What do you think about this....

[HOWATTANDHAWKEN]

I have always read and heard that a turkey hunter should practice calling well before season opener,but to leave the calls at home when scouting, I assumed that the reason was not to educate any birds before you could hunt them. I was out scouting the other day and had a fellow hunter in the timber with a yelper . He was walking and yelping every couple hundred yards Assumingly trying to get a gobbler to fire up. Is this a good Idea???????

 

[JNRBRONC]

Not something I care to do, educate them early. Heck, yesterday I felt bad out shedding where I plan to turkey hunt.

 

[muddy]

no calling till season gets here... that's my rule.

 

[HOWATTANDHAWKEN]

That's what I thought too. I just wanted to make sure I was on the right side of things, Thanks ,
Dan

 

[iowabruce]

Opening morning is the first time "my" turkeys will hear a call from me.

 

[LoessHillsArcher]

very bad idea, those birds will learn quickly and associate the calling with humans! I wouldn't do that if I were ya!

 

[longspurs]

I agree with Muddy ... no calling until the season arrives!!
-Longspurs-

 

[dbltree]

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I have always read and heard that a turkey hunter should practice calling well before season opener,but to leave the calls at home when scouting, I assumed that the reason was not to educate any birds before you could hunt them. I was out scouting the other day and had a fellow hunter in the timber with a yelper . He was walking and yelping every couple hundred yards Assumingly trying to get a gobbler to fire up. Is this a good Idea???????

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I just go to bronc's spot to practice...

j/t...

BTW...they are gobbling up a storm this morning!!

 

[jkratz5]

Not a good idea and I am pretty sure that it is in the regs that you can't call 10 days prior to season. I know IL runs it that way but have never considered it so haven't looked the regs up in IA.

Kratz

 

[JNRBRONC]

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I just go to bronc's spot to practice...

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You and half the flipping state from the way things look!

 

[Cornfed]

That all sounds nice... but you will not convince me that calling prior to season hurts your odds at bagging a tom. I am not saying call the bird in... just yelping and locator calling does absolutely no harm. If your calling is that fake then you had better practice before the season

An animal with a brain the size of a grape is not going to associate your calling with a human..... now call him in a time or two and get busted and he is naturally going to be wary.....

Good luck... season is less than a week away...

 

[DOR]

Agreed Cornfed.

Yeah, I always say it is the smart ones that come to the calls

, they are not the brightest animal in the woods.

However,I still wouldn't call prior to my season. Why take a chance.

They are not hard to kill because they are smart, but due to being so stupid

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