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Posted By: Hunting G
turkeys!!! - 04/04/17 05:37 PM
Yupp! Im ready! Got about 2 weeks to wait here. They have been gobbling like crazy so im excited.
Posted By: NFT
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/04/17 09:02 PM
My season starts the 17th
Posted By: Alexia
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/04/17 11:48 PM
April 29 here.
Posted By: Jon T
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/05/17 03:42 AM
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.
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.
Posted By: Hunting G
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/05/17 09:41 PM
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
Posted By: Hunting G
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/05/17 09:44 PM
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
Season opens next Saturday. I got trapshoot on Saturday so I won't be out til Sunday. I don't have a bow but am looking to get one. Bow season has been open since March 25
Posted By: coonfinder
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/06/17 04:12 AM
I'm going out Saturday Morning Hopefully
Posted By: coonfinder
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/13/17 03:08 AM
I just roosted some gobblers last night. Me and a buddy are going again tomorrow night. Hopefully it will be a productive hunt!
Im going out on saturday if I get the chance, but sunday and monday for sure. I have seen lots of gobblers lately, and they have been gobbling a lot lately
Posted By: coonfinder
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/14/17 04:00 AM
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.
Posted By: coonfinder
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/17/17 05:41 AM
Finally shot my first turkey. Not a great bird. He was a young one. But still a first bird
Awesome! Great job! Pics? Ya shooting big toms are even better, but shooting one that gobbles and responds is even better. I called in 3 jakes yesterday but they hung up at 45 yds at a fence. Goin to give it a go anain this morn
Got my first turkey, first day of youth season! 10-inch beard, 1-inch spurs, 19.2lbs
Posted By: Alexia
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/22/17 07:41 PM
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.
Nice turkey pa!! Good job. Ive been out everyday and seen some but just not what i want.its still early. They arent coming to calls very good but the jakes sure are
Posted By: Hunting G
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/26/17 05:47 PM
congrats PA on your turkey!!!! thats awesome
Posted By: NFT
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/26/17 10:25 PM
Still trying to fill my tag
Gonna be going to OH, in a few weeks to visit my moms cousins and hunt with my sister
Posted By: Hunting G
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/27/17 03:52 AM
Still trying to fill my tag
saaaame!!
We've gotten one this year. And eat way way to many close calls.
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 05/07/17 05:30 PM
had a tom at 10 yards and couldn't get a shot.
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
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 05/08/17 12:11 AM
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
They always know where to go so you cant shoot em
Whos gettin ready for this year?? Season opens this weekend and im plannin to take the crossbow out
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 03/22/18 03:03 AM
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.
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 03/22/18 03:04 AM
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.
Dang may 1st is late. Its pretty much over here by then. Our shotgun season opens april 14 i think. By then theyve already herd alot of calls
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 03/22/18 02:27 PM
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.
Ill Try to get a pic of my bird last year on it. Had 2 long paintbrushes on it. Not the longest beard ive ever got, but it had 2 long beards
Posted By: Redsleeves
Re: turkeys!!! - 03/22/18 04:14 PM
I'm litteraly always ready to turkey hunt spring and fall, I go to TN on the 10th then are season on the 14th them probably Ohio that's all I've got the funds for!
I killed a big tom last year with twin 10s nice and thick as well. And my best spurs 1 1/2"
Here he is
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 03/23/18 02:18 AM
Nice bird!
Awesome, nice bird! I've never seen one with beard like that.
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 03/25/18 03:20 AM
possumcatcher, what broadheads do you use?
I have been using rage 2 in broadheads. But yesterday when i was sighting in my crossbow it was off and missed the target so now that practice tip is gone. Now im shooting grim reaper 1 and 3/4 3 blade heads
Season starts March 19th here. I'm ready to get a plum tom turkey for supper!
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/18/18 04:22 PM
Anybody's season open yet? Get anything?
Posted By: Ave
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/18/18 06:00 PM
Season starts on Saturday. Can’t wait to get out.
Posted By: Plum Billy
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/18/18 06:38 PM
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!
Lol so true billy. I would trade 20 turkey hunts for a moose hunt and all the others you listed. Our season has been open for a little less than month. Ive been out numerous times and had jakes in close range, but waiting for a big tom. This snow has screwed with them lately, but now its warming up and going again. Im gonna start hunting them harder. Ive seen some dandy toms lately, just not when i have my crossbow lol. It always works that way.
Posted By: Plum Billy
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/18/18 11:42 PM
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.
It depends on the day, where the birds are, and how much time ya got. I like to stalk them but nothin beats callin in an old tom. Most mornings ill find the roost and set up about 50 yds away so theyll flydown at my decoys. That works great but i dont always have time to get to the good spots especially before school. So i hunt close to town during the week. There i will get right up to the propertyline because the birds roost on the side i dont have permission on. Most of the time i can pull them over by calling but sometimes they come on my side of the fence a ways away. Thats when stalking comes in. There are ditches i can get in and basically crawl in to get to them. Ive done this many times. Or on the weekends on my way home ill see some where i can hunt. Ill stop and get in the hedge row and get close enough to them. I pass up a lot of birds because i want a big tom. If it aient big, i let it go. I really enjoy the hunt and time out there more than anything
Posted By: Plum Billy
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/19/18 01:43 AM
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.
Went out this morning. I got a jake, but I'm not going to complain at all. After that today, there is so many turkey hunters it is very difficult to get one, so I figured why not. We had a couple more mature gobblers sound off but they all quit. I had a coyote barking and howling, it was pretty close too. It was a nice hunt, anyone else go?
Posted By: Ave
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/21/18 02:56 PM
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
Ive been out every day. Its still early here and their not coming to calls at all. Yesterday i got 75 yards from a big guy on the roost but he flew the other way. Also got to listen to a coon fight yesterday. I think in the next week or 2 they will start workin calls and decoys
Posted By: Plum Billy
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/21/18 03:54 PM
Congrats PA! Great story's Ave and Possum, good luck getting a big one!
Posted By: trapre
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/25/18 12:34 AM
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!!!
Posted By: Ave
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/28/18 12:56 PM
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?
Posted By: trapre
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/28/18 07:25 PM
Was out this mornin' and heard two gobble, but it seems that with the longer winter they aren't mating yet, maybe?
Posted By: Alexia
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/28/18 08:31 PM
Got this today!
Posted By: robert.d12
Re: turkeys!!! - 04/28/18 08:54 PM
Got this today!
Nice bird! Season opens Tuesday here, can't wait!
Nice bird!! I have been swamped in jakes, but no big gobblers yet. Still workin on em tho.
Posted By: ray12
Re: turkeys!!! - 05/01/18 03:16 PM
Some great looking gobblers. . .
Congrats on the successful hunts!
Posted By: charles
Re: turkeys!!! - 08/04/18 02:29 AM
I live off the Blue Ridge Parkway in a condo developmemt. Three gobblers come to the my back door every sunny day. If I have not put sunflower seeds out for them, they peck on the sunroom glass windows for attention. Their beards are dragging the ground. Sort of takes the excitememt out of turkey hunting when you can catch one in a landing net.
