Re: turkeys!!!
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04/04/17 10:42 PM
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Jon T
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Season opened Saturday. I just haven't got out and scouted any this winter. I know where they hung out early this winter, because they were CONSTANTLY knocking over and emptying my DPs, but they move every year right before turkey season opens, and I am never able to locate them.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/05/17 04:41 PM
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We have enough of them that its not a problem to locate them. There are usually about 100 in every field you look. They are waaaaaaaay too thick around here. They will follow planters and pick the seeds out right after they are put in the ground. what are you waiting for??? thanksgiving dinner is just one trigger pull away
-Lydia
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/05/17 04:44 PM
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Season opened Saturday. I just haven't got out and scouted any this winter. I know where they hung out early this winter, because they were CONSTANTLY knocking over and emptying my DPs, but they move every year right before turkey season opens, and I am never able to locate them. hmm that sounds tough.. It was the same thing over here.. Turkeys were sparse, and then one day i was thinking about turkey hunting and if we actually had some, all of a sudden they showed up! A flock would walk right through our front yard all the time! and now there is a good population around here. Now the running joke is that whatever animal I want to hunt, that species just shows up at our house my dad told me never to take up moose hunting
-Lydia
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/05/17 11:12 PM
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coonfinder
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I'm going out Saturday Morning Hopefully
All life demands a struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy,selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/12/17 10:08 PM
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I just roosted some gobblers last night. Me and a buddy are going again tomorrow night. Hopefully it will be a productive hunt!
All life demands a struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy,selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/13/17 11:00 PM
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Called in 2 Tona tonight. They hung up at 100 yds. One disappeared and the other worked his way around us on private land that we couldn't hunt and to a ridge to the rear of us. Just gobbling his head off!! He hung up on that ridge going back and forth on it for some time! I'm going to try and go again on Saturday morning. Hopefully it will produce. I'm just ready to tag my first turkey.
All life demands a struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy,selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/17/17 12:41 AM
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Finally shot my first turkey. Not a great bird. He was a young one. But still a first bird
All life demands a struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy,selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/22/17 02:41 PM
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Alexia
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I went for turkeys for the first time today. I saw where they had been scratching around. I did get my gun loaded but that was it. No turkeys appeared or answered the call.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/26/17 12:47 PM
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congrats PA on your turkey!!!! thats awesome
-Lydia
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/26/17 08:28 PM
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Gonna be going to OH, in a few weeks to visit my moms cousins and hunt with my sister
Get it, Skin it, Flesh it, Pin it, The life of a trapper.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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05/07/17 07:11 PM
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robert.d12
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had a tom at 10 yards and couldn't get a shot. Still thinkin bout that? Lol. I know how it feels. Theres some of them moments i still kick myself over had a tree right next to me, and couldn't turn my gun around
The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
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Re: turkeys!!!
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03/21/18 10:03 PM
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robert.d12
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Can't wait! Saw a nice tom strutting on our property a few days ago. Wish we didn't have to wait till May first.
The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
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Re: turkeys!!!
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03/21/18 10:04 PM
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robert.d12
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I'd like to get one with my 870 then try to see if I can get at least a jake with my new bow.
The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
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Re: turkeys!!!
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03/22/18 09:27 AM
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robert.d12
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This is my first season not being able to hunt the weekend before during the youth hunt. But it is still pretty good hunting the first couple weeks of may.
The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/18/18 01:00 PM
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Ave
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Season starts on Saturday. Can’t wait to get out.
Ave don't go where the beaver don't flow
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/18/18 01:38 PM
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Plum Billy
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I wish we had turkey up here. But I suppose as much as I want to hunt turkey, and deer, and elk, you guys want to hunt Dall Sheep, and Moose, and Caribou. Good Luck to all hunting!
Life is hard; but it is harder if you are stupid.
John Wayne
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/18/18 06:42 PM
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Plum Billy
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LOL Possum. I know what you mean. For example on occasion I will go grouse hunting, and not see a thing. Then the next day I will be driving my car to work and there will be one right there in the middle of the road pecking the gravel. Actually funny story about Ptarmigan(similar to grouse) and a town AK, goes like this: The Town of Chicken was once the mining hub for the Fortymile district. In 1886, ten years before the Klondike Gold Rush, gold was discovered on Franklin Creek and the community of Chicken was founded.In the late 1800's, early miners traveled far in search of gold. Food was sometimes scarce, but a particular area near the South Fork of the 40-Mile River was abundant in Ptarmigan, now the state bird which bears a resemblance to a chicken. The miners kept themselves alive with the help of the Ptarmigan (if you consider being eaten as helping.)
As the story goes, the miners wanted to name the town 'Ptarmigan' after the bird which is common in the area, and had helped them through the hard times. Unfortunately, people couldn't agree on how to spell it! They also didn't want to be ridiculed for misspelling the town name. Finally they settled with the easier name of Chicken. The name stuck and so has the community, despite an up-and-down history of mining in the Fortymile district. This is a true story and is on the city's web page(You can see they have smartened up a bit). But I digress; back to turkeys! Just out of curiosity, having never hunted turkey, how do you typically hunt them? I imagine they are similar to other birds, kind of like our ptarmigan.
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Life is hard; but it is harder if you are stupid.
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/18/18 08:43 PM
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Plum Billy
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That is awesome! I completely agree with you, the time out in the woods is worth it, especially is you have the excuse of hunting, trapping or fishing.
Life is hard; but it is harder if you are stupid.
John Wayne
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/21/18 09:56 AM
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I went out too. Congrats on the jake Pa k9 trapper. I had a nice tom hang up at 70 yards. He was coming in to the decoys when a hen popped up to our left. He chose her over the decoys and followed her instead lol. Oh well maybe next time
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/24/18 07:34 PM
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Went out last Saturday and called one. Got it to gobble like he had a thousand hens coming to him. When we went to get ready to shoot he stopped. I don't know if he got spooked or got disinterested. Can't wait for Saturday to come!!!
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/28/18 07:56 AM
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Ave
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We had one come in this morning full strut all the way. As soon as he saw the jake decoy with a hen he started to charge. I took the shot at 12 yards and dropped him. He had 2 beards, one that was 11 1/4 and one that was 8 1/4. I’ve been thinking about getting him mounted lol. Anybody else been out?
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Re: turkeys!!!
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04/28/18 03:54 PM
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robert.d12
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Got this today! Nice bird! Season opens Tuesday here, can't wait!
The beauty of the second amendment is it wont be needed until they try to take it. -Thomas Jefferson
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