1st Time Turkey Hunter, Please Help! :)
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 2:32 pm
2013 is going to be my year! I get out of the Marine Corps before spring & will be able to hunt and fish HARD in Utah and every state around it! I've been planning some trips out and waiting for this year for a few years now. Something I haven't planned for is Utah Turkey, I just realized that the app period is open til just after Christmas so I need to figure out quick where I want to put in for. I have 1 bonus point so hopefully can get lucky drawing a tag.
I have a huge element in my favor/on my side - I am able & willing to hunt every single day of the season until I get a bird I don't know if that will be enough to help me actually locate birds though. So where are the turkeys in Utah? haha
I live in Davis county, and it would probably be nice to have a tag near home, are there decent numbers of turkey in the mountains above N. Salt Lake, Bountiful, Centerville? I've never noticed any at all, but I guess I've never hunted them so who knows :s
I will be fishing the Boulders hard all spring anyways, are there good numbers of turkey down there? Or I have a cabin at Fish Lake, are those woods productive to hunt?
How do I know what areas will likely hold turkey? Can I look at a map and see things like "this area has a lot of xxxx elevation and such and such terrain so it's probably a good place to try turkey hunting"? I'm willing to go anywhere in the state that offers me the best chance at success, just need to figure out what unit to apply for and then I'll narrow my search from there.
Thanks for any and all advice!! I can't wait!
I have a huge element in my favor/on my side - I am able & willing to hunt every single day of the season until I get a bird I don't know if that will be enough to help me actually locate birds though. So where are the turkeys in Utah? haha
I live in Davis county, and it would probably be nice to have a tag near home, are there decent numbers of turkey in the mountains above N. Salt Lake, Bountiful, Centerville? I've never noticed any at all, but I guess I've never hunted them so who knows :s
I will be fishing the Boulders hard all spring anyways, are there good numbers of turkey down there? Or I have a cabin at Fish Lake, are those woods productive to hunt?
How do I know what areas will likely hold turkey? Can I look at a map and see things like "this area has a lot of xxxx elevation and such and such terrain so it's probably a good place to try turkey hunting"? I'm willing to go anywhere in the state that offers me the best chance at success, just need to figure out what unit to apply for and then I'll narrow my search from there.
Thanks for any and all advice!! I can't wait!