On 3 different mornings, I got within 100 yards of where a large turkey was roosting, just inside the woods from a field edge. The first morning, there were two deer in the woods by where I snuck in, and they smelled me and scared away the turkey. The second day, a real hen called off the gobbler. The third, it just didn't happen. What should I have done?
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On 3 different mornings, I got within 100 yards of where a large turkey was roosting, just inside the woods from a field edge. T
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You should have not gotten discouraged and put in a fourth day. Don't over call, sometimes you have to tease them into range rather than beg them. Other days they act like their tails on fire. If you happen to set up on two gobblers without a hen present, you've got the perfect situation, IMHO. Good luck.
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An owl call just after sunset can locate the roosting birds and give you an idea where to set up come morning, get in there early and quiet. I've found that it can depend on wind direction the evening before the hunt, as far as which side of the field the turks will roost on. But talking to them the night before, or "putting them to bed" may help you reach a more attainable calling distance come morning.
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