When I’m running and gunning for turkeys with my bow, I usually won’t carry a blind. A total concealment blind is best, when you know where the turkeys are and are bowhunting. You can pick out a place to put your blind, before the day you’re planning to hunt. But, when you’re running, gunning and looking for turkeys, carrying a total-concealment blind can be somewhat of a problem.

When I’m doing seminars across the country, I’m often asked, “What’s the toughest turkey to hunt?” Since I hunt turkeys of all subspecies all over the nation, I feel qualified to answer that question.

Most turkey hunters I know believe that hunting the Merriam’s gobbler is easier than hunting Eastern wild turkeys. However, generalities are rarely accurate when you’re discussing hunting wild turkeys. Each wild turkey, regardless of the subspecies, has its own personality and rarely does what you expect him to do. Most people assume that the Merriam’s gobbler is a mountain turkey, often associated with mountains in the West. However, you also find Merriam’s in open-range country like Nebraska.

Editor’s Note: Hunter’s Specialties’ pro hunter, Matt Morrett, has won the World Friction Championship five times, the Grand National Championship once and the U.S. Open Turkey Calling Championship seven times.
 
The real secret to consistently taking turkeys is to sound like a real hen turkey when you’re calling. I realize this sounds like a very simple answer; however, it’s really not. Here are some steps for you to follow to up your changes of taking turkeys this spring.