Archery - Bowhunting Turkeys

For many of us, opening day of Spring turkey season finds our birds still "bunched up" and just starting to break out of their Winter flocks. There are a couple of good things about this: 1 - if you can find one of these big flocks, you are going to be treated to quite a show! It's not uncommon to see multiple mature Toms strutting, gobbling, and even fighting as they start to establish dominance around dozens of hens. And, 2 - multiple gobblers means multiple opportunities.

Obviously, the bad thing about hunting big flocks of turkeys is, well... you're hunting a big flock of turkeys! It doesn't matter how good your call sounds, chances are you are not going to call a Gobbler away from 40 or 50 hens. I like to hunt these early season birds with the same mentality that I use for deer season. Scout, scout, and scout some more. Once I've found a flock of birds, I try to be there at fly-down time every single morning for at least 2 weeks before season opens. If you have the opportunity to watch some turkeys day-in and day-out like this, I think you'll find that often, they are fairly easy to pattern. Even though they may roost in different spots and rarely travel the exact same path 2 days in a row, they normally will end up in the same general area every morning. So like the saying goes, "don't hunt 'em where they are, hunt 'em where they're going to be". For this type of hunt, I almost always use a portable blind.

In my opinion there is no better way to kill a turkey with archery gear than using a pop-up blind. Once I've patterned my birds, I like to set a blind up a day or two before season. I really only do this out of convenience, there is no need let the birds "get used to the blind" or "brush it in". More often than not, I'll set my turkey blind in the middle of an open field, with no cover around what so ever. It's funny how a turkey will walk right past a blind that was not there the day before, without ever even giving it a second look - very different from deer! Once you've got your blind set, it's really just a waiting game. Again, think of it more like deer hunting - sit back, call a little, and let the birds come to you. If your patient and you have done your homework, I think you'll find this to be a fun and successful way of hunting early season gobblers!

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