To early to call?

[greenman]

I'm going turkey scouting the next couple of weekends. Will toms respond to hen calls now? Also owl or hawk?

Thanks in advance.

[quick]

I think it's still a little too early yet and also it might not be a good idea to call because you might make the gobblers call wise so to speak, meaning they recognize the difference between actual hen sounds and man made sounds.

[Fall Morning Fanatic]

Do not call to turkeys before your season!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Extremely bad idea. At least if plan on hunting them later.

You do not what to educate them any more than they are.

Gracias.

[Powerstroke]

Unless you're in season A, the turkeys will already be conditioned to some calls, but do you really want to speed up their learning of the different calls out there. Its been my experience that toms won't really respond to hens calls yet.

You'd have better luck with a locater call like a crow, coyote or owl.

[Captain B.R.K]

It will be tempting to use your turkey call, but refrain from using it. Reasons listed above.

Definately work a crow or owl call or even a coyote call. Work on those calls and save the turkey call practice for the ride home.

[Borch]

Leave the calls at home. Scouting is pretty useless right now with birds still in their winter flocks. Even if they are on land you can't hunt now doesn't meean they'll be there when the season opens. These birds will relocate several miles away when the flocks break.

I generally don't scout birds until 2 weeks for less before I hunt. I scout land before that looking for funnels, barreirs, boundries, etc.

Good Luck!

[Guest]

My scouting is all from the car with a crow call.Mornings and right b-4 dark has proved to be the best time to get them to respond.They also wont really get call shy because of the crow call.When you go hunting, then use your other calls which the toms havent heard yet. Good luck