Turkey experts … have a ?

[luberhill]

I saw a big tom with a hen in the field next to mine .. they were there walking around over an hour

Should I set up in my field Saturday and hope he’s around ?

Also I’m kinda at the bottom of a hill, I’ve heard turkeys don’t want to go down hill ??

thx 

[Four Seasons]

47 minutes ago, luberhill said:

I saw a big tom with a hen in the field next to mine .. they were there walking around over an hour

Should I set up in my field Saturday and hope he’s around ?

Also I’m kinda at the bottom of a hill, I’ve heard turkeys don’t want to go down hill ??

thx 

Get as close as you can to the property line where you can set up your decoys. Make sure he can get a visual of them from where he was in the field. Give some soft calls around daylight and see what happens. If he comes off the roost with other hens he will hang with them first probably but if he can see your setup and you throw a couple soft calls at him hopefully he will come check you out 

[luberhill]

28 minutes ago, Four Seasons said:

Get as close as you can to the property line where you can set up your decoys. Make sure he can get a visual of them from where he was in the field. Give some soft calls around daylight and see what happens. If he comes off the roost with other hens he will hang with them first probably but if he can see your setup and you throw a couple soft calls at him hopefully he will come check you out 

Is it true turkeys don’t like to come down hill ?

If they hear a hen yelp I assume they would 

[Four Seasons]

6 hours ago, luberhill said:

Is it true turkeys don’t like to come down hill ?

If they hear a hen yelp I assume they would 

They will definitely come down hill. They lock up at crossing creeks and such at times but if he lost his morning dancing partners and see’s your sweet lady in the offering he is coming. 

[First-light]

It's definitely harder to call downhill but he will come if hens are visible. 

[Robby]

Depends on how steep it is. Gentle slope, no problem.

Robby

[luberhill]

2 hours ago, Robby said:

Depends on how steep it is. Gentle slope, no problem.

Robby

It’s walkable 

[luberhill]

23 hours ago, luberhill said:

It’s walkable 

Went back over this morning , that big tom was in the field again strutting 

Three other birds with him looked like hens .

 I couldn’t get him to come to my decoy

Another tom gobbled a couple times in the woods but no show