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Turkey hunting in the snow!?

Up here in Kootenai County Idaho we are having ourselves a record winter. We have snow still measured in feet at anything over 3000 feet still and it is also dropping well below freezing at night. Can't get much lower than 2200 feet here and most of the land is private under the snow level and doesn't offer much decent gobbler hunting. T

Turkey season opened last week and I am having a bit of trouble getting the birds to act like they normally do in the spring. They are quieter and seem to be roosting more.

Is there anyone experienced in Turkey hunting in winter like conditions? I have never had to hunt the birds in heavy snow.

I asked this late a couple days ago and only got two very random answers that didn't pertain to my situation at all. (One of the two was "shoot randomly at the snow" end quote and the other was "Cali girls are just easy I guess....Or Cali girls have it easier" or something like that! Not much help, so anyone able to give me a hand here!?
How did this go from a legitimate question in Turkey hunting to Brokeback Mountain.

I'm not sure its wise trying to cuddle up for some gay love with a North Idaho country boy whom is already snuggled up to his loving shotgun.

Public Comments

1. Hmmmm....in your situation, the toms are likely to stay in the trees until they "see" something worth coming down for....It's frikken cold out there.

I would probably use some life size decoys and a variety of calls to make them jumpy. If nothing else, it will piss them off and you can spot them and circle around.

Getting them to come out of the trees in the cold is quite a trick though.

2. Wow they gave Al Gore a medal on his knowledge of the Golbal Warming and we continue to have record winters with record snows. Go figure. As for the question it is the same as always, you are on their watch not yours. Play the game and hope for a stroke of luck.

EDIT: JD Clone it's getting old, even if we report you the original JD would still be here and you be making a new account.

3. Put out turkey bait, and land mines, and then spend your time cuddled up with me next to the fire ;)

4. well..i've never hunted in the snow..much less turkey hunted in the snow so i am kinda talkin outta my @ss here..but if i were you i would..

try to find where they are roosting, and set up decoys near the trees and do a bunch of hen calls. but its going to be hard to get them out of the trees when its that cold...

sorry i couldnt be much of a help

"How did this go from a legitimate question in Turkey hunting to Brokeback Mountain."
LMAO!!! XD!!!!!

5. Chances are they're not anywhere close to getting into the mating mood yet. I would try to find their food source (old corn field or whatever) and set up between their roost (if known) and their food source if you can. Small fields along timber lines/ridges would be my first choice. I'm betting there aren't many gobbles to be heard in the pre-dawn hours either. Good luck!