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Post by genesis273 on Apr 7, 2021 11:07:57 GMT -5
I went to my hunting ground to confirm my pattern at 8am CST. While I was setting up I heard a bird gobbling quite a bit inside the woods. I see one hen about 30 minutes later.
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 10, 2021 5:33:57 GMT -5
Birds are gobbling behind my house already this morning.
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Post by bullseye69 on Apr 10, 2021 10:53:23 GMT -5
Haven't seen or heard a bird yet.
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Post by deadeer on Apr 10, 2021 12:07:34 GMT -5
Haven't seen or heard a bird yet. Same. Just went from Rolling Prairie to Cabelas in Hammond and saw ZERO birds again where we typically would. Something is up!
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Post by esshup on Apr 10, 2021 12:43:43 GMT -5
I'll bet we lost a number of birds this winter to predation and to weather conditions. I know the deer were having a hard time in Feb because of the 18"+ snow that was on the ground, I don't know how the turkeys could get to and find food through that snow depth.
Neighbor is starting to have raccoon problems around his chicken coop again, and I have caught 2 along with 3 feral tomcats in my one outbuilding. With pond season starting, and having to order bags upon bags of fish food, I will be aggressively trapping them so they aren't damaging $50-$60 bags of fish food. Once damaged, I can't sell them.
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Post by jajwrigh on Apr 10, 2021 16:45:03 GMT -5
I am hearing birds goggle every morning from my driveway.
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 10, 2021 21:45:28 GMT -5
I am hearing birds goggle every morning from my driveway. So what are they goggling? 'How to survive the up coming turkey season'? 😁 I am terrible at spell checking my post and have to go back and edit quite often so, really, I'm the last one who should say anything! Hearing the first couple of gobbles of the year really has me fired up!
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Post by bullseye69 on Apr 10, 2021 22:27:56 GMT -5
I am hearing birds goggle every morning from my driveway. So what are they goggling? 'How to survive the up coming turkey season'? 😁 I am terrible at spell checking my post and have to go back and edit quite often so, really, I'm the last one who should say anything! Hearing the first couple of gobbles of the year really has me fired up! 🤣
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 11, 2021 17:16:34 GMT -5
Neither of my girls want to go for youth season, so I invited the same relative out that took a buck during youth deer season here. Hopefully he comes out, but he's also getting to the age where he has a lot of other distractions, so we'll see.
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Post by oldhoyt on Apr 12, 2021 12:44:35 GMT -5
I found some birds yesterday morning. Went in at gobbling time to a roost I have seen them use in past years. Got a few responses to the crow call and once I pinpointed them I backed out. Walked up on another group of birds as I made a loop around the property. Hopefully one will be in the right mood Saturday AM.
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Post by jman46151 on Apr 12, 2021 12:44:59 GMT -5
Scouted some public Saturday afternoon and saw numerous toms and a couple of strutters. Will be a good backup plan if my normal spot doesn't work out.
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Post by huntnandplumbn on Apr 12, 2021 13:03:56 GMT -5
Shot the crossbow with my daughter on Sunday morning. We will be heading down to the camper Friday night and ready to get after them all weekend. Unfortunately didn’t get a chance to set up any cell cameras so just going off of previous history. Time will tell....
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 13, 2021 18:44:18 GMT -5
No gobbling from this one...
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Post by deadeer on Apr 13, 2021 19:23:47 GMT -5
No gobbling from this one... Transgender!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Apr 13, 2021 19:43:34 GMT -5
I have a few passing by the cameras. Not a lot, but a few.
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Post by bullseye69 on Apr 13, 2021 21:09:57 GMT -5
Only one...er....um....half a turkey I've seen.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 14, 2021 6:20:38 GMT -5
No gobbling from this one... Transgender! Thinking OEM
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Post by omegahunter on Apr 15, 2021 12:58:41 GMT -5
Isn't there usually quite a bit of butterweed (yellow blooms) in the ag fields down here in the south by this time? I have hardly seen any up yet this year.
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Post by buckbuster13 on Apr 16, 2021 16:25:28 GMT -5
Heavy snow forecasted for Tuesday night Wednesday morning, will this make any impact on opening day? I was hoping for warmer weather, guess I will have to break out my heavy camo again.
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Post by greghopper on Apr 16, 2021 17:20:14 GMT -5
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