Choosing a poor setup is a common problem. Often, we doom a hunt because of the spot where we make a setup. Sometimes a hunter doesn’t have a choice, but when a choice is available, be sure to make a good one.
Avoid setups that put natural obstacles such as fences, gullies, thickets, streams and bodies of water in your way. If a tom is gobbling just over the hill, set up within gun range of the crest. Have your gun up so when the tom’s head pops up over the crest, shoot. To let him come closer only invites disaster.
It’s been said often, but remember this turkey-hunting adage: “Set up where the tom wants to go, not where you want him to go,” he said.
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