Had a little trouble enroute to Georgia this year but finally made it up on Mon. Had to do a little guiding the last couple of days but can finally go solo tomorrow. We will be here at least a wk. so hopefully I can get something done. I tried to roost one tonight but didn't have any luck so I'll be standing in my favorite listening spot in the morning. It's been a while since I've gotten to be the shooter. I'm pretty excited.
Shane. Have you gone? Gobbling has been a little slow over here and then of course we had those hurricane conditions move in yesterday.
Dustin. Are you going out for "youth" wk. end?
Good Luck Dan! :z-guntootsmiley:
Yes we did. It was a bust. Did hear one Saturday morning but he had hens and you know how it goes from there. Did gobble but 1 time after he hit the ground. Hopefully things will be better this weekend.
Dan I hunted Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday I played guide we heard 3 birds and went after the closest. We got above him and got set up. It turned out two hens were rooster parellel to where we set up they flew down and went directly to him. And they were last seen heading down the creek. On Sunday I got to hunt and heard 2 birds. One ran me all over the national forest. I kept trying to get in front of this bird and I ran out of real estate he got on some private ground. I feel that had I had more room I could have killed this bird. I will be back after them tomorrow through Sunday.
Well. I got my butt kicked this morning. Dang hens took me to school.
Good Luck Shane! and anybody else out there.
I had every intention of sneaking off early from work and hunting this afternoon. With the rain I decided to save the day for a nicer day to hunt. I will be after them tomorrow rain or shine. I shot a bird on the national forest exactly one year ago tomorrow. Perhaps lightning will strike again.
I have a little more over a week to wait before I head out to SD so good luck boys get out there and wreck some necks!
Didn't hear a peep all day today. Kind of shocked me because it wasn't too bad of a morning. It started raining at around 10 and kept it up the rest of the day so I took the rest of the day off.
Hope you have some luck Shane.
Good luck tomorrow Dustin. I know that Tenn. opens.
Hopefully the rain will hold off and we'll all have a good morning.
Do we have anybody else hunting?
its just you shane jon p. and I think jon c isgetting after them as well
Slow day to say the least. It rained on and off and when it finally stopped raining it got windy. I planned to hunt until fly up but,I was tired of being wet and we have a lot of season left so I called it a day. Tomorrow weather wise it should be ideal. I will be out there bright and early. I hope everyone else faired better today.
lol. I think I've got you topped Shane.
When I got to the lease I kept telling myself. "Park at the Church and walk". Nooo, I have to try the roads. Well, if you've never driven on Ga. clay you're in for a nice surprise. I made it about 200 yds. and went sideways and then try as I might i just slid into the ditch. only took 4 hrs. to get out. Man, we're we a mess. It was nasty this afternoon so I stayed in camp and took a nap. I hope you're right about the weather tomorrow Shane. I know it looks great Mon-Th.
Good luck tomorrow to everybody. Maybe we'll get one.
Dan I got stuck good like that back in December. I had to walk to the main highway to get cell service and call a buddy to come pull me out. I still haven't lived that one down lol. As far as today goes I didn't hear a peep. The rain is gone but it's awfully windy. I didn't hear a peep. I will be back after them Friday afternoon.
Same here Shane. Nothing! The wind was and still is howling but it's supposed to calm down by morning. One other guy on the lease shot two yesterday afternoon so they're here. He did the right thing and waited em out in a food plot just clucking and purring every once in a while. Man, I wish I had the patience to do that but I just don't. I'm probably my own worst enemy because I call too much, too loud and too often. I swear I had more patience when I was younger. I think it's supposed to be the opposite. lol
Good 2 year old down and a bonus coyote. Details will be later.
19+ lbs
3/4" spurs
9 5/8 beard
Good start to the year.
Atta boy Dustin! Congrats
WTG! Dustin. Pressure's off! Now go kill a giant and get us on the scoreboard.
:you_rock: nice bud
Almost made it happen this morning. Had a bird gobbling good on the limb but he had company. When they hit the ground he quit gobbling but his girlfriends just kept going and here they came. All was great until they passed at about 65 yds. Just too far. I let em walk. He's a real nice bird and hopefully with a little luck tomorrow the outcome will be a little different. The weather should be perfect tomorrow.
Good luck Dan, the next few days should be perfect I am dying to get back after them.
The boys are on spring bream this week and I'm dying to get back out there. Hopefully Thursday I can go again .
Man, I've got one henned up gobbler on my hands. He gobbled once this morning and his girls lit up. It was a real calling lesson. lol I swear they all sprinted to him. They were answering me left and right but only as if they were saying "hey, he's over here". lol I have noticed a pattern and I did some super stealthy scouting today that might just work. He's been roosted about 100-150 yds away from them the past 2 days and today I found an old skidder trail that's actually pretty clean. I'm going to get up an hr. earlier tomorrow and sneak in there "amongst them" and hopefully between them. I just hope the roosting apart pattern holds for one more day. I decided to just leave them alone this afternoon and to let things happen as naturally as possible. If I wind up between them and can get away with it I'm going to spook those dang hens. I think there's 7 of them but it sounded like more this morning. The chess match continues lol
Good luck Shane and Dustin.
Good luck Dan
Put the ole Kendall sneak on em.
Good luck Dan. I have a friend who is retired and hunts every morning, his birds are he henned up real bad right now as well. Sounds like an awesome plan you have for in the morning. Good luck buddy.
good huntin dan
Good luck! Hopefully the weather cooperates, we're getting a foot of fresh snow here in MN.
Heading out in a few. I am going to hunt thus afternoon and see if I can't get ones attention. Tomorrow I am playing guide and Sunday I will be hunting again. Good luck to everyone hunting this weekend.
Well. My plan worked to perfection yesterday all except some thick stuff between me and that gobbler. I had him at less than 40 yds. for 10 min. and I couldn't get a shot at him. I should have stood up. Today was a little different. I was back in there but managed to set up at the base of the tree he was in. That just doesn't work too well. lol I didn't know it until he pitched out and flew off through the pines. That's it for Georgia. I got my butt whooped. I had 3 different birds in shooting range and didn't manage to kill a one. Damn turkeys. lol All in all it's been a great wk. I'm headed to Ky. tomorrow to get camp set up and get ready for our first hunt next wk. end. Hopefully, I can do a little better out there. I'm sure I'll get to hunt a few days. I've got a new 600 ac. farm that I won't be guiding on this season but I will manage to hunt there a few days with the owner. We've still got some details to work out and he wants to do it over a few turkey hunts. Plus he wants to show me around the place. Sounds good to me.
Good luck to everybody hitting the woods this wk. end.
No luck this weekend. They are still henned up bad. We did hear more gobbling this weekend and I found a really good spot on the National Forest that should be productive. Soooo things are looking up. Good Luck in Kentucky Dan.
Got on 2 different birds Sunday morning. First one we just got too close to it. Game over from the start. They wasn't spooked but still nothing we could do. Second bird hung up on a ridge and wouldn't cross the road I was unaware of. Gobbled good.. Sunday evening was eventful but just a jake with 6 hens. Might try it again in the morning. Good luck everyone.