Spring Turkey Story's/Photo's

[A6A6]

Hey guys.

how did everyone do this spring season ?

I was able to get out a few times. twice up in delware county at a friends and twice in sterling forest..

no luck at either.. saw a few hens in deleware but at sterling , nothing but tick's .. .tons of em..

i hope you guys had better luck.

[Doewhacker]

I got skunked this year, they plowed the field that the turkeys were roosting in the day before opener of course, and later in the season we had some toms in a field that I was working very hard for and low and behold a couple of guys come driving up in the woods smiling like they were in love and game over. What can you do, it was an odd year for us.

[A6A6]

man that sucks..

but at least you had a few tom;s in the next field over..

im starting to think the closest tom's next to me were in another state.

i was in a blind and got in at atleast 40 minutes before light..]

[burmjohn]

I didnt have a chance to make it up for Turkey, however next year, we hopefully will have a field for them.

[Fantail]

I got skunked as well this year, it was good to get out and call a few times though. Did get this bird to come in but hang up, twice. Had to be the same one as it didn'tgobble at all, just dance. Last year I took a Tom on opening day and another on closeing weekend, that bird had 1 & 5/8" spurrs. This year seemed like the weather was way off. 2nd weekend was a complete washout so I didn't burn any extra vacation.

[Caveman]

Did get this bird to come in but hang up, twice.

If a Tom with hens is hanging up for me I usually put up a hen decoy the next day and gobble.  He thinks you stole away one of his girls and comes looking for a fight.  My Remington 870 gives him a fight he can't win though ; )  Old timer taught me this one a few years ago and it hasn't failed me since.

[A6A6]

i didnt start using decoy's till about 3 years ago/

i always had birds getting hung up on me..

i was able to get a tom or jake into the area,  but then wasnt able to get him into range. .

then i went out and bought two styrofoam hen decoy's from gander..

they were the chaepest ones in the selection.. i dont even know who the company was that made them.

all i can say is in the first two spring seasons, i shot two birds in two days..

i never really do much turkey in the fall , i havent even attempted to use the decoys in the fall but i doubt they will work as well.

this spring, i wasnt as lucky..

i got squat..

i wasnt able to hunt my regular spot for turkey ,

hopefully , the birds arent educated about my decoy's

maybe ill buy a new decoy , a tom , and put him out with the two hens next year and see what kind of trouble i can stir up..

[Clamp]

I hunted hard this spring in both NY and Mass (I maintain licenses in each state every year).. I had no luck in NY, there were plenty of gobblers, but we couldnt get in range.. on opening day the toms were coming right in (two of them), but a racoon crossed in between us and the birds, and the birds spooked off.

I did have good luck in Mass.. the second day of the season I nailed a nice 22 lb bird with a 9 inch beard, but he wouldnt come to me. I had to stalk him. He made his way to the top of a plateu surrounded by a very steep incline. I had to make my way up it, clucking and scratching in the leaves. he was funny he gobbled at every sound I made. And when I reached the top, i just took the safety off and walked over the ridge, and there he was in full display, and he ran and I whacked him at about 40 feet, with an extra full choke pushing copper plated #4s. He died.

[A6A6]

CLAMP>

great story.

.it sometimes feels better when you cant get em outa the tree line and you gotta chase em down...

nice ..

post a few pics

[WNYBuckHunter]

I went out a few times this year. Took my fiance's 13yr old cousin with one time. Didnt see anything though. The other day I was driving my daughter back to her mom's and we saw a momma turkey with 8 or 9 babies following behind her on the side of the road. It was pretty cool and my daughter loved it.

[RTF]

We didnt too bad. started with the youth season and hunted all the way to the last day of May. I have a couple of videos of our NY turkey hunts. PLEASE excuse the film footage as you have a amateur camera man and one piece of crap video camera.

[Clamp]

Dont be ashamed of that video at all.. that is fantastic.. excellent work!

[RTF]

Thanks Clamp

[Clamp]

I got my hands on a bow/rifle/camera mount in march.. and I have been trying to film some hunting.. but i never can seem to get a shot when the weather is good enough to take the camera.. we will try again this fall.

[fasteddie]

Nice video RTF and congrats to that young man ..........

[ADKSasquatch]

RTF, though I was the only one that hunted toms from a blind.... lol..

[RTF]

RTF, though I was the only one that hunted toms from a blind.... lol..

That's how I roll 

[VenaticOutdoors]

Great videos - I love watching regular guys out there filming.  Sometimes I'll sit on youtube for hours browsing "New York Hunting."