As March is winding down I know that Turkey season is opening in some states. Any early birds out there???
Our opening is still a good month away! :mad:
Hey Sean, I had a couple roost above my car 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I walked about 3 miles trying to find tracks in the snow. No luck though.
QuoteOriginally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
Hey Sean, I had a couple roost above my car 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I walked about 3 miles trying to find tracks in the snow. No luck though.
Hey Charlie are you still in NY or did you move back to Wisconsin?? Still have the same cell number??
Our youth weekend is next weekend. Owner two weeks after. I usually see them in my backyard the week before the regular season opens. None yet.
I am in Nebraska sitting in a blind now. Hopefully one of these birds will feel like donating to the cause after while. :goldtooth:
QuoteOriginally posted by meathead:
I am in Nebraska sitting in a blind now. Hopefully one of these birds will feel like donating to the cause after while. :goldtooth:
Good luck!!
I've been seeing turkeys for a month, but season doesn't open til May 1st here...
Not today. One was roosting right over my stand when I walked in, and he flew off. In the distance, I heard a gobble. Shortly thereafter there was a gunshot. No more activity after that.
Our season comes in on April 17th. My knee replacement keeps getting delayed. Hoping I can get it done soon and hunt the latter part of our season. Been seeing a flock of 17 from my front porch.
Good luck all!
Opened this morning. My wife and I were sitting in blind before daylight and after calling a bit had one comming in behind us gobbling at 8:00 AM. Tried not to call him to much because I have heard that is not good. He was comming straight in from behind the blind from north to south and all of a sudden he turned East and circled around the blind about 300 yards. About 9:00 AM I saw 5 cross the road where I thought he went. Don't know if I called to much or he was with hens. Actually at one time we thought we heard two of them gobbling and were together. I am new to this and still learning.
QuoteOriginally posted by Sean B:
QuoteOriginally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
Hey Sean, I had a couple roost above my car 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I walked about 3 miles trying to find tracks in the snow. No luck though.
Hey Charlie are you still in NY or did you move back to Wisconsin?? Still have the same cell number?? [/b]
Still in NY buddy. Same number. I'm currently looking for work in Wisconsin. Once the right job comes along I'll be gone pretty quickly though.
The gobs have been struttin and gobbin here the passed 2 weeks.
Hope what I have been seeing hangs around till April 17th.
I had eleven toms in the yard couple days ago!
Hopefully the struttin toms around here are creating a next generation and will be stoopid when season opens in 2 weeks.
I have to wait til May 1st here in NY. I'm chomping at the bit. I lost my honey hole a few years ago but I have some back up places.
One more day for me in Nebraska. Killed a nice tom yesterday. Kind of a slow day today but I have several roosted for the morning.
Its been a rough few hunts for the Thunder Chickens. I finally called one hen in last Friday. Got her in to about 8 yards without a blind. I have had this idea that my first Turkey would be with a bow an no blind. So far... No luck...
End of April for NJ but they're rocking every morning behind my house
Things have been tough here in SC so far. There is a lot of live hen competition right now. I'm hoping these hens get bred soon so that they will give my calling and avion x a chance!
Season opens this Saturday, but I don't think I will be able to get out there after them yet?
Good luck everyone.
Bisch
Youth week starts this coming saturday, adults the saturday after. To say that i am antsy would be an understatement!
April 19 for me.
One again (2 years in a row) totally forgot to send in for a turkey permit! I feel awful. Funny how life has a way of changing with a young family: 2 1/2 year old and a 10mo old.
Never dawned on me until driving home Thursday last week when I saw a big tom strutting in the field with a handful of others surrounding him. Then I had about a 10 minute talk with myself about how I can't wait to go turkey hunting this year. Got home and mentioned it to my wife and she replied "When's the deadline for permits? It's already end of March". I think I got the words, "Well turkey season isn't until....." When I realized crap - that's in about 2 weeks.
Needless to say, I already have about 5 locations that have reminders to BUY TURKEY PERMIT 2018!!!!
Good luck to all getting out after the gobblers - My favorite game to eat. (insert 425 degree oil, wet battered chunks of turkey and a few handfuls of morels)
The gobblers were going nuts in the fencerow out back this morning. Saw 27 in my neighbors field yesterday. Actually been hearing gobbles since early February. Still say PA.spring season starts way too late.
Just waiting on May 1....feels like forever..lol
Here is my son and I from the past couple days in Nebraska.
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Nice job Nate. He sure looks taller than I remember.Kip
Update. This morning as I was heading to the farmers market, I rounded a bend in the road about a half mile from the house and had to stop for a flock in the road. Two gobblers were going toe to toe on the yellow line - full strut! They finally deflated and mosied off with the hens, but not before one turned and gave me a defiant ear-splitting gobble. Just you wait...
