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Spring Turkey 2013 Thread
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My first Hoosier Gobbler is down!!!
Nice one!!
Nice pic too, with the deek and gun in the background.
Was in the woods in the blind at 6am this morning. Heard shots at 7:30 and 8:00 behind me and in front of me, few hundred yards away, but nothing around me. Guy across the street from me left at 8:30 with no bird. Hit the old yelper a few times and one gobbled back. Hit a few more and he gobbled back 3 times. Then the rains came. Then the snow, then the rain and fog. Then the sleet. I packed up and headed out. Never saw one. Had the decoys out, but no help from them.
Stayed in blind all day. Cold, windy, and rain until noon. Had hens around me all day but no toms. Hens started heading to roost about 8:10 and 4 toms walked into field all looked to be same size. I dropped this one at 45 yards at 8:15 pm.
21.5 lbs 2 year old 10" beard and just over 3/4" spurs
Congrats on all of you that connected and good luck to those that haven't yet.
21.5 lbs 2 year old 10" beard and just over 3/4" spurs
Congrats on all of you that connected and good luck to those that haven't yet.
baldguy637
Expert
I went out Wednesday morning, had one gobbling at first light, but couldn't seem to bring him in. As much as I wanted to go that evening, I had to take the little one to softball, then her art fair at the school.
I'll be working through Sunday, so hopefully get the chance at one Monday morning.
Congrats to everyone who's tagged out already.
I'll be working through Sunday, so hopefully get the chance at one Monday morning.
Congrats to everyone who's tagged out already.
trophy hunter
Sharpshooter
took a bearded hen this morning, first one for me.
Note to self: go to Walmart before turkey season in the burg you'll be hunting near and buy every dang crow and owl hooter call, to keep the locals from walking around all day blowing them.
Yeah, opening weekend on public ground.
Didn't see much, heard toms way off Sat (maybe 4 diff ones in first hr of daylight). Saw a hen.
Heard nothing this morning. Saw 1 tom sneaking away (from the Hooty Hoot guys who stomped around us again).
Eves , the place was flooded with mushroom hunters, may have killed any roosting there.
Pass this coming weekend, go down the next.
Learned some stuff.
1. Hush puppies in fair quantity should be called barking puppies
2. To fool the toms down south one must blow a call every 10 yards (since the "humans" there do it every 20)
3. Gravity still sucks....esp when hauling arse down the side of a large ridge, strewn with wet timber, in the rain........you know, parallel to the incline, under the moss/fern stuff.
Yeah, opening weekend on public ground.
Didn't see much, heard toms way off Sat (maybe 4 diff ones in first hr of daylight). Saw a hen.
Heard nothing this morning. Saw 1 tom sneaking away (from the Hooty Hoot guys who stomped around us again).
Eves , the place was flooded with mushroom hunters, may have killed any roosting there.
Pass this coming weekend, go down the next.
Learned some stuff.
1. Hush puppies in fair quantity should be called barking puppies
2. To fool the toms down south one must blow a call every 10 yards (since the "humans" there do it every 20)
3. Gravity still sucks....esp when hauling arse down the side of a large ridge, strewn with wet timber, in the rain........you know, parallel to the incline, under the moss/fern stuff.
Shot this Bird a 1:30 pm.....Watched four toms feed coming towards me for about one hour!!!! Once they got to where they seen my Decoys the "Game" was on...one shot with a Winchester 3 1/2" #5 ....One Dead Turkey
20lbs 9.5 Beard and 1.25 spurs
whitetailbowhunter
Expert
Nice Birds to everyone who got one so far! Congrats on the success.
VanillaThunder
Shooter
I shot a double bearded hen Friday morning. 7" and 8" beards.
Was out Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week. Crawled all over the area around the South Fork of the Salt Creek at Monroe.
Not a cluck, gobble, nada. Saw some scratched up areas but that was it.
Not a cluck, gobble, nada. Saw some scratched up areas but that was it.
Got out to Roush Lake today, didn't have a clue where I was gonna set up because I'd only had time to scout once before the season. Right when I started walking towards my spot I heard a pack of yotes howlin, and I thought that would ruin my chances. I got sat up under a tree and an owl hooted and then a turkey gobbled. Another turkey joined in and they were gobbling hard all morning. I tried to close the distance after I saw them fly down from their roost, but it didn't work out. I still consider this a succesful hunt considering I hadn't scouted much and it was my first time out on public land.
