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Post by M4Madness on Apr 29, 2017 20:12:12 GMT -5
Well, say a prayer for me, guys. Lol! I plan to go out in the morning for the first turkey hunt in 7 years! I picked up a shotgun last Wednesday for deep woods coyote hunting, and thought, "What the heck. I have a lifetime license and now have a shotgun, so there's no reason not to get back into it after all this time." I picked up a super full turkey choke yesterday and a box of #4's.
Tonight, I went out and sat until dark to try to roost a bird, and at 8:11 PM, I had one gobble right where I figured it would. He gobbled a second time a few minutes later, so I slipped out of there and walked back to the house. Hopefully it isn't storming in the morning like it did today.
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Post by butlerj on Apr 29, 2017 21:30:52 GMT -5
I seen 3 Toms grouped up in a field on the way out, I pulled over and watched for a few. seems like they were sticking around a hen that was feeding. All 3 stayed puffed (I don't know what you call it). They pretty much stayed in one spot the whole time all right next to eachother wing to wing, till the hen moved out of sight and they followed... I did some yelps but they paid no attention. I did hear one gobble once, definatly wasn't from my calling... drove off and up the road was a couple more turkeys, at the time I was just sad good ways from the forest I spent half a day in and the turkeys were In the fields the whole time...
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Apr 29, 2017 22:08:26 GMT -5
I watched 4 Tom's, 2 hens and 2 Jake's go to the roost this evening
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Post by hunthard4 on Apr 29, 2017 22:24:59 GMT -5
Didn't have much luck after the storms. Saw one hen. Tried to roost them this evening. Never saw or heard any. Morning plan is to try to hear one gobble from the roost on a slow walk to the blind. If we hear one, set up and work that bird. If not get in the blind and be patient.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 30, 2017 6:16:08 GMT -5
So, who all is out after them this morning?
Good luck if you are....
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 30, 2017 6:27:01 GMT -5
Flushed a hen this morning - that's all I have seen so far
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 30, 2017 7:30:21 GMT -5
I'm already home -- birdless. Lol! I got up at 5AM (sure didn't want to), and could not find a flashlight to save my life. I ended up having to walk to my spot in the dark. Years ago a buddy and I hunted the same woods where I roosted that tom last night, and we'd crowded a group of roosted toms too closely. When they finally flew down, they glided right over our heads to a field way down the hill. So, this morning I set up in that field and sat quietly.
At 6:34 AM, the tom started gobbling on the roost as predicted. I replied with very light yelps -- only after each of his gobbles. Finally, he shut up (must have been on the ground by then.) I waited an hour and no birds came to the field, nor did I hear any.
I decided to walk to the other side of the farm, which meant braving a raging creek and a huge hill. I finally made it to the top of the hill a mile from home, just in time for the wind to pick up and a horrendous downpour to begin. I sought shelter under a leaning oak and texted my wife to drive around and pick me up. Lol! I made my way the few hundred yards to the highway, and she pulled up to the gate within minutes of me arriving there.
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Post by freedomhunter on Apr 30, 2017 8:08:15 GMT -5
Gobbles good from roost this morning couldn't get close enough then shut up and gone then rain. Yesterday afternoon nothing. I'm a whipped pup
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 30, 2017 8:22:28 GMT -5
I looked at the radar and headed back little break in it now but a stronger line is coming.
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Post by deadeer on Apr 30, 2017 8:59:40 GMT -5
Not me, I am living the dry life today. Heck with this amount of rain.
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Post by hunthard4 on Apr 30, 2017 9:44:28 GMT -5
I got it done this morning. Pics and story to come.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Apr 30, 2017 10:47:48 GMT -5
I think I might try going out this afternoon for myself. I might even take my wife; she's a good spotter.
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Post by jackryan on Apr 30, 2017 11:17:20 GMT -5
Looks like the weather is going to really suck for the rest of the weekend. I hate when that happens. Every time I get a day off it pours down rain, thunder and lightening. Suck suck suck... oh? Wait, oh yeah, I forgot. Never mind. www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USIN0426
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Apr 30, 2017 11:18:47 GMT -5
Looks like the weather is going to really suck for the rest of the weekend. I hate when that happens. Every time I get a day off it pours down rain, thunder and lightening. Suck suck suck... oh? Wait, oh yeah, I forgot. Never mind. www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USIN0426...a day off??? I thought you were retired. No?
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Post by jackryan on Apr 30, 2017 11:25:50 GMT -5
Looks like the weather is going to really suck for the rest of the weekend. I hate when that happens. Every time I get a day off it pours down rain, thunder and lightening. Suck suck suck... oh? Wait, oh yeah, I forgot. Never mind. www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USIN0426...a day off??? I thought you were retired. No? HEY! Yer RIGHT! Awesome, I'll just skip the wet parts and hunt all day long Monday and Tuesday! Thanks.
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Post by M4Madness on Apr 30, 2017 12:10:18 GMT -5
Looks like the weather is going to really suck for the rest of the weekend. I hate when that happens. Every time I get a day off it pours down rain, thunder and lightening. Suck suck suck... oh? Wait, oh yeah, I forgot. Never mind. www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USIN0426I can attest as well that we have it bad in Lawrence County. Lol!
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 2, 2017 4:05:42 GMT -5
Headed out with a friend this morning. Windy and cool out up here
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 2, 2017 5:05:57 GMT -5
All set and ready to go. Good luck all whose also out
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 2, 2017 6:18:41 GMT -5
3 hens so far. One has a beard and a busted left leg. She's about 100 yards out. Other 2 are way ahead of her now. About 200 yards.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 2, 2017 7:12:32 GMT -5
Bearded hen is still in the field. She's probably only wondered 60 yards since she flew down. Other 2 have gone all the way across the field to a large grassy area. Seems odd having 3 hens go across and not one Tom in sight. This is the field I've been watching them go roost the past few nights. 4 Tom's a few hens and a couple Jake's.
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