Not been hunting too much since Ninja was down. Busy last week with things that I had to get done and the weather this week looks to be crappy for hunting. Did go Saturday morning and they gobbled ok on the limb and hammered for about 30-45 minutes on the ground them just went dead, could only hunt the morning.
Tomorrow looks like the only good day for the week so I am going to meet a buddy over on some public land. We are supposed to have some heavy storms this evening so hopefully they will be fired up tomorrow between the systems. Hope to hunt Saturday and then headed back down to farm to hunt Monday and Tuesday.
Will try to keep my hunting updated here on this thread. Some more guys should be getting started before too much longer. Good luck and be safe.
Good luck. Hope you kill a big one. It'll be a few days before I get to go again also.
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Good luck!
I'll be glad when the 17th gets here.
Hunted all day yesterday in the National Forest. We went to an area a friend suggested as there were birds there during duck season. Figured with the front that moved through and the next coming they would be worked up, not so much. Got there and worked our way to the listening spot and nothing. We moved around a bit and did not see very much sign so we moved on to another spot. Got there and walked down an old road bed. When we got to the end we called because the bottom where they like to be is right there. Called no answer. We get down in bottom and walk a little ways then stopped to come up with plan.
As we are talking a bird gobbles. We get quiet and listen but nothing. I pull out my box and Yelp and he fires back. We quickly get set up. Well he never gobbled again and in all the haste and excitement dummy me forgot how close we were to the creek. My buddy saw him strutting but he was on the other side.
After that we did not hear anything else but a hen Yelp a few times.
Was a beautiful day, little windy, but it was great catching up with an old friend.
Will be back at it wide open Saturday and will be hunting the farm Monday and Tuesday.
Here are a couple photos I took hunting.
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good pics Donald. save a hunt for me
Best of luck
You should do well on the farm.
Nice pic! That ground looks flat. I've never hunted turkeys in flat ground, figure they would be harder than hills.
Quote from: Rzrbac on April 05, 2017, 01:08:53 PM
Nice pic! That ground looks flat. I've never hunted turkeys in flat ground, figure they would be harder than hills.
It's all in what your used to. A turkey is a turkey no matter the topography. In my limited experience, I find thick cutovers the hardest to hunt.