Marty Fischer, who hosts the television show “TNT Outdoor Explosion,” grew up looking for turkeys in the Savannah River swamp region of South Carolina.
“To me, a mature bird that is born and raised in a deep swamp is the toughest turkey you can hunt,” Fischer said at this year’s National Wild Turkey Federation convention in Nashville.
“Minimize your calling. Maximize your woodsmanship,” Fischer advised. “Walk like a turkey. Don’t walk like a bull in a china shop. Get down in those bottoms and be as patient as you’ve ever been.”
Because of the extra patience required, swamp hunting can be the most boring of any, he added. Turkeys there don’t do a lot of gobbling.
“If I go for a little while and I hear absolutely nothing, yeah, I’ll move,” Fischer said. “But I’m not going to go crazy with it.”