Guest cowboy89 Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 what would be a good way to try to get the toms to cross a dirt road into a wheat field. they are on a edge of woods in a grass yard. do u guys have any ideas i just need them to cross the road thats it but they wont.some ideas would help thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Some times a flock of hen decoys will do the trick. Beg and borrow at least eight. They need to be all hens and only ONE should be head up and have her looking AWAY from where you expect them to come from. The rest should appear to be feeding. You can call but give no indication whatsoever you hear them answer. Do not answer them. The key is they see the hens and start to feel ignored. A whole flock with heads up is on alert. This sometimes hangs them up. So don't do that. Watch wild flocks usually hens take turns being sentries when they are feeding. Nothing is guaranteed. But I got a gobbler that was locked up on an opposite roadside doing this a few years ago. He flew over a paved highway to get to the dekes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartonman Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Leo is right on the money....all my birds will follow the fence all the way to the road, and then cross.....they seem to trust the fencelines much better in Illinois.....I am always scanning fencelines for flock movement...............get them going away from the birds, and the birds will try and play catch up....do lots of content purrs......that drives the gobblers nuts to know the hens are feeding comfortably without HIM....and I usually set up between the flock of decoys, and the road...that way if the gobbler gets wary, then Im closer that he thinks............(decoys facing away feeding< ME < gobblers coming)...good luck..........al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 our birds use them every day they dont mind at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_RIDGE_RUNNER Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 For reasons known only to turkeys the dumbest things may hang them up. Last year a gobbler just would not cross a little trickle of water that a person could step over without breaking stride. Just the other day I had a gobbler that would come to the edge of the woods but absolutely not come into the field where two years ago I killed one in that very same field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cowboy89 Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 thanks guys should i do alot of calling or hardly any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 thanks guys should i do alot of calling or hardly any Just occasional purrs and clucks if you are trying to simulate a flock. Yelping and cutting is for real hot gobblers and you want to simulate a single excited hen. This tactic doesn't mix with the flock tactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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