Weather affects hunters more than turkeys, as being afield in bad weather can actually increase your odds for success. Wind, rain, and snow make turkey hunting more challenging and prompt less-motivated sportsmen to sleep in and hunt another day.
For deer and turkeys, bad weather is just a part of life. They go about their mating and travel rituals in the same routines, unless conditions become extreme. Some of my most memorable gobblers succumbed in snowstorms and thunderstorms, bad weather that added extra spice to the challenge and made the turkey dinner that much sweeter. Steve Hickoff heartily agrees and provides his plan for bad weather success in this post from the Realtree website.
Not every spring day is clear, calm and warm. In fact, those days are the exceptions. But never fear. Here’s your guide to turkey hunting in any weather.
Even in the worst weather conditions, turkeys are out there somewhere. But finding them requires thinking like those birds. Paying close attention to weather patterns and developments – and understanding how turkeys are likely to react to them – is often what it takes to kill a bad-weather gobbler… [continued]
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