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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 14, 2011 18:39:38 GMT -5
Looks like my season was a bust! I did have a swing and a miss at a long beard tuesday morning. He was just over forty yards and on the move trying to catch up with his lady friend. Although I am leaving the woods this season empty handed, I still consider is a success. I got to see multiple birds, found some good strut zones, and learned alot about how the birds on my property like to move. And on a side note, whatever sports writers out there like to tell their readers that birds are easy to pattern, needs kicked right square in the shins! LOL! No bird, but a GREAT time in the woods!
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Post by HillBillyJeff on May 14, 2011 21:42:14 GMT -5
They are really easy to pattern.......there is no pattern lmao!!!
Up until second day this season I had mine patterned fairly well. I have found out that if you hunt after opening day, that pattern changes a great deal. Even then I had a pair of toms do the same thing two days in a row. When I set up on the third day to ambush them, they come out and go the other way. So much for creatures of habit.
If they pattern like they did last fall during bow season for deer, I will set up and try to arrow me a tom. I hear its a bigger rush than with a gun.
I never thought a bird would give me a bigger thrill than a deer, but these birds have. And it isn't even like looking for a big rack. Plus all their sign they leave is left during hunting hours!!
I just noticed Jasper County.....me too!!!!
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Post by drs on May 15, 2011 6:33:14 GMT -5
While, I didn't hunt Turkey this season, I did manage to get one from......Wal-Mart already dressed & frozen. ;D
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Post by Ahawkeye on May 15, 2011 15:59:51 GMT -5
Tag soup here too!
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Post by wileyonetoo on May 15, 2011 16:10:52 GMT -5
Me too, but I have only been able to hunt this weekend. Saw several birds but couldn't get them to come in. Had a coyote come in to our calls last night (after he busted the birds out of the field) and he stopped about 5 yards from me. Had a nice young buck come within 10 yards of us this morning. He stopped and checked out our dekes. He knew something wasn't right and took off, flag flying and blowing all the way. So no bird but a very cool two days in the woods.
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Post by hunter7x on May 16, 2011 8:28:52 GMT -5
I took mine with a lick of salt and a lemon slice.
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Post by racktracker on May 16, 2011 10:37:26 GMT -5
Lots of "close but no cigars" for me
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Post by Greenedog on May 16, 2011 11:29:10 GMT -5
I took mine with a lick of salt and a lemon slice. ;D Same here. This is the first spring tag I've had to eat. Didn't taste very good.
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Post by ski on May 16, 2011 11:47:37 GMT -5
Same story here... glad to have others to commiserate with!
My three day public hunt was only good on the last day after rain and wind. I heard gobbles around me in the morning, then nothing until I was walking out while leaving a bit early for work. One was gobbling it's head off not far from the parking area. I was torn to try a stalk to it, but there was another truck in the lot and I chose not to. Leaving for home, I had the first bitter tastes of the Tag Soup.
A good friend then offered to allow me to hunt on his property, which is not overly large, but a great spot for turkeys. With the recent rains, I really felt I needed 4WD to confidently park there. I sure missed having a Four Wheeler and will get one in the future.
I did learn a lot in my first bow hunts for turkey and will get one this fall...
Cary
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Post by irishhunter on May 16, 2011 13:09:40 GMT -5
Who flipped the switch Friday? I had gobbllin all over the place leading up to Friday , went out Friday evening locate and got nada , hunted Sat am , nada
It was a nice morning but no gobblers did kill a big snake - his skin is drying now LOL
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Post by rabbit on May 23, 2011 19:01:41 GMT -5
Third year in a row for me not to get one in Indiana! Third year to not even hear a bird in my normal hunting area! I did hear one in Harrison county but that was it!
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Post by drs on May 24, 2011 5:09:47 GMT -5
After our Turkey Season ended, two huge Toms were out in my back yard around 50 feet from my porch!!!
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