How many of the rest of you guys in WV are starting to get stir crazy waiting on April 23rd after reading about everyone else already killing birds?
Uh, present.
Thinking about burning some vacation days for turkey since I just purchased a whole new setup. I usually do a lot more work for deer and save it for that season but me having a new gun is making those vacation days burn a hole in my pocket.
ME!!!!!
Driving me crazy. Just got my guns lined in. 20 gauge for my boy is ready. Shells loaded.
Got to get the 12 gauge shells loaded and might pattern a few more. I am ready. Time to really get to scouting and tying up one for my boy!
Not from WV but im going nuts in Mich. waiting for April 23 rd myself.
Quote from: redarrow on March 26, 2012, 10:05:14 AM
Not from WV but im going nuts in Mich. waiting for April 23 rd myself.
Me too, I still have a little more fine tuning to do before season starts though
When are they going to move the date to April 1st where it belongs. Season starts about 3 weeks to late every year. It's bad enough only being able to hunt until noon but a late opener hurts even worse.
Quote from: joffutt1 on March 26, 2012, 06:56:24 PM
When are they going to move the date to April 1st where it belongs. Season starts about 3 weeks to late every year. It's bad enough only being able to hunt until noon but a late opener hurts even worse.
We feel your pain in PA, not open till the 28th here?
Ohio doesn't open up until the 23rd as well. This warm weather has got me stir crazy. Been hearing pretty decent gobbling the past two weeks. A neighbor that lives right next to my farm called me and said Friday evening the birds were hammering in the hollar behind his house. I've been watching 6 jakes, 4 toms and 30+ hens on my trail cams for the past month. Hopefully they stick around.
I don't see them opening it the first of April. I've talked to a couple of my buddies that are conservation officers and they say that the reason it opens so late is because the wildlife biology section of the DNR think that too many birds would be killed and the reason it closes at 1pm is because the hens go to nest and makes gobblers too susceptible to calls. Kinda stupid but they make the rules.
I watch the toms strut along Rt.51 here in eastern panhandle on the way home from work every evening. I hope all the gobblin is not over by the time season comes in. Leaves are coming out on the trees here already. Its killin me.
I can't wait! Although I hunt a lot in VA too and it starts on the 14th! :you_rock:
I will be there IF IF IF it ever gets here >>>>
I'm ready and waiting. I've got a couple of good buddies that I really look forward to turkey hunting with. Whether or not we get a bird, it's always a good time anyways.
We have a farm in Mason Co. It's kills me to wait for it to open. But I will make up for it when I hunt KY on the 14th. And hopefully I get drawn for Fort Knox on the 7 and 8th.
Quote from: joffutt1 on March 26, 2012, 06:56:24 PM
When are they going to move the date to April 1st where it belongs. Season starts about 3 weeks to late every year. It's bad enough only being able to hunt until noon but a late opener hurts even worse.
LIVE IN Pa. SO WE GOTTA WAIT TILL 28TH.. LIKE SAID ITS 3 WEEKS TO LATE.. MOVE THE SEASON UP!!!!!!!!!
PENNSYLVANIA NEEDS TO REVISE THIS !!!!!!!!
Hunt MD and WV, and WV is always killer to wait for. Especially with sites like this showing dead birds left and right when I can't even tote a gun to the woods yet.
I lost my hunting spot from the last ten years. I have a new spot to check out this year. I am ready for the 23rd. Hunting Marion county here.
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Sorry to hear you lost your spot Steve.
I went out this morning, and not a gobble one. Little piece here in town where I live, it has held 2-3 gobblers these past 3 years. They are there, just no need to gobble yet.
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I went out this morning, and not a gobble one. Little piece here in town where I live, it has held 2-3 gobblers these past 3 years. They are there, just no need to gobble yet.
Or they are with hens, and don't need to gobble now?
I'm farther North in PA, and was out this morning too. Heard one gobbling his fool head off non stop for the 15 minutes I was in hearing distance of him. This one obviously thought he should be, or wanted to be in the company of hens?
They're just now starting to get good and fired up in the southern part of the state. We've been starting to hear a quite a few birds just not a whole lot of early morning gobbling. Hopefully they stay quiet for a little longer.
Cant stand it for much longer.They arent gobbling much up in the mtns yet.
Quote from: zach20065 on March 27, 2012, 08:26:55 AM
Still counting down the days. I dont think it needs to open April 1st, i mean this is a weird year, look at our previous years, sometimes its still snowing by then. lol. I think if they moved it up one week it would be absolutely perfect, but where it is is fine too, i never have a problem finding birds. :)
It hasn't snowed in April for quite a few years. I've always heard gobbling at the end of March and by the time the end of April comes they are on the down swing of breeding. April 1st all the way. If you don't want to hunt that early then just wait for the second week. Lol
Hunted for 3 days and have had atleast 4 toms gobble at me everyday within travel distance but the hens just keep them from coming in.