Season starts and Field Reports

[Tomtom97]

Got one down in NC yesterday afternoon! I haven't had a lick of service, but he's an upgrade by a few I believe


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[Zobo]

Got one down in NC yesterday afternoon! I haven't had a lick of service, but he's an upgrade by a few I believe


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Nice going, I'll add to the board!

[Kygobblergetter]

I've had a hectic weekend here in Kentucky. I did knock a bird down yesterday, killed a double with my dad. I had no sleep and cleaned my bird over at his house so I didn't get any measurements. 2 year old with a weak beard anyway. Took my wife to our new farm this morning and she killed a bird nice and early. Headed to Iowa this evening. Congrats to everyone on their birds. Sorry for not adding my score on this one.





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[aclawrence]

I've been out a few times now. My brother and I have found quite a few gobblers but they all seem to be in the same phase right now. All in creek bottoms, will gobble a handful of times on the roost, fly down and go quiet. I think they all have hens with them. I slipped in close to one I had previously found the other morning, actually to close and bumped him off the roost. I thought he would be in the main drainage but he was roosted in the smaller ditch that I was using to sneak down to the bottom in the dark. I went on down to the bottom and set up and napped until daylight. A bird finally gobbled in the direction he had flown but it sounded pretty far. After waiting it was the only bird I heard so I started to work that way. After walking a little ways I heard some soft yelping back where I just left from. I was skirting the hillside above the bottom but it got steep so I dropped down to the bottom to walk. I started thinking I was hearing drumming. Yes I definitely was and it was getting closer. The gobbler walked right past me and of course stayed up on the side of the hill. He was probably in gun range but I couldn't see over the crest. He went right to that hen and they disappeared. If I had stayed at my original tree he would have walked right to me. That's about the way it usually goes lol.


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[Zobo]

I've had a hectic weekend here in Kentucky. I did knock a bird down yesterday, killed a double with my dad. I had no sleep and cleaned my bird over at his house so I didn't get any measurements. 2 year old with a weak beard anyway. Took my wife to our new farm this morning and she killed a bird nice and early. Headed to Iowa this evening. Congrats to everyone on their birds. Sorry for not adding my score on this one.





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Great pictures! Congrats

[Zobo]

I've been out a few times now. My brother and I have found quite a few gobblers but they all seem to be in the same phase right now. All in creek bottoms, will gobble a handful of times on the roost, fly down and go quiet. I think they all have hens with them. I slipped in close to one I had previously found the other morning, actually to close and bumped him off the roost. I thought he would be in the main drainage but he was roosted in the smaller ditch that I was using to sneak down to the bottom in the dark. I went on down to the bottom and set up and napped until daylight. A bird finally gobbled in the direction he had flown but it sounded pretty far. After waiting it was the only bird I heard so I started to work that way. After walking a little ways I heard some soft yelping back where I just left from. I was skirting the hillside above the bottom but it got steep so I dropped down to the bottom to walk. I started thinking I was hearing drumming. Yes I definitely was and it was getting closer. The gobbler walked right past me and of course stayed up on the side of the hill. He was probably in gun range but I couldn't see over the crest. He went right to that hen and they disappeared. If I had stayed at my original tree he would have walked right to me. That's about the way it usually goes lol.


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People say be patient and then when you think you should leave always stay 15 mins longer. But what about after that 15 and you think you should leave then, are you supposed to wait another 15? And then another and so on. You'll end up never leaving   

[aclawrence]

I should have been more patient that morning. I didn't realize the hen was there. She never yelped until I left. If I would have known I would have waited. I've actually been using my pipe as a patience tool. I just sit there and puff on my pipe to force myself to wait and listen for a while.


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