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Started by trkehunr93, April 20, 2016, 09:24:16 PM
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trkehunr93
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April 20, 2016, 09:24:16 PM
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: April 21, 2016, 09:30:18 AM by trkehunr93
Went out this morning just to keep my batteries charged as I had taken off the whole week to hunt but was very fortunate to fill my last tag this past Saturday. I just wanted to hear a gobble this morning and hear a gobble I did. I parked at a spot I had taken my oldest son to on youth day but we weren't fortunate to call in a bird that morning so I went back today to see what was happening in this patch of woods. Got out of my truck right as it was just getting enough light to see without a flashlight and I hear a gobble where it should have been on April 2nd, I just grinned and climbed the ridge to my stick blind and proceeded to enjoy the symphony. 30+ minutes of continuous gobbling as I sat there with my head leaning back against the tree soaking it all in. I imagined what he was doing on that limb, facing east then west gobbling and strutting, were there hens with him or is he lonesome? I got my answer at 6:35am, as he let out a gobble I could here the cackle of a hen as she flew down, he had his harem and was announcing to the world "Come and join me!" Things went quiet for a bit then he gobbled on the opposite side of a small hollow that separated us, then the seductive yelps of his harem as they led him on his journey for the day. By 7am I thought they had drifted off but I wanted to be sure before I left so I blew on my crow call and he gobbled directly in front of me, I got anxious as I thought maybe I'll get a glimpse off him but I never did. A little while later some dogs began barking and he gobbled 100 yards further away than he was 20 minutes before. I knew the performance was over so I got up and walked back to my truck and said "Thank you, I needed that"
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April 20, 2016, 09:28:02 PM
Great story. Nothing like turkeys in the woods..
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April 20, 2016, 10:39:07 PM
Great time in the woods!!
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April 21, 2016, 06:07:20 AM
Nice... That's some good medicine right there!!
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April 21, 2016, 07:21:57 AM
Awesome story. Just gave me the chills. I actually felt like I was there. May 1st can't come soon enough. I'll be at it for 8 days strait. And if I don't tag a bird but feel like you just did. That's good enough for me.
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April 21, 2016, 08:09:29 AM
Sun Shine State { Osceola }
http://m.myfwc.com/media/4132227/turkeyhuntnoquota.jpg
noisy box call that seems to sound like a flock of juvenile hens pecking their way through a wheat field
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April 21, 2016, 01:11:25 PM
Yea I've had some great days watching the turkeys after tagging out, whether mushroom hunting or something else it never gets old seeing and hearing them do their thing
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April 21, 2016, 01:29:32 PM
Makes for some great therapy.
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April 21, 2016, 02:14:57 PM
Reminds me of the old quote, "Sometimes I sit and think, sometimes I just sit."
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April 21, 2016, 04:06:40 PM
Woods are naked that are void of turkey gobbling.
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April 21, 2016, 05:30:47 PM
Mornings like that make you say it's good to be alive and thank god for turkeys!!
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April 21, 2016, 09:20:07 PM
I love hearing those birds in the morning.
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April 21, 2016, 11:06:35 PM
That's a good time of enjoying everything there is to offer.
I want to take my boy out this year to experience it.
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