I still have 4 tags for NJ. Anyone else still hunting??
We have 8 Toms on the board and our highest score since forming the team, Congrats everyone. Still have 4 guys who are missing/ quiet. Please check in and give us updates, good or bad.
Season ended here in AR, but I can't complain after tagging 3 birds in 3 states and have had 3 other longbeards in range I couldn't seal the deal on. I'm looking at adding another state in the next 2-3 weeks if I can... but most likely I'm done for this season.
I called in a bird that died for a friend but did not kill one myself. I hunted less than usual due to baseball practice and games 5 to 6 days a week. Perry plays on two teams this year, so it was hectic.
Ive still got tags in PA but havent had opportunity to hunt with work. I did fill my second tag in WV last week. It wasn't N upgrade but ill get a story and some pics in the thread soon.
Just hunted Missouri this yr so I'm done unfortunately. Already started making plans for next yr to extend my season. Thinking maybe Washington and somewhere in between.
My spring turkey season is done for this year.
I'm done for the season. No Wisconsin trip this year, but I'm planning on hunting South Dakota next year in addition to Minnesota. Also, I'll post a story thread regarding this year's successful hunt hopefully by this weekend.
Ran up to Vermont to hunt with my son. 3 days and never saw or heard a bird we could hunt. Hunted 3 different WMAs and a coworker of my son's property who was seeing a strutter almost every day. Never even found any sign of birds. Was great trip just getting to hunt with him and see new ground. The mountains really showed me how out of shape I am. Saw birds close to houses, had a Tom gobble at my truck as we drove down a gravel road. I told him to put in the effort to scout and find areas of birds for next year.
Jersey season closes on Friday, doubt I will get over again this week. Eating 5 tags from 3 different states but was a great year!
As of now, I'm leaving end of this week for MN, if somehow I get lucky pretty quick I'll run to WI.
:wave: have a safe trip and good luck.
Good luck austin, safe travels!
Austinc, where in MN are you hunting?
Quote from: notsure on May 20, 2024, 05:02:31 PMAustinc, where in MN are you hunting?
I've got my eyes on a couple pieces in the S/SE area of the state, never been there, just going on a whim, not ready to call it a season just yet lol. They look like they should hold some birds tho.
Anywhere in the Chatfield area (Forestville, Rushford, Lanesboro, Fountain, Preston, etc.) is loaded with turkeys, along with big deer. However, most of the land is privately held. Forestville/Mystery Cave state park has some accessible public land (hilly and fairly steep, at least for MN). However, it gets hit pretty hard. There are small parcels of public land near Rushford (Ferndale Ridge WMA) that look like they have potential, although I've never personally hunted there. Good luck and keep us posted.
Finally had some luck on PA public. Got between 3 gobblers on roost. One went dead away from me toward a public road and the other two starting coming towards me on their way to him. I then heard a loud vehicle creeping up that public road I hear the motor kill and a shot ring out not 10 seconds later. I hear a door open a couple mins of silence then door shuts and vehicle starts up and drives off. No idea if they killed him or not but they definitely shot from the vehicle.
Luckily the other 2 still kept coming my way and I was able to set up and take one of them.
It was a fun yet frustrating hunt. Road hunters get me riled up.
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Also finally getting around to posting about my second WV bird from a couple weeks ago.
I went to a spot I had scouted but not hunted yet this year. Knew it held birds but not where any were roosted. As soon as I got out of the truck one gobbled within 150 yards.i set up and he would gobble at everything but me. at fly down he flew way down the mountain so I made the decision to look for another bird.
I made my way to a power line and spotted hens dusting about 500 yards away. I tried calling to them and a gobbler lit up in the holler between me and the hens. So I back tracked and looped down in the holler.
I set up the first time and called and he answered about 150 yards from me. I also realized I had sat in an anthill. I had to move again. I moved down the logging road and got up against an overturned stump. The road made a 90 degree turn about 20 yards from me so if he continued up the road by the time I could see him he would be within range. As I continued to call it was like he read the script I wrote. He worked his way right up the road till I killed him at 19 steps.
The gun used was a first for me. It's a marlin model 60 g bolt action .410 I bought it as a freshman in college at a yard sale for $75 . It was made sometime between 1967 and 1969 and throws a heck of a pattern with herters tss. At the shot the gobbler just rolled backwards and never flopped. Overall I was impressed and the rig only ways 5.75 lbs.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240525/0434c8a7e40ac8ac911c3b0e4a801f66.jpg)
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:icon_thumright: congratulations, looks like you had a couple good stalks and got rewarded at the end. I never can understand road hunting unless you're disabled. A couple years ago I went on an elk hunt with a vet that could hardly walk, he has a hunting exemption that allows him to shoot from a vehicle. During the day we were walking some pretty flat ground and he fell really hard twice, in the end he shot a seven point bull... I don't know but as I'm now getting older maybe I'll be road hunting in a few years too... :TooFunny:
Congrats Hill!! Thanks for the update. Lazy road shooters have no idea how dangerous it is. Glad you were safe and successful.
I managed to find one in MN. I got my butt kicked for a couple days lol.
:icon_thumright: Getting your butt kicked with another bird is a good way to end the season, Jeff will be waiting for the story :TooFunny: .
Great job austin!
Congratulations! Did you bag your MN bird on public land? Also, love placing the Tag/Date cutout on the shotgun bolt!
Quote from: notsure on May 28, 2024, 10:09:51 AMCongratulations! Did you bag your MN bird on public land? Also, love placing the Tag/Date cutout on the shotgun bolt!
Yes I killed it on a piece of public I'd marked from e scouting. Funny thing on the tag notches, that's just where I happened to cut them on and after attaching the tag on the leg I thought that looked cool there, so I put the turkey vhy jt and and the call in there too lol