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Started by Delmar ODonnell, March 19, 2024, 03:23:37 PM
Quote from: Meleagris gallopavo on May 02, 2024, 01:21:10 PMHad trouble posting yesterday's kill, hope it is still acceptable. Had to to really do some trial and error getting pictures up, I imagine there's new instructions somewhere I need to read. Anyway, went hunting yesterday morning for a bird I had seen earlier in the week. After I set up he started gobbling his head off, even double and triple gobbling. Eventually he flew down, strutted all the way across a field to my jake decoy, got within 2-feet of the decoy and stopped and spooked. He took off like a bat out of hell the other way and I don't know what spooked him. Dejected and disappointed, I left, but talked myself into trying another spot. I had seen a turkey there earlier this week but didn't have as much on this bird as the previous one. I set up around a corner of the field where I wouldn't be seen setting the decoy out, found me a spot to shoot from and waited. Just to be clear, I do use a call, and yesterday I was using a wingbone I got from Tony Ezolt. I hunt fields, and the way I look at it that the call gets them to start looking my way and the decoy kinda seals the deal "most" of the time. A black dot shows up across the field and from around the corner from where i set up. The black dot starts coming my way and eventually becomes a gobbler. He comes on in and I shoot him in the head as soon as he was in good range (25-yards). I finally killed one I could hang on a tree limb.
Quote from: zsully on May 05, 2024, 01:49:52 PMCongrats Delmar, Tom and Mel! Great hunts and stories. Yesterday was the opener for the regular turkey season up here in Pa and after a week of ribbing from his bother Easton got his revenge in a BIG way! It started Friday evening when they boys and I made our normal loop around the farms we have permission to hunt to put some birds to bed. We found birds at a couple places but one in particular stood out. He wasn't real visible from the road and he looked like a black vw big strutting with a hen and a Jake. I lost sight of the three birds and they still had plenty of time before roost but I knew the patch of woods they would spend the night in. This particular landowner is really good to the boys and was really excited for them to hunt on his property so A_Jabbo and I decided to leave the guns in the truck and take Easton as our shooter. We went in early in a gap between patches of rain and set the blind up. As A_Jabbo was setting the decoys and I was getting the blind up and organized he came back with the decoys under his arm. In a hushed whisper he told me we need to make this set up completely silent because he could see the silhouette of a turkey in the tree 30 yards away. Good thing we went in so early. We were set up and comfortable as the rain fell for about 40 minutes. Just as the rain stopped the fist gobble of the morning about blew the blind over it was so close! A couple more gobbles from the roost and he flew down into the field at about 35 yards. Three soft yelps and the Jake and hen joined him and all three started working our way. Easton did a fantastic job of being patient and making sure the gobbler cleared the other birds before he made an 18 yard shot with the 301. Game over. The bird didn't even flop. When we got up to him we were pleasantly surprised with a 10 & 3/4 inch beard and 1 & 3/8 matching spurs! We went and visited with the landowner who was really impressed and super excited for Easton. Then of course we had to score the bird so he could one up his younger brother. Great morning and now both boys are tagged out and Adam and I can start thinking about tickling the trigger ourselves.
Quote from: zelmo1 on May 06, 2024, 02:33:32 PMSorry Yoder, I think the LImbhangers are already there unless there is a typo. Z
