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My accountant warned me back 15 months ago we were all going to pay for the funny money the government was handing out all over the place.

Went out this morning close to home with my buddy. We didn't hear anything so we decided to try a different farm. As soon as we opened the door of the truck we heard a gobble. Then heard what I assumed was a hunter calling. Well as it turns out it was 4 hunters on my property with a decoy out in my field. We just sat by the truck to see what would happen. We watched the tom out in a neighbors field with a couple hens for a while. After a bit the 4 guys left and made a move to try to get around the tom from a different side, which was where they belonged anyway. When we left the Tom had gone up a hill into a different field and wasn't moving towards them. Nice to see and hear a tom but frustrating that the neighbors can't behave.

That wouldn't piss me off. Now you know there's some around for when you can get out there.

Was in the game until a coyote just chased all the turkeys away!

It appears I have been stood up by my buddy. Here I thought it was bro's before ho's? Oh well I'll go listen to the woods wake up on my own.

Got it done with my hunting buddy of 25+ years. He shot his first turkey ever, a jake this morning about 300 yards away from where I killed my first turkey 25 years ago. Got the whole thing on video too. He's pretty pumped.

Just parked in my spot. Waiting on a buddy to show up. Heard a wheeler fire up down the road and saw a different guy parked at his spot. Good luck to anyone headed out.

What time are the birds starting to gobble in the morning to anyone whose been out scouting? I am thinking about getting out in the morning to listen at a place about a 15 minute drive from the house.

I had a similar morning as well in PA. I blew it on two different longbeards about an hour apart on totally different parts of the lease I was on. After I missed the second one I was pretty dejected. I still had time to hunt before my ride would be ready to go. I walked into a different part of the lease and had another gobbler going. I called him in to a out 100 yards but never saw him. I was actually glad he didn't come in so I wouldn't miss another one!

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Every one does things a little different. I personally prefer to plant my clover plots in early September with a cover crop of whitetail institutes oat mix. The weed pressure is less this time of year. You won't have a lot of clover during this hunting season but it will come on like gangbusters next spring. You could spend this summer working on killing weeds a couple times or put a buckwheat cover crop in to smother them out as long as you kill the buckwheat before it goes to seed.

A long time ago back when I had far more time and ambition to turkey hunt I once misplaced my turkey calls and face mask before I headed out for a hunt in the morning. After I got out to my spot and realized what I had done I already had a tom letting loose not far from me down over a ridge. I figured I had nothing to loose so I just mouth called to him and kept my face tucked. I almost sealed the deal on him. I'm convinced if I'd of had my face mask I would have gotten that bird by just using my voice.

Depends on who you ask! My kids would say yes to all those categories.

Still nothing here. I was holding out hope.

Well dang... what do you guys have I don't? Nothing in my messages.