Success 3 days in row!

[krm944]

I'm not a Turkey hunter. I'm not a turkey caller. I love to hunt and love sharing the outdoors with my 9 year old son. This year we have taken turkey hunting more seriously and done more scouting. We have a blind set up on a food plot on a power line. Trail cam has birds almost daily at all times of day for the last few weeks.

Saturday was our opening day. We saw a hen and heard gobbles ~300 yards away from 2 separate birds. The gobblers were really vocal from sunrise til 7:30 We departed the blind about 9:30 for a soccer game.

Sunday morning we had 3 gobblers within 300 yards or so and we heard hundreds of gobbles until they went quiet at 7:30 again. My little guy tried his hand with a pot call and had birds gobbling back.

Before school this morning we slipped into the blind and had a repeat of yesterday morning. We saw one bird at about 90 yards down the power line- I think it was a hen. We heard hens yelping and feeding in front and behind us

Three mornings in a row, we have been successful- enjoying the outdoors together and being near the action. I'm not measuring success as a dead bird; watching my little guy get Turkey fever and shake is priceless.

We haven't been aggressive or pressured the birds. We seem to be on the outer edge of their "bubble"

I'm not a turkey caller by any means, I have moved the birds towards me a bit, but I suspect they are with a bunch of hens and don't NEED anything I have.

I am solo tomorrow morning and plan to slip closer to the where I the birds have roosted Fri/Sat/Sunday nights. I think if I'm going to kill one of these birds, it's going to be 1) before 7:30 when they are the most vocal 2) up closer to their roost and out of my blind- inside their bubble. I'm conflicted about how far in their bubble I want to get for fear of over pressuring the birds and moving them out of the area.

Thoughts?

[Tail Feathers]

Closer to the roost is better as long as you don't bump them.  But be patient, when those hens leave to lay an egg, those gobblers will get lonely.  Stay longer if you can.  Good luck!

[Zobo]

This is good advice^ If you're going to hang out in a blind, be more patient and don't be afraid to use your calls. That's the only way they will know you're there. How close you can get is something you'll learn through trial and error. If you're working a pole line you really don't need to get too close, but once again, patience will pay off. But I'm glad you're looking at your experiences as successes because that's the right lesson for your son and ultimately you'll get one if they're in that area.

[deathfoot]

I'm more aggressive than most. Especially if you on private and you're the only one hunting them. Hit them hard with the calls. Cutt. Cutt. And cutt again. If they think it's an excited hen. They will also be excited.

If you know where they are roosting. Get about 100 yards or so. When they fly down. Give'em hell.

[Tom007]

Get in early, do a wing-beat fly down cackle and rustle the leaves. I would do this and see what happens. Don't worry, he'll know right where you are if he falls for it......worked well for me on stubborn Tom's...

[Greg Massey]

The fun of hunting them is learning... keep on hunting them and hopefully one morning you will be successful ...

[tomstopper]

Seeing the excitement of youths is always a success for me. Good luck to you both for the rest of the season

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[Cut N Run]

What's at 300 yards that they like so much?  If that's where they're going to strut, that's where I'd be looking to set up, instead of the roost.  Sometimes they fly off the roost in the wrong direction.  I've had a couple of those strut zones where gobblers would go to see and be seen.  It is a hard place to beat. If you don't get busted and don't have many witnesses, it can be prime hunting territory for much of the season.

Good Hunting!

Jim

[krm944]

What's at 300 yards that they like so much?  If that's where they're going to strut, that's where I'd be looking to set up, instead of the roost.  Sometimes they fly off the roost in the wrong direction.  I've had a couple of those strut zones where gobblers would go to see and be seen.  It is a hard place to beat. If you don't get busted and don't have many witnesses, it can be prime hunting territory for much of the season.

Good Hunting!

Jim

Bird one is roosted in the vicinity of a pond with very mature oaks and pines. I am certain the hens are after the acorns.

Bird two roosts across the power line in 15 year pines that were thinned 3 years ago. Not far from his roost is a transition line into a mix of hardwoods/pines that back up to an overgrown powerline and very thick nesting habitat that's all greenbriers.

This morning I didn't find them on the roost, was aggressive and found them in the acorns. I could pulle them towards me, not to me. At one time I think 2 gobblers were as close as 75 yards, but real hens kept pulling them from me.

I'm calling day 4 a success!!