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Started by VA Gobble Addict, May 05, 2016, 11:51:56 AM
Quote from: WisTurk on May 05, 2016, 04:17:46 PMGood to hear. Any tips or tricks? Not looking for specific areas or anything, but I've never been to that part of the country before and this will be my first out of state trip for turkeys.
Quote from: VA Gobble Addict on May 05, 2016, 04:33:11 PMQuote from: WisTurk on May 05, 2016, 04:17:46 PMGood to hear. Any tips or tricks? Not looking for specific areas or anything, but I've never been to that part of the country before and this will be my first out of state trip for turkeys.This was my first out of state trip too. Just the usual things you would do with your usual turkeys. Roosting, patience, etc. the second one i killed I got at 1:15 in the afternoon. Wasn't even really hunting. Traveling down a forest road and saw a hen. Pulled off and hit the call to see how she would react. He starting gobbling and I grabbed my call, gun and camo jacket and tucked in the woods real quick. He came in on a string to 10 yards in about five minutes. I was wearing blue jeans. It seems like they may be dumber than eastern when they're in the mood. Also, get in shape. The hills can be rough walking. You'll find that a lot of the guys hunting don't like to get off the main roads. I saw a lot of turkeys by getting off the main road and hitting the side roads and trails. They love to gobble, when the weather is right. They're everywhere. It didn't seem like they were at a certain elevation. In fact it seemed like more gobblers were in the lower elevations, which is the opposite of what I had read.
Quote from: birdman24 on May 06, 2016, 02:08:22 PMBeautiful birds for sure! Congratulations. Did you hunt any of the areas I had suggested? Yeah, getting off the main roads gets you into a whole bunch more turkeys and a whole lot less hunters. Not that there are many anyway. Glad you got a window of good weather to get the birds a little more fired up. It is crazy how quick the weather can change out there.