u/darkfire_1998

Late season advice?

Im having the hardest time hunting turkeys this spring, and with not a lot of time left I need any advice I can get (i have till may 31st) I have a private land tag, and im very limited. I hunt about 5 acres surrounded by neighbors private land i have no permission to go on. So I have to hunt them in an odd way, a ground blind that I can only move to limited areas with calls and decoys. I cant go to them. The past 3 years ive managed to call in Tom's and shoot them no issue, heck last year I called one to me day one within the hour. This year im having no luck, the Tom's and Jake's come around about every other day and gobble like mad, but it's like they circle the property im on and dont come into it, they respond to my calls but never come on the property. I swear they know the property lines. I hunt most mornings before work (legal hour to about 8am then leave for work) and on weekends im out legal hour till about 1 or 2 pm. I dont bother coming in evenings because I know they dont pass through the property to their roost, and early season when i did i never heard them gobble near me either. Ive never had to hunt this late into the season, what sort of calls and decoy setup can I deploy to entice them to me. I have a box call, slate call, and mouth call. Im using my slate call the most as I got my wisdom tooth removed and cant use my mouth call. Again, I get responses, I even get hens coming in heated up. But the toms....it's like they cant trespass onto my area lmao

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u/darkfire_1998 — 2 days ago

Late season turkey hunting advice?

Im having the hardest time hunting turkeys this spring, and with not a lot of time left I need any advice I can get. I have a private land tag, and im very limited. I hunt about 5 acres surrounded by neighbors private land i have no permission to go on. So I have to hunt them in an odd way, a ground blind that I can only move to limited areas with calls and decoys. I cant go to them. The past 3 years ive managed to call in Tom's and shoot them no issue, heck last year I called one to me day one within the hour. This year im having no luck, the Tom's and Jake's come around about every other day and gobble like mad, but it's like they circle the property im on and dont come into it, they respond to my calls but never come on the property. I swear they know the property lines. I hunt most mornings before work (legal hour to about 8am then leave for work) and on weekends im out legal hour till about 1 or 2 pm. I dont bother coming in evenings because I know they dont pass through the property to their roost, and early season when i did i never heard them gobble or ne around either. Ive never had to hunt this late into the season, what sort of calls and decoy setup can I deploy to entice them to me. I have a box call, slate call, and mouth call. Im using my slate call the most as I got my wisdom tooth removed and cant use my mouth call. Again, I get responses, I even get hens coming in heated up. But the toms....it's like they cant trespass onto my area lmao

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u/darkfire_1998 — 2 days ago