2017 Random Turkey Scouting
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I completely forgot the youth season is tomorrow. Hope the rain holds off and y'all have a great hunt.
cspot
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Tried to roost one tonight but none were gobbling. We have been hearing about 6-10 birds every morning by the house here, so we pretty well know where they will be.
Good luck to all heading out for the youth opener this weekend.
Good luck to all heading out for the youth opener this weekend.
lung buster
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Good luck younguns! We'll be in Hunter Safety waiting on some good news....hopefully from all of you!
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We tried to roost them with no luck also. Looks like it'll be the ole bum rush, get in position ans wait for the first tree gobble then scoot in close with a deek.
I don't know about yall but to me the night before turkey season i'm like a kid on christmas eve. I'm not going to sleep for shit. If we had a good moon I'd be in the woods right now looking up!
cspot
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They didn't come to the top field this mornong so we managed to get to the bottom field and out front of them. They walked by at 30 and Travis flat missed. Two more shots on the wing and nada. We got to the house and shot his gun at a papet plate at 30 yards. 13 pellets high on the plate.
3 inch longbeatd XR #5 with a primos tightwad choke out of an 870. I shot to make sure it wasn't him. Same shit. A foot and a half high. Next he shot a good ole rem nitro turkey and it was right on the money.
I shot a 3.5 longbeard xr #4 out of my gun with a jellyhead choke and destroyed a paper plate at 30.
I guess his gun or choke just hates those shells. I didn't pattern them in his gun because X brand pattern over Y brand pattern only really starts to matter past 30 yards. Inside 30 a shell is a shell none of them should be a foot and a half high.
Here is the 3.5 Longbeard XR #4 I shot at 30 out of my Stoger with a jellyhead choke.
3 inch longbeatd XR #5 with a primos tightwad choke out of an 870. I shot to make sure it wasn't him. Same shit. A foot and a half high. Next he shot a good ole rem nitro turkey and it was right on the money.
I shot a 3.5 longbeard xr #4 out of my gun with a jellyhead choke and destroyed a paper plate at 30.
I guess his gun or choke just hates those shells. I didn't pattern them in his gun because X brand pattern over Y brand pattern only really starts to matter past 30 yards. Inside 30 a shell is a shell none of them should be a foot and a half high.
Here is the 3.5 Longbeard XR #4 I shot at 30 out of my Stoger with a jellyhead choke.
Gordo
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That's a great f'n pattern. 30 yards to boot. Bam!
That bird got lucky. That won't happen again
That bird got lucky. That won't happen again
Damn that really sucks on the miss!
Just shows ya gotta pattern those guns to see what they like.
That jelly head choke will get the job done.
Just shows ya gotta pattern those guns to see what they like.
That jelly head choke will get the job done.
cspot
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Stinks about this miss. Hopefully he will get another crack at them.
Slow morning for us in Ohio. Didn't hear any on the roost which was surprising and after that I think we heard 3 different birds, but never got one to work.
Slow morning for us in Ohio. Didn't hear any on the roost which was surprising and after that I think we heard 3 different birds, but never got one to work.