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Don’t expect lots of gobbling or early fly downs.  My and brothers experience is they don’t talk a lot and may limb hang longer than usual. But catch a bird on the right day and prove me wrong please. Today was approaching full moon and zero gobbles.  Just something we’ve experienced. 

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My experience has been similar, TF....Good that the FM is falling on pretty crappy weather...Things will improve in a week or so...

Of course YMMV....One thing for sure..You ain't gonna kill one from the couch..  Now I am fortunate because I can be hunting five minutes from my driveway..If I had to drive an hour or more,  I'd be a lot less willing to get up early and go out until the weather improves  and the moon fades a bit..

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The main reason why I didnt call in today. Wife said to call in, hunt then hang home with her and the kids.. On a better day that is the game plan.. Use the vaca sparingly but wisely. lol. I like to use them on the cloudy calm days. 

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How about snow?  How does snow effect turkey behavior?

I tracked and killed a Tom in 2004 in the Catskills on May 2nd in 7” of fresh snow. Maybe my favorite turkey hunt ever. Followed that bird for 3 hrs before he finally went to a spot where I could put the sneak on him.


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44 minutes ago, Buckmaster7600 said:


I tracked and killed a Tom in 2004 in the Catskills on May 2nd in 7” of fresh snow. Maybe my favorite turkey hunt ever. Followed that bird for 3 hrs before he finally went to a spot where I could put the sneak on him.


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Anything more exciting than spot & stalk / tracking an animal? I'll wait.

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Anything more exciting than spot & stalk / tracking an animal? I'll wait.

Yup...when they are spot and stalking YOU! Coyotes following you out dragging a deer at night with a dead flashlight, bear possibly snuggled up behind that bush while you walking in, NY mountain lion creeping up on your unsuspecting self!
Good times!!!


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16 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

I'm talking big-game. Turkeys are not big-game.

Although my last 3 deer came from the ground with a bow while walking ,i don't prefer to hunt that way , a good hunter should be able to read a situation and set up accordingly ,something that i'm still working on every season . A great hunter can read a situation and kill a mature deer quickly ,not spend hours and hours sitting in the woods waiting for an opportunity , i am neither good or great but i aspire to be someday.  Turkey are not big game but they manage to give even great hunters a fit so that gives them some serious street cred.

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18 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

Although my last 3 deer came from the ground with a bow while walking ,i don't prefer to hunt that way , a good hunter should be able to read a situation and set up accordingly ,something that i'm still working on every season . A great hunter can read a situation and kill a mature deer quickly ,not spend hours and hours sitting in the woods waiting for an opportunity , i am neither good or great but i aspire to be someday.  Turkey are not big game but they manage to give even great hunters a fit so that gives them some serious street cred.

Agree re whitetails. But for just about all of the other NA 29, it's spot & stalk unless it's a baited bear hunt.

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8 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

Agree re whitetails. But for just about all of the other NA 29, it's spot & stalk unless it's a baited bear hunt.

I probably wouldn't hunt if it was running around in the desert taking long shots. 

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2 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

I probably wouldn't hunt if it was running around in the desert taking long shots. 

plenty of guys kill NA 29 all with bow, spot & stalk. there's no need for a shotgun or rifle to kill any animal in the world. Iron Will broadheads can penetrate even the thickest skinned animals in africa

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@Jeremy K you would love the book "BareBow" by Dennis Dunn. I don't own the book, but read through some of it once in Canada. It's literally like a 10lb book about Dennis Dunn's adventures to kill all NA 29 animals with a bare bow. Some species he gets within a day or two, while others took him 30+ days. If I remember right, it took him close to 40 years to complete the NA 29 with a bare bow.

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[mention=2694]Jeremy K[/mention] you would love the book "BareBow" by Dennis Dunn. I don't own the book, but read through some of it once in Canada. It's literally like a 10lb book about Dennis Dunn's adventures to kill all NA 29 animals with a bare bow. Some species he gets within a day or two, while others took him 30+ days. If I remember right, it took him close to 40 years to complete the NA 29 with a bare bow.

Just be careful when you google it...do not allow autocorrect to change it to “bareback”...that’s WAY different as I learned!


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