None out here last Sunday. All was quiet -- not a single gobble. Weather went a little odd, too but maybe it's just coincidence. Heading back next week with my son. But we only give it about 45 minutes a day of "serious" hunting. He's only 8, after all. So we spend most of the day looking for salamanders, throwing rocks, etc. Hopefully, we'll pick up a few tips on location & such while we're out and I can come back the next weekend with a more serious approach.
Went out for a hike/stump shoot yesterday, had two gobblers in the creek bottom going at it.
Season opens here Monday.
Gobblers strutting in Central PA today.....Looking good.
I'm headed out to begin my scouting tomorrow morning. Here in northern Illinois the birds are still in winter flocks but they are starting to break up a bit.
We can't get after them til the 17th, but I just saw several strutters off the side of the road about 30 minutes ago. Can't wait to go after them.
Missed one this morning...at 9 yards. He's minus a few feathers
Again, not today. I heard some gobbles and a few hens were talking. Unfortunately, nothing came my way.
Been watching several gobblers from my front porch. Seen 3 long beards strutting for 7 hens yesterday morning and 2 smaller toms following another hen in the afternoon. Our season also begins on the 17th.
QuoteOriginally posted by meathead:
Here is my son and I from the past couple days in Nebraska.
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Congrats!! Good luck guys!!
Tyler & I were up in Walton trout fishing over the weekend... Saw about 50, in different flocks around the mountain!
Big storm headed our way. Hoping to get out on Sunday after the storm has passed. Hopefully, there will be a few blue-balled gobblers willing to take a risk after a couple days of hunkering down.
Our seasons opens April 15th.
Got home last night from work and heard gobbling coming from the woods behind the house. I grabbed my mouth call and hit the woods.
Had a good conversation going with some birds as I slipped along closing the gap hoping for a picture.
Turns out my neighbor is raising turkeys, ha ha.
QuoteOriginally posted by kevsuperg:
Our seasons opens April 15th.
Got home last night from work and heard gobbling coming from the woods behind the house. I grabbed my mouth call and hit the woods.
Had a good conversation going with some birds as I slipped along closing the gap hoping for a picture.
Turns out my neighbor is raising turkeys, ha ha.
Classic story!
As a teenager, my step dad & I spent half an hour creeping on our bellies toward some quiet, roosted gobblers that were oddly late in flying down for the morning.
Turns out it was a flock of turkey vultures.
Anymore??
My buddy, Dave Sisamis(dirtybird), shot this bird in Oklahoma. 20#.
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And I shot this Jake on Friday using a Magnus bullhead.
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Nice!!!!
Nothing like a turkey hanging over your shoulder on a fine spring morning. Congrats to all!!
Way to go Dave. Getting it done twice with TT bows. Sweet!
Called in 2 hens two different times. Were within 10 yards of the blind both times. My wife goes with me and she calls them The Old Maids.
Next week, my friend, it's on!! Weather has been hot and i'm starting to see strutters in the fields.
Also, just sent in my deposit for my Gould's hunt, Spring '18. I'm getting pumped and hope everyone has a safe and exciting season!!
Season opened on Saturday. Got this one last evening.
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Forgot to mention, I used one of R.W. Mackey's calls (sponsor here) on the bird above and have called in a couple others so far this spring too.
I harvested a nice gobbler April 11 in Kansas. Only shot opportunity in four days of hunting. Real hens seemed to keep the boys away from the decoys...
QuoteOriginally posted by kadbow:
Season opened on Saturday. Got this one last evening.
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Nice!!
QuoteOriginally posted by suburbanirma:
I harvested a nice gobbler April 11 in Kansas. Only shot opportunity in four days of hunting. Real hens seemed to keep the boys away from the decoys...
Good job! That's par for the course during the early season.
Good job to everyone who has been successful. Go luck to those still waiting. Enjoying the pictures.
Our season starts Monday. I just got permission on a farm I have always wanted to hunt. Walked out a road to a big field and there was 4 toms and a bunch of hens. I am the only one hunting on this farm. I've got goosebumps just thinking about it.
Nope! Still no action yet. Its good to see the pictures of the successful adventures.
Had a close call, though. Mother Nature called out to me at a time when I had no idea that a bird was close by. It is humiliating to be squatted peacefully in the woods and have a damn turkey fly up into a tree close by to check out the scene. It didn't take him but a couple of seconds to decide to move along, though. I'm not sure if this actually qualifies as a hunting encounter.
