Dean about the furthest I have called a turkey was the one I shot this year out of the deep canyon which was 500 yards. We have located turkeys at about a mile and then closed the distance and then closed the deal.
Its big country out here so a typical morning if we havent roosted one the night before is to try to drive around and shock one into gobbling, park the truck, set the GPS so I can find my way back to the truck. Surprizing how well you can hear a gobble on a cold wind free morning.
Then using a headlamp try to hustle as fast as possible to get to the Gobbler. I like to try to get within 200 yards or closer with out spooking him. Then a few tree yelps and hopefully get him to fly down in our direction. It only works for me about 15% of the time if they are around hens. I sure wish I was more experienced but I keep learning.
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