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Hey everybody,

Just stuck at school till graduation, and have yet to bag a turkey. I will have roughly the last 10 days of May to get some time in the woods looking for a tom. Just wondering if the tactics stay the same throughout May. Should I just set up early morn. and call? Or are the toms generally done collecting flocks by that point?

Thanks in advance for any advice, much appreciated,

Muthers

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I've had good luck late season, although it's alot hotter and thicker out there. But yeah its good. Most hens have been bred and are on the nests, and some Toms still want to go at it. I'd say use the same tactics you would at any other time.

One of the best birds I ever got I shot the last week of the season.

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I've killed a lot of late season toms, maybe over the years, more than in the early season. My hunting buddy was kidding me before this season that I may as well not go out the first two weeks because "I always get it done in the 9th inning." But I surprised everybody this year by getting one on the third day...

Good advice above, but I would add that many turkey hunters think that all gobblers behave the same...or nearly alike, no matter where they are. But I have found that when it is quiet on one hill, go five miles away and the are lighting the place up with gobbles. A hill that is quiet for the first two weeks of the season, all of a sudden can change.

Some gobblers are with hens, some are starting to group up, some are loners...some even pair up...like a dominant bird and his toady. There are many scenarios...and many ways to get the job done, the main thing is...never give up and if it isn't happening one place for you, go someplace else...just never give up!

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I've had a lot better luck later in the season. Think a lot of hunters have either bagged birds or have given up by week two. Helps me out! Lol but as stated sometimes areas that were quiet during the early season, can all of a sudden be hot beds for action. Best thing to do is hunt hard an keep at them! Good luck!

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I worked one for an hour and a half this morning. He gobbled 80-100x but the woods he was in was super thick from being logged a couple of years ago. He was hot to trot and totally digging the seductive calling from my crystal but never came closer than 50 yds from dad. We moved on him 3 times and I thought his feathered azz was ours on the last set-up but it wasn't to be. You can still fill tags during the late season, all it takes is finding the right bird!!!

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