PA's season doesn't open till April 29, my dad's birthday. I'm planning to bring my 5 year old with me this season. I only have some burlap for a makeshift blind so I expect more bonding time than turkey time. But that's entirely worth it to me!!
I was so close today. Pulled the stalk off on 2 longbeards......and I missed...twice! The first shot was probably 17 yards and my string caught my binoculars when I shot, causing me to shoot wide left. Well I fumbled around and the birds gave me another shot. Well, I don't have any excuse on the 2nd one, I shot just under one of them at about 20 yards. Rough start to the season!
Nice birds guys!!
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Shot this day 2. Opener was a bust there were hunters everywhere. Got this when we saw 2 hunters sneak onto private land to kill a bird we had been watching from public. Well they shot (gun) and the birds scattered over to us. Pays not to trespass I guess!!
Nice!! Been hearing birds all over!! Less than two weeks!!
I get to go for the first time in the morning. Supposed to rain so gonna sit in the hated blind....
Then Sunday morning is sposed to be nice so in the ghillie on another farm.
There are some nice looking turkeys you guys are killing. I get to get after some more birds when our season opens on Wednesday.
Two toms and seven hens at two hundred. Not too interested in my turkey hooker talk so far. Lol
Congrats on the beautiful turkeys you guys are shooting! I get to go May 3rd to the 16th here in Wis. 2 time periods, 2 different zones and 2 tags. I'm starting to get pumped up!
Bearded hen four yards out, took tons of pics. Big birds went with the flock....
QuoteOriginally posted by kennym:
Two toms and seven hens at two hundred. Not too interested in my turkey hooker talk so far. Lol
Hang in there brother! Pictures are fun too!
I had a great hunt Friday night. I saw a hen with an 8" beard and shot a tom with a 7.5" beard. The string tracker worked great. He went 80 yards and hid in a brush pile. No blood trail.
Way to go Chad!!
Here's all I got, some pics! LOL
4 yards.... Legal but didn't want to take a hen...
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150 yards with 7 hens and another tom...
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30 yards with several others...
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Restraint is a fine thing but that hen would have looked good on the smoker. :biglaugh:
I got a picture of a Tom from my truck last week, but I wasn't packing my bow. Seems like they can read my mind....
Got lots of gobblers that are within range; of a 30-06. Had a bearded hen at 4 yards a couple of days ago but let her pass. Still a lot of season left here.
https://imgur.com/a/G0SCq
First of all I have to thank all the trad gang for the helpful info!
This is my first turkey, and my first trad harvest.
Never would have been successful without the wealth of knowledge here.
Shot placement on a turkey, I never would have considered that the vitals were up near the top!
Shot at 22 yds no blind, just waited for a flock I saw earlier that had split up to rejoin, and waylaid them in between. Let the real turkeys call the other real turkeys and waited, blended into a tree. Drew when this lead Tom went behind a bush, shot when he was in the open again, thank goodness our brains go auto pilot, arrow went right where I was looking.
Went thru both lungs and just clipped top of the heart severing one of the big blood vessels.
Although the arrow passed through the bird, it stayed in till he did his third somersault, it then fell out, he went maybe 30 ft, and that was cause it was a very steep side hill, otherwise he would not have made it ten feet.
Used my Black River 45lb Hybrid bow, Easton axis trad 500 spine arrows, 75grain insert 150 grain Eclipse single bevel broad heads , arrow 515 grains 19.4 foc. 170 fps
There is an amazing amount of bone surrounding the vitals.
It's no wonder they are considered a tough bird. Small vitall area and very little room for error with shot placement
Been shooting everyday since November, and it definitely paid off!
I got lucky (http://i1301.photobucket.com/albums/ag113/pfraze2/6332374A-2741-478F-902A-24943BD5C823_zpsm3hnjhtl.jpg) (http://s1301.photobucket.com/user/pfraze2/media/6332374A-2741-478F-902A-24943BD5C823_zpsm3hnjhtl.jpg.html)
Congrats everyone!! I went out Thursday morning for the first time. Had a lot of excitement. Had a couple of gobblers fighting. I caught some of it on cell video, mostly audio. Anyway, two longbeards came in but not to the decoys. They stayed on an old logging goad just 15 yards away. I didnt realize how close they were as the shoot through screen messed with my depth perception. Coulda killed them with a gun but that's not the way that I wanted to do it!!
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Nice birds guys!!
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Shot this day 2. Opener was a bust there were hunters everywhere. Got this when we saw 2 hunters sneak onto private land to kill a bird we had been watching from public. Well they shot (gun) and the birds scattered over to us. Pays not to trespass I guess!!
Way to go Matty!!!!!!