DamonRossFoster
Senior Member
K , so I have a question for some of you more seasoned Turkey Aficionados:
From your (anyone's ) experience, what's the full scoop on barbed wire fences. Specifically old ones. Meaning; the fences which are either out of commission, or seldom maintained and weathered (rusted, broken, gapped, widely spaced, blowdowns, etc.)
I've always been told not to try to call a bird from across a fence line. Alright. Got it. But there have to be exceptions, and my question is what may those be? I would guess a turkey wouldn't hesitate to walk under an old fence which has it's lowest strand of wire a foot and a half off the ground; or no? I assume turkeys funnel across fences along blowdowns; right?
The reason I even ask a question like this (risking crusifixion) is because I have about 200 acres of land to hunt and it's completely riddled with old fencing throughout; not to mention surrounded. There are plenty of birds on it, but it always seems like there's a fence between every roost I find and a decent spot to set up.
It's extremely common for me to see turkeys out in the pasture during the early spring (duh!), but I know from watching the birds come out of the woodline, that they had to cross the fence at some point. And this is the normal daily pattern for the birds (duh!, again).
Is it an issue of stubbornness on the bird's part, or am I completely wrong about calling to birds opposite a fence line? I can't avoid them (fences), so I'm just trying to see what some of y'alls experience(s) have been.
From your (anyone's ) experience, what's the full scoop on barbed wire fences. Specifically old ones. Meaning; the fences which are either out of commission, or seldom maintained and weathered (rusted, broken, gapped, widely spaced, blowdowns, etc.)
I've always been told not to try to call a bird from across a fence line. Alright. Got it. But there have to be exceptions, and my question is what may those be? I would guess a turkey wouldn't hesitate to walk under an old fence which has it's lowest strand of wire a foot and a half off the ground; or no? I assume turkeys funnel across fences along blowdowns; right?
The reason I even ask a question like this (risking crusifixion) is because I have about 200 acres of land to hunt and it's completely riddled with old fencing throughout; not to mention surrounded. There are plenty of birds on it, but it always seems like there's a fence between every roost I find and a decent spot to set up.
It's extremely common for me to see turkeys out in the pasture during the early spring (duh!), but I know from watching the birds come out of the woodline, that they had to cross the fence at some point. And this is the normal daily pattern for the birds (duh!, again).
Is it an issue of stubbornness on the bird's part, or am I completely wrong about calling to birds opposite a fence line? I can't avoid them (fences), so I'm just trying to see what some of y'alls experience(s) have been.