Need help on how to hunt turkey

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Ok guys who know how this is supposed to be done, help me out here, what do I need to do? I have turkeys gobbling on my property this am, so what is the appropriate course of action? Obviously I have located the turkeys, but didn't have the ambition to get dressed and go see if I could get eyes on them........up skinning and gutting a bear until 11:00 last night and then had to celebrate with a large glass of nice chianti, so I didn't get to bed until after midnight.
However if turkeys are territorial then they should be talking tomorrow morning as well, giving me another chance to home in on them. Can I gobble call them........these turkeys have never been hunted........should I buy a decoy and if so a hen or a tom or both, or a whole flock? I only have to get them within 100 mtrs as it is legal to use my 22 mag or 17 HMR here, but I also have a 10 ga with some Fed 3 1/2" BBs, so I'm appropriately armed..........could just drive around until I see one and snipe it with my hornet but I thought I might enjoy the CORRECT turkey hunting experience...........
So you experienced turkey killers help me out here and give me some advice on the right way to go about this program, please.
 
I have never wrote a book or article on Turkey hunting (disclaimer).

When we started hunting turkey's we 1) found where they were roosting 2) watched them for a few days to see where they went when they come down from the roost - where they were feeding, how they got there etc. They seemed to be relatively easy to pattern - they have a "habit".

We set up along that route somewhere that we could 1) hide well enough and 2) set up some decoys to try and bring them right in front of us.

The most difficult part of turkey hunting is the ability to hunt the land where they are - most are not on freely accessible land - so if you have them on your property, the toughest part is taken care of...
 
If you are hearing gobbling you are off to a good start.... If you want to use the shotgun, you have to get close.... The hornet not so much......

Get yourself three decoys.... Two hens and a Jake..... And a box call.... Box calls are easy to learn with little practice and even the crappiest of calling usually yields results..... Walk through the woods in the direction of the gobbling and every couple of minutes make hen help with your box call..... They will gobble back at you as they think you are a hen closing the distance and they want to call you over..... When you feel you have closed as much distance as you can without being spotted, set the decoys up with the jake slightly behind one of the hens and make hen yelps every few minutes attempting to call a Tom away from the flock and towards your position....

Or sit on the porch with your hornet and hope for the best...... :)
 
Superbrad said:
Or sit on the porch with your hornet and hope for the best...... :)
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^^^This works^^^
The turkeys wonder all over my yard and around the cattle pen. They seem to think they own the place!!!
Every now and again, I invite one in for supper.
 
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What do you need to do? Easiest thing is fly me out and I will call for you.:p

Seriously though don't call too much, lessens the chance of any mistakes and blowing an opportunity. A hen call works well, I liked a diaphragm call since it left my hands free but not everyone can use one, especially if you spot a tom and can see it coming then you can tailor your calls to it.
 
Cyclops666..........humorous for sure but no help I'm afraid...........went to town and bought a turkey calling device, wooden box with a hinged scraper lid on it..........makes some really neat sounds and irritates the hell out of the wife........must be good !!!!
 
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