Live From The Woods 2024 Turkey Edition

[DirtTime]

The 2024 Spring Turkey Season is almost here. Post up those live from the woods pictures and reports. Maybe @fasteddie would be so kind as to pin this?

 

Got the turkey chokes on the shotguns and plan to pattern Wednesday.

 

Good luck out there, everyone. Be safe and shoot straight.

[DirtTime]

No gobbles but a few deer passed by. First hunt of any kind since moving to the new area.

 

Good luck too anyone else out here this morning.

 

Edited May 1 by DirtTime

[JALA RUT]

No gobbles here either. Good luck all out there today!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Had a big gobbler cross in front of the car last evening. Wouldn't luck have it.  

Lots of fog this morning. Plenty of deer sightings, no turkey yet.

[GreenDrake]

Nephew and I doubled up at 6:55 this morning. Fun hunt. 

[WWJD_Hunter]

I had a hen at  10 yards of my decoys , but not Toms behind her. I did hear lots of gobbling. I did notice that there was a lots of pressure around me. Crazy because  I would expect that on Saturday but not on Wednesday. Congrats to those who punched thier tag. 

Edited May 1 by WWJD_Hunter

[First-light]

I had 7 deer come by the decoys. A button buck spent a half hour trying to figure them out. After they left a tom with three hens came across the corn field. I shot at 40 yards. 3" nitro shot. Hens flew off but the Tom did not follow and flew off in another direction. I looked for 2 hrs but found nothing. Had 5 jakes going crazy an hour later but could't get close enough. It was a good morning!

[luberhill]

Cam pics so far

[JALA RUT]

At it again. The birds were nonexistent in my area yesterday and no gobbles so far again this morning. Off work until May 7 and still so nice to be out here watching the woods wake up.

[First-light]

I had a Tom walk up the clover field gobbling around 6 PM last night. Crossed the road and my corn field. Let out the dogs at 6:30 and he blowing up in my field. I'll hunt tomorrow. Good luck guys!

[DirtTime]

At least you guys are out there. I'm not able to get back into the woods until Monday- if the weather holds.

[First-light]

Headed out in a few. No wind and clear should be a good morning! I have three hours to hunt before work. Hope to get it done!

[JALA RUT]

Day 3...this is strange here. Not a single gobble or turkey seen so far this season. Still nice to be out here though. Good luck to all out there

[First-light]

Hunted 5:30 to 7:30 heard a gobble at 5:45 then again around 6:30. Way off in the distance, that was it. Great sunrise!

[Four Seasons]

Finally found a morning I could get out back and enjoy a sunrise. Busy spring planting and building pen’s keeps time tight. Perfect Morning!

[JALA RUT]

Day 4 tried a different spot with my cousin...same results, no birds heard. Ended our day short, getting down poured on by 9:30. Day off Sunday for a couple BD parties and out this morning again st my place before back to work tomorrow. So far, rain is holding off, it's foggy, and a deer just walked by with some geese sounding off in the background on the pond, as morning starts. No gobblimg so far, but a beautiful morning out here. Hopefully a gobbler decides to cooperate today. Good luck to all out there this morning.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Sunny day and great temperatures on the west side of the state today. The only turkey I see are the ones crossing in front of my car. Usually in the afternoon. Figure, at least I'm seeing them  LOL..

[DirtTime]

I tried posting like 20 times while actually being in the woods, and it just kept freezing on the "Sending" screen. Not a peep this morning either.

[First-light]

Can't kill them from the living room. 7:45 dogs looking out window barking. I come over and there is that Tom I shot at opening day with his three hens. About 40 yards away walking up to my cut corn. He is a nice bird for sure. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

Nice day here. Woods is greening up nicely. 

[JALA RUT]

Back off work today and out again. Beautiful morning. The woods are already greened up like it's the end of May. Let's see if any gobblers will cooperate this morning. Good luck to all out there today.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Had a Jake and a hen out in the clover, kinda early this morning.  Picking at the clover leaves as they walked through.  

[airedale]

A couple of Jakes down in the barnyard flirting with the Royal Palm hens.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Jake and a hen rooster here last night. Flew down at 5:20 bumping the ground in a thundering crash.

[WWJD_Hunter]

Redemption Jake. First week of May , I was chasing some birds and on the third day I had a Tom come snuck up on me . I wasn’t able to shoot him at ten yards , so I let him go away pick up my gun to shoot and I hit a tree. Today I came up to my family farm and 3 turkeys were gobbling their heads of across the road. I  Yelp at them from across the road and about 30 minutes I hear a gobble on the side I was. I move to the field edge and call , but nothing responded. As I was getting to ready to move, I looked into the field and their stood two Jake’s. I call to them and they came my way and I blasted one of the Jake’s at 15 yards. I think these birds ended up crossing the road to my calls.  These turkeys seem very lonely the second week of May. God  always gets the glory. Sorry guys for the long story. 

Edited May 11 by WWJD_Hunter