Starting this weekend....scouting will comence !!!!! :happy0064:
The birds are gobbling a little and doing some strutting !!! :icon_thumright:
no gobbles heard yet behind the house, but I might sneak out for some scouting :blob10: This will be my 2nd year as turkey hunter, and I am dying to get out there.
Good deal. This spring can't get here quick enough!
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I've been doing some scouting didn't hear any gobbling yet
I saw two different flocks today....
1st one had around 45 birds in it....1 STRUTTER.... a couple other gobblers among them.
2nd flock was 9 LONGBEARDS....two of them were pushing and shoving each other around !!! :drool:
none of them ever went into strut.....no hens around that I saw.
Quiet the last 3 days. :happy0167:
I've noticed that too :OGani:
The birds where very active here today. Gobbling and strutting. I was glassing the flock and I saw the best bearded hen I have ever seen. The beard was 8" or so and fairly thick for a hen.
4 jakes gobblin and struttin in my yard yesterday afternoon havn't heard anything in the morning yet
nothing heard on gamelands at bavington
Heard 7 gobblers this morning a lot of Owls.....birds where hammering to the owl calls !!! Awesome morning in the woods.
A friend sent me this pic of a field we hunt.
Hey Byhalia - I cleaned up and glued the bottom in a classic Mountain Side glass call last night. After I get the top glued in I might just have to put it in my own vest. I heard you might have been looking for one so you might want to get on it. It should be ready to do some talking this weekend!
It is now in my possession...... refurbished and ready to go....made in 1998 !!!
Thanks to all involved in refurbishing my call !! :drool:
My back yard birds were talking this am. Heard the big tom from last June this morning, a few jakes and 2 other toms farther away. My mind is officially gone until June :blob10:
havent heard a thing... anybody else been out listening?
IT'S GETTING CLOSE Pa. Guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They were tearing it up this weekend, May 3rd cannot come soon enough!
Looks like we will be having good weather for youth day on Saturday, hope to put a young kid on a bird!
good luck.. will be out the 3rd.. hope its a good year!!!!!!!!!!
I have not been out listening but I have been seeing strutters in the yards and fields. It's greening up nicely here and I think this year could be another good one.
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I grew up in a small town in Beaver County, hunted all the hills there for years. Never seen a turkey, now friends back in home town say that there are turkey everywhere. Even in the alley behind my old house, strange. I live in SC in the foothills, got my first bird last year and got one this year on the first day. We are allowed 5, but I never seen another after that first day. Put in over 90 hours, better luck next year.
Well 2015 is here...seeing some birds after this thaw and now we have rain aleast here.The birds in the area of 5C&5D should be hollering in 2 wks as long as we get the 40+degree nights...Russ
I've seen them strutting,,,but no gobbles heard yet.
same here some strutting but no gobbles
same ol...same ol...strutters...no gobbles !!
Hens have been extremely vocal in South Central Pa....lots of activity from the subdominate gobblers for first half hour of light then all is quiet. Starting to see a lot more strutters in the fields as well.......won't be long and theyll start shrinking the size of the flocks and moving around more as they go on prowl. PaLongshank
Area 4c no strutting or gobbling. Seeing some nice flocks in the fields.
All quiet in Central PA this morning. 18 degrees at daybreak. I can usually hear them across the road up on the mountain by beginning of March. Man has it been quiet this year. Only heard them 2 times. Both times was on the warmer days and only for about 1/2 hour. Come on Spring!
I was out listening on March 28th and they were gobbling good. :gobble:
Out again this morning and not a peep .
Info:
I have a fair size piece of mountain across the road from me, that I can listen too most mornings. I'll try to keep a running log on the days I'm listening. Location is Central PA.
Tuesday 03/31/2015
38 degrees and slight snow showers.....lightly laying on the ground.......no wind
1 gobble just at break of day 1/2 way up the mountain
7:15 am 1 gobble same place, probably same bird
Both gobble were very short and quiet
Lots of crows and "Tweety" Birds, sure sounded like spring, except for the snow and lack of gobbling.
:OGani:
Quote from: HFultzjr on March 31, 2015, 07:34:05 PM
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I have a fair size piece of mountain across the road from me, that I can listen too most mornings. I'll try to keep a running log on the days I'm listening. Location is Central PA.
Tuesday 03/31/2015
38 degrees and slight snow showers.....lightly laying on the ground.......no wind
1 gobble just at break of day 1/2 way up the mountain
7:15 am 1 gobble same place, probably same bird
Both gobble were very short and quiet
Lots of crows and "Tweety" Birds, sure sounded like spring, except for the snow and lack of gobbling.
:OGani:
04/01/2015
35 degrees, very windy, no birds at daybreak (probably couldn't have heard them anyways)
About 7:45 looked outside....bright blue skies....looked like spring, so I went out and had my "morning coffee"......not a sound. Still fairly windy and about 39 degrees. We need some warmer nights (and days).
