I need some tips on how to hunt turkeys in the rain. are they still vocal? how long do they stay in the trees? i need some input, it looks like its gunna be rainy for a lot of the season in michigan.
It can be tough they are often quiet or you just cant hear them over the rain and they stay in the tree a tad late but some of my best hunts have been in thunderstorms when its not raining too much they seem to hate to stay in the timber when its thundering they work out to the fields much faster and the hens aren't as receptive in the rain so if they see a breeder hen they freak and run to you the only down fall to hunting in the rain is it is hard to make a wet turkey look pretty!! but you can definitely get the job done good luck!
They seeem to head and stay in the Fields, During Rain or Just after a rain, I think They try and Dry the wings.
Let them Call, and you can try and Mimick the Hen, I would call very Little, Maybe enough to see where they are, and then throw out some Excited Yelps and then shut it down, try and get the Tom excited and head your way, wait about 5 minutes and if nothing give it another set try and sound as excited as you can, to spur that Tom's Interest. Good Luck
Exactly what the other guys are saying. Hunt the fields in the rain, and call very little. Good luck!
was raining here in Wisconsin almost all day. i didn't hear a gobble at all today. but yes it seamed like the majority of the birds stuck to the fields Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk 2
Fields can be dynamite locations for locating birds in the rain. Little calling and maybe a single hen decoy would probably do the trick
Rain doesn't really bother birds. They head to the open areas because they can hear better, survival is a must for birds. They head to the open areas because they can see and hear better, rain on branches and leaves make it hard for them to hear and it eliminates one of their survival traits. If it's a light rain they will even stay in the woods until it quits, then come out into the open to dry off and look for bugs that the rain has brought out. If it's a down pour then the bird will head to one of two places, either high grass area or a pine thicket, because they can hear better in either one. Now if it's snowing they will head to the thickest area they can find. Calling isn't real important unless it just a light rain. If your using decoys, set out as many as you have in an open field, birds will tend to go to the center of the fields in rainy weather, again for a safety factor, and will group up out there, more eyes are safer. Birds in bad weather will stay on the roost longer, sometime until noon on rainy days.
