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This spring coming (2011) will be my first Turkey hunt.

Never hunted turkey before.

Either looking to go a few days with someone or get some tips and tricks.

Areas? (crown land)
Blind, No Blind?
Which Decoys
Which Calls


...etc

Trying to get as much info together so get a successful hunt.


Steven
 
Find a place with Turkeys and shoot one.

Last year I did Crown land.
No blind (but a butt pad)
Cheap hen decoy.
Primo's mouth calls.

It worked for me. Just work on sitting very, very still.
 
stevenrossi said:
This spring coming (2011) will be my first Turkey hunt.

Never hunted turkey before.

Either looking to go a few days with someone or get some tips and tricks.

Areas? (crown land)
Blind, No Blind?
Which Decoys
Which Calls


...etc

Trying to get as much info together so get a successful hunt.


Steven
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I'll subscribe to this thread - I have trouble finding turkeys in Loblaws! (but the Turkey course showed that hunting is so easy...)

The Fall hunt was my first. No luck. One tactic is to identify where the flock is setting up for the night, and be in place before first light to get them early. Another is to learn in the days leading up, where the flock tends to go during the day, and set up there.

Invariably, you'll have to arrange something with a private landowner (unless you find a flock on Crown land). I'm under the impression that calling in the Spring would be more successful than in the Fall - in the Spring you have horny Toms running all over the place - in the Fall, the flock is pretty settled.

I'll sit back and let the more knowledgeable share advice - this is the perfect time to start asking these questions!
 
See hunting on private land will be tough for me. I'm not much for walking up to someones house and asking if i can shoot in their backyard. I'd much rather find crown land - just a little tough figuring out whats private and whats crown.
 
you will then need to check the maps, to know what is crown and what is private, you will need to know if you can discharge your firearm in the intended area you want to hunt as well, is there Sunday hunting available.....

it will be much easier to ask for permission, it does not take much time, be polite, wear normal cloths, not all in camo, if they say no, move onto the next one

until you have an area, it will take time on your part to get a place you want to hunt, and a place that has birds to hunt....

the hunt part is the easy part, sit still, call, wait, wait, call, wait, wait, call, wait, wait and hopefully you will get a chance to shoot.....

get this as well

http://www.ofah.org/GetPDF.cfm?ID=Hunt/LandownersForm.pdf

have fun
 
sulisa fall turkey hunting is extremely more difficult. They flock up and won't come to calls normally. Look at the stats, 2009 had 9252 spring turkeys harvested, and 370 in fall. Keep in mind though that not all WMU's allow fall hunting yet.

steven my advice is scout locations beforehand. The more time spent scouting, the less time spent sitting in the bush. Be out there in early morning or when sun is setting and listen for calls. The essentials are good camo, big tree, soft seat, mouth call and a full choke shotgun.
 
Contact Rob Argue at ecoutfitters.ca he has turkey in both Ontario and Quebec or get a copy of "Learning the Ropes of Wild Turkey Hunting" DVD, that will give you a couples years just watching it...
 
Where are you from?

I'm on my cell so I can't see locations.

I got a turkey in the spring, first one ever. 1 with my shotgun, then missed one with my compound bow.

And I coulda shot a bunch in the fall while deer hunting in my stand, but I didn't want to shoot because there were bucks in the area.


All I did, was walk to the forest at about 15 mins befor actual sun up (still a bit of light on the horrizon) and made a call. The whole bush would erupt in turkey gobbles. I picked a group, headed maybe 30 yards in its direction, set up a hen decoy, find a tree and sit.

I shot a 19.5lb tom, friend shot a 24lb tom. Had probly 20 or so jakes come around, smaller toms. I probly say about 50 turkeys in the half dozen times I went out
 
I'm in North GTA (close to Aurora) just looking to see which area i should prospect first.

Thinking:
Bowmanville/Clarington...etc
Orillia (around the lake area)
Cladon (north West)


Any areas suggestions? It'll be crown land is what i'm looking for 1st, but we'll see what i come across.

Steven


dastt said:
Where are you from?

I'm on my cell so I can't see locations.

I got a turkey in the spring, first one ever. 1 with my shotgun, then missed one with my compound bow.

And I coulda shot a bunch in the fall while deer hunting in my stand, but I didn't want to shoot because there were bucks in the area.


All I did, was walk to the forest at about 15 mins befor actual sun up (still a bit of light on the horrizon) and made a call. The whole bush would erupt in turkey gobbles. I picked a group, headed maybe 30 yards in its direction, set up a hen decoy, find a tree and sit.

I shot a 19.5lb tom, friend shot a 24lb tom. Had probly 20 or so jakes come around, smaller toms. I probly say about 50 turkeys in the half dozen times I went out
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stevenrossi said:
I'm not much for walking up to someones house and asking if i can shoot in their backyard.
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You will probably reconsider your stance after a few days in the woods listening to three or four other guys who thought the same thing. Private land is where you want to be for 98% of all hunting as far as I'm concerned. I only hunt public land in the winter when the less "hardy" folks stay away.

Knocking on a few doors never hurts just be polite, worst they can say is no.
 
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