Well guys took the first walk of the season. Snuck out on momma and the newborn twin girls. Ended up hearing two gobblers on opposite hillsides. Ive been waiting for that sound all year!! Sounded like good birds. Not going to mess up like I did last year and call to them, listening only..... :popcorn:
this was in Cambria County
Quote from: HFultzjr on April 01, 2015, 04:55:59 PM
Quote from: HFultzjr on March 31, 2015, 07:34:05 PM
Info:
I have a fair size piece of mountain across the road from me, that I can listen too most mornings. I'll try to keep a running log on the days I'm listening. Location is Central PA.
Tuesday 03/31/2015
38 degrees and slight snow showers.....lightly laying on the ground.......no wind
1 gobble just at break of day 1/2 way up the mountain
7:15 am 1 gobble same place, probably same bird
Both gobble were very short and quiet
Lots of crows and "Tweety" Birds, sure sounded like spring, except for the snow and lack of gobbling.
:OGani:
04/01/2015
35 degrees, very windy, no birds at daybreak (probably couldn't have heard them anyways)
About 7:45 looked outside....bright blue skies....looked like spring, so I went out and had my "morning coffee"......not a sound. Still fairly windy and about 39 degrees. We need some warmer nights (and days).
04/02/2015
30 degrees, no wind, clear skies, warm prediction.
2 started at daybreak. On my left and on my right. Back and forth until about 7:15. Most activity I've heard so far this year. These 2 in turn started up a couple others farther to my right. Boy, those 1st two when back and forth. About 7:45 it started to quiet down. I thought, now would be a good time to try my new Spring Creek Long Box. Left out a series of yelps and man that fired those 2 up. I "talked" to them for about 1/2 hour, before I had to go. I know if there wasn't several house between us, they would have been in my front yard. Those birds were fired up. I have no doubt I could have moved in on them and bagged one. Man, that Spring Creek Long Box sure fired them up. Brought another couple of responses from far off. Spring is here!
:turkey2:
Heard "Big boy" this morning. Was listening in one spot that I had heard the gobblers yesterday and heard nothing walked down through the hollow, and when I got to the bottom he hollered at some crows. Walked back up and hunkered down. He is in the same exact tree as last year. I am assuming it is the same bird. Not messing it up this year and calling to him early. Going to branch out to a few other areas in the next few weeks.
I believe I will be surviving on energy drinks and snuff this year, as these twins are getting up around 2-3 am, so I am really going to be ran ragged. Hoping I can do more scouting in the evenings and take my 2.5 year old son out to listen and get his momma some relaxing time. IF not I may be the next star on "The Walking Dead"
Quote from: bowmike on April 03, 2015, 10:34:22 AM
Heard "Big boy" this morning. Was listening in one spot that I had heard the gobblers yesterday and heard nothing walked down through the hollow, and when I got to the bottom he hollered at some crows. Walked back up and hunkered down. He is in the same exact tree as last year. I am assuming it is the same bird. Not messing it up this year and calling to him early. Going to branch out to a few other areas in the next few weeks.
I believe I will be surviving on energy drinks and snuff this year, as these twins are getting up around 2-3 am, so I am really going to be ran ragged. Hoping I can do more scouting in the evenings and take my 2.5 year old son out to listen and get his momma some relaxing time. IF not I may be the next star on "The Walking Dead"
Hey, look at it this way. If they are getting you up at 2-3am.........you won't need an alarm clock....LOL.
Enjoy your children, some day you'll look back and say.....man, did they grow up fast!
Your wagon, minus the welcome sign.
:wagon:
Ok,
End of my reporting this year!
They are in full swing and making up for lost time. Gobbling every morning and some evenings. Lot's of sightings.
Spring is here! Nothing to do now, but wait for the season opener!
Good luck everyone and be safe!
:turkey2:
its a shame we gotta wait an entire month yet..
Well the birds finally got crank up here in montgromery,&bucks county in Pa...I went out scouting at one of my private spots and I heard 3 gobblers and seen a strutter in my area....so it got me fired up and im setting the blind up this weekend for the May 2th opener....Rusty
:turkey2: their hammering in Montgromery County,Pa......I heard them going off when fishing this morning!
Quote from: Thunderbolt on April 23, 2015, 06:20:47 PM
Well the birds finally got crank up here in montgromery,&bucks county in Pa...I went out scouting at one of my private spots and I heard 3 gobblers and seen a strutter in my area....so it got me fired up and im setting the blind up this weekend for the May 2th opener....Rusty
Season opens April 30 :funnyturkey:
Sorry did not see it was from last year!!!!
Why would you bring up a year old post, when their was a NEW one going :character0029: