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Post by oldhoyt on Aug 27, 2018 15:34:22 GMT -5
In a couple weeks or so I'll be hunting turkeys in Michigan. Season opens 9/15.
I don't know a lot about what turkeys are doing this time of year. I'm guessing they are somewhat vocal, but I won't be hearing much if any gobbling.
I suppose they fly down like they do in spring, then just move toward whatever the feed is. I've seen acorns in the woods.
Has anyone had much hunting fall turkeys? What's your favorite strategy?
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Post by medic22 on Aug 27, 2018 19:03:24 GMT -5
My strategy is deer hunt and if I see a turkey then i shoot it.
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Post by span870 on Aug 28, 2018 6:18:55 GMT -5
If you're just wanting to kill any turkey by far the easiest way is to find a flock, bust them up, sit right down and call them back with young turkey sounds and loud yelps. About 15 minutes they'll come back. When you bust the flock, for best results, they have to scatter in all different directions. If they all fly the same way, good luck. Polts are pretty dumb without momma and just wanna get back to her.
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Post by parrothead on Aug 28, 2018 7:36:12 GMT -5
I have killed one every Fall that IN has had a Fall season. I have just shot them while deer hunting. Same as in the Spring let them get close and shoot them in the head.
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Post by oldhoyt on Sept 24, 2018 8:20:45 GMT -5
This past Saturday I did a combined deer scouting / turkey hunt. I will say the understory in this woods is as thick as I've ever seen it. Spicebush in particular really went crazy this year. Deer signed seemed about average. Acorns about average too. I got to a spot I have seen turkeys and sign in the past, so I made some calls on a crystal slate, then a few key-keys on a mouth call. After a few minutes I made some calls on a wingbone call. I was more or less just messing around with it, trying to get some good notes. I was reaching for the slate when I heard a sound I thought may have been a chipmunk, but it sounded a bit off. I thought, what the heck is that a turkey? I called again on the wingbone and it was like an echo coming back at me. Definitely a turkey! A couple more key-keys brought another response. So there I was, crouching behind a big oak, no camo, facemask or gloves, with a nasty cramp building in the back of my left thigh, afraid to move. I finally had to get on the ground to straighten my leg. This made some noise, so I grabbed a stick and started scratching in the leaves. Then I just waited. After a few minutes I saw movement and could make out the hen about 40 yds away. When she was blocked from view I got my gun ready and she popped back out about 30 yds away. When she put her head up I took the shot and had my first Michigan fall turkey. Can still buy another tag, so I'll be back out after them.
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