Posted By tumtum15 on February 26, 2008 13:30
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this spring during the last week in april i will have 3 to 4 days to hunt turkey and black bear. i will be hunting in the toucanon wildlife area and up by camp wooten if anyone nows where that is it is in south eastern washington. any tips on how to hunt these two species effectively in the time alotted would be much appreciated. thank you

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Posted by Salieri on February 26, 2008 13:30
For black bear:

Scent management is imperative for triumphant hunting over lure. You should have on rubber footwear, try to keep your hunting clothes clean and keep away from wearing them in the campsite where unfamiliar odors may be picked up. Never smoke while you’re on stand and don’t forget to use cover scent.

Berry pieces as well as fruit orchards are excellent places to start searching for black bears. Open fields harboring berries, putrid logs loaded with insects, grasses and colonies of ground squirrel are further fine food alternatives. Black bears can as well be found eating carrion in early season. If you locate an elk or deer carcass, continue to monitor it for any bear activity. Providing a bear is in that area, you may be able to outline his movement along with forcing a common meeting.

Hunting using tree stands is gradually gaining popularity among bear hunters that do not utilize lures. The key aspect to triumph here lies in knowing where bears typically move. The general idea is to seize bears while they lie in waiting for food or are on the move between a sanctuary place and a food source.

For turkey :

Patience, patience, patience - Perhaps the most ignored ability in wild turkey hunting is the aptitude of sitting motionless and wait for a gobbler. Whenever you can’t bear sitting any longer and feel it is time to move to a different spot, stay there for 15 more minutes. Patience is responsible for more gobbler kills than any other cause.

Do not start with forceful calling immediately after calling to a tom. Instead start with some soft cackles and purrs. Providing it doesn’t show signs that it is working, go for a few intermediate volume yelps. If however that doesn’t get his attention, try a handful of harsh and insistent yelping. If the calling is too much and excessively loud, you may scare the gobbler off, which means that the game is over. Starting soft, you will be able to work your way to more forceful calls.

When you are setting up on wild turkeys ahead of daylight, don’t get excessively close to roosting places. Views depend on which is the appropriate distance but generally, try to get within 100 to 150 yards if possible. You are basically attempting to get closest to the turkey without spooking it off. The closer you’ve gotten, the fewer the barriers that bird will have to overcome to get to your spot.

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