Spring scouting

[G-Man]

Well april 1st is almost upon us, for me that means trout fishing and turkey scouting! I like to trout fish early and listen for the birds on the roost, later you can hear them walking the ridges gobbling as they go,holding up in a spot (strut area). Best part is i might even catch a few fish! Any one have a method or tradional way they scout?

[BIGTOM]

I start scouting around the 1st of April by rideing around glassing the fields,power lines, pipe lines ect. Starting two weeks before the opener I'll start using one of my Gobbler calls that I make to local birds. Usually when I find birds that answer my gobble call I'll go back to the same spot and try to raise a gobble again. By the opener a have 1/2 a dozen birds home range figured out!!! when opening day comes I have more than one option to chose from. Here's a picture of my gobble box's.

[132 eight pointer]

I am not a very successful turkey hunter but I have gone with my cousin several times pre-season and sat and listened for gobblers.Of course people that we know that see turkeys by where they live is helpful too.

[catskillkid]

Bigtom,

Great looking calls, I'd like to hear how they sound. Do you sell them too?

My best way to locate and scout toms is to sit on my front porch and listen to them gobble on roost in the mornings and evenings. On a good morning, I can hear about 8 toms in a couple of different directions. Either I'm spoiled with a great hunting area or maybe just getting older. It seems that the older and slower I get the better hunter I become.

[growalot]

rt now with the cams and plotwatchers out...I'm letting them do the scouting....Seems the birds are following the deer around looking for food.... the deer are still hitting the native grasses...digging through the snow ...and the turkeys are scratching up huge areas  looking for food...but both have found the left over turnips and the winter rye...nice getting times and different spots

[Contender]

Heard 3 different birds gobbling on the ridge across the road this morning as I was leaving for work. Of course I  had to stay and listen to them so I was late for work again.....

I hope it warms up soon....

Good luck

[jr.deerslayer]

Ya counted 60 turkeys last weekend in one field, they've been strutting and gobbling for the last few weeks.

[growalot]

May 1st here we come.... ;D

[G-Man]

Now you just need to find where is is in the morning!

[First-light]

Love those picture, I can hear them right now!

[growalot]

6 cameras and 2 plot watchers....I know where they are half the day....besides....back tracked them in the snow ....three different flocks

[nyantler]

great pics grow!!!

[Pat Rockets]

Last yr i took a neighbors kid for youth hunt..very cool to watch the face when two toms close in and gobble close by..

[Stretchhunts]

I can't see the turkeys from the lake on my boat when I'm fishing for Walleye

[132 eight pointer]

Took these tonight,too bad I probably can't hunt there.

[G-Man]

never hurts to ask ...and better to ask now than later, even if you want to hunt it end of the season.

[wooly]

Looks like you're in for one exciting season growalot! Keep us posted and great shots!

[132 eight pointer]

never hurts to ask ...and better to ask now than later, even if you want to hunt it end of the season.

    I know you are right.That area is just outside of a village.I would be very surprised if people didn't hunt there,but you never know.I would like to bow hunt there too,I would save some fuel costs.Only one way to find out.

[G-Man]

Even if they do hunt there you could ask for second half of season,only bow sometimes its better to get your foot in the door than ask for to much and get a no...