good luck to all tomorrow on opening day of turkey season here in NY. I hope to get out mid-morning with my boy in the backpack. we will call a bit, stump shoot, eat cheerios and have a hoot of a time for sure! weather looks poor but we don't care!
Good luck Ken...have a blast with your boy! I'll be out in the morning with my brother and his youngest will be with us for his first spring turkey action. The birds are on the property...now we just need some cooperation..
I haven't seen near the number of birds I usually do. The winter of 14/15 I had turkeys on my front porch and all over my lawn. This year, I saw one hen roosting across from my pond last Wednesday evening, that's been it. My neighbors have told me they have seen fishers around here for the first time. I'm guessing that can't be good for turkeys. I may take a walk in the woods tomorrow if it's not raining. I won't be turkey hunting until I see more birds, a lot more birds. :archer2:
I'm not going out but I have seen more birds around than normal.
Ron perhaps a turkey hunt/stump shoot at Carl's mid morning? can do any sat or sun just not early am as I am on diaper duty!
I'm not much of a turkey hunter.......been some, but it's just not that big a deal for me.
I'll be given it a go in the morning, not gonna be great weather so find the fields boys
I went out and listened this morning. Three different tom's going at it hard, one I messed with last year is doing the exact same routine this year. But the weather man says rain so I'm sleeping in tomorrow guess I'm getting soft . Good luck you guys.
good luck guys
Good luck everyone.
Pouring rain here this AM, called in 4 Jakes, gave em a free pass, they were at 15 yards..not enough turkeys up here, gonna hold out for a 2 year old or better..nasty morning, but I had to go!
Anybody get wet this morning? :bigsmyl:
from my deck I watched 2 cars park by the fields before sun up. before 8 am 5 hunters walked out. as I sit here now I can see 3 BIG gobblers strutting in the field they left from....
We got Soaked never heard a bird but saw one hen.... Also got to listen to a den of fox kits yeppin and a yappin
stayed in out of the rain
39 windy and rainy. It was a raw mourning. Just saw this guy.
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Cool Picture Sean.
I went out this morning. I saw 2 different Turkey Tracks but didn't see nor hear a turkey. Of course the guys were working on the train tracks pretty close, which made it difficult to hear anything.
I made a move about 10, found an area with good sign and sat down, then it started raining and I figured if I left, I would only return to chores so I sat and got wet.
Clothes are drying for another try tomorrow.
Sunday was a wet day but I went and I'm glad I did. We had action from 6:30 until about 10 am. Called in one gobbler and I choked on the shot. He is light a few feathers on his back but otherwise none the worse for wear. I had 3 more toms come around over the course of the morning but I couldn't get a shot at those guys. I hope to get out again soon. Good Luck all!
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Went out yesterday and was at my desk at work by 7 AM. 7 Jakes were jockeying to commit suicide. Since the stripers are running I helped one out. There were 11 gobblers around. The 7 Jakes and 4 longbeards. Went after a longbeard this morning and had one coming in nicely and then two girlfriends showed up. They didn't like me.
Way to go, Terry!! Congratulations.
My two-year-old had to make the coups de grace for me.
Check him out!
https://www.facebook.com/ron.rohrbaugh.5
Congrats Terry. You sure do know how to down a bird with your bow.
I had 2 Toms Gobbling like crazy just over the hill in front of me. Maybe 60 yards. I ran out of time but when I was packing up at noon, I saw them as they worked their way about 1/2 mile away.
I found a shed from a 6 point I was hoping to see this year.
Ron, i dont do face book, but Congrats if you killed a Turkey!
Thanks, Charlie. I hope you are well.
I actually don't do Facebook either! My wife started a Facebook page for me and occasionally she posts pictures and videos of our son. I'm too much of a luddite for Facebook...I can barely use TradGang!
The video is of my son shooting a 3D turkey with his Black Rhino bow. It's actually pretty funny.
This morning I had a porcupine walk up and climb the tree near me.
I bumped a tom off the roost and didnt hear any close gobbling until about 8:30. I played with a Tom who couldn't see my decoys due to a hill.
he made a semi circle around in front and behind me gobbling and strutting but didn't want to come into the woods very far. closest he came was about 30 yards. It was like he vanished and when I was about to move to the other side of the tree, 4 jakes came in, then left, then came back and left again. after a couple minutes the Tom thundered off about 60 yards away, I had a huge tree between us so I moved to the other side of the tree just in time for the 4 jakes to come back through.
Saw a few deer on the way out and There were Toms in the fields on the drive home out on the prowl.
I dislike the only hunt until noon thing lol. there were turkey tracks in mine from yesterday. If I sat where I did yesterday (about 100 yards) the tom this morning would have walked right past.
Finally hit the woods again to chase turkeys. Been busy catching a lot of stripers.
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This morning was a short hunt, but a lot of fun. Had 15 birds fly down in the field in front of me. Not close as I inadvertently setup too close. There were 4 hens, 10 jakes, and 1 longbeard. He was leading them around like the king of the field. The paid no attention to my lonely hen decoy. They started to move away and I started a hen fight. I hit my box call while simulataneously agressively yelping on the diaphragm mouth call. The longbeard poked his head up and looked in my direction and then led the whole group into the trees. I knew he was going to circle around and come in from the woods. As soon as the last bird got out of site I stood up and got behind a big oak. Sure enough here comes the longbeard. I don't know where the rest of the clan went, but I was happy they didn't follow. Anyway, he hung up at 12 yards and strutted away. Finally, after a minute or so he turned away in full strut and I gave him the Frank Zappa! Very fun morning.
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Not the giant I was hoping for (I didn't get to him), but a nice bird. 9 5/8" beard. I didn't measure the spurs, but they look to be about 7/8". I'd say a solid 2 year old bird.
Very nice Terry
congrats!
Congrats Terry !
Congrats again Terry!!!
You always seem to get it done,Terry.Good pic. too! :thumbsup:
Nice job Terry!!
way to go Terry!!!!!hope to get out this weekend mid morning with my boy in the back pack long bow in hand.
Congrats Terry, nice birds.
I got mine on opening day in the rain. Hunted the 2nd, 3rd, and the 7th and the 8th and haven't heard another gobble. I did call in some hens a couple of times. Couldn't get up to the catskills last weekend and won't be able to make it this weekend either. Hopefully I'll be able to go memorial day weekend if I can get away for a couple of days.
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