It was horrible for us didnt even hear a gobble! :TrainWreck1:
My season was pretty great. I didn't get a bird but managed to help my 12 y.o. son get his first. Helping a kid to find and get a shot on a bird is a lot of work but very much fun.
I'm in Maryland and our season is still in til Saturday. So far it's been a bust. I have put some miles on my boots in all the places that I've found sign in years past. Don't know what to do. Last year was a bumper year for acorns and this year there is less. You'd think it be easier but it just isn't working out. i remember as a kid going and you would see other hunters which I believe helped greatly. There is not much Hunter participation for fall birds anymore.
Yeah the guy i hunt with here in tn just isnt much into fall hunting. typically i do pretty good.
I called in and killed 3 with a gun in two states and killed my 2 with a bow here in IL. All public land hunts. The gun kills were 10 yrds and the bow kills were 30 yrds. You just don't know how the birds will work to decoys in the fall. Oh ya, killed a bonus doe to while turkey hunting with my bow.
Season is still in here in WV. Much like the guy who posted from Maryland I also have put some miles on my boots. I haven't seen any birds. No acorns to speak of and I haven't talked to another hunter who was actively pursuing fall birds.
I had several days in western Md. and covered a lot of ground, did not see or hear a bird, or any scratchings
no mature acorns in any of the areas, I cleared leaves away from under several white, red and chestnut oaks, tiny little pea sized acorns with no caps on them, inside was a powdery dust
had a bird dog work his way over to me and thought I ran across a turkey dogger, but was a grouse hunter, only hunter I ran into
Quote from: crow on November 09, 2015, 10:22:19 PM
I had several days in western Md. and covered a lot of ground, did not see or hear a bird, or any scratchings
no mature acorns in any of the areas, I cleared leaves away from under several white, red and chestnut oaks, tiny little pea sized acorns with no caps on them, inside was a powdery dust
had a bird dog work his way over to me and thought I ran across a turkey dogger, but was a grouse hunter, only hunter I ran into
Brother that is a sight I haven't seen for quite awhile up there, a grouse Hunter with a dog. All that walking I never flushed a grouse either. I'm curious if with low acorn production if these birds are on private land hitting the waste grain in the fields.
talked to a buddy tonight who hunts central Pa., no acorns where he been at either
he said the turkeys they ran across were all near picked corn fields
Had a good time, killed some birds, guided my best friend from Louisiana on a nice fall tom, and upgraded the kid to the 12 gauge. Slight mishap there. All I could find before we left on that hunt were 3.5" mags. He had rested the gin on his knee with the forearm of the gun kind of under his kneecap. Let's just say when he touched the powder off, there was flopping on the ground at both ends.
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Took a nice Jake in PA hunted with turkey dogs. Great hunt and a great time
Quote from: silverspur on November 18, 2015, 08:12:19 AM
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Took a nice Jake in PA hunted with turkey dogs. Great hunt and a great time
nice turkey,
do you have any info on getting a pup from that line of dogs?
These dogs where developed by the late John Byrne and they are Appalachian Turkey Dogs. This is not my dog and a friend owns them. His son and daughter JT and Cathy still breed them and they are in Virginia. You can try Facebook for Cathy or look on the internet for any contact info.
Yeah I would be interested in getting one. Dogs are AWESOME!!!!!!!
Quote from: silverspur on November 20, 2015, 09:07:27 AM
These dogs where developed by the late John Byrne and they are Appalachian Turkey Dogs. This is not my dog and a friend owns them. His son and daughter JT and Cathy still breed them and they are in Virginia. You can try Facebook for Cathy or look on the internet for any contact info.
thanks
I've had a decent season so far.
I picked up a dropper pup last winter (Maizy), spent most of the summer training her. She's coming along well, been in on a number of breaks. She watched a bird get killed in NY (I missed on one also). She was in on the bust to kill the bird in the picture (hunted with the same guy as silverspur that day) in PA. We are also trying to fill tags in Virginia, their season ends late January.(http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc496/UncleNicky1/1604868_1067627833250112_4933431866033743077_n_zpsbpohbz1q.jpg)
nice looking dog
Dogs make the world a better place.
had a great season so far and still have til the middle of january with a bow,i was off work for thanksgiving so i took advantage and went turkey hunting,thanksgiving day killed a hen with my crossbow by 9:oo,we can only kill one a day,so the next morning went and killed another,went the third morning and decided i would pass any unless it was a mature gobbler,was in the woods all day and finally at 4:00 in the evening had 5 mature gobblers come in to 25 yards,i picked out one and sent a black eagle arrow from my excaliber crossbow,it didnt go 10 yards he weighed 19 pounds and had 1"1/8 spurs but only an 8 and 1/2 inch beard.i had a great three days and here in ky we can kill all 4 of our fall birds with a bow or crossbow so i still have one more to try to get,maybe i will get another while im off for christmas.i have really started to enjoy fall hunting with my crossbow almost as good as spring.