Ryan3m

ive put in 15-16 hours in the woods this spring so far. I saw 6 longbeards youth season, all henned up. This weekend i put in 9 hours and havent seen a turkey, although heard some gobbles on the neighbors front lawn. The turkey where we hunt, fly off the roost with the hens and stay with them the whole day.

2 years ago i shot a tom by gobbling with a box call, he ran 200+ yards in about a minute or 2. Would a single hen decoy work? i would rather spend 5 dollars on a foam hen, than 20 on a jake. And i guess i should have stayed out longer. Thanks for the advice everybody! hopefully i'l have some pictures soon of me and the turkey you all helped me harvest.

hey thanks alot guys, i probably should have waited longer. The rain and mosquitoes drove me out of the woods too soon. My thermacell pad was used and no longer was keeping the mosquitoes off of me. Asav i may have to go pick up some decoys if they are worth the 25 dollars! I am trying to save up for a truck, once i am 16. But i don't think that 25 dollars will hurt. Hopefully tomorrow my alarm clock will work properly and will be on the toms before they get henned up. Thanks

hey guys its hunting3m, my email on my old account was hacked, and i wasn't able to get my account back. today was opening of youth season. Slept through my alarm this morning. Wasn't able to be in the woods until 7 30. Instantly heard gobbles responding to me, so me and my dad set up. Soon we saw them, 250 yards away in the neighbors yard. 2 toms and 3 hens. Talked to them for an hour, and they haven't moved but 10 feet from where they were standing originally. Question: is there anything i could have done to bring those turkey to me (i don't have money for decoys). So we moved on, walking up the edge of a field, property border on my right (cow pasture). As i capped the ridge, there were 2 strutters, and a hen 5 yards behind the fence. I dropped down and layed on my stomach in my ghillie suit for what felt like forever, as they stared me down (5-10 yards away from me). Finally i was able to back away. I got in a good position with the cow pasture 40 yards in front of me, and started to call. Obviously these strutters only wanted the hen they were with. After another hour of watching these beautiful turkey just out of (legal) reach. we called it a day. Question 2: with my calling skills and no decoys, is there any way i would have been able to get at least 1 out of the 4 henned up gobblers we seen, to come into range.. Any advice will help

gman and reeltime very informative thank you!