I'm new to hunting and I really want to try turkey. The only issue is I don't know what need, what to do, or where the best places are. So if anyone could that would be great. Also what would be better for turkey hunting a single pin sight or a multi pin sight???
You need calls, you should shoot them when they show up and best place to go is the outdoors, hope this helps. Seriously... Get a couple of calls and practice, practice, practice. I learned a lot from a CD and practiced in the car at red lights on my way to work and back. You will get some funny looks but it helps. The best thing to do is find a guy that has hunted for a while and talk to him, even go with him. Experience is the best teacher.
Get yourself a couple different calls. For starting out a box or push button call will work fine. Your slate and mouth calls can come later since they're a bit more difficult to use. Not that they're hard to use, it just takes practice on these. Don't worry too much of what you sound like, since I've heard alot turkeys already that I thought was another hunter, and it turned out to be the real thing. Just work on it and you'll get better. As far as where to hunt them, my success doesn't come from being a expert caller. It comes from patterning them, by watching what they do and where they travel in the pre-season, and listen to where they gooble in the mornings from their roost areas. In my experience, it is easier to call them or get them into shooting range, if you're in their path of travel. You could be the best caller in the world, but if they have their mind made up they're going a different direction, than they're going to go that way, and that may be away from you. I hope this helps, and once again, whatever animal you are hunting, you will have more success if you pattern them than being an expert caller. Just my two cents, and if you haven't seen any of the Bowhunt or Die episodes of turkey hunting, than check them out, you'll see what I mean. Good luck, and keep us posted!
I like to locate the birds on the roost first with a owl hooter or a crow call the day before the hunt.Then I try to sneak into 150 yards of their roost.Once I hear the first bird fly down I'll do sme calling but not a whole lot.When more birds fly down ill watch if they are coming towards me or going away.(Its harder to see them in the later seasons due too the amount of vegitation).If they are going away from me ill try to get ahead of where i think they will go from what I've seen while turkey scouting.If that doesnt work i will usally set up on a feild edgr or corner or another well known turkey corridor.
