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2020 Spring Turkey Thread

tracker 6

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Birds on all three of the places I hunt still have hens. Coshocton, Carrol and Jefferson. One of the things that we are dealing with this year is corn feeders or piles. Guys that never hunted turk's apparently think it is OK to hunt over bait. My buddy killed a bird in Ashtabula that had corn in it. Funny thing is, no corn fields anywhere close. We have both heard birds get shot, and heard no calling or gobbling? I'm just saying.
 
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giles

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Anyone ever try putting a mirror in the strut zone? I’ve seen a ton of videos of them beating the grass down around blinds with windows on the ground. I also believe this is why they hang around traffic. It’s their reflection. Birds are to damn stupid to know they want to kick their own ass.
 
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Iowa_Buckeye

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First bird for me in at least 5 years. Popped him 10 minutes after legal light.
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lung buster

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Got to hear 2 birds gobble this am, there is not a better sound in the woods in my opinion! Couldn't go after them on the property that they were on but i was happy to hear some again! Seen 2 hens, called one in that seemed angry lol.
Plan to have Addy in there with hopes that one is roosted on our side tomorrow...maybe she can get lucky on the last day, its happened for Drew like that before...
 

lung buster

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Well not quite the finish that we hoped for! Addy and I was setup at 0530 and only heard a few distant gobbles. We had a good season and I'm very fortunate to have seen many of sunrises with my kids this spring. We came up short in trying to get Addy a bird 3 years in row but it sure wasn't from lack of effort!

We walked within 10 yds of a hen sitting on 3 poults right along the road. A very cool experience for Addy!

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Congrats to all who had success this spring! It's time to fish!!
 

Spencie

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Tyler made the comment that this could be a really easy or frustrating year with all the birds we had around the house preseason. They were around through the first week of season but gone after that...and I mean gone! I really don't know what the reasoning is. I thought they would continue using our fields but they did not. We will regroup and try again next year. Congrats to all who scored and respect to all those that finished out the game.