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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 5:01:34 GMT -5
5:58- I'm set up in my best deer hunting spot on my place. It's a high vantage point an I can see a long way from here. I had a lot of turkey's work around me here in deer season. I have a lone hen decoy out. Weather is ideal. Waiting on the first gobbles. Sky is lightening. Whip-poor-wills are calling all around me. Neat morning!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 5:06:34 GMT -5
6:05- first roost gobble. Several hundred yards west.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 5:18:26 GMT -5
6:17-several birds hammering pretty good now. Got a couple that aren't too far off. Probably 150-200 yds.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 5:29:14 GMT -5
6:52--gobbling EVERYWHERE! I have 3 different birds answering my calls. They are pretty close. Love mornings like this. Half a dozen other birds gobbling further off.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 6:58:41 GMT -5
Screwed the pooch!
Started calling more aggressively at about 7:30. Two gobblers fired up. A second later I saw them coming on the run! I don't know if the saw me or my decoy spooked them, but they hit the brakes at about75 yards and started nervously putting. They ended up walking around through the woods in front of me. I called and they started hammering again. They got out in front of me at 42 yards and gobbled again. I had what I thought was a clear shot at one of them. I shot. They took off. I either flat missed or hit some limbs. I went and looked and there was no sign I'd hit anything. First time I've ever missed a turkey. I got impatient. Should have waited for abetter shot. Now I sit here and wait (kicking myself) hoping more birds will come by later. I ditched the decoy. Did not like their reaction to it.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2014 7:13:09 GMT -5
Sounds like an exciting morning regardless of the pooch..
I doubt those two will be back anytime soon, but hearing that many other birds you've got a good chance of one of them coming by.,
Thanks for the report - I've got some honey does and great grandson ball game this morning but will be back out this afternoon. .. Only earlier than yesterday .
good luck..
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Apr 26, 2014 7:22:44 GMT -5
They are not liking the decoys right now for some reason. Opening morning, 2 toms did just exactly that, froze when they saw the decoy and walked away.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 7:35:09 GMT -5
8:30--Ive got another tom working pretty close...haven't seen him yet.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 8:09:03 GMT -5
9:07- have not heard that last tom for a while. He has either gone the other way or shut up. Keep hoping he'll pop out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 11:01:16 GMT -5
I am changing venues for afternoon. Headed to Metamora. Fantastic morning in Dearborn County!
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Post by cwagener on Apr 26, 2014 11:41:07 GMT -5
Good luck. Stuck at the station, not going to get to back out until Tuesday. Have a safe hunt.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2014 15:02:10 GMT -5
I'm back on the food plot where I had the two fiascos yesterday at 3:45 PM. I got here at 1:45 PM today so I'm hoping they do a repeat to the field.
Time will tell..
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2014 15:20:56 GMT -5
Good luck, Woody. I haven't seen or heard a thing in the afternoon yesterday or today. The afternoon wind is really on my nerves. I should have stayed in the woods at my place, but I had to get something to eat so, since I had to walk back down my "mountain" to camp, I decided to fire up the truck and change settings. I'm going to hunt my place again in the morning. Won't be able to hunt again until next weekend if I can't close the deal in the morning.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2014 16:20:01 GMT -5
It's been slow here this afternoon but a hunter guiding a young lady on the adjacent property heard a bunch of birds here this morning
The old saying is - Just because he doesn't gobble doesn't mean he isn't there..
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Post by antiwheeze on Apr 26, 2014 17:57:59 GMT -5
Screwed the pooch! Started calling more aggressively at about 7:30. Two gobblers fired up. A second later I saw them coming on the run! I don't know if the saw me or my decoy spooked them, but they hit the brakes at about75 yards and started nervously putting. They ended up walking around through the woods in front of me. I called and they started hammering again. They got out in front of me at 42 yards and gobbled again. I had what I thought was a clear shot at one of them. I shot. They took off. I either flat missed or hit some limbs. I went and looked and there was no sign I'd hit anything. First time I've ever missed a turkey. I got impatient. Should have waited for abetter shot. Now I sit here and wait (kicking myself) hoping more birds will come by later. I ditched the decoy. Did not like their reaction to it. My decoy made my hunt. tom stuck his head up over a log to see my foam hen. And guess what, as much as I hate to admit it my first shot was a clean miss but the bird was confused and still fixated on the decoy. The follow up shot was better  . |
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2014 18:20:40 GMT -5
Screwed the pooch! Started calling more aggressively at about 7:30. Two gobblers fired up. A second later I saw them coming on the run! I don't know if the saw me or my decoy spooked them, but they hit the brakes at about75 yards and started nervously putting. They ended up walking around through the woods in front of me. I called and they started hammering again. They got out in front of me at 42 yards and gobbled again. I had what I thought was a clear shot at one of them. I shot. They took off. I either flat missed or hit some limbs. I went and looked and there was no sign I'd hit anything. First time I've ever missed a turkey. I got impatient. Should have waited for abetter shot. Now I sit here and wait (kicking myself) hoping more birds will come by later. I ditched the decoy. Did not like their reaction to it. My decoy made my hunt. tom stuck his head up over a log to see my foam hen. And guess what, as much as I hate to admit it my first shot was a clean miss but the bird was confused and still fixated on the decoy. The follow up shot was better . Now THAT was true love...  |
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Post by daworz on Apr 26, 2014 22:49:11 GMT -5
God Luck metamorahunter I m hitting it in the Morning and after reading your post about the decoys I m leaving mine at Home. Good Luck.
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Post by dbd870 on Apr 27, 2014 8:54:58 GMT -5
You can't any any closer than this morning and not have a bird. Had one just behind a rise about 30yds out. He sounded like he was next to my ear when he gobbled; had the gun up and ready to fire when I saw his head poke above it; I held position and held position, nothing. Then I hear him again, except he is obviously farther away; right after then I hear hen yelps. Yep, there go 2 birds in the neighbor's field - that floosey stole my boyfriend!  I also moved John Wayne and sent him in the wrong direction, he may have had a shot on a bird if I had left him where he was on Saturday. Looks like my expert decision making skills displayed during last deer season are carrying over to Turkeys as well. |
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I also moved John Wayne and sent him in the wrong direction, he may have had a shot on a bird if I had left him where he was on Saturday. Looks like my expert decision making skills displayed during last deer season are carrying over to Turkeys as well.