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DBLGBL
Longbeard
Joined: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:47 am
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 How do you deal with wind? Rain is no problem, but how do you deal with 30 mph winds?
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| Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:11 pm |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm
Posts: 3138
Location: Goodview, VA
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Call twice as much, twice as loud, cover twice the ground and keep the wind at your back!
A good box call can be great in the wind... especially a paddle box with lots of pitch.
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borntohunt
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:49 pm
Posts: 111
Location: Rural Retreat
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I like to pattern my birds just like deer hunting, i like to know where they are roosted and where they will likely be going. if you know this, the wind will not cause much of a problem. however if i'm hunting a new piece of ground and it is very windy i use a slate call and get very aggressive. sitting up decoys along a feild edge during high winds has also worked for me a few times. you normally see the birds before you here them. hope this helps.
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Turkenator
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:28 pm
Posts: 333
Location: Wise County, VA
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Freddy wrote: Call twice as much, twice as loud, cover twice the ground and keep the wind at your back!
A good box call can be great in the wind... especially a paddle box with lots of pitch. I also have an aluminum call that gets pretty loud and nasty... works really well in high wind.
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FlatLand Gobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:46 am
Posts: 753
Location: Hampton, VA.
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Primos Battleship Heartbreaker, and crank up the volume  If you have someone with you, have them stand about 20 yards away and listen. They will be able to hear birds that you would never hear over your call
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"Turkey hunting, when you knock all the feathers off it, is a game of infinite variables, played on a field of unlimited dimension, against an opponent who doesn't know the rules and wouldn't play by them if he did." ...Jim Spencer
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm
Posts: 2650
Location: central Va
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I try to muffle it into my butt pad so as not to spook the turkey, and since they cant smell to well thats not a problem,( except for my buddies ). 
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| Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:20 pm |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm
Posts: 3138
Location: Goodview, VA
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Turkenator
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:28 pm
Posts: 333
Location: Wise County, VA
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Bird Dog wrote: I try to muffle it into my butt pad so as not to spook the turkey, and since they cant smell to well thats not a problem,( except for my buddies ).  haha!
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