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Post by Woody Williams on May 8, 2010 7:46:21 GMT -5
highcottonguide's thread enthused me to go try one more time... huntingindiana.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=turkey&action=display&thread=32177Due to the small acreage that I have to hunt on "runnin and gunnin" is out of the question. All I can do is set up in a pop up blind on a "strut field'. I sat for 4 hours yesterday and the only live thing I saw was the 4 ticks I picked off of me. Indiana has been a bust this year. About 40 hours of sitting and I had seen two hens.. that is it. I'm working the Postal Food drive today and church tomorrow so it is over for me... thank goodness. Good luck to all those still out there after them. |
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Post by daworz on May 8, 2010 10:12:12 GMT -5
Well Woody knowbody said you have'nt tried? I to was going to give it one more try today, but after moving my son Home from Purdue yesterday, and now this Cold front and this 35mph wind iam done as well, being my 1st year i had a blast, had a Gobbler come into me but could'nt close the deal, But man was it a Rush of excitiment when he sounded off, I dont Fall hunt as iam consumed by my Love for Deer Hunting... But I'll be back at them Next Spring as will many of us.....
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Post by freedomhunter on May 8, 2010 10:15:20 GMT -5
been a year to forget in Indiana for most hunters, I know several guys that have killed for 10 years in a row or better until this year
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Post by danf on May 8, 2010 12:39:02 GMT -5
Season's not even a week old here. We've got until the end of the month, but have to quit at noon. Went out for the first time this morning and sat in the blind in the middle of the rain storm. Saw nothing but songbirds and a deer when I left. Never heard the first bird either, but from what I've been seeing mentioned elsewhere, the birds have been staying rather quiet in these parts.
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Post by hornharvester on May 8, 2010 13:55:21 GMT -5
I came home Monday afternoon from southern Indiana and due to my health and the terrain I was hunting I conceded for this year. We'll see what next year brings and then I will decide if I can hunt or not. h.h.
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Post by firelt72 on May 8, 2010 19:01:20 GMT -5
The move killed me and the time I could commit to hunting....I blew two legitimate set ups myself and had two or three serious ones I though would work. I passed on a shot at a mature tom last week....he gobbled and came within 40yds. My problem was I was 15 yards in the woods and there were some small saplings around and a tight area to shoot through and he was 25 yards on someone's property I wasn't hunting. Maybe some of you would have taken the shoot...I thought about it and couldn't do it....I may still hit another state, but it doesn't look good.
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Post by beehunter on May 8, 2010 20:07:14 GMT -5
Why do you assume some of us would take the illegal shot?
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Post by diehard on May 8, 2010 22:57:26 GMT -5
Why do you assume some of us would take the illegal shot? because he is right. and he did say ''maybe'' . you can't really believe everyone on this site is 100 percent totally honest /legal ?  that would make them a saint ,right ? look on your other shoulder.......that's where the little red horned devil is that tempts us ALL. it's up to each of us to choose the right path. firelt72 made the right choice,but he thought about it....as i would have,and there are others here too. too many jerry springer fans here too.  |
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Post by deerdude on May 9, 2010 6:15:28 GMT -5
man dont feel bad. i had a tom come in the first day i got to go out and put on a heck of a show out of range and wouldnt come in any further.then we he left 2 jakes came in to the same spot.probably over called when i saw him comming in.(novice mistake)but it was really cool watching one go into a full strut was shaking like a leaf on a tree.
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Post by freedomhunter on May 9, 2010 15:15:04 GMT -5
only real action I had was in Kentucky first two weekends, hunted the wrong spot here the first couple days and then it just plain stunk everywhere I went for two weeks, not hardly any gobbling, no birds using fields
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Post by gobblerstopper on May 12, 2010 6:35:07 GMT -5
Had my buddy up from Florida again before/after we went to Nebraska trying to get him his first eastern. A couple of more in range that didn't die again this year. It think next year I may have to take the first shot and at least let him see what an eastern looks like flopping. ;D
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