Certain situations call for aggressive measures like fanning to coax wary toms out of the brush for a clear shot. (Photo by Josh Honeycutt)
While all wild turkeys might seem the same, the idea that one acts just like the next couldn’t be further from the truth. Every gobbler is different, and some earn a reputation for being especially bad birds. Here are seven I’ve hunted in recent years that, through their unusual or unexpected behavior, provided valuable lessons.
This scenario played out on a typical creek-bottom and bluff setting where a long, winding timber ridge overlooks a series of fields below. I don’t have permission to hunt those fields, but I can hunt the rolling pastures and hay fields on the high side of the bluff.
A turkey I dubbed the Bluff Flyaway...