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Title: Turkey Season Review
Post by: Herdbull on May 10, 2025, 10:14:39 AM

I hunted turkey off and on for many days season. I usually hunt 3 to 4 days then return home. I passed up 3 jakes early on and then took one at 10 yards after he came into decoys following a hen. He was full strut nearly straight on, but slight quartering. He ran about 25 yards and went into the thicket. I had a TradTracker string on him, and it worked great.
I called in 10 toms closer than 20 yards during the season, but only had a shot at one. He too followed a hen into 15 yards. I took him at 15 yards broadside. He ran into thicket about 60 yards. I had a string on him too. Very thick honeysuckle and autumn olive. Mike
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Title: Re: Turkey Season Review
Post by: Herdbull on May 10, 2025, 10:17:47 AM

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Title: Re: Turkey Season Review
Post by: Tony Sanders on May 10, 2025, 10:23:02 AM

Congrats Mike. Way to get it done. Did you use a ground blind. Or were you up against a tree. Some very nice pics

 Tony

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Post by: Flingblade on May 10, 2025, 10:40:21 AM

Congrats Mike, looks like you had a fun season!  Great pictures!

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Post by: rastaman on May 10, 2025, 01:48:54 PM

Awesome pictures Mike and beautiful birds!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Post by: Breakfast Boy on May 10, 2025, 02:37:12 PM

Great stuff! Congratulations again buddy!


-Jameson

Title: Re: Turkey Season Review
Post by: Herdbull on May 10, 2025, 03:29:30 PM

I got a chance to hunt two properties. One is mostly CRP with an adjacent to an oak-woods. I don't have permission for the woods, so I have to call them out of the woods or across the CRP field and get them to cross a road about 400 yards away. The other place is grown over strip-mine, so basically heavy brush with grass two tracks. So, it's best to hunt out of blinds. I usually set up two or three and then still hunt and call my way to them. I like to film as well, so the blinds work better for that.

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Post by: Bullchaser1 on May 10, 2025, 04:28:52 PM

Congrats on a good season Mike

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Post by: Hud on May 10, 2025, 05:19:01 PM

What decoys were working best for you?

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Post by: Herdbull on May 10, 2025, 07:04:17 PM

I use Flextone thunder chic and thunder jake decoys. Set at about 8 yards facing the blind. Usually, the jake just behind the hen, and other times the hen 4 feet forward and to right of jake. MIke

Title: Re: Turkey Season Review
Post by: Herdbull on May 10, 2025, 07:06:32 PM

See decoys in front left corner.
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Title: Re: Turkey Season Review
Post by: Duker on May 11, 2025, 02:41:19 PM

Congrats Mike  :thumbsup: Glad you had a good turkey season :archer2:

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Post by: Friend on May 11, 2025, 05:51:03 PM

Excellent...Congrats!!!

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Post by: Walt Francis on May 11, 2025, 06:09:22 PM

Congratulation's Mike!
YOU DONE GOOD!

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Post by: Homey88 on May 11, 2025, 08:47:01 PM

Congratulations!

Title: Re: Turkey Season Review
Post by: JakeD on May 14, 2025, 08:13:42 AM

Well done Mike.  Congratulations.