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john l
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Who hunts turkey with their bow? Maybe next year I'll be set up to do so. Do you hunt out of a blind or tree stand or just ground hunt?

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Iluv2hunt
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I'm taking my bow this weekend. If I kill out Saturday, I will try to set up in a pop up blind with my bow on Sunday or Monday. You almost have to be in a blind. It is virtually impossible to get drawn back on one on the ground.
The problem is that turkey hunting is a very mobile sport. You have to pick up and move so many times it is hard to do by yourself toting a blind and trying to set it up with a turkey hammering. I have a chair blind for gun hunting now, but I cant shoot a bow out of it

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john l
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I'm taking my bow this weekend. If I kill out Saturday, I will try to set up in a pop up blind with my bow on Sunday or Monday. You almost have to be in a blind. It is virtually impossible to get drawn back on one on the ground.
The problem is that turkey hunting is a very mobile sport. You have to pick up and move so many times it is hard to do by yourself toting a blind and trying to set it up with a turkey hammering. I have a chair blind for gun hunting now, but I cant shoot a bow out of it

Thats what i figured. One of the places I hunt during archery season I was thinking about giving it a try. But I'm not set up for it this year. The turkey roost in the trees behind where I place my tree stand. Every morning they fly down and walk around my stand but you can't shoot them during archery season there.

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lamehawk
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Call and walk in spring hunts and blind hunts in fall.

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Anonymous
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Call and walk in spring hunts and blind hunts in fall.

Our turkey's are a little differnt down here. Scouting is key. Once you have them patterned you can set your watch by their daily activities. Calling can be tricky, most people over call them. Crow calls and owl calls dont work as well to locate them. If I hunt them I will spend a day just watching from a distance. The osceola is a weary bird but very rewarding to hunt.Run and gun is great if you know what they are doing, but if you dont you will bump them out of their every day pattern.

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