I am interested of anything that you have ever heard or seen while turkey hunting that you cant explain or was un sure what it was .Please share you experiences.
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I've gotten up at 4:30am for 28 days in a row.
I can't explain the addiction that makes me do that. :goofball:
OK, some of those were work days. :policeman:
I have seen/heard twice (once w/ Old Gobbler) a crow "gobble" at a gobbler
That is crazy. Pretty cool
Saw about a five foot lizard in the Green Swamp WMA in Florida about 30 years ago.
I have seen a hen strutting when she had some poults with her and seen a hen try and gobble
I too wake up at 4:30 or earlier every day for 5+ weeks and that alone can lead to seeing strange stuff! Last week while standing in the rain, in the pre dawn darkness, on a ridgetop in West Virginia , I had a very scary animal sneak up behind me. It was large and dark colored. It could have been a bear or maybe Bigfoot crouching to pounce. I tensed up a little as I turned to face it. We then became buddies. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/11/u6u9aput.jpg)
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Saw a hen strut and halfway gobble once. Damnedest thing I've saw while turkey hunting, except rednecks with scoped deer rifle watching fields for late morning feeders.
Quote from: Bigspurs68 on May 10, 2014, 10:04:32 PM
I too wake up at 4:30 or earlier every day for 5+ weeks and that alone can lead to seeing strange stuff! Last week while standing in the rain, in the pre dawn darkness, on a ridgetop in West Virginia , I had a very scary animal sneak up behind me. It was large and dark colored. It could have been a bear or maybe Bigfoot crouching to pounce. I tensed up a little as I turned to face it. We then became buddies. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/11/u6u9aput.jpg)
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thats pretty neat. I probably would have had a heart attack!
Quote from: Rokhal07 on May 10, 2014, 08:04:59 PM
I have seen/heard twice (once w/ Old Gobbler) a crow "gobble" at a gobbler
its true , we were both there . The crow flew over , and mimicked a gobble , wish I had it on tape ....
lol crazy
When I was a kid a friend of my father had a pet crow that would actually say "Hello" plain as day.
saw something black run through the woods last year it wasnt a sasquatch i have no idea what it was maybe a deer
They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/hattT05/P4030006_zpsd7352f7c.jpg)
That's cool. I killed a black winged eastern long ago that had white toenails.
I have seen more interesting things while trying to gain access to properties...
Been greeted by drunks with guns, and I believe I came across the family from Deliverance... But the most interesting was a piece of property owned by some sort of cooperative hippie community.
As I approached a "house" at the front of the property, I got no answer at the front door. So I rang a bell. When I say that, there was a large bell hanging from a tree and I rang it.
Someone from behind the house answered me, and I was told to go on back. As I went under some sort of ivy-covered awning, I saw, but did not know how to react to about 12 naked ladies (ranging from 30 to 65 or so).
As I was standing there completely speechless, one of the ladies finally asked what they could do for me. As I shook my head to regain my senses, I was finally somehow able to relate to them that I was hoping to gain access to hunt their property for turkeys and quail. Surprisingly the response was polite and direct; they thanked me for asking, but did not believe in hunting nor allow any on their property.
On the bright side, another land-owner who had denied me access had put me onto this ranch (as it was loaded with turkey)... Obviously done as a joke to me, but I returned to relate the story to him... After getting back up off the ground from laughing so hard, he gave me permission on his piece... Where I killed my first spring turkey.
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I had gobbler come in at 50 yds jump up on a log and took a nap . Never did get that lazy bird . :OGani:
Quote from: Marc on May 12, 2014, 04:51:35 PM
I have seen more interesting things while trying to gain access to properties...
Been greeted by drunks with guns, and I believe I came across the family from Deliverance... But the most interesting was a piece of property owned by some sort of cooperative hippie community.
As I approached a "house" at the front of the property, I got no answer at the front door. So I rang a bell. When I say that, there was a large bell hanging from a tree and I rang it.
Someone from behind the house answered me, and I was told to go on back. As I went under some sort of ivy-covered awning, I saw, but did not know how to react to about 12 naked ladies (ranging from 30 to 65 or so).
As I was standing there completely speechless, one of the ladies finally asked what they could do for me. As I shook my head to regain my senses, I was finally somehow able to relate to them that I was hoping to gain access to hunt their property for turkeys and quail. Surprisingly the response was polite and direct; they thanked me for asking, but did not believe in hunting nor allow any on their property.
On the bright side, another land-owner who had denied me access had put me onto this ranch (as it was loaded with turkey)... Obviously done as a joke to me, but I returned to relate the story to him... After getting back up off the ground from laughing so hard, he gave me permission on his piece... Where I killed my first spring turkey.
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that is funny right there!
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I once saw a large dark catlike animal with a tail as long as its body or longer at about 250 yards early one morning. They say no cats like that in Baldwin Co. Also several years ago I would be listening and hear a ferocious growling and all wildlife stopped making any sounds. I believe that it was a bear looking for action.
Quote from: JakeT on May 12, 2014, 05:36:05 PM
Quote from: Marc on May 12, 2014, 04:51:35 PM
I have seen more interesting things while trying to gain access to properties...
Been greeted by drunks with guns, and I believe I came across the family from Deliverance... But the most interesting was a piece of property owned by some sort of cooperative hippie community.
As I approached a "house" at the front of the property, I got no answer at the front door. So I rang a bell. When I say that, there was a large bell hanging from a tree and I rang it.
Someone from behind the house answered me, and I was told to go on back. As I went under some sort of ivy-covered awning, I saw, but did not know how to react to about 12 naked ladies (ranging from 30 to 65 or so).
As I was standing there completely speechless, one of the ladies finally asked what they could do for me. As I shook my head to regain my senses, I was finally somehow able to relate to them that I was hoping to gain access to hunt their property for turkeys and quail. Surprisingly the response was polite and direct; they thanked me for asking, but did not believe in hunting nor allow any on their property.
On the bright side, another land-owner who had denied me access had put me onto this ranch (as it was loaded with turkey)... Obviously done as a joke to me, but I returned to relate the story to him... After getting back up off the ground from laughing so hard, he gave me permission on his piece... Where I killed my first spring turkey.
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that is funny right there!
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OMG Thats Funny