Turkeys and Scent

Wrench_V10

Wrench_V10

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Soo question is how good can they smell? I'll be a first time/self taught turkey hunter on the 25th. I've had my head buried in every once of info I can try and get. Obviously they can see like a hawk but I can't really find any info on their sense of smell. So how good is it? And will it help me out at all if I decent everything like I do for deer?
 
The only time I hear mention of sense of smell with turkeys is when someone is pulling the leg of a new hunter, or that if they could smell you'd never kill one.
 
Not just turkeys, but birds in general to now have a sense of smell, except maybe for vultures (and that is up for debate)
 
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just put it this way....if they smell you, its time for your monthly bath at the lake



Lol..maybe I'll take a dip in the swamp. So still de-sent, or not? I'm gonna side with the biologist for now...its his job to know these things.
 
It still pays to stay clean while hunting any critter. I am sure you have a deer population in your area. A deer that smells you while turkey hunting will still blow a warning. This has blown more than one turkey hunt for me! Good luck! Turkey hunting is a blast!
 
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It still pays to stay clean while hunting any critter. I am sure you have a deer population in your area. A deer that smells you while turkey hunting will still blow a warning. This has blown more than one turkey hunt for me! Good luck! Turkey hunting is a blast!



That's a very good point that I would have never thought of. There is absolutely deer on the property that I will be hunting. Just ask the 5 in my freezer /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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The only time I hear mention of sense of smell with turkeys is when someone is pulling the leg of a new hunter.


What Muskrat30 said. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
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