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Chapter 7 – Learn the Bird

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Overview

Every trip to the woods should leave you with more knowledge than you started with that morning. Adopting a learner’s mentality in the spring woods is key to outsmarting more longbeards. The details you gather by paying attention to a turkey’s routines, mannerisms, and interactions lay the foundation for future success in the field.

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Every turkey hunt is a chance to sharpen your understanding of the bird. We provide tips on how to embrace a learning mindset, and explain the “whens” and “whys” of turkey behavior you should watch for.

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  1. Observing Turkey Behavior.
  2. Turkey Diet 101.
  3. Turkey Subspecies
  4. Where Turkeys Want to be and When

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Chapter 7 – Learn the Bird

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Chapter 7 – Learn the Bird

Every turkey hunt is a chance to sharpen your understanding of the bird. We provide tips on how to embrace a learning mindset.

Skill Level: Beginner
Videos
Turkey Academy logo overlaying a turkey in a field.

7.1: Learn The Bird

Duration 1:59
If you aim to learn something on every trip to the spring woods, you’ll quickly shorten your learning curve when it comes to getting in gun range of a wild turkey gobbler.

What You’ll Learn:
• The “whens” and “whys” of turkey behavior to watch for.
Turkey Academy logo overlaying a turkey in a field.

7.2: Turkey Diet 101

Duration 3:05
The key to finding turkeys is understanding what they eat. Or, you can use information about a wild turkey’s diet to optimize your turkey food plots.

What You’ll Learn:
• What turkeys eat.
Turkey Academy logo overlaying a turkey in a field.

7.3: Turkey Subspecies

Duration 6:00
Turkeys can be found in every state except Alaska. Learn which subspecies live where and understand key behavioral differences.

What You’ll Learn:
• The four main subspecies and how they differ.
Turkey Academy logo overlaying a turkey in a field.

7.4: Where Turkeys Want To Be and When

Duration 3:36
To get a gobbler in gun range, you have to be where they want to go, or at least be where they’re willing to go. Understanding turkey travel patterns and nesting routines will help you be in the right place, at the right time.

What You’ll Learn:
• How turkey patterns change throughout the spring, especially during nesting.
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