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Post by tmarsh83 on May 15, 2007 7:25:16 GMT -5
miserable, and loved it...that sucks...
never laid eyes on a bird...heard em...never saw em...
don't see how it gets much worse...
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Post by cambygsp on May 15, 2007 7:34:31 GMT -5
I was great until I was peppered with buckshot. None broke the skin and the poachers did not even hit the bird. Was that in Martinsville? You've had trouble there before aint ya? |
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Post by woody1071 on May 15, 2007 9:02:28 GMT -5
Good, but not great.
I could have shot a jake on opening day. I ended up getting a double bearded 22 lb. tom the last day at 7:30. Getting that tom was great. The action I had between opening day and the last day was very, very quiet.
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Post by turk2di on May 15, 2007 17:16:04 GMT -5
Went great. Bagged 3 birds, visited a NWTF message board friend in Missouri & was off work for 3 weeks!
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Post by hoosierwilk on May 17, 2007 7:18:04 GMT -5
Fantastic season I think. Tagged out in Kansas and Kentucky and took a nice bird in Indiana. Watched my son take a hoss of a bird and called in one for my best friend. I hate that its over. hw
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Post by oneshot on May 17, 2007 18:20:47 GMT -5
Great season. couldn't have been better.
Birds gobbling like crazy. Bow killed my second gobbler this year. the first was 2 years ago.
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Post by gobblerfreak on May 19, 2007 10:27:21 GMT -5
 I cant complain about my season much, except it was awful short. Tagged out at 7:30 a.m. opening morning with a once in a lifetime 23 lb. Tom with 27mm spurs and 2 thick 11" beards. Luckily I got to hunt with my Uncle 4 more days after I got mine, so that helped.
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Post by booner1331 on May 19, 2007 15:10:15 GMT -5
GREAT.............. was done in 2 hours.
couldn't get my wife, son or a buddy on one though
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Post by JohnSmiles on May 19, 2007 16:08:54 GMT -5
All in all, it was a very good season. Lots of gobbling, several hung up out of range, several made me, I missed my first bird and the one I finally took I watched for almost an hour before deciding a jake was better than hot dogs. ;D Now, with my first bird FINALLY under my belt, maybe next year a longer beard and some bigger spurs might be nice.  Bring em on!  |
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Post by rabbit on May 19, 2007 20:42:09 GMT -5
I had fun but never heard a gobble after the first Friday. My bird was 23 1/2 lbs with 23mm spurs 10 3/4 in beard. Never did git my son a bird. Season down south here needs to start about two weeks earlier. The last 4 years have been the same way.
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Post by mullis56 on May 19, 2007 21:38:00 GMT -5
All in all, it was a very good season. Lots of gobbling, several hung up out of range, several made me, I missed my first bird and the one I finally took I watched for almost an hour before deciding a jake was better than hot dogs. ;D Now, with my first bird FINALLY under my belt, maybe next year a longer beard and some bigger spurs might be nice. Bring em on! My opinion is why shoot a jake? It is like shooting an immature buck, shot a doe or in this case shot a hen, that isn't legal though! |
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Post by Woody Williams on May 19, 2007 21:58:17 GMT -5
All in all, it was a very good season. Lots of gobbling, several hung up out of range, several made me, I missed my first bird and the one I finally took I watched for almost an hour before deciding a jake was better than hot dogs. ;D Now, with my first bird FINALLY under my belt, maybe next year a longer beard and some bigger spurs might be nice. Bring em on! My opinion is why shoot a jake? It is like shooting an immature buck, shot a doe or in this case shot a hen, that isn't legal though! My opinion..... why not? It is a legal turkey and it is turkey season, not "mature" turkey season. To each his own.. |
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Post by Decatur on May 20, 2007 5:46:47 GMT -5
I would have voted for absolutely terrible, since I never got to go. :-(
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Post by bsutravis on May 20, 2007 6:06:23 GMT -5
My first gobbler ever was a jake, but that was the only time I took one. I had one in my sights at 10' this season, and had I known I was gonna eat tag soup I might have been more inclined to squeeze just a tiny-bit to see if the gun would fire.....but nah, let the silly jake grow up so he makes lots of racket next season. Nothing wrong with it, just a personal preference....... sorta like the whole shooting 'em on the roost thread we had cookin' a while back. |
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Post by JohnSmiles on May 20, 2007 23:47:44 GMT -5
Hey, if its late in the season next year, I will still take a jake. I missed a decent bird this year by getting busted from just a few yards away by 3 toms while I was watching a 4th tom strut, and then taking a shot off the cuff at a running bird maybe 5 yards away. Way too close, and way too off the cuff.  I got a second chance, with a long time to think it over later in the season, and took it. Next year, a jake the first week is safe. His odds of survival lessen as the season winds down. |
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Post by bigkevmorgan on May 23, 2007 13:41:28 GMT -5
Best year but then 1st bird remember any day hunting is better than any day working!!
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I cant complain about my season much, except it was awful short. Tagged out at 7:30 a.m. opening morning with a once in a lifetime 23 lb. Tom with 27mm spurs and 2 thick 11" beards.
