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Post by Woody Williams on May 10, 2010 17:34:36 GMT -5
What's the closest a turkey got to you this season, shot or no shot?
I had a half dozen hens at 15 yards.
A gobbler at 30-35 yards but I could not see him because of a rise..
The only gobbler I had in the open was at 55 yards.... he rode home with me..
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Post by antiwheeze on May 10, 2010 17:35:34 GMT -5
the bottom of my foot ;D
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Post by swilk on May 10, 2010 17:36:47 GMT -5
lol ..... ;D
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Post by swilk on May 10, 2010 17:37:56 GMT -5
The tom I killed was at about 30 yards ..... he was the closest I got to a bird this year.
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Post by Woody Williams on May 10, 2010 17:38:56 GMT -5
LOL... now THAT is funny.. ;D I'm talking about BEFORE the shot..
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Post by HighCotton on May 10, 2010 17:58:20 GMT -5
I had a ton of hens come to the call this year. The closest hen came right up to the blind and went on by. Less than a couple feet. I ranged my closest gobbler at 62 yards. After heeding the advice of many on this site, I went out and bought some hevi-shot and readily conviced myself after a "pattern session" that I was good to at least 55 yards. However, I never had a gobbler come in range after that.
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Post by beehunter on May 10, 2010 18:02:05 GMT -5
I shot my hen at around 20 yds on the first day of spring season.
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Post by beehunter on May 10, 2010 18:07:28 GMT -5
Just kiddin, to be more specific she was a bearded hen.
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Post by daworz on May 10, 2010 18:13:42 GMT -5
Last Wed am i had 3 hens walk about 15' from me and boy were they noisey!
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Post by schall53 on May 10, 2010 19:46:46 GMT -5
I had a hen that I brought back in 3 times, the last time she came up and walked completely around the blind and even pecked the side twice, looking for the noisey hen that was sassing her. I can't believe she couldn't hear me snickering from inside.
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Post by freedomhunter on May 10, 2010 19:58:41 GMT -5
had jakes and hens at less than 20, gobbler at 55, been there done that, tried to get him closer for a friend to shoot, no dice this year, over it, bring on the deer
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Post by tenring on May 10, 2010 20:47:39 GMT -5
Hen at 8 feet.
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Post by hp on May 10, 2010 21:05:33 GMT -5
2ft to my left, poked his head around the side of the tree i had my back against, and the real kickeris my boy was between my legs and didn't see him, had to let him and the other 2 walk away,once they got outta sight i repostioned the boy and made one purr ,they did an about face and came to within 20yds. The boy shot his first bird that morn. What a hunt!!!
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Post by matahone on May 10, 2010 22:52:58 GMT -5
Killed my tom at 13 yards, no hens this year.
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Post by oneshot on May 11, 2010 6:12:04 GMT -5
I had a hen at about 6 feet yelping her head off while doing circles in front of my DSD hen. Killed my gobbler at 20 yds. with a bow.
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Post by lonniephillips on May 11, 2010 6:52:19 GMT -5
We had a few hens with in 20 yards No Tom's with in 50 ( i'm guessing here)
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Post by turkeyscout on May 11, 2010 7:14:15 GMT -5
two jakes at 38 yards, not a good season for sweet owen county, did not see or hear many gobblers , but i was out there several days and I tryed 4 different locations and still no honey hole ,thats "why we call it hunting".....you just got to love it!!!...... .........turkey scout
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Post by BOBinIN on May 11, 2010 10:03:40 GMT -5
Early opening morning I had 2 jakes at less than 15 yards. Later in the season I took my Tom at 10 yards with the muzzleloader. He slipped in quietly from behind me and got to within kissing distance of my hen decoy before I caught him with his tail up and his pants down, then I made some smoke fly...ruined his whole day.
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Post by quikfire on May 11, 2010 11:18:11 GMT -5
Here in Indiana i had the tom i killed walk with in 15 feet of my blind. In Michigan last weekend had 3 toms with in 3 feet of the blind, 2 toms didn't make it out alive as me and my buddy got a double.
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Post by gobblerstopper on May 12, 2010 6:36:51 GMT -5
Had three jakes on two occasions at about 6 feet in Nebraska. They were strutting and gobbling while they looked "around" me for the hen.
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