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Re: Where are the turkeys?
[Re: Wanna Be]
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04/02/24 03:59 PM
04/02/24 03:59 PM
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Entirely different ballgame without decoys. Everything changes including setups. Dekes don't work enough here to justify toting them in/out.
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Re: Where are the turkeys?
[Re: ol' dad]
#8113160
04/02/24 04:44 PM
04/02/24 04:44 PM
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I’m I have a bunch of decoys they sit in the shed and the mice chew holes in them. Im more into running and gunning but my one buddy it a sit and call type of guy.
Try something until something works is my motto and I don’t do farm birds I try not to laugh when people get a barnyard bird and call it a hunt it nowhere close to one. Yes there are dumb birds out there but some can be a real challenge.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Where are the turkeys?
[Re: ol' dad]
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04/02/24 07:40 PM
04/02/24 07:40 PM
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I think something that needs to be said to put this thread into perspective is what one's view of a good size population of turkeys is? 20 in a fall flock may be a lot to someone in Pennsylvania. That is a poor flock in Northeast Missouri. Seldom will I see a gobbler strutting on a tree line out in a field along the highway. 20 years ago you couldn't drive 2 miles without seeing one. I guess it's all relative. Maybe I just happen to grow up at the peak of the cycle. Or are farming practices, habitat, and other external influences like predator control keeping the flock from regenerating? Considering that I just drove across half the country and back and didn't see a single turkey leads me to believe that it's more than an isolated pocket in Northeast Missouri.
Personally I can't say decoys work better or worse. I've probably killed an equal number without as I have with.
Ol dad
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Re: Where are the turkeys?
[Re: ol' dad]
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04/02/24 08:37 PM
04/02/24 08:37 PM
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Well I used to stand on my cabin porch and hear birds gobbling on 7 different roosting spots. That was down to hearing a bird or two. I went down Saturday and they were gobbling all around s as gain and seen a lot again driving around. Hopefully they’re coming back around here in Ohio. There’s a strategy with using dekes and had them spook a lot of birds. Use them sometimes but not often. I will not knock how people legally want to hunt.
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Re: Where are the turkeys?
[Re: ol' dad]
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04/03/24 01:03 PM
04/03/24 01:03 PM
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It may help if you travel back roads. I almost never see them on a major highway but I occasionally see them on back roads.
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