When times get tough

ICDEDTURKES · Post by **ICDEDTURKES** » March 29th, 2013, 8:52 am

Meaning the birds are not gobbling well.. Do you go on the prowl looking for that one that is out there somewhere willing to play, or do you settle in a likely spot?

pullit · Post by **pullit** » March 29th, 2013, 8:59 am

I settle in

MKW · Post by **MKW** » March 29th, 2013, 9:01 am

I go "trolling" to find a hot one.

Mike

Stinky J Picklestein · March 29th, 2013, 9:10 am

It depends on how much land I have permission to hunt.

SCtrkyhntr · Post by **SCtrkyhntr** » March 29th, 2013, 9:11 am

I go trolling with the long box

Post by **Hoobilly** » March 29th, 2013, 9:22 am

depends

if I can, I will walk till I get one.

if I can't, then I may set a lil while

pullit · Post by **pullit** » March 29th, 2013, 9:26 am

That is the reason I hold tight, as the land I hunt most does not allow a lot of movement

Post by **redarrow** » March 29th, 2013, 9:39 am

hoobilly wrote:depends

if I can, I will walk till I get one.

if I can't, then I may set a lil while

Same here. The farm I hunt doesn't allow much movement.

Hobie · Post by **Hobie** » March 29th, 2013, 11:06 am

I go looking
I'm not going to deer hunt them

Southern Sportsman · March 29th, 2013, 12:33 pm

If there is a spot where I think a bird is likely to happen by, or if I know there is a turkey in the area, I often settle in for an hour+ or until I bored. If I have no leads and one place is likely just as good as another, I usually move around.

hawglips · Post by **hawglips** » March 29th, 2013, 4:00 pm

I will do both, at the same time usually.

pedro · Post by **pedro** » March 29th, 2013, 5:04 pm

Little of both or a lot of one. It all depends on the acreage, topography, amount of time to hunt,& prior scouting intell.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » March 29th, 2013, 7:54 pm

Whatever it takes!

GobbleNut · Post by **GobbleNut** » March 31st, 2013, 10:44 am

If I've got enough country to hunt, I am going to go find a bird that will gobble to my calling,...or wear myself out trying. Turkey hunting to me is about finding a responsive bird and calling him in. Any other way of killing one is way, way less fulfilling to me.

HuntnMa · Post by **HuntnMa** » March 31st, 2013, 7:42 pm

both, just depends on my mood....

The SPURSUADER · Post by **The SPURSUADER** » March 31st, 2013, 10:20 pm

HuntnMa wrote:both, just depends on my mood....

X2

jrseale82 · Post by **jrseale82** » March 31st, 2013, 11:16 pm

find a spot where you know they go and go there. Then take a nap.

Shooter · Post by **Shooter** » March 31st, 2013, 11:43 pm

I have done the camp out thing on a gobbler that I know is using a particular area, but usually go to regular listening spots, until I get on one gobbling.
If I can not get one gobbling, and since I love to exercise and walk for miles.
I will just start walking through the deep woods with a GPS,.. just in case,...lol.
I have proven to myself, and actually said it outloud to myself many times, when things are not going as plannned,... Just hang in there, and keep walking slowly and keep listening in good areas, you know turkeys frequent,... and something will always happen.
Sometimes it doesn't of course, but you will be surprised at how many times it does.
There is always a big mouth out there,.... somewhere.

I know everyone is different, but that is my 2 cents, and how I do it.

redleg06 · Post by **redleg06** » April 1st, 2013, 10:00 pm

A little bit of both. Depends on the particular situation with size of property and if there's a lot of other folks around.

If I'm moving around an area and come to a particularly good looking spot then I might set up for a little while if there's some fresh sign or I know turkeys use that area regularly. I really dont like deer hunting them and get pretty bored after 30-45 min so Im usually on my feet more than my butt if I'm on a property big enough to move around on. I'm not really burning up a ton of ground but I feel like I'm limiting myself if I just sit in one spot all day waiting on one to walk by.

Jaybird · Post by **Jaybird** » April 3rd, 2013, 6:01 am

Stinky J Picklestein wrote:It depends on how much land I have permission to hunt.

Ditto. A lot of Public I hunt in Iowa isn't that big to be running and gunning. If you know the birds are there, it's a waiting game.

Matt Meyer · Post by **Matt Meyer** » April 5th, 2013, 9:58 pm

I go hoofing it

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