| Turkey hunting is challenging, exciting
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| | more important; regardless of how well
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| and in some cases becomes addictive.
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| | you are camouflage. It doesn't make you
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| Turkey's senses are extremely keen - even
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| | completely visible. Even though you are
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| your heart pounding can make the turkey
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| | camouflage, you are still an unnatural
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| vanish like a puff of smoke.
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| | form in the woods. Movement is the
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| Basic help in turkey hunting
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| | greatest enemy of the turkey hunter. A
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| Before you can hunt a wild turkey, you
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| | turkey can detect you 10 times faster
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| have got to find them. The easiest way to
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| | than you sense the turkey.
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| do this is by locating the general areas
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| | • The best shotgun and ammunition for
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| of the turkey's habitat.
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| | turkey hunting is the combination that
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| • Get a good map of the area you plan
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| | delivers a dense, hard-hitting pattern at
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| to hunt.
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| | 40-45 yards. Practice with a target that
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| • Wave or use a locator call like an
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| | portrays a turkey's vital head and neck
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| owl hooter or crow call or even a turkey
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| | area. These parts are the ones that you
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| call to try to get a response. When you
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| | should be shooting. You should have at
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| hear a gobbler, mark the locator map.
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| | least 8-10 pellets in the vital area at
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| • Scout for the best location on foot.
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| | 40 yards.
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| Check for signs of the bird's scratches,
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| | • Do not hide so well that you cannot
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| droppings of feathers. This information
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| | see what is happening. Blinds are useful
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| can help you locate some areas. Check
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| | for the turkey hunter, but when
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| along mud holes, creek banks, pastures,
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| | constructed so well that vision is
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| log roads, fencerows etc. as many trips
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| | obstructed, it is no longer a blind, and
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| as possible.
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| | it is a hiding place, as beneficial to
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| • Never try to get too close to the
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| | the turkey as it is to you.
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| turkey. A turkey's eyes, ears and
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| | • Cease from using gobbler calls.
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| awareness are many times better than
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| | Although this call can sometimes be
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| yours.
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| | productive, it is also very dangerous. In
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| • Choose a tree that is wider than your
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| | areas where many hunters are located, you
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| shoulders. This will protect you from
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| | can attract hunters to you rather than
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| other hunters that might come behind you
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| | turkeys.
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| and mistakenly assume that you are a real
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| | • Never wear any red, white or blue
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| turkey.
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| | clothes. These are the colors of the
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| • Camouflage is almost a must to avoid
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| | gobbler's head - the main target of a
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| being seen. Wild turkeys have such keen
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| | turkey hunter.
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| vision. Many turkey hunters usually wear
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| | • If another hunter is working a bird,
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| camo suit, cap, facemask, gloves, vest
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| | do not mess everything up by trying to
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| with many pockets to carry calls and
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| | call the bird to you or spooking the
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| maybe a snack. Also do not forget to wear
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| | bird. This is very unsportsmanlike. The
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| dark colored socks so that when you sit
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| | true and experienced hunters do not do
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| down, they would not show you. But the
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| | that kind of thing.
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| main thing to remember: your movement is
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