Turkey Hunting Success Thread

[nygooseduster26]

Well, I have no stories to tell yet until thursday but what do you guys have to share so far?

[nygooseduster26]

Saw a big tom strutting in a field i've seen him there 4/5 of the last 5 days on my way to BOCES today. One hen in front of him.

[G-Man]

Called a nice 22 lb er with 9 in beard for my friend, it was his first spring gobbler!

[nygooseduster26]

Thats awesome! I bet he's hooked now!!! Congrats to you and your friend on a soggy gobbler!

[phade]

Nice...but he ruined that pic with a dolphins hat...haha.

[growalot]

Congrats!

I had the best opener ever!!...too much to tell but at one point I had 5 Toms coming in at once...live hens strolling through...and this boy on the ground...20 #'s...tad over 1in. spurs and a ten in. beard...got him home dropped on picnic table and Toms sounded off where I'd just come from...lol.....Poured all night and most of morning...

[growalot]

Opps...sorry...I'll try and get...very bad video posted...shot not on film but toms gobbling is

[meatmuzzy]

CONGRATS ON THE HARVESTS GUYS!! KEEP IT UP! CANT WAIT TIL SATURDAY!!!

[Deerthug]

Congrats! I can't wait to get out there!!!

[adkbuck]

I was surprized to kill this bird at 7:15 this morning, 19#, 9.5-inch beard, 1-1/8 spurs. I really thought there was nothing around but I was wrong.

[Deerthug]

Nice!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Got some decent body weight, nice looking fans, and long beards, congrats.

[Pav2704]

congrats guys! can't wait to get out this weekend!!!

[stubbz]

i stuck it out in the rain early am and didnt have much activity so i moved my blind about 8:20 a few hundred yards over to a different field and an hour later i called in 3 big toms, they actually surprised me cuz i only got a few goggles every once n a while and they sounded pretty far off. i took the biggest of the 3 but i could tell he was the boss the other 2 were in front of him but wouldnt come close to the 2 hen decoys i had out but the boss was headin right for um. within 10 feet of um he let out a huge gobble and moments later i took him down at 22-23 yards i figure with my 20 gauge 870, he dropped in his tracks head first and wasnt going nowhere. all the effort and research and reading and scouting has paid off, this is my first full year hunting and first spring turkey season. i come from a family full of hunters but for some reason never got into it im 30 now and tried turkey huntin in the fall and took a hen 3 tries/weeks into season i have to say im hooked for life now but im all for spring turkey im not much for the cold thats prolly why i never cared to deer hunt.

1 inch spurs, 10 inch beard, 24.3 pounds

Edited May 1, 2012 by stubbz

[ghug92]

My buddy got this 23 lber with a 9 inch beard. Came running from a few hundred yards to the call.

[growalot]

Congrats!...learning to video...not going well lol ...but did get sounds of all the gobbling and 2 hens...one hen that ran caught me moving gun to different window before I shot....

[nyantler]

Congrats everyone.. nice birds!

[Paula]

thats a nice video growalot.

[Cabin Fever]

Great birds! Congrats everyone! They all look pretty wet too! LOL

Edited May 1, 2012 by Cabin Fever

[tjm08803]

smoked a dandy. 10 1/2 inch beard, special thanks goes out to my pops. I was suppose to be callin him in a limbhanger this morning, but that is not the way he likes to roll. Great guy. Some real nice looking birds on here posted by others.

Edited May 2, 2012 by tjm08803

[growalot]

Thanks Paula...don't think I'll ever get the hang of this...like.....Oh the view finder turns all the way around...as you'll see from out of focus and the top of my head in first clip I did this morning...I just love the sound this cam pics up...Heck I had fun and that's all that matters....lol

Edited May 2, 2012 by growalot

[Santamour123]

Congrats!

I had the best opener ever!!...too much to tell but at one point I had 5 Toms coming in at once...live hens strolling through...and this boy on the ground...20 #'s...tad over 1in. spurs and a ten in. beard...got him home dropped on picnic table and Toms sounded off where I'd just come from...lol.....Poured all night and most of morning...

Congrats

However 1 bird per day.Per NYS DEChttp://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/32162.html

[sits in trees]

Thanks Paula...don't think I'll ever get the hang of this...like.....Oh the view finder turns all the way around...as you'll see from out of focus and the top of my head in first clip I did this morning...I just love the sound this cam pics up...Heck I had fun and that's all that matters....lol

Just wondering how one hunts turkeys without calling? Funny when i have toms sounding off around me like that im luring them in with my box or mouth call.

[landtracdeerhunter]

That's one vocal bird. The rain effect with the gobbling really adds to the interview.

[Paula]

hope you have fun again today growalot, hope everyone is having fun