The seas were angry that day my friends. Wait, thats the start of the bluegill fishing trip when the "Captain" sank our boat.
Have been hearing some roost gobbling, not much after fly down. Called in a couple groups of Jakes and a silent Jake.
Went in blind to a new spot the other morning, no gobbling on my side but Gobbling across the road, went back half a mile crossed road and set up. Called with a trumpet and Zelmo1's traveling slate call to what sounded like 2 gobblers, couldn't hear hens but they acted like were with hens after fly down. Gobbling drifted off, I stayed put, about 5 minutes later heard a searching cluck, shifted the gun and finally saw movement coming thru the edge of the thicket, at 17yds pulled the trigger :newmascot:.
Nice Tom Mr. Crow, Congrats.
Thank You
Nice bird, congratulations :icon_thumright:
Thanks
Well another gobbler down, And a fun hunt. Got in to a good position on a gobbler still on the roost.
Sounded like the same voice as the walk away Joe from last week, and same behavior, would gobble to hear himself gobble but not really gobble back to you.
A second gobbler, deep raspy gobbles was far behind me at my 5:00 but was answering right back and throwing in some double gobbles. Meantime Joe flew down and heard him---walk away.
The far gobbler is closing the distance to a point and hangs up. I move, call and he's still fired up, but sounds like staying in a strut zone. Joe is still out there gobbling in the distance on a huge semi circle.
I move again, call and go silent. The 2nd turkey who is now the front row gobbler double gobbles and finally is coming, can see pieces of him thru the trees, strutting, gobbling, looking and slowly coming, adrenaline is cranking.
he's in range but still coming so just keep watching the show, comes out of strut and gives a couple of where are you clucks, I'm on the trigger but then he slowly comes on, now he's close enough and it's the kind of hunt you remember in the off season.
Used a wingbone, trumpet and cane yelper on the different setups, only call used on the last setup was a Mark Sharpe cane yelper, sweet sounding call.
Congrats Crow. Your whoopin up on em.
Congrats...but a great story is much better with pictures...otherwise it's just a good story
Quote from: JeffC on May 07, 2023, 04:37:18 PM
Congrats...but a great story is much better with pictures...otherwise it's just a good story
They're coming, for now just use your imagination, and I hope it's better than your last artwork :TooFunny:
Quote from: crow on May 07, 2023, 05:47:12 PM
Quote from: JeffC on May 07, 2023, 04:37:18 PM
Congrats...but a great story is much better with pictures...otherwise it's just a good story
They're coming, for now just use your imagination, and I hope it's better than your last artwork :TooFunny:
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What's wrong with this artwork? Sorry, forgot to write slower.... what... is... wrong... with ... this... art...work........?
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slow day on 5-8, no gobbles. did get dive-bombed by a redtail hawk too close for comfort.
Heard a little wren get fired up and looked that way in time to see this hawk about 25yds out coming right towards me, looked like slow motion until it wasn't.
at 12-13 feet he's coming straight on and his legs dropped down, I raised an arm up, he flared off at about 7-8 feet, hope thats my next 50year quota.
Today was some better gobbling, although distant, and across property lines.
I did shoot a dead fallen tree, but thats all I got to say about that :OGani:
Yesterday-- back at the double dead tree spot, good roost gobbling going on about 500-600 yards away and this time just across 1 property line instead of 2 properties over, 2 gobblers about 200 yards apart, I'm as close as I can get.
It gets light enough and I do some light clucks and tree yelps and they both are gobbling good. Later can tell by the change of tone they are on the ground and coming, I'm cutting off their gobbles and they are fired up and coming and it's looking good. Until hens show up. They go off down the ridge, can hear the occasional gobble until about 7:30.
Limited where I can go, so going to wait them out and try to call one back to where they heard me after they are alone mid morning. Not my favorite way to hunt but it's been effective. Part of the morning's a blur, can'i be sure, might have drifted off a bit. Call every 20 minutes or so, silence.
11:10, one gobbles back from the spot he had gotten the closest before leaving with the hens earlier. 11:15 the 2nd gobbler with a deeper pitch also gobbles back. this goes on for a bit but the first ones not budging, 2nd one is coming good.---- then from 2 properties over heavy target practice fires up, sounds like a war movie, unreal amount of gunfire, can't believe it after waiting it out so long. both gobblers shut down.
There are lulls in the shooting, got nothing to lose so I start cutting, they both fire back up, can't believe it. first one is still holding tight, 2nd one has come closer, I call to him in each lull, he's coming and then goes silent, takes about 15 minutes I hear him walking, get the gun moved in time, too thick to see him, can hear him slowly coming. finally see him too thick to shoot, he gives a searching cluck and takes a step into an open hole. Nice gobbler, he was a crafty one. Had 7 minutes to go until the noon quitting time. Calls used were a trumpet I made several years ago and gobbling on a SC Possum tube call.
Was close but not an upgrade
I played this game with this gobbler 2 days earlier, He did almost he same exact game plan, but after a long period of silence he came walking in so loud I thought it was a deer, way too loud for a turkey, then it sounded too loud for a deer and I thought for sure a person, even moved my gun 45 degrees off to the side.
out he steps into a small opening, very cautious and looking, gives the same searching cluck once and looks for a few seconds, gets antsy and moves off.
No chance to get on him without the risk of spooking him, let him drift off and it paid off
Well played sir. Your rollin
Over the last week or so gobbling has slowed down, called in a couple of single hens, 1 silent Jake came sneaking in, watched a redtail whack a little squirrel at about 22yds and had a little fox pup playing near me for awhile one day.
Filled my last tag yesterday on a nice gobbler, went to a new place for the first time, no roost gobbling anywhere near me, heard the same bird gobble twice way off the property and as Col. Tom puts it "on the ragged edge of imagination"
made my way around the place setting up and blind calling several times. On the 3rd or 4th setup I called, no answer but stayed and called again about 20 min later and had an immediate gobble fairly close, I yelped right back and 2 gobblers fired back. Got shifted around the tree and game on.
It took awhile, finally could hear them walking their way to my left, the woods right now are as dry as cornflakes.
They are coming on very slow and cautious, almost like they think it's the end of the season, they drift back to my 12:00 and gobble, I clucked a couple times and they work on in and angle slightly to my right.
At what later turned out to be 37yds the front one gives a searching cluck, listens and starts to leave. I had already been on the 2nd gobbler since the direction change, it's feeling like now is the time, squeeze the trigger and end the season with a nice one. No upgrade but a heart beating fun hunt to end the season with.
Good job Crow.
Congrats. I know for me it's always nice to finish on a good note. Ending the season with an unintentional open tag or worse yet a miss always makes the off season a little longer.
No pictures??
Sounds like you have had a great season, crow! :icon_thumright:
Quote from: Paulmyr on May 27, 2023, 06:03:01 PM
Congrats. I know for me it's always nice to finish on a good note. Ending the season with an unintentional open tag or worse yet a miss always makes the off season a little longer.
Yes, indeed it does! Ending even one year with a miss is bad enough,...but now I have done it two years in a row! ::)
Crows May 13th gobbler(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230601/aae591752cf62cb151e67a69b64afed4.jpg)
Crows May 27th Gobbler(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230601/34ef3ff3f58c4c77a7be065f2f503f6e.jpg)
Thanks Happy
Congrats again Crow, and thank you Happy for pictures.
Quote from: JeffC on June 01, 2023, 08:53:27 PM
Congrats again Crow, and thank you Happy for pictures.
Thanks :icon_thumright: