Boxcalled to death in PA

[Double B]

Totally agree Cutt, all I hunt is public and we all gotta hunt together.  We're all tax payers and should enjoy it, lots of great acreage out there.   I had a parking lot to myself this morning and I felt like I had my own lease.   If i know a guy is working a bird there's no way I want to be on him.  Competitive hunting in the field stinks.  Hunters need to show some respect, find a different bird or come back another time.  Most folks I run into are pretty dialed in but there are always a few out there. 

[Banana]

Cutt you just have to ignore some people who post stuff like that.  I'm in sepa and know all too well what goes on.  I find myself shaking my head a lot, because I realize most times they aren't aware of what their doing.  After this week the box callers give up. 

[JK Spurs]

Cutt you just have to ignore some people who post stuff like that.  I'm in sepa and know all too well what goes on.  I find myself shaking my head a lot, because I realize most times they aren't aware of what their doing.  After this week the box callers give up.

I agree....after the first week many of these guys disappear and you usually have the woods to yourself.

[TauntoHawk]

Saturday I heard the worst calling of my life, I was embarrassed for the guy it was that bad.



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[WildTigerTrout]

Saturday I heard the worst calling of my life, I was embarrassed for the guy it was that bad.



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I know it sounds funny but I have heard REAL birds that sound bad!  LOL  Maybe not that bad though!  Hunting public land in Pa. can be a real challenge.  I try to confine my hunts to weekdays and get out later in the morning when most guys have left the woods.  Killed my best bird ever on public land and you guessed it, late in the morning.

[Ihuntoldschool]

Totally agree with Cutt.  I personally do not think Googans should be allowed to hunt public land.  All they do is interfere with the real turkey hunters and mess everything up.     I completely disagree with what that one guy was saying.   

[TauntoHawk]

Saturday I heard the worst calling of my life, I was embarrassed for the guy it was that bad.



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I know it sounds funny but I have heard REAL birds that sound bad!  LOL  Maybe not that bad though!  Hunting public land in Pa. can be a real challenge.  I try to confine my hunts to weekdays and get out later in the morning when most guys have left the woods.  Killed my best bird ever on public land and you guessed it, late in the morning.

Oh I've heard my share of bad hens but this noise wasn't even turkey

[saltysenior]

Saturday I heard the worst calling of my life, I was embarrassed for the guy it was that bad.



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after the morning hunt I told the landowner about a bird I heard.....3 of us walked a forest road in that direction... the owner cranked up his Lynch so loud and often that me and the owners son were laughing at him behind his back.......came on to a crossroad too fast and there was a gobbler running as fast as he could right for us.....he put on the brakes and ran into the woods before we even thought of shooting..that morning I learned that the Quality of the calling should not be criticized....

[mikejd]

The last time that happen to me I caught up with them and it was a hen. This was textbook box call yet it was a hen. There was no way I could have imagined a hen would be calling like this. But I seen it with my own eyes. Now I always wonder.

[fallhnt]

Cutt, I get it. There are so few of us that are considerate towards others. Doesn't change my post about moving on. Gotta think about your own safety too. Fri morning a guy pulled into a spot I was going to hunt. I asked him where he was going and he was going approximately to the same spot I was. I told him I would go someplace else and did. There wasn't room for two in that area.

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[Fullfan]

Had the same deal here in Mercer Co but when he was done making 15-18 yelps he would shake his gobble tube. Wanted to get close to the guy just to laugh at him. But decided getting shot was not worth it. Very entertaining no doubt..

[Cutt]

The last time that happen to me I caught up with them and it was a hen. This was textbook box call yet it was a hen. There was no way I could have imagined a hen would be calling like this. But I seen it with my own eyes. Now I always wonder.

True, I've heard some hens before and you swear it's a hunter with a boxcall. But this truly was a hunter, as he was flanking around to different points around the gobbler, and he occasionally threw in the worst gobble I ever heard. And the other guy on my other side sounded like he was choking on a mouthcall.

[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

I normally sit the first Saturday out in PA, being I hunt Public, but happened to be off today, so decided to go. Had a bird going first thing only to have a guy come in even though he heard me calling and try to boxcall him to death for 2 hours. The bird ended up working away, so I figured the mad boxcaller left? At 10:00 I raised him again where he gobbled off and on and had him cover 150 yards and had him at 40 looking for me, just couldn't put a beard on him, and figured no more calling he'll come a bit closer to verify it isn't a jake. But then the mad boxcaller returns and turns the bird off my coarse. Have you ever wanted to take another hunter's boxcall and shove it up his?

Yes I have. I can tell a box call sound a mile off.

[Cutt]

Well things worked out today. Pulled into the same area today after working nights, and no cars. Just finished raining, so I'm guessing it must of kept most home with a wet start to the day? Got dressed at the truck, was in the woods a bit after 8:00, and was back at the truck at 9:00 with a decent 3 year old Public land bird, just over 20lbs. And I didn't use a boxcall to get him.

[Cut N Run]

Well things worked out today. Pulled into the same area today after working nights, and no cars. Just finished raining, so I'm guessing it must of kept most home with a wet start to the day? Got dressed at the truck, was in the woods a bit after 8:00, and was back at the truck at 9:00 with a decent 3 year old Public land bird, just over 20lbs. And I didn't use a boxcall to get him.

Nice!  Patience kills a lot of turkeys. Congratulations.

Jim