| Turkey hunting is not a simple sport. Others may | | | | tactics every hunter should know. Gobblers are |
| follow rules by the book - studying turkey | | | | proud and stubborn and the more it hears a |
| behaviors depending on the season, purchasing | | | | desperate hen call it, the more it waits for a hen |
| the savviest gears and practicing the turkey call | | | | to approach it. Now, if a hunter stops the call |
| to perfection but still find it excruciating to take | | | | entirely that's the time when a tom will gobble its |
| down a turkey. What is lacking in this checklist are | | | | way to the hunter's direction in search for the |
| a few turkey hunting tactics that will prove very | | | | hen. |
| useful for a successful hunt. | | | | For hunters who keep on doing turkey calls with |
| This is the first among the tried and tested | | | | no avail, the best advice is to change the turkey |
| turkey hunting tactics in every hunter's book: The | | | | call from time to time to be able to lure a turkey. |
| closer you try to get to a turkey, the more it will | | | | Patience is among the most important attitude |
| run away. Turkeys have superhuman eyesight | | | | that a hunter must possess. |
| and hearing and they will hear and see a hunter | | | | And lastly, it best to remember that safety is still |
| that is stalking them. The golden rule in turkey | | | | number on the list of turkey hunting tactics. When |
| hunting tactics is to let the "turkey come to you". | | | | a hunter sees another hunter in the woods, it is |
| When a tom struts and gobbles in response to | | | | best to speak to him to get his attention. A |
| the hen call that a hunter is making and yet it | | | | hunter that uses turkey calls to catch the |
| doesn't get close enough to be shot, the best | | | | attention of another hunter is in danger to be |
| approach is to decrease the frequency of the | | | | shot especially when the hunter is hidden. Any |
| turkey call until such time that a hunter stops | | | | slight movement might cause another hunter to |
| calling at all. It may sound preposterous but really | | | | mistake a hunter into a turkey. |
| this is one of the most recognized turkey hunting | | | | |