Turkey Trail Cams

[Five Seasons]

I get turkeys occasionally on my trail cam. Are they a good idea come April? Will they help with patterning is the effort really not worth it? Should I set them only a foot or 2 off the ground?

[ghug92]

You can pattern them a lot easier in the fall with trail cameras, that's how we turkey hunt in the fall. If you have a bunch of turkeys in one area right now, they usually leave come march and spread out but there's always a flock that stays. If I were you I would keep them up, you never know, and you're not gonna get anything bad out of it by leaving it out, except battery money lol.

[G-Man]

It will help, find roost areas, strutting areas, travel areas, 2 ft is a good height. You canget some amazing strutting photos..

[Single_shot]

It will help, find roost areas, strutting areas, travel areas, 2 ft is a good height. You canget some amazing strutting photos..

You sure can....this is from a transition area from a field through a stone wall to small secluded field with grass that I keep cut. They like the small hidden area of new grass growth.

[WNY Bowhunter]

The best way to scout turkeys in the spring is to get out there at daylight and listen for gobbles...

[josephmrtn]

yup turkey cams do work....

[WNY Bowhunter]

A few years back I did set a camera up exclusively for turkeys and ended up withe some awesome pics...

[WNY Bowhunter]

[WNY Bowhunter]

I took offense to this photo as it appeared that this guy was flipping me the bird turkey style. I took note of his two short tail feathers and put him at the top of the hitlist...

I ended up shooting him in the face and getting my revenge...lol.

[Deerthug]

Nice WNY! Here are some in my area from last spring. My blind was just to the left of the picture. Never made it out there last May due to my illness at the time. I'm hoping this guy is still around come May 1st.

[G-Man]

Another thing cams can help you with is after finding a roost area (by listining in the am more than likely), a cam set in either direction will let you know which way the birds like to travel after flying down. this will come in helpful as when setting up on a bird on the roost if you set up on the side he wants to go anyway it helps you get that bird much easier and you won't be the guy/gal saying well it gobbled on the roost like crazy flew down and headed the other direction!!

[josephmrtn]

you get all kinds of pics... yes there are three of us guys on that 4 wheeler...

[Five Seasons]

some awesome pics there

[stubbz]

trail cam worked perfect for me last year, i put it up just before april and watched it each week for the month and found a perfect spot they like to come across the main truck trail into this new field so i setup blind under a tree in the corner of that field and called 3 big toms in to my decoys on may 1st, took the biggest home with me he was pushing 25lbs. 24.6 to be exact. deff be putting my cam back up in next couple months