for as long as I could go. I bet he gobbled 75 times or more. He was killed at 25 yards. 22lbs. 10.5 " beard...1.25" spurs. Don't be afraid to get in their face and shake 'em up a bit.

Congrats on the birds!

[EKUHUNTER]

very good advice. This is my style of hunting anyways. I'm sure i repel some birds that i could have otherwise killed by my hunting methods, but i also kill my share. Heck, thats the fun of hunting turkey, them coming to a call, chocking from gobbling so much!!! I don't get much enjoyment out of sitting and waiting 4 hours, yelping 3 times every 30 minutes. To each is own, but thats not my style.



amen to that!!!!

[CHL]

I have been hunting turkys here on Peabody WMA for 15 years in Muhlenburg county. And over the years I have read several articles and such about public land turkeys and they all say the same thing. Call very littl, call very soft, and be conservative on pressured turkeys. I think this very advice saves alot of birds. Yesterday I killed a big bird out there by absolutely scalding him. I was outta breach from cutting so hard and long at him. 23# 12oz....10"beard....1.5" spurs. This morning I went with a buddy about a quarter mile down the road and got on another big one. It took about 30 minutes to get him to 65 yards. And every time I would go silent he would WALK AWAY gobbling. So again, I went into a cutting rant, as loud as I could go, for as long as I could go. I bet he gobbled 75 times or more. He was killed at 25 yards. 22lbs. 10.5 " beard...1.25" spurs. Don't be afraid to get in their face and shake 'em up a bit.


Congratulations on 2 great birds.

[notimlmit]

My second bird came in by cutting hard at him--felt like I had to jakes and hens were with him but I pulled him off by doing so