Field to Fork: Turkey Scouting & Shed Hunting

Description

The National Deer Association is partnering with Sandhill Wildlife Area to bring new and emergent outdoorsmen and women to the woods this spring to learn how to scout for turkey and search for shed deer antlers. This class will cover spring turkey movements and habits along with biology and some hunting and calling tactics.

Coupled with learning to find turkey sign, we will be talking about winter deer habits along with searching for shed antlers during our time afield. The course is going to be limited to 20 participants being split into groups of 4 to 5.

9 a.m. – Arrival

9:15 a.m. – Intros

9:30 a.m. – Turkey biology

9:45 a.m. – Deer biology

10 a.m.– Sandhill history

10:30 a.m. – Head to the field to scout and shed hunt

12:30 p.m. – Return to the parking lot to talk about what we saw and found

1 p.m. – End of day