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deerpassion
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And BOOM goes the dinamite ! Had two gobblin on either side of me below the ridge I'm on ... They shut up bout an hour ago ... Soft called him in , came in silent , started puttin and I waited till

Pygmy
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Patience finally paid off at about 9:30 this morning... 20.2 pounds on the digital scale,  10 inch beard and 1 inch spurs...   Never heard a gobble until about 9:15...   Every now and then even a

FLXmatt
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Just shot my first turkey ever! A Jake came in silently at 6:10 this morning, right to my decoy. I was set up in a large oak forest. Walking out around 6:30 I spooked a hen off the roost. Now I ca

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I went out local as I knew when the rain started I would head home. Didn't hear a bird, only a neighbor set up on the gas line yelping on a box call, checked out a field I have been seeing birds out strutting mid morning and it now has 2 blinds set up on it, no birds though. I think they have been hunted hard during the week. Rain got serious around 9 so I went home and back to bed! 

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Well called in another bird, but for my father...this time it was a 3 year old with a 10" plus beard. He came in gobbling and strutting just like we all like to see. Got to 45 yards and would not come any closer...not sure if he actually saw the decoys but he would not come closer. At the time we thought it was around 55 yards and we didn't want to risk the shot so we passed. He eventually worked off but came back when i was getting out of the blind so I spooked him. Hopefully he's there next week. All this happened between 11:30 and 12. I called him from about 300 yards away so I feel accomplished today.

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Set up on the gobbler that my buddy and I went after opening day. He went up last night at 8:10 with 4 hens. I'm not gonna touch a call...he's been coming out here in the morning for two months now. Hope the blind in the open field and dekes do the trick.

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36 degrees here this morning.

I don't even like to deer hunt when it's this cold..... ain't no way I'm sitting out there for spring gobblers in it.

Birds here like sunshine and 70's just like me!

I'm sure I'm not missing out on much today.

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A few days ago the weatherman said 15-25mph winds and rain.

 

 

 

Wrong again....................

 

 

 

I think a guy could kill one today, like any day.  You need to be in it to win it........

 

A real good friend and mentor that passed a few years ago in his early 80's killed a sub-compact p/u truck load of gobblers by being THERE. 

 

He called awful, lit one match around 5:00am then it was one cigarette after another; lit end to end while sitting on a log.  He'd cough, sneeze and yes, fart too.  Rare was the year he didn't kill his two birds in NYS and one in Pennsylvania.

 

Being there makes all the difference in the world. 

 

I didn't pay attention so well as here I sit, in my easy chair.  :)

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Snowed on the way in , but was actually a nice start to the morning when it stopped ... Winds were nothing , but starting to pick up now ... Just spooked a hen while takin a stroll.. First sign of life tday ... Think I'll park it here for a few ....

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Are you using a tom? I ditched him a while ago and only use a jake and hens for that reason

DSD jake and upright hen set up. They narrow the gap from wherever they are coming from, see the dekes which now are supposed to move, real birds hang for awhile,get bored and simply walk off. I scratched behind me yesterday, soft clucked, purred all around the side of my leg. Nada

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Had the gobbler pop out about 45 minutes ago. He picked around for a couple of minutes. I called at him since I couldn't see the hens. He started my way but couldn't see the dekes because they was a knoll between them. My calling fired up a hen on the hillside and he went up to her. Got in a pissing match with here...she was within range but I couldn't see her. Don't know how much longer I am going to sit here holding the blind down with a piece of rope...

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A few days ago the weatherman said 15-25mph winds and rain.

 

 

 

Wrong again....................

 

 

 

I think a guy could kill one today, like any day.  You need to be in it to win it........

 

A real good friend and mentor that passed a few years ago in his early 80's killed a sub-compact p/u truck load of gobblers by being THERE. 

 

He called awful, lit one match around 5:00am then it was one cigarette after another; lit end to end while sitting on a log.  He'd cough, sneeze and yes, fart too.  Rare was the year he didn't kill his two birds in NYS and one in Pennsylvania.

 

Being there makes all the difference in the world. 

 

I didn't pay attention so well as here I sit, in my easy chair.  :)

 

Yeah...If you consider the hours I spend turkey hunting verses the number of birds I have killed, I'm a pretty PATHETIC turkey hunter.

 

I just wear 'em down with persistence.

 

That said, I took this morning off myself...Gotta take a day off once in awhile to recharge my batteries.

 

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