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Monday
Apr 30, 2007 15:53:39 GMT -5
Post by hornharvester on Apr 30, 2007 15:53:39 GMT -5
Set up on a gobbler roosted this morning by accident. Didn't get my blind set up and he started firing off. Way before daylight. He was about 100 yds away. I did some soft clucks every once in a while just to let him know where i was. He gobbled on the roost for 45 minutes and I saw him fly down but away from me. I tried every kind of call i had plus a shock gobble and this bird would not come to me. He gobbled his head off at every thing i tried but wouldn't come in. He gobbled at crows, geese and anything that made a noise. This went on from before daylight to 8:30 and finally I decided to get silent and see if that might get him to come, didn't. He went away from me and I heard him gobble off and on until 11:00. I did see two hens, one around 10:00 and the other at noon. Had to quit at 1:00. I'll be back tomorrow and if hes there I'm going to do two or three soft calls and quit. h.h.
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Monday
Apr 30, 2007 16:06:13 GMT -5
Post by hunter7x on Apr 30, 2007 16:06:13 GMT -5
If you saw him fly off the roost, he probably saw you setting up the blind and those were go to hell gobbles ! LOL
I'd get in earlier and call less.
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Monday
Apr 30, 2007 20:09:31 GMT -5
Post by hornharvester on Apr 30, 2007 20:09:31 GMT -5
It was 86 degrees when i was walking out........it felt like i was in hell. LOL h.h.
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Monday
Apr 30, 2007 20:30:14 GMT -5
Post by Ahawkeye on Apr 30, 2007 20:30:14 GMT -5
I busted one off the roost too today that sucks!
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Monday
May 1, 2007 3:17:22 GMT -5
Post by Woody Williams on May 1, 2007 3:17:22 GMT -5
I had gobbling in behind my blind.
It was three jakes and a hen coming thorugh. Two jakes never broke out of strut the whole time.
The jakes seem to be the dominant birds in that area.
Lack of two year olds???
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Monday
May 1, 2007 3:59:20 GMT -5
Post by cambygsp on May 1, 2007 3:59:20 GMT -5
I was wondering, since we are all having such a difficult time getting a mature bird, should we change the laws to make it easier?
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Monday
May 1, 2007 4:50:33 GMT -5
Post by quackingtim on May 1, 2007 4:50:33 GMT -5
What law would you change?
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Monday
May 1, 2007 6:15:07 GMT -5
Post by jstalljon on May 1, 2007 6:15:07 GMT -5
I had gobbling in behind my blind. It was three jakes and a hen coming thorugh. Two jakes never broke out of strut the whole time. The jakes seem to be the dominant birds in that area. Lack of two year olds??? I've seen many more jakes than mature birds in my outtings as well.
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Monday
May 1, 2007 6:31:31 GMT -5
Post by hunter7x on May 1, 2007 6:31:31 GMT -5
I think (and this is totally my opinion I have no facts what so ever lol ) it's like the young bucks during the rut. The big boys are there and we see and killl them once in a while, but the yound ones are the most visible. Once more of the hens get bred the older birds will start being more visible...and callable.
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Monday
May 1, 2007 8:51:46 GMT -5
Post by larryhagmansliver on May 1, 2007 8:51:46 GMT -5
I like your thought process Hunter7x even if you are completely wrong.
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Monday
May 1, 2007 10:46:32 GMT -5
Post by Woody Williams on May 1, 2007 10:46:32 GMT -5
Something ain't right in my area as there is very little gobbling and very, very few longbeard sightings. The amount of time we have put in you'd think a longbeard would stumble by us on accident. We might bounce back down to KY as it can't be any worse than it is here.
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Monday
May 1, 2007 11:24:51 GMT -5
Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on May 1, 2007 11:24:51 GMT -5
Starting to think there may be some truth to this..Things have to get better,can't get no worse..
Turkey Hunters Have Less To Shoot At
By Network Indiana on Friday, April 27th, 2007 (UNDATED) - Hoosier turkey hunters have begun to take to the woods, but state wildlife biologists say turkey populations are down this season.
A record 13-thousand turkeys were taken by Indiana hunters last year, but wildlife biologist Dean Zimmerman says that total is unlikely this year. Poor weather during the last two brooding seasons has put a dent in turkey populations.
About fifty thousand Hoosiers will hunt turkeys this spring. Zimmerman urges hunters to stay safe by knowing the locations of other hunters. There are twice as many turkey hunters now as there were ten years ago.
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Monday
May 1, 2007 12:34:21 GMT -5
Post by hunter7x on May 1, 2007 12:34:21 GMT -5
I like your thought process Hunter7x even if you are completely wrong. so tell me how you really feel !!
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Monday
May 2, 2007 10:29:48 GMT -5
Post by gobblerfreak on May 2, 2007 10:29:48 GMT -5
We noticed exactly the opposite on our farms. Lots of Mature Gobblers, in fact more than we ever seen. Only saw a few Jakes and they were extremly weary, actually saw a hen chase a couple of Jakes off the pasture and back into the woods once. Also set up my B-Mobile as a Jake and the Gobblers came runnin in !!! Good Luck H.H. Sounds like ya may want to set that blind up a little further away next time, at least now ya know where theyre roostin. I hope ya get him
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Monday
May 2, 2007 13:04:52 GMT -5
Post by bschwein on May 2, 2007 13:04:52 GMT -5
If it were me about 8 o'clock I would have got out of the blind and put the stalk on that bird. Everybodies different I guess!
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Monday
May 2, 2007 15:33:57 GMT -5
Post by larryhagmansliver on May 2, 2007 15:33:57 GMT -5
I like your thought process Hunter7x even if you are completely wrong. so tell me how you really feel !! I'll tell ya how I feel. You need to be right, because I'm huntin this Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Monday
May 3, 2007 14:27:46 GMT -5
Post by hunter7x on May 3, 2007 14:27:46 GMT -5
good luck!
I hope I am too, taking my son and girlfriend all weekend
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