Introduction
As spring turkey season approaches, turkey hunters are gearing up to start chasing longbeards.
This is also the time when hunters should start mentally preparing to improve their chances of bagging an old tom.
Here are ten turkey hunting tips to help you prepare for the upcoming turkey season.
1. Blend In With Your Surroundings
Turkeys have ultra-keen vision.
Blending in with your surroundings is a necessity.
Wearing full camouflage, including a face mask, can increase your chances of remaining hidden.
It is also a great idea to hunt with a camouflage shotgun.
2. Break Up Your Silhouette
When setting up, sit leaning against a tree to help break up your silhouette and for protection.
Depending on whether you are left or right-handed, sit with your opposite shoulder pointed toward the direction of the turkey.
This will offer greater versatility for a shot.
3. Scout In The Evening
Use the evening to locate turkeys. Listen for them cackling as they fly into the trees to roost.
4. Use Locator Calls
Turkeys will respond to most loud noises, including a crow call, coyote howl, or a honking horn.
Locator calls can reveal the location of a tom allowing you to set up and use your turkey calls.
5. Set Up Early And Get To Work
Before dawn, slip into your hunting area and position yourself within 100 yards of the roosted turkeys.
Move quietly and slowly to avoid alerting the turkeys. As daylight beings creeping in, give a few soft tree yelps.
If a gobbler answers, read his response and adjust your calling.
You want the tom to stay fired up, but you don’t want to overcall him.
6. Master Your Calls
Learn how to use a variety of turkey call types, including mouth calls, box calls, and friction calls.
On any given day, one type of call may work better than the others. Versatility can add to your success.
7. Use Decoys To Your Advantage
Use decoys to give the turkeys something to look at when they respond to your calls.
A variety of decoys, such as jakes, hens, and gobblers, can attract some of the oldest toms.
Decoy position should allow for an open shooting lane.
8. Adjust Your Tactics
Once bred, hens will nest during the morning. Toms will be searching for other hens.
Adjust your tactics to take advantage of this time and hunt from mid-morning through the afternoon.
9. Wear Safety Gear
Avoid wearing colors associated with a turkey.
Blue, white and red are the colors of the head of a gobbler. Other hunters may mistakenly shoot you.
10. Play It Safe With Your Decoys
When removing a turkey or turkey decoys from the woods, cover them with a blaze orange vest for safety.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading this guide! This is a beginners guide, or a guide for experts who just want to quickly glance at a list of reminders, and learn more about the best hunting tips for turkeys.
You should always review hunting knowledge, and push yourself to learn more and more about hunting your prey. This can and will mean the difference between a successful hunt, and one that is totally a wash.

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