Live From The Woods 2022 Turkey Edition

[TreeGuy]

Came close today on Public! One more day to go. Home- Boxing + martial Arts now with full body weight training before it gets too hot.

Imagine you had access to some private land ! You would be tagged out !!!

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[WNY Bowhunter]

I ended up passing a shot on the longbeard that I've been after this morning. Sat out in the front field until just before 8:00 when I got up and walked out to a hayfield that was just mowed. Got right to the corner and see a big full fan out the field about 75 yds from me. So I snuck up on him and he was just out there fanning looking around gobbling. I crawled up to about 55-60. Had a solid rest and he was just standing there in the wide open. The 835/TSS combo wanted to bark but just too iffy. One last try there tomorrow morning 

[mattypotpie8S]

Played the game with him again around 9:30. Gobbling to everything..after an hour & a half and what seemed like dozens of gobbles he left gobbling. Couldn't wrap around on him or anything (property lines).

[518BowSlayer]

Jumped one out of some tall grass on my way out. That's a wrap for my season. Hope someone here knocks one down on the last day!

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[TreeGuy]

     Got to my Public area and kind of Snoozed in my SUV. Heard a Gobble at 5.12am that brought me to Life.
   I hunt 2 Huge areas and 2 Smaller chunks  of Public. 
   Out  like a Cat- Fast still.
 Got within 80 yards of a Roosted Gobbler. Waited for him to fly down. He loved that Red Cedar Box and,I laid it on him.
  Damn Hen close to him called him down and away she took him- far from her competition.  His Trailing Gobbles confirmed what,I knew.
   Plenty of Hens this Spring in Orange. Maybe too many. They are still very active .
  Cynthia will be with me tomorrow.  Knowledge  gathered today might help her to Bag that Gobbler tomorrow.  
 Heard close and far- a good 8 Gobblers. 
 
 

Private land gobblers don't even like staying with hens.

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[doebuck1234]

Uncle sent me this pic yesterday afternoon.neighbor cut hay yesterday morning.half tempted to say fugg work tomorrow

 

Edited May 30, 2022 by doebuck1234

[turkeyfeathers]

Picking up daughter in few minutes .  One last chance. Think this is only hunt #10 for me this year.  Good luck filling last second tag everyone 

[turkeyfeathers]

1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Picking up daughter in few minutes .  One last chance. Think this is only hunt #10 for me this year.  Good luck filling last second tag everyone 

Were in. Wood thrush’s singing beautifully 

[turkeyfeathers]

First gobble. Pretty close 

[mattypotpie8S]

Spooked him off roost. Would have been nice if he let me know he was there

[turkeyfeathers]

He hit the dirt and went wrong way. We’re stuck in between two hens 

[WNY Bowhunter]

What an ending!

[Otto]

Trying my best to bring them in!

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[mattypotpie8S]

I'm working on a stubborn one as well

[turkeyfeathers]

We’re packing it in.  Alls been quiet since fly down and daughter works in couple hours.  Tag soup 

[Water Rat]

Gonna give it one last try. The final 2 3/4 hours. No expecting much but it’s more fun than cutting the lawn.

[WNY Bowhunter]

 My biggest hooks to date...1 7/16, 22.25lb, 10.5 beard. He's been beating me all season but messed up today. Same bird I passed yesterday morning 

[turkeyfeathers]

Dropped off daughter. Back in. 112 minutes to get er done. 82 degrees out. Thermacell , shotgun and vest on and headed in. 

[The_Real_TCIII]

1 minute ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Dropped off daughter. Back in. 112 minutes to get er done. 82 degrees out. Thermacell , shotgun and vest on and headed in. 

heated vest?

[turkeyfeathers]

16 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

heated vest?

Camo Speedo and camo wife beater. 

[turkeyfeathers]

Pulled cam. Deer , woodchucks , few hens and way too many coon , grinners , coyotes and skunks. Alls quiet with 1:06 to go for 2022 

[Water Rat]

Noon can’t come soon enough. I’m sweating to death. 

[Five Seasons]

4 hours ago, WNY Bowhunter said:

What an ending!

thank god. was shaping up to be a depressing last week. Even still not a lot of birds fell on the forum this year. 

[Five Seasons]

59 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

Dropped off daughter. Back in. 112 minutes to get er done. 82 degrees out. Thermacell , shotgun and vest on and headed in. 

man I haven't had bad bugs all season but i grabbed my thermacell last minute sunday morning and it saved our ass. We were getting destroyed before we even set up even sprayed down with permethrin. That thing was god's gift to turkey hunters and stream fishermen. 

[Water Rat]

Fat lady is singing. Looks like turkey tag soup tonight…….2 portions. Congrats to those who scored.