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Georgia Eastern Wild Turkey Hunting
Turkey Huntin' Tips and Tactics
The day Georgia eastern wild turkey hunting season starts, Ralph Barnett will be out of bed well before sunrise. Eager to get out in the field and behind the temporary blind he set up the day before.|
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"Turkey huntin' ain't exactly target shooting," Ralph explains. "First thing you gotta learn is calling. Do that right an you can get a bead on where the gobbler is and use his curiosity to lure him in for a head shot." "But," Barnett cautioned, "that's not the most important thing. No the most important thing to me is not how good you make the calls, it's the scoutin' and the preparation. So you can predict the turkeys movements." |
"Last year," Ralph went on, "I was set up in the right place and not one but four big toms sauntered into view in response to my call. Never seen that before."
"Talk about excited. My heart was pounding. When they got close enough I lined up my shot and BAM! Seemed there were birds everywhere as they scattered. All but the one laying still on the ground. The one I head shot."
Pretty helpful turkey hunting do's and don'ts there, Ralph.
Besides calling and scouting, odds of success also depend on the previous years poult production.
Poor reproduction success means fewer young gobblers.
Fewer poults means fewer hunters go home happy. Since young toms lack the survival skills of older birds young males are the first to be taken each season.
Running from late March into May, Georgia hunters will tell you they enjoy the best turkey hunt anywhere in the country.
Spring is male or "gobbler" turkey only in Georgia. Yet Eastern wild turkey hunting season will have hunters flocking to the woods in pursuit of the wily bird.
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