The following tip is from Pete Plasmier of Sportsmen's Choice Game Calls. Check out Pete's website at http://www.sportsmenschoicegamecalls.com/. Pete is a long time hunting cameraman who has been creating hunting videos in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for 21 years. Check out his website for his full list of videos, calls, scents and gear. You can also see more tips and reports from Pete at The Buck Barn.
Where the Hens Nest
In late winter turkeys still are in big flocks—they haven’t spread out to woodlots, ridges, fields, meadows, etc.
Gettting an early start on scouting never hurts, but you have to be careful not to overdo it.
In scouting a property for turkeys, I always have in mind where the hens like to roost and nest.
Come Springtime, the hens control everything; where they are, you’ll also find the gobblers.
The upcoming breeding season is short—four to six weeks—and the gobblers know it.
An early-season hunter may make the mistake of moving through the woods carelessly, eager to get that first big tom of the year.
In the process of moving through wide-open woods, he can disturb the hens, bumping them off their roosts, etc.
Hens quickly become “educated”; if they get bothered too early and too often they’ll pick up and move to another site
—maybe off the hunter’s ground--and the gobblers will go with them.
So take some advice from “Sneaky Pete” the Big Game Cameraman—don’t mess with the hens!
The best tip I ever can give you: Work extremely hard at getting good positioning on the gobblers.
You must make it easy for the tom turkey to find you.
The rest usually seems to take care of itself.
Share the tradition: take a youngster hunting!
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