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Author Topic: Virginia 2016  (Read 20713 times)

Offline Kwgoke

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #30 on: March 21, 2016, 12:36:57 PM »
I made a last minute decision to walk a property Saturday morning just to get a feel for it. Heard one gobble mid morning. Then saw a gobbler by himself in a field on my drive out. Not quite what I was hoping for, but I managed to put a few miles on the boots anyway.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #31 on: March 22, 2016, 10:21:19 AM »
Heard 1 in central VA.  Gobbled 4-5 times on roost.  Not hearing nearly as many birds as last year. 

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #32 on: March 22, 2016, 02:26:53 PM »
heard 2 this morning and one was fired up!!!  he continued to gobble  for awhile once on the ground also.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #33 on: March 24, 2016, 01:38:58 PM »
 Heard 4 birds this morning and they were gobbling really good.  Continued  to gobble even on the ground as I was leaving.   A lot of hen talk also.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #34 on: March 25, 2016, 09:32:25 AM »
Heard a bird few times in Highland Co...Gobbled a few times on ground before dropping into deep hollow,  This was March 24th.
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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #35 on: March 25, 2016, 10:28:50 AM »
I have been out several time here in WV and today in VA just West of Woodstock, VA. and heard nothing.  On my way back home along a secondary road there were approx. 15 hens just off the paved road.  I still see groups of hens here in WV also.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #36 on: March 28, 2016, 10:56:05 AM »
Heard and Saw Several birds in Prince Edward Co this weekend.  Saw a group of 4 long beards with a bunch oh hens.  Also saw a few gangs with a big gobbler and about 5-6 Hens Each!! 
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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #37 on: April 01, 2016, 12:33:43 AM »
Good luck to all the Young hunters and their guides on Saturday. Hunt safe!!!

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #38 on: April 05, 2016, 01:28:51 PM »
Out the last 2 mornings in central VA.  Cool and windy.  Heard 1 gobble yesterday morning and none today.  I can't believe it but leaves are starting to pop.  I would say 2-3 weeks ahead of last year.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #39 on: April 11, 2016, 09:29:32 AM »
Was out Sat and this morning.  Not gobbling hardly at all once they hit the ground.  Bird I hunted this morning only gobbled twice on the roost and none on the ground.  Seems like leaves are a couple of weeks ahead

Offline Kwgoke

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #40 on: April 11, 2016, 10:22:14 AM »
I heard zero gobbles while in they were in the tree this morning, but had a gobbler sound off to my mouth call at about 6:30. I got in as close as I thought I could (I could've gotten closer in retrospect) and worked him for about twenty minutes, until he went quiet on me. He made it in to probably 75-80 yards, but I never saw him. I think he probably found a real hen and went off with her. The woods have been dead quiet since.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #41 on: April 12, 2016, 05:34:13 PM »
Heard a gobbler on the roost at 6:15 a.m. Saturday morning I yelped and he gobbled again about 200 yards away. Around 6:40 I yelped and he gobbled about the same distance. He didn't make another sound and showed up in the food plot around 7:00 a.m. he was met with a dose of TSS about 07:05 a.m. and was over the shoulder shortly after that.

My brother heard a gobble about 06:30 a.m. nothing else was heard until the gobbler showed up in his food plot following two hens about 07:30 a.m. and was met with a dose of TSS and was over the shoulder shortly after that.
 


Offline Kwgoke

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #42 on: April 12, 2016, 07:03:39 PM »
Heard zero gobbles today. I ended up moving spot to spot and sporadically blind calling. After my second set, as I got about 60 yards away I ran right into a jake that was very slowly making his way in. I let him run off, since I wasn't quite ready for my day to end. I sat there for over an hour, and he never made a peep.

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #43 on: April 13, 2016, 10:45:50 PM »
Is anybody hearing any gobbling after the birds are off the roost? I heard 11 birds Saturday morning and was able to kill one, but nothing gobbled once they hit the ground. I sat up between 3 birds that were less than 75 yards from me and I never heard a single hen come in.

I have hunted my home county and 1 Western county and I'm getting the same results. What is happening in your neck of the woods? 

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Re: Virginia 2016
« Reply #44 on: April 14, 2016, 12:57:02 PM »
I've only heard gobbling on the roost as well. Buddy killed one that he said gobbled a dozen times on the ground and none on the roost. So direct opposite on his.
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