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Joe Martino

Play the wind to get your gobbler this spring

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Perusing the hunting section of a local farm store one spring day, I asked the associate where the scent free soap and sprays were. “Man, you know turkeys can’t smell you, don’t you?” he said. “I do,” I said, “but deer can, and bumping deer can ruin a turkey hunt if they spook and run through the bird(s) you’re working.”
For that reason, I try to remain as scent-free as I can when hunting turkeys, but there is another, probably more important reason to play the wind when hunting for these big birds.

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Versatility pays off as much as any trait in the turkey woods

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Turkey hunting is supposed to be heart-pounding. Gobblers are supposed to march into your decoys and respond to your calling. But that doesn’t always happen. In fact, when dealing with long-shanked, old birds, it rarely, if ever happens.

Yeah, it would be nice if all birds played by those rules, but they don’t, so in order to be consistently successful at tagging turkeys, you sometimes have to break from the norm and get a bit spicy.

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Pros offer advice on how to fill your spring turkey tag in all parts of the season

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When it comes to turkey hunting, sometimes we all question ourselves.
When to call, what types of sounds to make, or how and where to set up on that gobbler are all things that we could all use some advice on. I am always amazed at how I am hunting an animal with a brain the size of a walnut, yet I often times get duped by these birds. Well, for this story, I interviewed two of turkey hunting’s best in an effort to help you learn a few more tricks to hopefully help you put a notch on your spring turkey permit.

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Simple tools for the turkey woods that make a big difference in helping a youngster get started

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The youth turkey season is fast approaching in Ohio (April 13-14) and it is absolutely one of my very favorite times of the year.
Turkey hunting is my passion, and as the father of a young hunter, it allows me the opportunity to get in the turkey woods a bit earlier than I normally would as I get to take a youngster hunting and help introduce the kid to the wonderful world of the spring turkey hunting.
I have found a few things that can be important when taking kids out in the field after a spring turkey, and I feel that they will make a difference for you too if you plan on taking a youngster out.

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Joe Martino: Patience pays off in the turkey woods

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Patience kills turkeys. That is a fact. Even so, there are those times when running and gunning is the best way to kill a bird. But for the purpose of this week’s feature, I’ll stick to the topic of patience.
Being patient can be one of the absolute most difficult challenges when turkey hunting, but learning to do so can yield big dividends.

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Joe Martino: Don’t apologize for being a hunter

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I killed a deer last fall. That’s right, I killed one. Notice I did not say “collect, take” or “get.” I could have said harvested because that is also what I did since we will eat it, but I did not – and will not – hide nor try to disguise what I did.
Nor should I. There are enough people who are too far removed from where their food comes from as it is, I certainly don’t want to add to that separation.

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Gear and gadgets can’t fully replace woodsmanship in the outdoors

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With all of the technological advancements available to hunters today, it leaves many outdoorsmen and women seeking to find ways to shoot at animals further away or see when and where they are moving at specific times in specific areas.
I am not against any of these advancements and the opportunities they may provide to hunters, but I will say this: they do not make up for woodsmanship and experience in the outdoors.

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Identify and hunt buck escape routes to tag more mature deer

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Hunting escape routes for mature bucks is not necessarily something new, yet it may be underutilized. I discovered just how successful such areas can be, especially during the opening days of gun season, several years ago.
I had hunted a particular farm for a few years before I fully realized what a big buck magnet these areas can be. It was not until a hunting buddy tagged an impressive 11-pointer on the opening day of gun season in a certain strip of woods overlooking a slough that I realized this may not have been an accident.

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