National statistics indicate that spring turkey hunting incidents have decreased from a high of 8.1 per 100,000 hunters in 1991 to a low of 2.95 per 100,000 last spring. Colorado has not had any accidents during the spring turkey season over the past five years. Colorado Division of Wildlife officials estimate that about 20 percent of the spring hunters will successfully bag a wild turkey. Scouting for sign left by turkeys is a great way of increasing the odds of a successful hunt. Consistently, successful wild turkey hunting requires a high degree of skill.
Wild turkeys are extremely wary and possess keen color vision and very good hearing ability.
Turkeys can see in a radius of 270 degrees. In the spring, hunters are more likely to hear a turkey before they see it. As territorial squabbles ensue, the males call and strut to attract females. As a result, the males are easy to hear in the spring. The peak of daily gobbling occurs just before daylight and this will help you locate the birds.