Backwater and I hunted the last 2 days. We got on birds this morning, but not close enough. It is suppose to rain tomorrow and some bad storms expected on Tuesday, not sure if we will make it back out until Friday. Toms have been with hens, hopefully we get on the right bird.
It was great to hear some gobbling today. We had a real warm February and the 1st couple weeks of March have been real cold.
I did have these guys stop bye, looking good for next yeat.
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Season opened the 15th and I am yet to hear a gobble. I scouted all my food plots and have hens in 3 of them. I located a couple gobblers and a group of hens that are using a plot in an open area. I watched them yesterday from about 500 yards away. I'm gonnna try to get in there today after work if they don't beat me to it. We'll see how it goes.
Good Luck Guys!!!
Well the turkeys have not been back to my food plot since I saw them the other day. I took off work today and I hope they close this morning. Time will tell guys!
Went out to another wma this weekend. We did hear birds gobble on the roost, but where no where near them.
We also heard a shot fairly close on Friday, so we think someone shot 1 of the Toms we where watching.
My best on, still on public land is a couple weeks away; hoping it goes better than the 1st 2 weekends.
Well guys, my season is done and I did not get a bird. I have lots of excuses/ reasons, but it just did not happen.
It is gonna be a LONG off season and a very bad taste in my mouth until next spring.
Good luck to everyone still hunting and stay safe.
I took off the next 2 Fridays so I could hunt this new public land. Tryin to get the wife a bird first, then I'll try my hand. Had to leave one yesterday, gobbling his fool head off so I wasn't late for work. That didn't set well with me but what do ya do, lol. Good luck guys. Bornagain, get a Mo tag and I'll put you on some hard gobbling, big holler gobblers!!
Turkey Harvester Thanks for the offer, maybe some day. Sounds like you found them, now you just have to finish it.
Same as last year, getting the wife a bird 1st? That is cool, my wife has no desire to go hunting.
Who else is still hunting?
I'm still waiting to go! I can finally hunt this Friday. Lots of reports of little to absolutely zero gobbling. Hope things pick up this week
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Finally got out this morning, had a bird coming in but I set up a little further than I thought. Bird got to about 100 yards from me before someone else did me the favor of shooting it, or at least at it. Pretty sure he missed because 5 minutes later he finally decides to do some calling. Frustrating stuff.
Ruination I fell your pain. Public land hunting is tough. Sounds like he slid in on you, if he was not calling until after he shot?
Dealing with other hunters is 1 thing, but dealing with a hunter trying to kill a bird someone else is working is another thing.
Exactly with what I'm dealing with lol. But, they cant be everywhere.
Yea he definitely heard the bird and me and went to cut it off. The dumb thing wouldn't shut up though so I almost expected someone else to try and call against me. Sound was travelling real far.
Boy they hammered it this morning. Heard 8 different gobblers, 4 on property I can't hunt. Started with this bird at 5:35 am and finally got around him at 9:50!! Woods really open. He has 4 hens with him and they are all coming from a creek bottom, slightly up the hill where I was sitting. Has a large finger that comes down into creek bed. All of a sudden, the 4 hens became alert looking farther up the hill. Then the runnoft,lol, around the bottom of the finger. I turn and look and here comes a dude. I waved and whistled and he started to back out but decided to try and circle me. So I got up and started walking right towards him. Be bails, but now it's 10:30, hot and windy as crap. I sit for over an hour, nothing. Decided to walk back to towards truck and stopped and called 80 yards from where I was sitting, and boom. He gobbled about 70-80 yards, twice, and then nothing. I skirted the ridge he was walking below. He's done this twice, exact same route. So guess who will be sitting in the creek bottom before daylight,lol.
I needed him to take bout 10 more steps forward and a few to the right to clear brush. Gotta love public land,lol. Best morning so far for gobbling.
Keep at it guys.
Public land hunting can suck. Most people will leave and stay put of your way, but some just do not care about anybody else.
How is everyone elses hunt going?
Saturday it was even better, as fa as gobbling went. i heard 15 different birds. they are henned up bad right now so its a waiting game and try to get ahead of them game. Well was on birds all day but they stayed 3 steps ahead of me it seemed like. Hunted till quitting time. Went home and developed a plan. Plan fell through when I seen a flashlight coming through the woods. So I snuck down into roost area and waited. Yesterday very few gobbles, only heard 3 in that particular location and they didn't gobble great. Heard 44 different types of owl hoots, lol, so I knew other people heard them too. They quit early and it got real windy so i started back towards truck. Stopped a few times, called, nothing. Got bout 80 yards from the truck, which I could see plain as day, and called and 2 answered me immediately 50 yards towards my truck. I just melted to the ground, I could see them not 20 feet from my truck, coming. I managed to sit on a pointed rock, nice, and a small depression leaning me backwards. they skit around some brush and gobble to my hard right 35 yards. I try to finagle myself around, on the rock, and swing right. Now I have a sapling in the way. So I pulled my gun back and put it on the other side of it, in between the branches. I'm wobbling, I'm shaking from trying to hold myself up from the stupid rock and depression. I can see their fans behind a root wad and their heads when they gobble. One breaks and comes out, still in the brush a little, but not his head. i pulled trigger and 2 go flying off. I thought what the hell. After throwing a slight fit, I called 4 minutes later and they both gobbled. So I took off after them like Forrest Gump. I called twice and they answered but thought they were heading up the hill. Not, they were coming to my call and we met on a little half ridge. Game Over!!
Total i heard 28 different birds in 3 days, figured out where they go, dealt with the freakin public and their unethical ways, and still didn't get a dang bird. They things are tough right now but that's why I love to chase em. It was successful to me even if I didn't get a bird. Hadn't heard gobbling like that in years. Luck for me there's only 2 little roads that take you back to them, unless you walk a long ways, and I'm on one of them, lol. But don't know how much pressure it gets during the week. Guess I'll keep trying>
Keep at ot turkey harvestor. You have a good attitude and have done your homework, should pay off eventually.
I have heard those unique/ different owl sounds, many times. Lol. Everytime I hear an owl in the woods the 1st thing I think is, is it a real owl or a hunter.
Good luck TH! I know you will get one soon! You sound like you have figured them out, just gotta close the deal!
I have heard those unique/ different owl sounds, many times. Lol. Everytime I hear an owl in the woods the 1st thing I think is, is it a real owl or a hunter.
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That's funny. How many times have we had that conversation? Lol
Good luck guys
Just noticed some birds where taken.
Congrats.
Lets hear some stories.
Got me a Jake this morning on the last day. Pics and story tomorrow when I get to school