BOB WOZNIAK - A GREAT NORTHERN TURKEY HUNTER
Know Which Turkeys To Go To
EDITOR'S
NOTE: Bob Wozniak of Boston, New York, one of the true
masters of the sport of turkey hunting in New York State
and a member of the Quaker Boy Calls' Hunt Team, has
hunted turkeys for more than 30 years. He's bagged a
gobbler or called in a gobbler for someone to take every
year that New York has had a turkey season. Let's look
this week at some of Wozniak's
best northern tactics for taking toms in the spring,
since many northern states still are having turkey seasons.
Wozniak almost can determine when he hears a turkey
gobble in the mountains of New York whether he can take
the tom or not. "If a tom is gobbling at the top
of a ridge, I've got a good chance of bagging him because
more than likely he's not with hens," Wozniak commented.
"But if he's gobbling lower down on the mountains,
I've found that often the tom will be with his hens
and has moved to those lower elevations to feed and
breed. I think turkeys go to the tops of the mountains
to call their hens to them. Then
once the tom rounds up his harem, he'll move down the
mountain."
If you plan to hunt in New York or any of the other
New England states this season, try Wozniak's tactics
for taking more toms to increase your odds for success.
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