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Started by Sir-diealot, September 06, 2020, 08:32:51 PM
Quote from: eggshell on October 11, 2020, 04:52:36 PMGood luck sir-diealot, I hope you have a ton of fun. I hope you don't pull a boneheaded move like I did today. Yesterday was our opener in Ohio and I saw a couple gobblers in the morning and went back yesterday evening. We called in a group of 5 hens and passed on them, then watched two gobblers go up. This morning we were right above them and they responded to calls on the roost and in gray light one pitched down right in my lap at 25 yards. It was fair shooting time but due to cloud cover darker than usual and I could barely see my sights. I put what I thought was the bead on his neck and squeezed ....woosh a clean miss and he flew up into a tree and sat on a limb putting at me. After about 2-3 minutes he flew off toward a field. Later we drove by that field and he and his buddy were out there sticking their tongues out at me, it was posted property. Oh well I'll be back out tomorrow.
Quote from: eggshell on October 23, 2020, 05:35:58 AMYou done fine. If anything I'd say don't be too conservative with your calling. Birds are used to a lot of talking in the fall. As you could tell they are constantly calling many times, especially right off the roost and when young birds are present. Some days you can't get a peep out of them. Older birds will call much less. As example, we had very few young turkeys survive in my area this year and all we are seeing is flocks of adult hens and gobblers. A lot of days all we'll hear is some tree talk and a few yelps after the hit the ground. Makes it tough for sure. Aren't you allowed to shoot hens and young birds? You won't see may gobbler flocks mixing with the hens and young ones unless there is a special food source. It can be very tough telling Y.O.Y. jakes from hens. Pick out the biggest young bird and it's most likely a male. The young males will also start to congregate together just like spring jake groups. They will be off to themselves and you can tell them by their loud course kee kee runs with a couple course yelps on the end. If you just want a gobbler then great for holding off, but as Elmer Fud would say , It's raabbut/ errr Turkey season! Gobblers will cluck real sharp to locate each other, listen for that. Also, last springs jakes (Jake and a half/ super jakes) will run long strings of course yelps. If you hear what you think is an obnoxious hen just yelping her butt off, it's a good bet it's a gobbler.
