mardi 4 avril 2017

Things To Know About Spring Turkey Hunting

By John Bell


Turkeys are large birds native to the Americas and is a common food during Thanksgiving celebration. The male ones have beards that helps differentiate them with the female ones although some hens have them as well. Male birds are called gobblers because of the gobbling sound they make which the hens cannot do.

Going on a hunt for them is enjoyable and tricky because of the excellent visions they have which helps them detect approaching danger and run from it. You could try this enjoyable experience by going to spring turkey hunting Texas and catch one for yourself. Here are some things to know about when hunting turkeys.

Search a suitable place to hunt for them and these are located in either a public or private land. The population of the birds in the state is very large but most of the areas available for hunting them are private. You can access these lands by paying a fee to the owner and having the advantage of doing the hunt without a lot of competition.

Determine the best day to hunt turkeys in order for you to make proper preparations in advance. The season best for it is during spring because this is also the breeding season of turkeys. You are legally allowed to only kill gobblers so that hens would be able to breed as well as lay eggs for hatching this season. Gobblers could easily be located by the sound they produce to attract hens to them.

Doing some scouting before the start of the season is a good way of knowing where a lot of gobblers are located. The indications they leave are plenty helping you know where they have been and examples of these are foot prints and scratch marks made when food searching. Finding the place they roost can be used to your advantage so you could prepare near it and catch one in the morning easily.

Use calling sounds to attract the birds and make them respond to it to know their exact location. This is used for finding them if you have lost sight of them or have not found one for the day. It can also be used to attract them to the sound which will make them approach it thinking that the sound came from a flock mate.

There are many different kinds of call sounds and the most common of them is the one imitating the sound of hens. These are produced in different ways using different devices such as box, slate and diaphragm calls. Learn which one of these you would be using depending on which sound you want to have.

Wearing full camouflage is must during hunting to hide yourself and making it difficult for turkeys to notice you. Your whole body should be covered with camouflage and that includes the face by using a mask or a facial paint. You should also wear vest so you would be able to store important tools in the numerous pockets available on it.

Good set up is essential in having them distracted and staying in one place during hunting. Turkeys immediately leave when they sensed danger so decoys are used to make them not notice you. Other set ups could also be done but always have patience when hunting for turkeys.




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