What is your best advice for fall Turkey hunting?

MSgt Cayle Harris — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:18:21 -0400

I'm giving it a try this year, but I've never hunted turkey before.
Any seasoned turkey hunters out there; what advice can you give a beginner?

Response by TSgt David L. made Oct 3 at 2018 1:43 AM

TSgt David L. — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:43:15 -0400

Man, Cayle, patients is the best advice. I started to bow hunt them in Florida. Never got one but got to see some cool stuff. If you know of a good spot go EARLY while they are still on the roost. You can wait until they come down or start to call. The rest is like any hunting. Sit and wait. Otherwise they'd call it shooting! LOL Where are y'all going to try? I've never done it when they aren't in timber.
Good luck!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 3 at 2018 1:43 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 13:43:44 -0400

Don't do it in the spring? :D (Sorry, I am not hunt turkeys except at Safeway.)

Response by SGT Jim Arnold made Oct 4 at 2018 1:31 AM

SGT Jim Arnold — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 01:31:59 -0400

beef, deer or hog much better than dry bird lol

Response by CSM Andrew Perrault made Oct 5 at 2018 11:25 AM

CSM Andrew Perrault — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:25:24 -0400

Do your scouting, use decoy's, and be quiet and still.....get a crow call for locating them, and a slate or box call. During scouting find where they roost and hunt there that day. Patience is key......Good luck......

Response by MSgt Kenneth Driver made Oct 12 at 2018 11:50 AM

MSgt Kenneth Driver — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:50:13 -0400

We don't have them in the UK! LOL!

Response by Sgt Larry Irvine made Oct 13 at 2018 7:27 AM

Sgt Larry Irvine — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 07:27:45 -0400

Cover everything. Don’t move.
They see all!

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Nov 4 at 2018 1:12 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 13:12:46 -0500

Turkeys are really infantrymen. They send a recon unit before movement and are quick to scatter to a new rally point.