Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Law Dog]
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02/24/20 10:50 AM
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snowy
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^ I actually had a gobbler come in behind me and gobbled some years back. It scared the living heck out of me, I fell off the chair and broke the paddle on my box call. With all of that the bird stayed the course and I harvested that bird. What a circus it was!!
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Law Dog]
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02/24/20 11:33 AM
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Chamacat
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Yep..I enjoy spring gobbler hunts more than elk hunt's...
I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: snowy]
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02/24/20 11:47 AM
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Chamacat
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^ I actually had a gobbler come in behind me and gobbled some years back. It scared the living heck out of me, I fell off the chair and broke the paddle on my box call. With all of that the bird stayed the course and I harvested that bird. What a circus it was!! Yep..I hear you..I've had them come in quiet and light up next to me...let's you know your alive...LOL
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Law Dog]
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02/24/20 12:33 PM
02/24/20 12:33 PM
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Chamacat
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Yep..Just looked up my turkey draw results..another no draw year...dang the bad luck..LOL However the "OTC"..Over The Counter hunts are still a go..
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Posco]
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02/24/20 12:40 PM
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~ADC~
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I don't even like turkey hunting but I go shoot one every year since our DNR forces me to buy a license so I can take my boy to let him shoot one on his tag. I can take him deer hunting without a deer tag for myself but not a turkey. Embrace the gobble. Nothing like it. Too boring for me. Setting around and waiting bores me to death, bow hunting deer is the same thing. Its great when the deer/turkeys are there but the rest of the time it sucks - IMHO.
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Law Dog]
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02/24/20 12:51 PM
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Chamacat
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Yep..Never hunted easterns..I'd get bored to if that's how one hunts them back east..sitting around all day..In fact I agree I wouldn't even hunt them..LOL
I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Chamacat]
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02/24/20 01:20 PM
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Bruce T
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Yep..Never hunted easterns..I'd get bored to if that's how one hunts them back east..sitting around all day..In fact I agree I wouldn't even hunt them..LOL Actually the best way is to roost them then set up as close as possible the following morning to call one in as they fly down off the roost.Very exciting way to hunt and very safe.
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: ~ADC~]
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02/24/20 01:26 PM
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Posco
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Too boring for me. Setting around and waiting bores me to death, bow hunting deer is the same thing. Its great when the deer/turkeys are there but the rest of the time it sucks - IMHO. I'm with you on the waiting but I'm much more patient waiting out a deer on stand than I am sitting there wondering if I have a gobbler working my way. I run & gun quite a bit if the birds aren't talking much. I'm with Law Dog...there's not much more exciting than hearing a fired-up old gobbler talking smack to ya.
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Law Dog]
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02/24/20 01:38 PM
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illinideer
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Will try for 2 here at home in Illinois. We have a decent population here right now since I started trapping our turkey hunting has really improved for our family and neighbor. Way more birds to chase. I'm going to try and harvest a bird with my moms old JC Higgens pump 12 ga 2 3/4. Last year I took s bird with my grandfather 12 ga double and dads 16 ga double both stevens mod 311 J
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Bruce T]
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02/24/20 02:03 PM
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Chamacat
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Yep..Never hunted easterns..I'd get bored to if that's how one hunts them back east..sitting around all day..In fact I agree I wouldn't even hunt them..LOL Actually the best way is to roost them then set up as close as possible the following morning to call one in as they fly down off the roost.Very exciting way to hunt and very safe. Yep..That's how I try and do it out here..Start the day out right...
I can catch them here...I can catch them ANYWHERE
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Law Dog]
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02/24/20 02:07 PM
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The Beav
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1st year I missed the lottery date. Know I will have to wait and get some left overs on line or go stand In line at the DNR service center.
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Bruce T]
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02/24/20 02:10 PM
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Law Dog
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Yep..Never hunted easterns..I'd get bored to if that's how one hunts them back east..sitting around all day..In fact I agree I wouldn't even hunt them..LOL Actually the best way is to roost them then set up as close as possible the following morning to call one in as they fly down off the roost.Very exciting way to hunt and very safe. Yep then running and gunning after that nothing like a good hike in the forest the down time is reflection time for me. Most folks won’t hunt a 2nd time with me I go where the birds are even if it’s straight up or down I’m going. LOL
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Bruce T]
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02/24/20 02:15 PM
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Posco
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Actually the best way is to roost them then set up as close as possible the following morning to call one in as they fly down off the roost.Very exciting way to hunt and very safe. I roosted one. More like four or five of them. I didn't know they were in the tree above me until one of them crapped on me right at daybreak. Hazard of bowhunting deer.
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Re: Spring turkey
[Re: Posco]
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02/24/20 03:11 PM
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Bruce T
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Actually the best way is to roost them then set up as close as possible the following morning to call one in as they fly down off the roost.Very exciting way to hunt and very safe. I roosted one. More like four or five of them. I didn't know they were in the tree above me until one of them crapped on me right at daybreak. Hazard of bowhunting deer. Lol at least you was sneaky enough.
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