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Very weird day.. I kicked 9 birds off the roost.. At 7:30..

Now thats what its all about.

Good to hear they are still gobbling

So tomorrow morning is suppose to be the first day in a few days where it is going to not be raining, windy or crappy out. Yet it is suppose to unseasonably cold...any ideas on how this will affect the gobblers?

Just curious if anyone out there has had any luck killing gobblers in the nasty weather. Driving into work today i saw a tom strutting on the side of the road at 8:30. I've heard plenty of positives and negatives about this topic.

Best luck ive had is on riverbottoms.. i had a jake fly across the river to my calling last week. Pretty rare around here for that. Often they roost above the water because they feel safe then fly down and stroll the river edges for hens.

you can buy one. i bought one for my heli-m, its just a circular piece of rubber that clamps to the string...i'll never shoot again without it!

Hang tight and keep at it. Im 23 years old, killed 9 turkeys not a single one before 9:15 lol

yeah he was definitely bigger for a jake and his fan was prettttty close to being full. 5 in beard. Whopper of a jake.

Awesome guys thanks. Got another crack at em tomorrow! I hopefully my next thread will involve a photo

Nope no hen I could see them both quiet well. They looked really old my best guess is they just knew. They wanted my hen decoy to come then as opposed to then going to it. That's my theory anyway

This morning I had two big mature toms gobble probably over 300 times. They gobbled at everything.. My calls. Woodpecker.. Geese.. Crows. I heard them first gobble at 6:45. I setup on them multiple times. This went on until 9:30,still,gobbling like crazy. The closest I got was sixty yards and they hung up for an hour and would not come in. What do you guys recommend in situations like that? When two birds are super fired up but just won't really come into the calls

Yeah i shot this one down near conquest

def seems like they have been gobbling heavy mid to late morning. I shot this one at 9:15 and my buddy shot one at 11 the other day. I've never killed a bird earlier than 9 !

TeeBugg do you do your hunting in or around wayne county?

Morning started off slow, not one gobble. Around 7 i decided to get up and find em. I worked three birds for an hour calling back and forth on a logging road but they never showed themselves for a shot. Frustrated, i hit one more spot before i left. Did a few yelps and heard a gobble off in the distance (or so i thought). waited a few minutes and called again, this time he was only about 60 yards away. I quickly tried to set up but looked up and saw him turn the corner. I panicked and quickly leaped into the woods (i was on a bike trail). About a minute later he and seven other jakes turned the corner and came right into the "decoy". My decoy was laying down on its back as it fell off the stake. They got within 35 yards and i had to make a decision to shoot before they noticed something was up. Steadied myself and picked the biggest one. I have been trying to get a bird on my birthday for 6 years and finally connected with this guy.

...anybody lol

Just wondering what the ice situation looks like currently on Sodus bay. I heard soemthing about bubblers that were put up so there may be a lack of ice. I duck hunt the bay and dont have time to drive down there to check the ice before Saturday.

lol ive had the same happen to me. terrible

i had a mossberg 500 back in the day and hated it. My buddys dad had one and it broke literally right in half. Since then i have a sour taste in my mouth for mossberg

Well my old man started hunting again and wants his benelli back. He lives in Maryland so using that gun anymore is out of the question. All that leaves me with his a bunch of waterfowl guns that i have no intention of using for deer season. What would you guys suggest i buy..something with a rifled barrel, I have scopes.

Climbed my stand two years ago, watched a coon climb down from the top of the tree to the bottom. I just sat there as it walked a foot from me down the tree

There's the deer not in a dole box lol he's bugger than he looked

techincally 109 1/5... but i round up lol