Turkey Hunting Bad Weather: How To Turkey Hunt Stormy Days
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Turkey hunting and bad weather seemingly don't mix well, but it just isn't true. This turkey hunting video shares (2) key truths on how to hunt turkeys when bad weather rolls into your area.
Turkey calling takes a back seat in foul weather. It's about the types of farms you have to hunt and more importantly when you choose to hunt them on the day of the storm.
Turkey hunting stormy weather can be epic. Jason Cruise, host of Mossberg's Rugged American Hunter series shares why turkey hunting bad weather is often his favorite time to kill a bird. www.mossberg.com
I put a double-beard down after a rainshower came through thanks to Jason's advice. Thanks for helping me out.
This dude always has valuable information. Bravo.
Thanks Matt! We appreciate you being part of the Mossberg family.
I’m going hunting right now, and it’s real crappy out. Glad this video exists!
Why wait for the storm to pass? I went out before daylight in full rain gear with only my shotgun, a slate call & peg in a baggie, and a mouth call. A thunderstorm rolled in at 6 a.m. with thunder cracking, heavy rains and strong winds. I was thinking about getting out if the before lightning got to bad, but every time the thunder cracked it seemed light every gobbler in the area would gobble so I stayed and only did very little soft calling. Around 9 a.m. while it was still pouring rain and very high wind I spotted 3 gobblers coming my way silently and got a good shot on the second gobble. It’s been my experience that wildlife do what they do when they want to do it no matter the weather.
Gonna be in NC this weekend. A storm is coming through Friday-Saturday. I'll be the one waiting in the truck when the last drop falls. I feel it.
Me and my buddy went this morning with a heavy thunderstorm going on last night and it rained until 7:15 and we sat in the truck waiting for it to stop and it did so we got out and headed down on a edge of a field and not 30 minutes sitting, had 8 hens and 2 Jake's come in. No gobbler because it started to rain on us again. But good advice. Thanks
Great vids from a true sportsman who has the upmost respect for the animals the land etc etc..... not to mention incredibly knowledgeable 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃
Me watching this 2 days after my Minnesota hunt this last weekend 🤦♂️😁
Now change to hunting toms in the high mountains. I’m hunting on a mountain that is a semi circle. On one side is thick and that’s where at least one hen is nesting. On the other side in the bowl it’s start getting thinner and at the bottom is very thin with a lot of creeks. It’s calling for hard rain this Saturday and I was wondering what I should do. I haven’t been on the bowl side yet. I was thinking of staying on the ridge, calling, and if they are in the bowl to start slowly making my way down. Or I could be just above the bowl in good cover and move in when I need to.
If the map was correct you weren't hunting too far from me. I live in Smyrna TN but hunt in Maury and Hickman county where I'm from. Thanks for all the great information in these videos.
I love hunting rainy days!
I hunt public lands. Mainly timber company lands with clear cuts that are very thick, some fire break lanes with grass but the lanes have thick cover on both sides. Any suggestions for this type of area when the rains hit?
I went out in a thunder storm and toms came out in the cornfield but never came down to us because of the rain.
Why I always carry a goose call when I turkey hunt. Great locator call
I wish I would have known this a week ago when we had a bunch of rain.
Yep he is a wise hunter
Thanks Jason
Thanks for the great video killed my 1st turkey last year with what I learned from this video it had just quit raining 6-9 yelps and they finally came in
Hit the box call hit the box call!
Great advice brother GOD BLESS.
The turkeys where I hunt in Iowa are the most active in the rain
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Jason Cruise. I live in NM and if there is one thing you can count on, it's the wind. What's the best advice for hunting in high wind?
When its raining always hit the fields eveytime there always there
I love rainy days the big farm I hunt I wait till the others burn out then I move in.
The guys great 👍
I love that pritty boy decoy!
Amazing
First trip and i got up at 3 a.m and its raining help my sons coming ????
Last Saturday I did every thing wrong. 4/13/19 York County, SC WMA, bad storm cleared about noon - entered walking the clearing with a hen giving me the finger, called too much, didnt hear anything. Went into tree line and found a clearing. Set up decoys, called about every 15 minutes, didnt hear nothing. Walked out with another hen giving me the finger. Tomorrow will be different. You dirty birds!
I live in york! Never hunted wma, though. Going private land, tomorrow. 4-1-23. Bad weather called for, not gonna stop me!
Wheres the rain lok
WTF? the weather these guys hunted was perfect, there was no wind/rain or thunderstorm. also you guys had no cover and u talking about covering yourself. Good one!
Hello Hunter 45 - we asked Jason Cruise to reply to your comments and his response was, "You are right that the weather was great. 20 minutes before the kill, it had rained for 3 hours with thunderstorms. Actually, if you watch the video, beginning at the :48 second mark, we talking about moving in AFTER the storm came through. I think perhaps you're missing the entire premise of this segment. When bad weather rolls in, catch it on the very back side because turkeys go to fields and preen. And that's why we stated several times that one of the best tactics for hunting foul weather days is to be patient and come in on the back side of the storm. As for ground cover we were in, while we didn't show it, we were brushed underneath a cedar tree."
O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. Thank you for replying back. So the title of this video is "Turkey hunting bad weather: Turkey hunting stormy days", so I was expecting to see a hunt in a rainy or storm conditions which would surprise me a lot since I know turkeys hate these conditions and they rather sit on a branch till the weather gets better. from the video we couldn't see how good you were concealed, it looked like you were just siting against a tree in the open without any cover. I do sit against a tree sometimes also but I always make sure there is other small trees in front of me for cover and blending in. it was a good hunt, the title of the video is a bit confusing though. Thank you for the footage
@@Hunter-uy5qs enjoy the video and leave your negative irrelevant comments to yourself :)
You have to be the worst turkey hunter if you don't even have the patience or attention span to watch and listen to the contents of it this informative video.Just stay out of the woods so you don't bust up anybody else's hunt.
Hunter 45. Your right for sure. The title should say after the storms pass. You rainy day hunters are full of you know what
Anyone know what kind of vest they’re using
I love hunting them after it rains.
I never stay home bc of rain or thunderstorms. Some of my best hunts have taken place with me huddled underneath a big oak tree and it thundering while pouring the rain
Brad Carter. Yep great place to hide during a thunderstorm. WT H
I subscribed. Really learning s lot from your videos. Just need a Tom to cooperate!!!
No mercy here all I have is the most over hunted pressured birds not even week one down and the birds are done for the year
I love hunting rainy days
What state is this filmed in?
Tennessee
I've killed two Tom's this year on rainy days one real stormy day and one morning on a slow rain
Bruh turkeys down here will absolutely not gobble at geese
But why show the snake?!
Lol these 2duds are not wet at all? Couldn’t have walked to far from the truck,Rainy day? Oh waited for the rain to stop! That’s not hunting on a stormy day.
Hey Leonard ... thanks for the insights. I'd have to say that your comments are confusing, however.
Why hunt in the rain - and get soaked - when you know you don't have to? That just seems like being smart to me.
Especially since hunting in a downpour is not worth it. Turkeys shut down when downpours happen.
If you've ever hunted much in the rain, and I have, when it rains really, really hard, birds shelter in place. They literally make themselves small in some cases; almost like "battening down the hatches" and they don't call and they just sit very, very still until it passes.
Again, the point of the video is hunting on storm days ... NOT hunting in a storm!
Wait on the weather to clear ... and then go after them.
OVERCAST NO WIND BAD WEATHER? LMAO
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