NWBuck
PMA Member
OK, quick responses requested...I'll check in again about 4 AM to see what the majority thinks, but here's the situation.
Tomorrow I'm taking my son out for youth season. Had a chance to do a little scouting this morning, and not surprisingly, I found turkeys active, but still in big groups. So the group that is near the blind I plan to take him to in the morning includes 2 toms and about a dozen hens. They all flew off the roost this morning and spent better than an hour within a hundred yards of the blind. A couple of times both toms were within easy gun range of the blind. I fully expect the same group of birds will be around in the morning, but am wanting opinions on how to approach the hunt. Should we:
1) Put Pretty Boy with a couple of his closest lady friends out within 15 or so yards of the blind and hope this brings them within range.
2) No decoys at all and hope they walk within range again.
3) Hen decoys only. Today, the toms were showing their stuff for the hens, but the hens couldn't care less.
I'm leaning towards #1, but would hate for the decoys to spook them off. But then again, given the setup, if we just sit waiting for the ambush, I can also see the entire group spending the morning just out of range. OK, let's here what the experts think, and I'll report back tomorrow...
NWBuck
Tomorrow I'm taking my son out for youth season. Had a chance to do a little scouting this morning, and not surprisingly, I found turkeys active, but still in big groups. So the group that is near the blind I plan to take him to in the morning includes 2 toms and about a dozen hens. They all flew off the roost this morning and spent better than an hour within a hundred yards of the blind. A couple of times both toms were within easy gun range of the blind. I fully expect the same group of birds will be around in the morning, but am wanting opinions on how to approach the hunt. Should we:
1) Put Pretty Boy with a couple of his closest lady friends out within 15 or so yards of the blind and hope this brings them within range.
2) No decoys at all and hope they walk within range again.
3) Hen decoys only. Today, the toms were showing their stuff for the hens, but the hens couldn't care less.
I'm leaning towards #1, but would hate for the decoys to spook them off. But then again, given the setup, if we just sit waiting for the ambush, I can also see the entire group spending the morning just out of range. OK, let's here what the experts think, and I'll report back tomorrow...
NWBuck
