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Spring gobbler hunting It is impossible to cover every little trick and tactic when it comes to turkey hunting.... but I will try to provide what I feel to be the basic strategies and tactics that you would need to bag yourself a gobbler.

But first, if you are new at turkey hunting I would suggest you do these three things first:

1. You need to purchase or rent an instructional video on how to locate roosts, choose a stand with attention to concealment and also how to correctly utilize calls and calling methods.
2. Secondly you need to purchase your own turkey-calling device whether it is a box caller or a diaphragm. You must also practice with these calls extensively for it is very difficult to fool gobblers.
3. Finally I would suggest that on your first few outings to join an experienced friend if possible or hire a local guide to assist and coach you throughout the venture.

One good indication of a turkey’s presence is of course tracks. 4 ½ inches long are the normal size for a hen anything larger is most certainly a gobbler. Droppings can also be used to indicate a turkey’s presence. An adult male will leave a scat several inches long knobbed into a J-shape. Also the ground under a roost may often have a noticeable amount of tracks, feathers and droppings.

Now having found an area that gobblers are living, the next step will be to locate the bird, but more than likely you will have to locate the bird by sound rather than sight. Hoping to draw him in with your calls. Use them sparingly perhaps in 5-minute intervals between each call depending on how the gobbler reacts. Make no sound at all when a turkey is approaching for his sight and hearing are very keen and at the first hint of danger the turkey will flee quickly within seconds.

Another must is good camo. You must wear camouflage that breaks up your silhouette and make you appear less human to the gobblers eyes. It is imperative that you do this. On a final note I would like to add that the turkey is a very smart bird and is perhaps the most difficult game to hunt in the United States. Practice is the only way to assure success and unfortunately practice only comes through failure and patience, so have fun and be silent.
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