If you love Turkey Hunting… read these!

If you are a beginning or intermediate turkey hunter, you might have found out that it’s more difficult than it seems. The turkey out in the wild, even with it’s name, is a difficult bird for someone to stalk and hunt.

 The turkey has an unexpected intelligence level and keen vision and it’s survival skills should not be underestimated. It can take years for a hunter to advance the qualifications it takes to close in on and sneak up on a turkey. However, with a superior kind of camouflage, you can greatly increase your odds in turkey hunting and have the edge. This allows the hunter to close in enough to take a shot by lowering the visibility of the turkeys.

For the person  on the field, the most efficient form of camouflage out there is the ghillie suit, which was developed over one hundred and fifty years ago in the woodlands of Scotland.  It is a suit  you can place over your regular clothes to significantly transform your form and significantly decrease your visibility to game  in the wild. Pieces of fabric like jute or burlap hang down all over the suit, making it very difficult for animals to see you. This makes a human wearer meld in to their  environment by breaking up the  pattern and human frame. If a hunter is being really quiet, the ghillie camo can be so efficient that it’s possible for unsuspecting game to wonder right up to them.

The ghillie suit assists turkey hunters by breaking up human patterns and bewildering the turkey’s acute sense of sight. To prevent an injured turkey from scurrying off in the woods a hunter must get in a range to get a quick kill shot to achieve success. A person stalking the turkeys can cut this distance between themselves and a rafter of turkeys by walking patiently and keeping low to the ground.

It is ideal to try and find turkeys at night as they are preparing to roost. It is extremely difficult to sneak up on a turkey. In fact, there’s a good possibility it’s already seen you if you spot a turkey out on the field. In addition to being able to see a great distance, they also have a broad range to their vision also, making it difficult to stalk them from behind. To avoid predators from sneaking up on them, a group of turkeys will often face each other in circles to cover all sides of the field.

Remaining in a single place and waiting in a densely populated turkey area can be a somewhat slow process that requires a lot of time being really still. And there’s always the chance that a group of wary gobblers will see you as soon as you move and be on the retreat before you have the opportunity to get a good shot in. It might take diligence and skill, but it is possible to get within range of a group of turkeys. With a powerful gun, a ghillie suit, and an effective turkey call you could outsmart those turkeys for good.

True hunter story … never be in the woods while hunting

This article is for true hunters. I want to help all of you out there that have been hunting for years with little luck. This is not a fluffy article it is the truth and I will give you the facts.

 From years of hunting and thousands of dollars wasted I have found what works. I like to be comfortable while hunting and I don’t like to come home empty handed. The number one thing for hunting success is not to be in the woods. How many times have you been in the woods and a deer finally stumbles upon you to look you in the eyes, snort and stomp, then split before you can shoot? If you were not in the woods that would never have happened.

What about the time it was so cold so you bundled up walked a few miles climb up a tree and then spooked the buck of a life time because the wind changed? Again if you were not in the woods that would never have happened.

This is another way to explain this to you. While you go out shopping I get a hunting suite the same exact color and pattern of your wall and stand their motionless. What is the chance you will know something is not right? Now how about I go get a dog house popup blind and sit it in the corner of your house and it’s the same color and patter of whatever the area is? I think there would be no fooling you at all! I know what if I got something that smelled familiar to you and poured it all over myself? Would any of these scenarios or and combination together fool you? Most likely not!

What I am getting at is when we are out hunting it’s exactly like walking into someone’s home. The ticket is not to be noticeable. That might sound “goofy” as this is what you already know this. The issue here is you and every other hunter has been conditioned to hunt a specific way! The wrong way!

If we setup a contest say an Indian that hunted for his survival and us that do it for sport who would kill the game first. It doesn’t even come down to reasons for hunting but technique. Do not be in the woods while hunting! You must be part of the woods while hunting. Stand out as little as possible! The following are a few hunting techniques I use and that do work. I also suggest to limit your spending to a few hunting products that do work and then you will not have to buy anything but bullets and a license for years to come.

The best technique that you can possibly use that entails a little effort is digging a hole. If you can dig a hole you can kill deer! I have killed may deer while hole hunting. You dig a hole in the summer about 4′ deep you can hunt from it. This is a great strategy for many reasons.

•    You can see under brush easily to see feet coming at you.
•    Your scent is greatly masked under ground
•    You will not get cold from breezes or wind
•    You can put a char inside that hole that is comfortable
•    You have the steadiest gun rest ever made (the ground)
•    If for some reason they see movement they usually think you are a small animal
•    Lastly it will keep you from getting shot while hunting!

I really only use 2 things while hunting like this a blanket or pull bag and a ground blind. The best portable ground blind I have found for this type of hunting is The Scope Blind. You can get it here. I like this blind best because it is light and is not fixed to the ground. I can turn in my hole or any cover to conceal myself regardless how the deer come to me. Remember stay away from cover scents, use small blinds and dig a hole. Remember your friends may laugh at you as mine did but they will also compliment you on the deer jerky!