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Post by larryhagmansliver on Feb 22, 2007 17:57:32 GMT -5
I don't have near the birds under my belt that most of you do. In fact I have only one, but I did something a little unique and it may be an idea for you to try if you don't like sitting on the ground up against a tree or in a blind. I took one of those camping chairs with the foot rest built into it to the woods with me. I also took one of those store bought fold out blinds to put around my legs. When I sat in the chair and propped my feet up, I could rest my gun on my toes in the direction I heard the gobble come from. This allowed me to be very comfortable and therefore still and silent. I can't say I would run and gun with this set up, but it is a little faster and lighter than the blind. Some of you mentioned having back problems. This would definitely help with that. Thoughts?
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Post by quackingtim on Feb 23, 2007 2:57:48 GMT -5
Sounds like you are hunting out of a lazy boy. With out my legs going to sleep, my back hurting from leaning against, and who knows what crawled up my pants leg, I don't know if I would be able to enjoy hunting turkeys. Congrats Larry, you just broke triple digets in posts here.
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Post by parrothead on Feb 23, 2007 9:35:24 GMT -5
I have 4 of the Dog House blinds. They are cheap in Natchez Shooting supplies I put them all out on the property I hunt and that way I can go from blind to blind if needed or just hang out in one of them. Complete with the folding chair.
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Post by Woody Williams on Feb 23, 2007 11:46:02 GMT -5
My first bird was a jake in Missouri. A LONG time ago.
Missouri had birds and we (Indiana) had very, very few so I went there.
John Trout Jr. dropped me off on a road side on some public ground and he drove way back around to his spot.
As it started getting light a heard few cobbles and started heading their direction. Problem was they were across a couple big ridges and valleys.
I was hot footing it as fast as I could to get them. I was a lot younger and in much better shape then.
By the time I got to the ridge they were on I was almost crawling on all fours to get the top. It was that steep.
When I got almost to the top I picked out a tree and sat down. I was panting from the climbs and distance I had come. I stuck my diaphragm call in my mouth and let out the most pitiful excuse for a turkey call ever. it was indescribable what the noise was.
Half gag, half yelp, half ugh...more BLAHH than anything.
Surprisingly I got a double gobble back and here two birds came. They went behind a downed tree and I had my gun up. I could then see just the tops of their white heads as they were going over the ridge to the opposite side. I did a decent cluck and they turned my way. My thought - first one over the ridge top gets it.
I lowered the boom on the first one and the second one took flight. As he flew away I could see his long beard in the breeze.
I hustled over to the flopping jake and did a flying tackle on him. As I was a self taught turkey hunter I did not realize that turkeys flopped even when dead. I got a death grip on his neck and started choking this dead, but still flopping bird.
Finally he stopped flopping and I released my grip.
After tagging him I carried him up the ridge to the road and walked over to where John was at. John wasn't around so I got his Jeep and drove back to get my bird. After picking up the bird I went back over to John's area. He still wasn't out , so I drove to town to get a baloney sandwich and a drink.
Coming back I ran into John on the road. He was relieved to see me as he thought someone had stolen his jeep.
My first.....
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Post by Ahawkeye on Feb 24, 2007 14:57:56 GMT -5
A freind and I were hunting along a creek, we would move along the creek bed and call, it was a great set up. We called and got a gobble on one side, and ran toward the gobble, set up and waited. We called a little more and figured out that they were on the other side so we left the decoys and set up on the other side. May heart was racing when I saw a flock of jakes working along the creek bed and raised the gun and had my first turkey! I love to hunt them but I love more to help the less expeirenced get a chance at one I've been thinking about how I could get some handycapped (sp) folks out there but I don't know of any high population easy acces areas to hunt in southern Indiana.
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Post by larryhagmansliver on Mar 1, 2007 9:11:56 GMT -5
ahawkeye You are a good man. I feel the same way about deer hunting. I am too new to turkey hunting to help anyone. I'm still trying to help myself.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 1, 2007 13:47:01 GMT -5
I worked my first bird for three hours before I finally gave up and went after him. He was up on the top of a ridge. I got up there sat against a tree, did one set of yelps and he came a runnin' all the way in. As soon as his head crested the ridge it was all over with. He was a 23#, 10 1/2" beard and 1" spurs. I was pretty proud, since this was the first time I had hunted turkeys on my own. That was down in Perry County as I was in school at USI at the time.
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Post by dwhunting on Mar 1, 2007 15:39:36 GMT -5
My first bird was an O S_ _ _ bird! Missed the first time and had to unload another shot while he was on the run. I was really fortunate that day.
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