turkey hunt in the rain

LuckyLuc82

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This is my second year hunting turkey. I took the day off tomorrow, it wouldn't be a problem switching my days off, but lets say I do go out and it rains most of the morning/day. Is that a bad thing? Or should I just go out on Tuesday as the weather looks a lot better.

I'm using a Doghouse ground blind, I scouted my spots, picked my Tom, now I just need to know will he show up?
 
go get him! get there 20 min before sunrise. since you scouted and already located him, you will be out of the bush before you get wet. :)
 
turkeys like to get out in the fields when it rains becoues thy can not hear so well in the bush .go get him and good luck never let a rain slow you down .DUTCH
 
I agree with the others, go hunting! Try to be as quite as you can & get setup before dawn. The turkey's sometimes stay on the roost a little longer when it's dark & rainy first thing in the morning. Turkeys tend to stay out in the open during rain as they can't hear as well with all the raindrops falling. You will also have less hunters to contend with ;). Make good use of your blind to stay dry. Good luck tomorrow.

George
 
so I went out in the rain today to double check my patterns and if the turkey gets within 10 meters of me I can take his head clean off, at 20 meters the pattern spreads quite a bit is that normal?

I will be using a Strutting Tom decoy, I will set it up at the 10 meter mark, where do you guys setup your decoys? And how do your patterns look at 10, 20, 30 meter marks?
 
I set my decoys up at 15 yards, hen decoy looking away and jake looking at me or atleast quartering to me so the tom can see its a jake and he will try to get around it to go at him head on and thats when I blast him.

using my mossberg 535 and turkey choke and federal flight-control #5's I get very good patterns out past 30 yards. I got a jake at 25 yards last spring and took half his head off, don't think I've ever shot at a turkey that was farther than 30 yards, but patterns look good.
 
well I try not to put them directly in front of me so if a tom is coming in and he's focusing on the decoys there's less chance he will spot me instead of being right behind them. Have the jake behind the hen like he's getting ready to breed her ( hen looking away) and jake looking in your direction because toms most likely will go at the jake head on in full strut getting ready to kick his ass.


sometimes If I had a tom located and I sit on a fence row I have the decoys behind me so when the tom comes in he might get hung up from the decoys but he should still be in good shooting range. Sometimes i use 2 hen decoys and no jake, other times I have two hens and strutting tom.
 
Here is my setup for tomorrow:

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And the mossberg 500 with a burris fastfire clone:

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How do you guys start your calling after you setup?

The reason I ask is because when I was scouting this particular Tom didn't show up until around 8am, should I start calling as soon as its legal to do so, or should I wait for him and his hens?

Also I would appreciate any advice on what calls to use and how often, etc...

Last year was a disaster and I don't want a repeat.
 
well I use a crow call when I arrive before sunrise. Try to get a bird to gobble. Try to set up around 100 yards or so from where I think it is. I tend to make a few fly-down cackles about 15 minutes after sunrise followed by a few clucks. Soon as I hear birds I try to mimic them the best i can. I use my slate call. If i'm not hearing anything I'll let out some loud clucks and yelps with the box call just to let them where I was.


heres a good video. Watch the part 2 and 3 as well. Helped me last year. This guy is from Ontario as well.

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