Official Team Noob Thread

[ScottS]

Thanks mason!

[Efey]

Sweet! I'm heading back into the woods tomorrow morning. Report to come

[Efey]

Wow mason did you get your 3rd bird already??? In Mississippi you'd be tagged out! I'm hoping I get one!

[mason3toes]

Yes 3rd, beginners luck i suppose. Lets turn this thing around and make a show of it.

[Efey]

Heard 22 gobbles Saturday morning but only put eyes on 3 jakes that got within 15 steps of me. Plenty of sign. The hunt continues. I made a video of my calling on a lights out hackberry ceramic pot I just bought. I'm new to calling so please critique.

[bamagtrdude]

Heard 22 gobbles Saturday morning but only put eyes on 3 jakes that got within 15 steps of me. Plenty of sign. The hunt continues. I made a video of my calling on a lights out hackberry ceramic pot I just bought. I'm new to calling so please critique.

Efey stay after 'em; it's good that you're hearing gobblers & seeing jakes!

Re: calling, watch this: https://youtu.be/YFLj5ynJnNc ...  Your slate sounds really good, just slow down a little bit on your yelps, like I'm doing in this video...

Good luck!!
BGD

[Efey]

Heard 22 gobbles Saturday morning but only put eyes on 3 jakes that got within 15 steps of me. Plenty of sign. The hunt continues. I made a video of my calling on a lights out hackberry ceramic pot I just bought. I'm new to calling so please critique.

Efey stay after 'em; it's good that you're hearing gobblers & seeing jakes!

Re: calling, watch this: https://youtu.be/YFLj5ynJnNc ...  Your slate sounds really good, just slow down a little bit on your yelps, like I'm doing in this video...

Good luck!!
BGD

Thanks BGD!!!

[bamagtrdude]

Heard 22 gobbles Saturday morning but only put eyes on 3 jakes that got within 15 steps of me. Plenty of sign. The hunt continues. I made a video of my calling on a lights out hackberry ceramic pot I just bought. I'm new to calling so please critique.

Efey stay after 'em; it's good that you're hearing gobblers & seeing jakes!

Re: calling, watch this: https://youtu.be/YFLj5ynJnNc ...  Your slate sounds really good, just slow down a little bit on your yelps, like I'm doing in this video...

Good luck!!
BGD

Thanks BGD!!!

You're welcome, bud; you're doing good, man; stay on 'em!!!

[Efey]

So break this down for me. When I should call and when I shouldn't.

This was my Saturday hunt:

I snuck into the woods an hour before daylight. Set out two hen decoys in the plot.

At daybreak the gobbling began to the SE of me at what sounded to be 150ish yards and another at what seemed a little further in the same direction. Both birds gobbled many times and I remained quiet assuming they would work to the field.  They got quiet for a bit before gobbling a few last times at which point a gave a few yelps and shut up. They never made their way over. The 3 jakes came from the NW.

Should I have called more? Earlier? Not at all? Moved in on them? How should that have played out for me if I were experienced?

[Efey]

In the picture I am facing north

[bamagtrdude]

In the picture I am facing north

Efey, PM me your phone #; too much to type.
BGD

[Efey]

Sent

[Big Treble]

kill thread posted and someone already added one?

Thanks for stepping up.

Sorry I haven't been on often, but I am in, only have a 5 day season, but have taken vaca and cleared my weekend to hunt all 5 days.  Also got in on a "NWTF Learn to Hunt" program to hunt an extra day.  Funny a guy who has hunted for 35 years gets in on a learn to hunt program simply since I never hunted turkey LOL

[mason3toes]

kill thread posted and someone already added one?

Thanks for stepping up.

Sorry I haven't been on often, but I am in, only have a 5 day season, but have taken vaca and cleared my weekend to hunt all 5 days.  Also got in on a "NWTF Learn to Hunt" program to hunt an extra day.  Funny a guy who has hunted for 35 years gets in on a learn to hunt program simply since I never hunted turkey LOL

no prob and good luck everyone

[Bigeclipse]

I'm in NY and our season doesn't start until May 1st. We have a limit of two toms, one per day. I'm hoping to at least get a jake this year due to circumstances of logging going on in my only area to hunt. Last year it was actually good...I got chance at 4 toms...two busted me and I froze when I should have shot, one I had a misfire on the ammo when i pulled the trigger (i was so pissed) and the 4th hung up at about 50 yards. I have to admit...I was strictly a deer hunter for 5 years now but damn...turkey hunting is a blast!!!