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Late morning hunts?

Started by JellyHead Key, April 15, 2014, 07:37:01 PM

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Cut N Run

Late morning gobblers in the middle of the season are probably the easiest to kill.  They're lonely and not as tricky to call in as those following hens.  Keep after 'em & good luck.

Jim
Luck counts, good or bad.

JellyHead Key

Y'all are awsome. Thanks for the tips. I'm heard out now, good luck to everyone today.

TrackeySauresRex

 
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on April 15, 2014, 08:33:13 PM
Without a doubt! Mornings are fun because you get to hear a lot of gobbles. But the gobblers are often with hens. Late mornings aren't as exciting but are often more successful!

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^ X-2 :firefighter: We can only hunt til noon here in the north east. I've had a lot of action in the late morning.
"If You Call Them,They Will Come."


surehuntsalot

some of the best hunts I have ever had,have been later in the mornings
it's not the harvest,it's the chase

Dtrkyman

Started working a bird for a friend at 10:30 this morning, bird was shot at 11:07, was mostly quiet all morning until this big boy started gobbling on his own.  Love 10am to 1pm when we have to quit in Illinois!

jblackburn

I've killed more than half of my birds (and nearly all of my older ones) after 9:00.  My best was at 12:45 in Missouri (which closes at 1 everyday!!).
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ilbucksndux

I didn't leave the house this morning till 9. Of course I did have a 6 year old with me and knew he couldn't make it long. As all have said late morning is great. I think between 10 and 1 are the bet times to be in the woods. First season I killed on ont he first day at 10:55.
Gary Bartlow

buck_hunter21

To me, late morning hunts actually seem easier to call in toms, especially late season. You get a bird to gobble early afternoon, get your tag ready to be punched.
Spill Blood


JellyHead Key

Those of you who like to hunt late mornings and in the evenings. Are y'all just moving around calling hoping one sounds off and you go from there?

Gooserbat

Any time can be a good time but mid-late mornings can be special. 
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One of my personal current interests is nest predators and how a majority of hunters, where legal bait to the extent of chumming coons.  However once they get the predators concentrated they don't control them.

bmhern

I love the late mornings,I've killed 2 birds this year @ 10:30 @ 11:00 when the hens leave him he's much easier to deal with. I just go where I know there are birds  sit  call a little if no response in 30 min or so, I move a few hundred yards and do it again until I strike one, then its game on!!