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Post by HuntMeister on May 5, 2008 20:48:12 GMT -5
A farm I have been hunting this season was just loaded with birds prior to season and we saw several opening morning. Mid afternoon same day the farmer comes down in the field with his tractor with disc & amonia tank in tow. They worked the fields for a couple of days and we didn't get back there until this past saturday morning and we didn't see or hear a single bird.
My question, would the amonia have run them out of the area?
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Post by mullis56 on May 5, 2008 21:09:29 GMT -5
YES~
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Post by quackingtim on May 5, 2008 21:31:58 GMT -5
Runs me out too. That stuff is nasty.
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Post by lonniephillips on May 5, 2008 22:30:29 GMT -5
I have hunted many locations over the last 15 years or so
I have ben to a great hunting spot opening 3 days aand heard numrouse birds everywhere
then in just a 5 day time frame I couldn't buy another gobble on the place all year
that is why I like to have several locations to hunt ( even is it's public) , if they ain't gobbling here maybe they will be on one of the other spots
it's worked more times than I can even begin to tell you
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Post by turkeyscout on May 6, 2008 6:31:58 GMT -5
i think the same thing happen in the area me and my grandson hunt, always have another place and plan in mind, we are on plan k in hunting the wild turkey, we got one more week-end to have fun and its' fishing time for us..turkey scout
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Post by oneshot on May 6, 2008 8:34:21 GMT -5
I don't believe the turkeys really went anywhere.
they might avoid that field for a couple days but hey...they are use to seeing farmers and tractors. Just because you didn't hear anything does not mean that they are not there. Turkeys love fresh dirt.
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Post by dadfsr on May 6, 2008 14:11:19 GMT -5
I'll agree on the ammonia application turning the turkey off. Had the same thing happen to me for several years on an area I used to hunt. But the turkey were still in the woods -just wouldn't come out in the field again until the corn would start sprouting.
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Post by mullis56 on May 6, 2008 15:25:09 GMT -5
They don't like dirt fields. They struted all day everyday in a field up until the plowed it and haven't seen a bird in it since, that holds true nearly every yeaer.
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Post by HuntMeister on May 6, 2008 18:32:27 GMT -5
That was my suspicion, thanks guys!
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Post by Greenedog on May 7, 2008 21:52:49 GMT -5
They don't like dirt fields. They struted all day everyday in a field up until the plowed it and haven't seen a bird in it since, that holds true nearly every yeaer. I agree that the birds don't like the open dirt fields. But the field we hunt the farmer came out and disked one strip around his field only to decide it was too wet and left. The turkey tore that strip up! I also agree about the amonia, after they did this field we didn't see a bird for about a week. |
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