Make your time/success in the turkey woods this coming spring be better, even more successful, more rewarding? Short of the obvious that you sit just outside their bedroom and the gobbler comes in from 125 yds hammering all the way.
Is your response based on experience, not making the same mistakes you did last spring, better equipment, more birds, luck??
More birds, lol, that goes without saying....but more time hunting with my two sons. They're both starting young families and newer jobs and it's hard for us to get time in the woods together.
Quote from: culpeper on January 20, 2017, 12:16:28 PM
Make your time/success in the turkey woods this coming spring be better, even more successful, more rewarding?
Good weather and less bugs.
Having the ability to go whenever I wanted so I didn't have to "just get at it today" cause tomo I'm working
Honestly the only improvement I would like would be more time to hunt. I have always enjoyed every hunt and always take a few minutes after a successful hunt to just admire the bird and say a prayer of thanks. I do really enjoy the hunts that are an ongoing chess match and it takes a few hours and repositioning several times before it all comes together. I could care less about killing as many as I can or as fast as I can. Most of my hunts have a three hour window and it's not often I get to be out till the 12 or 1pm whistle in the states I hunt.
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More time to hunt, work kills time. More attention to all the things that make a hunt successful and to remember all the details that work in bringing the bird to the gun. The object we all aspire to, "....I'm glad I lived to see it one more time." Tom Kelly 'Tenth Legion'
I had to think about this one for a while. I think most of the good stuff in my turkey hunting is covered. I have great hunting buddies, hunt lots of land where there are lots of turkeys that know what they are supposed to do, and have plenty of time to get after them.
If I could change one thing, it would probably be the behavior of some hunters who disregard the law and seem to have a total lack of ethics. For example, I don't think I can remember a spring opener that I have not heard shots in the distance from guys shooting birds off the roost. That really disturbs me and hangs a cloud over the exhilaration I feel in knowing that another spring season is about to unfold.
Then there are the guys driving up and down the roads trying to shoot a bird out of their vehicles or off of ATV's,...there are always a few of them. ...And there are the occasional trespassers,...and conversely, private landowners or outfitters that try to keep hunters off of public land around their property.
If I didn't have that kind of stuff going on during our seasons, everything would be pretty great....
Amen. One of the reasons I am a big fan of hunting alone and away from people.
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I can only go with the "more rewarding". I have 8 weeks to hunt in the spring, during that time frame I'll only work a couple of days each week. I hunt with a couple of buddies kids every year (7 this year), I have a number of friends (guys and gals) I hunt with every year with shotgun & bow. I have time to hunt my own tags and have great success all the way around. The real only change I have made recently is I started videoing these hunts for myself and to share, I started doing this about five years ago and have got some awesome footage, I really enjoy this aspect of the hunt now (my more rewarding), kids think it's cool and some of them have been on "Outdoor Shows", I also film for a buddy who is on the sportsmen's channel.
MK M GOBL
1: My wife getting her 1st Gobbler. She has shot 1 jake and you would have thought it was a new world record.
2: My wife & I actually hunting togther and shooting a double. We hunt different seasons...I take her then hunt for myself. I make sure her hunt is the way SHE wants it. If she doesn't feel like going we stay home....that way she doesn't feel pressured or like she "has" to go. It helps to keep her interested that way.
Good weather and lots of gobbling.
More time in the woods and more vocal gobblers.
Gobblenut,
Good answer....I hadn't seen this one coming, but it sure makes a lot of sense. Thanks for posting, unfortunately the people who should read this probably don't come to this site.
This year is my daughter's first year turkey hunting. After 18 yrs she's decided she wants to kill a turkey. What would make all these years complete above and beyond all the birds we have harvested would be to call in a double for my son and daughter. My son wants to take one with his bow and have her take one with his 1100 youth 20.... That would be it for me
More access to land. Just lost 2 of my 3 spots ( they were sold).
More time, more birds, and more luck. Last spring I was lacking in all three! But I really don't see things changing much for me this year in PA. The population is still not really good, and my Nebraska trip is going to chew up my vacation days. But at least I have my first out of state hunt in 16 years to look forward to and who knows, luck can change in a hurry!
Getting a double with a good friend
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Taking a week maybe two weeks vacation time during turkey season this spring. Camping and hunting and fishing with my boat on one of the lakes
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I'm praying that the back surgery I had in October will make this spring much more better and rewarding.
I've been pain free for weeks and getting stronger everyday. I really look forward to being able to walk further, sit longer and more still. I am anxious to set up on a gobbler and not have my legs go to sleep or have to crawl over and get him after I kill him. I've not let it stop me before but it sure will be nice to get after them full bore !
Quote from: BowBendr on January 26, 2017, 11:42:37 AM
I'm praying that the back surgery I had in October will make this spring much more better and rewarding.
I've been pain free for weeks and getting stronger everyday. I really look forward to being able to walk further, sit longer and more still. I am anxious to set up on a gobbler and not have my legs go to sleep or have to crawl over and get him after I kill him. I've not let it stop me before but it sure will be nice to get after them full bore !
This is great.
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Quote from: BowBendr on January 26, 2017, 11:42:37 AM
I'm praying that the back surgery I had in October will make this spring much more better and rewarding.
I've been pain free for weeks and getting stronger everyday. I really look forward to being able to walk further, sit longer and more still. I am anxious to set up on a gobbler and not have my legs go to sleep or have to crawl over and get him after I kill him. I've not let it stop me before but it sure will be nice to get after them full bore !
I will say a prayer for you, I have had to adjust after my back surgery. My pain is less but still a constant reminder, the legs going to sleep is definitely a pain(no pun intended). I have not let it slow me down either ;) . I am attempting to get a twenty to work, as the twelve is just too much, looking forward to the longbeards to show up in yellow at the LGS, but no luck so far. Have not reloaded any 20ga so I may have to look into that.
Joe
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Good health and just the ability to hunt these great birds. I will never forget my first gobbler.I just enjoy the great outdoors. We can learn a lot from just walking around in the fields and woods and seeing nature at it's finest..
More time to hunt. A more understanding wife that would allow deep backcountry camping hunting trips in the local big piece of public land.
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I would have to say less pressure in having to get back to work. Last year my hunting was text book. It'll be hard to duplicate,but fun trying...
Just having a good hunt makes it for me. I still live for the hunt and hope that desire never fades. Every time I step into the woods I ask the Lord to allow me a good safe hunt and then I wait to see what happens. Rarely disappointed.
Less competition. A normal mid week day for me is driving to at least 2-3 spots before i find one that doesn't have a truck parked.
Access to property with birds... Any public land that holds birds in CA has more hunters on it than turkeys... Garnering access to private land is a trying experience.
I will be helping a new turkey hunter shorten his learning curve. My journey has been a long one and I can definitely teach him what not to do. I look forward to calling his first gobbler in and seeing him call his first in.
I hope to get plenty of time to hunt with my best friend. We've been friends since we were 9-10 years old and we've hunted together for 45 years. Turkeys die when we get together.
Jim
I'd say not much. I hunt more than most. Travel to differet states, have a decent number of birds around home and access to over 40k acers within 45 minutes of my house. Probably the only thing is if my friends and family could get away as much as I to be able to hunt together.
I wish I could hunt during the week. I hunt public ground and it gets pounded on the weekends. I also wish I didn't have to drive over an hour to get to the closest turkey spots. However, I still have numerous exciting hunts every spring so I really can't complain.