Posted May 5, 2015 8:14 am by Comments

By Patriot Outdoor News

You already know to tuck into the shade when you are calling a wild turkey to your location. The shade helps hide your outline and masks movements that might be spotlighted in direct sun.

But the other reason shading-up works when calling spring gobblers is because when the sun is behind you, it’s shining directly on an incoming bird, and a sunstruck tom is as compelled to strut and display in the open as a school-age ballerina is to pirouette when the music starts.

Don’t believe me? Then spend a sunny day watching turkeys. They pitch down from roost limbs shortly before sunup, but the entire flock generally migrates to a sunny glade or field edge. The demure hens may stick to the shade, but it’s a good bet the toms will find any sunshine available in which to strut and fan. In the middle of a hot, still day, birds may find shade in the middle of the afternoon, but gobblers almost always find a sunny spot in which to display in the last hours of the day.

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Via:: Patriot Outdoor News

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