Unofficially....Live from the woods 2021 turkey hunting thread.

[WNYTRPR]

I had mice chew through the weather stripping on the bottom of the garage door,didn’t repair it and now it’s an entrance for finches to come in to a nest they built inside an attached garage .

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[Gobbler Chaser]

12 hours ago, blackbeltbill said:

Go get him!!!  Seem the Big Ol Birds are starting to Gobble pretty good after hearing ZIP on May 1st. I also heard  ZIP on April 26th-- the New Jersey opening  day.

  2.20am right now and ,I  am getting my stuff together  to be parked somewhere by 4am or so.

Yes Sir. They're on the move again. Had one going off and called him to 50 yards behind my blind. He shut up and moved along. Something spooked him.

[Cabin Fever]

Sat in the corner of a field this morning from 5:00-6:30 without hearing or seeing a thing. No surprise, as I haven't seen or heard a thing yet all season! I really wanted to get home to wash and wax my truck and clean the inside, as I haven't cleaned it since muzzleloader season closed. Before I left, I hung 2 new cell cams that I received yesterday near the blind to test them out. At 7:39am, less than an hour after I left, I got a new pic notification of pic of a tom walking past my blind!! I grumbled, but kept washing the truck! At 9:30am, I got another notification of a new cell pic and either the same tom or a different one was walking past my blind AGAIN!! WTF!! Oh well, at least I have a shiny truck... 

I had a pic of a tom yesterday morning exiting my yard at 7:30am, that was only ~100 yards from where this tom was at in front of my blind, so I'm taking my son to the blind tomorrow, hoping the tom will continue with his pattern from the past couple of days. Hopefully I can call him in for my son...

 

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[Lawdwaz]

1 hour ago, blackbeltbill said:

If, I  were you,I  would be there tomorrow  and force myself to stay till 10am even if that includes a Nap.

  Get Him!

Why not stick it out till noon? 

Make a bunch of calls then just stash the calls no matter how tempted you get.  That bird could be really call shy........or just afraid of his own shadow, hence the showing up after you packed it in.

Luck to you!

[Five Seasons]

Hunt #3

All sorts of great action early, but my milkshake did not bring all the boys to the yard.

A fun hunt already and I’ll probably move soon. Learning more about this property now on my second sit. Personal opinion, but I think learning a property for turkey is harder than deer.


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[Five Seasons]

Years ago i shot a nice Tom across from Wilink middle school , never heard him as they were having gym class outside and the kids were noisy. 

I imagine that would go a little different today haha


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[The_Real_TCIII]

Hunt #3

All sorts of great action early, but my milkshake did not bring all the boys to the yard.

A fun hunt already and I’ll probably move soon. Learning more about this property now on my second sit. Personal opinion, but I think learning a property for turkey is harder than deer.


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Youve got birds, now its a war of attrition lol


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[Cabin Fever]

First morning I’ve heard gobbling! They gobbled from 5:15-5:45, but nothing since. The bad part is nothing close and all on property I don’t have permission to hunt. Hoping something will head our way...


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[Five Seasons]

Youve got birds, now its a war of attrition lol


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I need to get more serious about becoming a better caller. I’m average at best and just need to really commit to getting better at purs and softer yelps.


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[Five Seasons]

Well I don’t feel so bad now, the gobbler to my west has gobbled on and off for 2 hours and now I hear a hen with him. Can’t beat the real thing.


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[Gobbler Chaser]

2 hours ago, Belo said:

I need to get more serious about becoming a better caller. I’m average at best and just need to really commit to getting better at purs and softer yelps.


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Have you tried mouth/diaphragm type calls?

[The_Real_TCIII]

Well I don’t feel so bad now, the gobbler to my west has gobbled on and off for 2 hours and now I hear a hen with him. Can’t beat the real thing.


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I "finished" my tom with the slate by my side, just lightly purring. I can use a diaphragm call but not softly


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[2012_taco]

I got up yesterday and went to Farmersville to hunt at a friends property. He says they have been roosting right behind his house for days. I never heard a bird! as I was leaving he admits that he heard birds every morning all week except Friday! Don' know where they went but they are not there! I have been to 3 different properties in last 2 weeks and haven't heard a gobble. I know there is always a gobbling low point but it's just real frustrating. I can't get up every day at 3:30 to hunt like I used to? It takes too much out of me. I'm thinking I may take up fishing! LOL

[Nomad]

If anyone’s interested , there’s a guy at the public market on Saturdays selling , organic Turkey meat .....  

[WWJD_Hunter]

5 hours ago, Nomad said:

If anyone’s interested , there’s a guy at the public market on Saturdays selling , organic Turkey meat .....  

The way my season is going  , I may take you on that offer Nomad 

[Five Seasons]

A real good morning action wise. Crept on a field on the way out to see 2 toms and 2 hens. They caught enough movement to skeet out of there, but not fast. Typical mid-May form.

I might have 1 or 2 more in me. And at least one with the boys. Tries a nap and it didn’t happen. 4am wake ups just crush me haha. Now on to another 5 days of baseball and work.


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[Five Seasons]

Have you tried mouth/diaphragm type calls?

All I use is moth and box, mostly mouth though. Need to get better with my slate.


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[WNYTRPR]

Was doing some yard work and heard some gobbling down on the other side of the creek ,grabbed my call and bow and did some lite calling .Had some gobbling back at me ,then the hen started to talk back to me ,that went back and forth for 10 minutes thinking maybe the hen would fly back across the creek to me bringing her boyfriend ,but no show .all the while I had another hen having a dust bath in the neighbors yard .I’ll probably set up across the creek tmrw morning .

[turkeyfeathers]

Day 4.  2 birds gobbling in different spots 150-175 out. Sitting up against same tree I tipped one over opening morning.  

[turkeyfeathers]

What a morning.  Got pinned by hens as 2 gobblers approaching from basically same direction as merged together . Both birds henned up and shut down for 20 minutes or so. Semi hit jack brakes and one gobbled again. Went to very soft purrs around side of leg and mostly scratching leaves . Tag #2 punched. Now Samantha comes home this week so hoping to finally get her on her first ever. 3.5” tss 7’s absolutely flatten birds. Stock 2 year old 

[LET EM GROW]

11 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

What a morning.  Got pinned by hens as 2 gobblers approaching from basically same direction as merged together . Both birds henned up and shut down for 20 minutes or so. Semi hit jack brakes and one gobbled again. Went to very soft purrs around side of leg and mostly scratching leaves . Tag #2 punched. Now Samantha comes home this week so hoping to finally get her on her first ever. 3.5” tss 7’s absolutely flatten birds. Stock 2 year old 

You da man Jay!

[Steuben Jerry]

1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:

What a morning.  Got pinned by hens as 2 gobblers approaching from basically same direction as merged together . Both birds henned up and shut down for 20 minutes or so. Semi hit jack brakes and one gobbled again. Went to very soft purrs around side of leg and mostly scratching leaves . Tag #2 punched. Now Samantha comes home this week so hoping to finally get her on her first ever. 3.5” tss 7’s absolutely flatten birds. Stock 2 year old 

Congrats Jay!

[Five Seasons]

2 hours ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Went to very soft purrs around side of leg and mostly scratching leaves . 

this is the skillset I aspire to. Great job TF and great bird!

[turkeyfeathers]

First ink last week 

[Otto]

First ink last week 

Is that ink or a cattle brand? Looks mighty painful Luthor!

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