What Color Should You Wear When Moving In The Turkey Woods

Safety First While Turkey Hunting — (Georgia DNR)

March 17, 2015

Hunters preparing to head to the forest for turkey season should be sure to review important turkey hunting safe tips, encourages the Georgia Section of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Segmentation.

"Before pulling the trigger, it is disquisitional to know what is in front of AND beyond your targeted surface area and y'all should never shoot at sound or motility," advises Walter Lane, hunter development program manager for the Wild fauna Resources Division. "Firearms rubber knowledge is disquisitional to keeping you, and anybody else near you, safe while in the woods."

Hunters are encouraged to review the following turkey hunting season safety precautions before the 2015 season opens on Saturday, Mar. 21:

Never wear cherry-red, white, bluish or black clothing while turkey hunting. Crimson is the color most hunters look for when distinguishing a gobbler's caput from a hen'due south blue-colored caput, merely at times it may announced white or blue. Male turkey feathers covering about of the body are black in advent. Camouflage should be used to cover everything, including the hunter's face, hands and firearm.

Select a calling position that provides at least a shoulder-width background, such every bit the base of a tree. Be sure that at least a 180-degree range is visible.

Do not stem a gobbling turkey. Due to their bang-up eyesight and hearing, the chances of getting shut are slim to none.

When using a turkey phone call, the audio and movement may concenter the interest of other hunters. Do not motility, wave or make turkey-like sounds to alert another hunter to your presence. Instead, identify yourself in a loud vocalization.

Exist careful when carrying a harvested turkey from the woods. Do not allow the wings to hang loosely or the head to be displayed in such a way that another hunter may think it is a live bird. If possible, cover the turkey in a blaze orangish garment or other material.

Although it'south non required, it is suggested that hunters habiliment blaze orange when moving betwixt a vehicle and a hunting site. When moving between hunting sites, hunters should wear bonfire orange on their upper bodies to facilitate their identification by other hunters.

Turkey hunters must possess a valid hunting license and a big game license to legally hunt turkeys in Georgia. If hunting on a wildlife management expanse, hunters must also possess a WMA license.

Sportsmen and women must always obtain permission from a landowner earlier hunting on private state. Only male turkeys may be harvested, and the season bag limit is three gobblers per hunter.