Style of turkey hunting

[SouthernGameandFish]

Hey folks, new to the board and glad to see that there are folks in your neck of the woods who like to fool love struck gobblers as much as I do here in the south!  What is your "style" of turkey hunting? Do y'all set up in a likely spot and call from that spot or do you stay on the move, trying to strike a hot bird?  I find it interesting to see/here different methods employed in the pursuit of the king of spring.  I hunt Georgia, South Carolina and north Florida for the most part.  Early in the season, I try to get as close to a bird gobbling on the roost as possible and just make a tree yelp loud enough for him to hear.  My hope is that he will gobble then shut up!  We have so many hens here that the more he gobbles, the more ladies race to him.  I LOVE to hear those rascals gobble and it has taken tons of patients to not try and get him fired up.  If he gets henned up at fly down, I leave them and make tracks...cutting hard every now and then but mostly listening.  Later in the season, when the hens are setting, I will cover miles looking for that lonely bird.  I have found that I kill many more birds now that I put more effort into hunting harder from mid moring on...ok, im going through the post season blues and am rambling...

[deadeye]

I'm pretty much a novice turkey hunter.  I usually just set up a ground blind, put out a couple decoys, listen, and use a box call now and then.  Not to scientific but seems to work ok.

[Go Big Red!]

Depends on the location and time of year.

[HD]

I guess you can say I'm kind'a hard core....I have traveled several hundered miles to hunt turkeys. But now that they are around my neck of the woods, I travel less. My style is "what ever it takes to get er done" I put in alot of time scouting in the spring looking for a hot bird, or birds. If they don't show on a set-up that I have staked out...then it's time to move, leaving the decoys behind. I have harvested birds both ways...running and gunn'in or sitting in a blind. When I'm by myself, I'm usually on the move. When I hunt with the kids, it's usually in a blind. I'm to the point in my life, that it's more enjoyable to put the kids on birds and teach them what it's all about.

[SouthernGameandFish]

nothing better than getting the kids out there and enjoying the hunt!  I called in 13 birds that got shot this season and I only took the gun once and shot one bird.  I'd say it was the most fun I have ever had as many of the birds were "firsts" etc...sounds like yall hunt them just like we do...using "whatever works"...love those spring birds!

[SouthernGameandFish]

This was my favorite hunt of the season.  After a long morning of quite woods, we finally struck these three guys all by themselves.  I had two guys with me. One had never been turkey hunting and the other was one of my good friends who loves to hunt but doesnt call. These birds came in fast and put on one heck of a show!  The new hunter rolled the first two at 15 yrds and my buddy Jimmy hammered the last one to complete his 3 bird GA limit...I caped out the birds to preserve the memories of the gentlemens first TWO birds.  He is already gearing up for next season and was on cloud nine.  Shortest beard was 10" and longest was just shy of 11". Sad that the season is over...

[SouthernGameandFish]

lucked up and found this lonely fella the one time I carried a gun.

[corny13]

Nice Turkeys!  What is your favorite call?

[SouthernGameandFish]

Thanks! Most of the time I use mouth calls and don't really have a favorite.  I like a good raspy call that can cut loud but also purr with little effort.  I guess its more the cut of the call more than the maker when it comes to calls I like. This year I picked up a knight and hale three call pack and two of the three calls I could run well.  The third went in the trash. I also make wingbone's, cane yelpers and friction calls from clam and oyster shells that work well.  Going to order one of those do it your self diaphram kits and play with some "custom" cuts to see what I can come up with.  Like most turkey hunters though, I love the beauty, history and wood work that the traditional box and pot calls offer.