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It all depends on the conditions. If its raining or very windy I tend to walk more. On calm mornings, I tend to sit more. Above all else; it depends on if i'm hearing a gobbler. I have a lot of turkeys in my area and really have a bad time with tom's being intercepted by hens. When I have a turkey gobble to a call; I try to get setup as close as possible to try to minimize the possibilities of a hen getting to him before my #4 shot.
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The less moving around you do is usually best, you are less likely to spook birds. As Jay said try to set up on gobbling birds as close as possible without spooking them. If gobbling is sparse then I like to quietly walk ridge lines and set up and call every 100 - 150 yards or so. I typically stay put at least 20 minutes or so at each location.
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I was always taught that, assuming you have already done your scouting, you sit in the spring and walk in the fall.
The idea being that in the spring the toms are looking for some turkey-lovin' so they'll come to your decoys.
Whereas, in the fall, they aren't interested in getting busy. You need to break up the flock and then set up your decoys and try to reassemble the flock and call them back in.
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