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Post by hoosier on Oct 1, 2005 20:19:42 GMT -5
Curious..............
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 1, 2005 20:22:19 GMT -5
I came very, very close. I had 7 hens around me this evening. Just not quite in the right place and the right time.. |
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Post by jajwrigh on Oct 1, 2005 22:31:46 GMT -5
I had the same group of turkeys come near me 3 diferent times before roosting. I am comfortable at 40 yards but they were a bit further. Close but no cigar for now...
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Post by reynoldss on Oct 2, 2005 5:19:31 GMT -5
No....."skunked" However, I can tell you guys what not to do if a group of 5 long beards are out in the middle of a field chasing each other as if they were playing tag.......DON'T GIVE A QUIET SERIES OF 4 TO 5 YELPS FOLLOWED WITH A COUPLE OF CLUCKS. Is it a dry gulch situation for longbeards?  Any suggestions, cause I would really like to put my tag on the biggest on of this group. |
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Post by mbogo on Oct 3, 2005 6:58:43 GMT -5
Had I not been completely focused on a quickly departing doe I would have had a great opportunity at a nice tom before he decided to depart quickly as well.
If it were me I would find out exactly where they are roosting and set an evening ambush there.
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Post by oneshot on Oct 4, 2005 15:17:21 GMT -5
No....."skunked" However, I can tell you guys what not to do if a group of 5 long beards are out in the middle of a field chasing each other as if they were playing tag.......DON'T GIVE A QUIET SERIES OF 4 TO 5 YELPS FOLLOWED WITH A COUPLE OF CLUCKS. Is it a dry gulch situation for longbeards? Any suggestions, cause I would really like to put my tag on the biggest on of this group. Dry a few gobbler yelps. maybe a jake decoy to work on the dominance factor. |
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Post by oneshot on Oct 4, 2005 15:17:46 GMT -5
No....."skunked" However, I can tell you guys what not to do if a group of 5 long beards are out in the middle of a field chasing each other as if they were playing tag.......DON'T GIVE A QUIET SERIES OF 4 TO 5 YELPS FOLLOWED WITH A COUPLE OF CLUCKS. Is it a dry gulch situation for longbeards? Any suggestions, cause I would really like to put my tag on the biggest on of this group. Dry a few gobbler yelps. maybe a jake decoy to work on the dominance factor. |
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Post by kevin1 on Oct 4, 2005 16:22:12 GMT -5
Haven't seen any so far .
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Post by hornzilla on Oct 4, 2005 20:27:22 GMT -5
Still have 5 Tom's in mind, after this weekend, I will be done racing, so look out Mr. Longbeard.
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Post by duff on Oct 5, 2005 15:04:54 GMT -5
Brother in law from Laport Co. called this morning. He got a deer Sun morning and got a hen this morning. I say he is off to one heck of a start. He said he caught the whole thing on tape as the hen worked his calls and dekes just perfectly. He shot it with mechanicals and the arrow made it through the bird but not all the way.
Needless to say his head is probaly the size of a hot air baloon now!!!! I know mine would be.
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Post by hoosier on Oct 24, 2005 19:04:35 GMT -5
Well..................I Blew it Saturday p.m. !!!!!!!! Had a nice jake at what I thought had to be 30 yards,shot with that pin and watched my arrow fly harmlessly right over his back. GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be back.  |
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Post by cambygsp on Oct 24, 2005 19:33:26 GMT -5
Well..................I Blew it this p.m. !!!!!!!! Had a nice jake at what I thought had to be 30 yards,shot with that pin and watched my arrow fly harmlessly right over his back. GGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be back. The 2005 Indiana fall turkey season ended one half hour after sunset on SUNDAY October 23, 2005 |
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Post by hoosier on Oct 24, 2005 21:38:10 GMT -5
This happened Saturday evening. Why all the confusion?
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Post by hoosier on Oct 24, 2005 21:43:55 GMT -5
Ohhhh, I see!! I meant to put Saturday evening, not "this". Ha, this must seem fishy, but it was on Sat. I was on another forum sharing a different story and must have gotten confused. Sorry guys. I would still like to know how the successful here called any turkeys this time of the year. I mainly tried spot-and-stalk tactics. It was a lot of fun but made me pull out my hair more than once. Also did anyone see many or any long-beards to speak of.?
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 24, 2005 21:45:21 GMT -5
This happened Saturday evening. Why all the confusion? I guess because you posted it today and said "this PM" we jumped to the conclusion that you were still hunting turkeys. I'll delete my post.. |
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 24, 2005 21:49:00 GMT -5
I only sat up once in a ground blind with decoys in a dusting area. I called mostly with lost hen yelPs and a few kee-kee runs.
NADA..
I tried the same calls while deer hunting..
NADA again...
My only run in with turkeys was happenstance and they didn't come quite close enough.
I'll get them come spring..
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Post by cambygsp on Oct 24, 2005 22:08:20 GMT -5
We never called them.
We had been seeing them on several hunts and just kept trying to set up on where we thought they would be.
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Post by hoosier on Oct 24, 2005 22:18:54 GMT -5
camby, how many long-beards?
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Post by cambygsp on Oct 24, 2005 22:22:46 GMT -5
In the flock?
There were 30+ birds in the flock we were hunting and 4-5 of them were toms. The toms seemed to keep their distance from the rest of the birds, most in the flock were juveniles.
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Any suggestions, cause I would really like to put my tag on the biggest on of this group.
