| Fall was the preferred time to hunt wild
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| | Turkey hunters are allowed only to take
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| turkeys by most of the famous old time
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| | only one wild turkey of either sex during
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| turkey hunters and is still favored by
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| | that fall season each day.
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| many traditionalists. These turkey
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| | Turkeys are usually found in open, mixed
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| hunting experts liked it best because it
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| | hardwood and pine forests. Others are
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| was a lot more difficult and therefore
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| | scattered in brush land. Others prefer to
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| more rewarding to call in an old turkey
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| | roost in trees larger than the
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| in the fall rather than the spring.
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| | surrounding vegetation and will often
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| Gobblers in the late summer, fall and
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| | choose place to stay on sites facing
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| winter become very solitary animals with
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| | slopes where they can shelter from the
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| very little interest in females. They do,
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| | existing strong wind. They will use open
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| however, gobble in the fall and there
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| | fields and meadows as feeding and
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| have been a few mornings in October and
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| | boasting sites and wooded areas are
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| November that you would think that it was
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| | roosting sites. If few or no roosting
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| spring with the huge number of gobblers
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| | sites are available, the turkey may leave
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| around. On rare occasions, gobblers will
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| | the place and not use it.
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| even come in strutting and gobbling just
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| | Basic Turkey Characteristics
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| like it was spring. More likely though,
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| | Turkeys' ears are also placed on both
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| you won't even notice a fall turkey
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| | sides of their heads. And because they
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| reacting to your calls. He will just
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| | have no outer ear to develop the sound in
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| appear silently, looking for
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| | one direction, they hear sounds all the
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| companionship with another long beard but
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| | way around them. Sounds received by only
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| not really caring whether he finds it or
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| | one ear can help the turkey find out
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| not. This is a real fall gobbler.
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| | which direction the sound comes out but
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| The fall season has regained its
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| | not any indication of distance. Turkeys
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| popularity recently with the
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| | turn around to be more alert.
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| ever-increasing numbers of turkeys. Over
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| | With a highly developed sense of smell,
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| 40 states now host fall turkey seasons
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| | they can determine the direction of
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| and more and more hunters are discovering
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| | danger by scent and wind direction. The
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| the excitement of hunting in the fall.
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| | clever beasts generally flee away from
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| Turkey hunting is a pleasurable and
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| | the danger, not toward it. Besides their
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| enjoyable sport people are starting to
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| | sense of smell, they rely heavily on both
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| like.
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| | their eyes and ears to determine the
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| This sport requires seperate permits for
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| | direction of danger before they run away
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| hunters during the fall, along with the
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| | from it.
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| applications for spring hunting permits.
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