How many days do you hunt?

[fsh4trout]

This year I'll be hunting two days for sure and maybe a third. How many here hunt all five or seven days?

If you only have a weekend to hunt what are some things to do to up your chances of success?

[mws4dux]

I try to plan it so i can hunt all five days,I generally hunt in the morning and a couple of afternoon hunts.The biggest thing whether huntin 1 hour or 7 days is scouting.Try to figure out the birds patterns,huntin pressure in your area.

[Wanderer]

Get to know the land and birds you're hunting.

You can scout by watching, listening, and talking to the landowner if you're on private property.

Get to your area before but close to the time you'll hunt. Respect other hunters though if their season is already under way.

Get there early, like you would when you hunt and go through the motions EXCEPT making turkey calls. Use locator calls like owl hoots, crow calls, etc. When you use turkey calls you just educate them to your tone, style, and location.

You can also watch and glass from a distance if the terrain allows.

Back to the landowner: They can be your best scouting tools by far. They know where the birds have been lately and where they usually roost. Don't underestimate what they tell you. If they tell you two toms and four hens show up by his trash heap out back every morning, hunt the trash heap!

I usually take as many days as work will allow since you can't count on weather or other things that affect your hunt. But with that, sometimes two days is all you get.

Fortunately I have gotten to know the area we hunt pretty well and have been lucky enough to score early in my seasons. Usually after that I go out with someone else from the group who hasn't tagged out yet. It's kind of a second hunt.

Hunt as much as you can but don't push it too hard. When I first started hunting turkeys I chased gobbles all over the place. I saw and spooked many birds. I finally settled down after my fourth season and let things reveal themselves.

A turkey can cover a lot of ground in a day. You only have to meet him once.

[zzammon]

I usually allow for the full 5 days. Fortunatly I hunt near home, so I hunt till 9-10 am and go to work the rest of the day. By day 3 I adjust as needed. I would allow a minimum of three days. Half the birds I've shot were on day 3, sometimes it takes that long to "pattern" them.

[DonBo]

My MN permit is close to home, and like zz, I hunt before work. If the tag is not punched by the later days I may spend a little more time in the field. I will hunt part of every day if necessary.

My WS tag I take more seriously. We go down the day before and set up a camper, then spend everyday, all day, in the field. We may take short breaks in the middle of the day for lunch, or a nap, or to move our set up, but we hunt hard till both tags are filled.

[paceman]

I will try to adjust my work schedule to allow more time in the field. Hopefully the weather won't throw any extreme conditions my way. I should be out every morning of my season for sure. Unless of course I dust one the first morning....

[Wallydog]

We are fotunate in Idaho/Oregon to have season dates from April 8 (youth) - May 25. I can harvest 2 birds here and call more in for others. I probably have averaged 10 days a year in the turkey woods for the past 15-20 years.

WD

[Gordie]

hopefully just one day I get to take the boys out this season so it will probally be three days altogether