Going in Blind
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Going in Blind
You have not had time to scout or roost in a while.. Your going to a property you have hunted in the past.. There are some areas birds prefer to roost but it can be a crapshoot day to day..
When faced with these situations which can be quite often do you:
A: Go to one of the areas they have roosted in the past, sneak in early and hunt it as if there is a gobbler in there..
B: Take a post on a high point or central point of property and wait to hear gobbles and make a move from there.
Really no wrong or right answer and I think alot of folks do both depending on day, just trying to get some turkey talk flowing.
When faced with these situations which can be quite often do you:
A: Go to one of the areas they have roosted in the past, sneak in early and hunt it as if there is a gobbler in there..
B: Take a post on a high point or central point of property and wait to hear gobbles and make a move from there.
Really no wrong or right answer and I think alot of folks do both depending on day, just trying to get some turkey talk flowing.
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Re: Going in Blind
B For me. I'm in no hurry and know that at some point he will let me know where he's at. Once he does I proceed from there.
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Re: Going in Blind
Most times its B for me as well.. I love to hear how many birds are gobblig on the property on a particular day.. With that said sometimes especially early in the year before foilage I have some spots birds are predictable, with it being a very open hardwoods to begin with and lack of foilage you can be out of the game for a while if you are not in tight to start.
Going in Blind
B, if I am hunting then I have all day to hunt. If I cannot get to the bird at flydown then I have time to listen to what he is doing and try to flank him. I hunt slow and do not want him to know I am there so I take my time. If I have hunted it before, successfully or unsuccessfully, I still have the knowledge of what happened last time and where in my journal. I have all day to try to kill him and I enjoy doing it no matter the time.
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Re: Going in Blind
Thisguesswho wrote:B For me. I'm in no hurry and know that at some point he will let me know where he's at. Once he does I proceed from there.
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Re: Going in Blind
I would go with B most all the time. I might take a chance and slip in early if I think I might have to cross a lot of open ground to get to him once he starts gobbling. I hardly ever have to worry about that down here in MS, but I would take it into consideration in some of the places I've hunted in the midwest.
Re: Going in Blind
I go to the gobble........ so B
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HuntnMa wrote:I go to the gobble........ so B
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Re: Going in Blind
A Slide in close to the known roost area and hope for one to be there. If they are, then I am good shape. If not and they start gobbling somewhere else, then make a move on them. Too many variables to talk in absolutes.
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Re: Going in Blind
B. I was Linebacker in high school, being a bigger guy I never got a chance to play in the secondary. As a turkey hunter I'm a free safety!!
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Re: Going in Blind
You know you bring up a great point.. All of our ground is woods mixed with Ag.. Alot of our places you can only hunt in the morning, well you can hunt all day but some of them you must cross 1/2 mile of open field to get to the woods.. We basically only hunt these places in the morning as my confidence plummets if I must expose myself.jcrob1 wrote:I would go with B most all the time. I might take a chance and slip in early if I think I might have to cross a lot of open ground to get to him once he starts gobbling. I hardly ever have to worry about that down here in MS, but I would take it into consideration in some of the places I've hunted in the midwest.
Re: Going in Blind
I like B ! I've got plenty of time !
Re: Going in Blind
Since the areas that I hunt are not very big I usually always go with A. Then I will see what happens during sun up.
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Re: Going in Blind
Careful where you do that. I got in trouble for it once.ICDEDTURKES wrote: my confidence plummets if I must expose myself.
Feel, don't think. Trust your instincts.
Re: Going in Blind
Waddle Whacker wrote:Careful where you do that. I got in trouble for it once.ICDEDTURKES wrote: my confidence plummets if I must expose myself.
Good 1 WW !
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Re: Going in Blind
Made my first trip to Kentucky this spring and it was the same way up there. Huge fields that you couldn't walk across without being seen. Basically when we went in we hunted until he was dead or in the next county!! Beautiful country up there just different because of the terrain. I don't do a lot of roosting here in bama, but in situations like that roosting birds was critical. That place wasn't a spot to go listen before you took off after a bird, most of those fields were an easy 20-25 minute walk so you best know where he is and or hang tight til he sounds off!ICDEDTURKES wrote:You know you bring up a great point.. All of our ground is woods mixed with Ag.. Alot of our places you can only hunt in the morning, well you can hunt all day but some of them you must cross 1/2 mile of open field to get to the woods.. We basically only hunt these places in the morning as my confidence plummets if I must expose myself.jcrob1 wrote:I would go with B most all the time. I might take a chance and slip in early if I think I might have to cross a lot of open ground to get to him once he starts gobbling. I hardly ever have to worry about that down here in MS, but I would take it into consideration in some of the places I've hunted in the midwest.
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Re: Going in Blind
If I was going in blind I would rely on sound shots.
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Re: Going in Blind
B for me. It also depends on where their preferred roosts are and how excessable it is to move from 1 to another. B is my normal method if I have never been to a place before as well.
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Re: Going in Blind
When I go in blind (which is most of the time) I never commit myself anymore than I think I have to. I always consider stealth in my approach, and the likelihood of a successful move to a gobbling bird on the roost from where I decide to listen.
I have one place I hunt on public land every year that is difficult to get to and puts me into roost central lots of the time, due to the where the birds often roost and the lay of the land and property lines. So I have to be very careful on the way in as I'm walking a tightrope on property lines, roosting birds and geographical obstacles. For me it's a modified B.
I have one place I hunt on public land every year that is difficult to get to and puts me into roost central lots of the time, due to the where the birds often roost and the lay of the land and property lines. So I have to be very careful on the way in as I'm walking a tightrope on property lines, roosting birds and geographical obstacles. For me it's a modified B.
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Exactly. That's why I usually go with A.jcrob1 wrote:I would go with B most all the time. I might take a chance and slip in early if I think I might have to cross a lot of open ground to get to him once he starts gobbling. I hardly ever have to worry about that down here in MS, but I would take it into consideration in some of the places I've hunted in the midwest.
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Re: Going in Blind
B for me !
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Re: Going in Blind
I almost always go in blind and B is the one for me. I always figure that if there's not one that fires up soon, I'll find one somewhere else. The game changer would be knowledge of a long spurred, tight lipped bird surviving in the area. In that case, I "b" a lot longer.
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Re: Going in Blind
I almost always go in blind and B is the one for me. I always figure that if there's not one that fires up soon, I'll find one somewhere else. The game changer would be knowledge of a long spurred, tight lipped bird surviving in the area. In that case, I "b" a lot longer.
Momma said "kill that turkey"