Scouting
- Thread starter Hedgelj
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I'll be out tomorrow for the first time. Got some chores to take care, plus a little shed hunting, so I'll be there for the crack of light to see if anything is talking.
cspot
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BlueSpruceOutfitters
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I'm gonna try to get out to PA tomorrow for a PM listen, but my Ohio properties are quite silent. Barely any on cams as well, we'll see what happens. Two weeks til youth opener, my son is pumped, hoping for turkey #3 this year. Pride and joy's been a killer since I started him!
Spencie
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Stressless
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Turned on the cell cams for the month as of today, didn't disappoint. 3 for three plots now if they stay is a big question.....
Spencie
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My wife sent me a video this morning of 2 Toms strutting by the house.
I have the guy with the mulcher coming out tomorrow to take care of some stumps and create a couple strut zones in the woods.
I have the guy with the mulcher coming out tomorrow to take care of some stumps and create a couple strut zones in the woods.
Spencie
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PA Bandit
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Pile of birds in Beaver County this year. I have multiple birds on each property of have checked thus far this year. Started my rotation about a week ago. I have about 15 locations so I try to make it to all of them once a week to pattern. As season gets closer I will pick 2 or 3 of these properties and lock the birds down for good.
Gobbling has been really good on the roost but they are pretty henned up at the moment so post fly down they shut up pretty much within 15 mins. Evening gobbling has been surprisingly good with the warm weather. Usually when it warms up they don't gobble on the roost at night.
Gobbling has been really good on the roost but they are pretty henned up at the moment so post fly down they shut up pretty much within 15 mins. Evening gobbling has been surprisingly good with the warm weather. Usually when it warms up they don't gobble on the roost at night.
Watching them out in the field from the back deck this morning. Strutting around gobbling their fool heads off at any sound. My daughter and I were watching before we left for the day. I'd whistle... they'd gobble. She clapped... they gobbled. Wish the season was in a little earlier than it is.
Spencie
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Brother and SIL are in for a week for a visit. SIL wakes up too sit out on the back screened in porch too watch sunrise and listen too wildlife waking up. Especially now that the turkeys are very active. She’s been getting a kick outta them gobbling on the roost and after fly down..... She was listening too one gobbling a couple hundred yards away on a field edge.... Then boom!!!!! End of gobbling 
She walked in and said someone shot the turkey, yep welcome too turkey season
She walked in and said someone shot the turkey, yep welcome too turkey season 
Sgt Fury
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How come it wasn’t you doing the shooting?Brother and SIL are in for a week for a visit. SIL wakes up too sit out on the back screened in porch too watch sunrise and listen too wildlife waking up. Especially now that the turkeys are very active. She’s been getting a kick outta them gobbling on the roost and after fly down..... She was listening too one gobbling a couple hundred yards away on a field edge.... Then boom!!!!! End of gobbling
I saw two toms heading across a field today. I thought if I could hunt with a rifle I'd probably hunt turkeys. No camo just see them out in the field plunk them like ghogs. It'd be worth buying a tag. Once the state lets you get a turkey with a small game tag I'll go again. Won't happen for me unless a kid is interested. Cool bird but not worth the time.
whitetailjunky3
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Spencie
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Forced myself to stay on the porch this morning. Heard some at the back of the property. Cell cam confirmed. Headed to Athens county to walk a property we just picked up to lease.
I'd think the rifle bullet would do a ton of meat damage.
I doubt we'll ever see them as part of the small game tag. TOO much $$ considering they (ODNR DOW) can't manage wildlife for shit for keeping hunters happy, they do a nice job if you don't want to hit one with a car though.
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Mason went out this morning. He heard 8 separate gobblers, saw a couple too. He called a hen up and fooled with her for a while. She wouldn’t leave so he kept talking turkey and walked to her. She still wouldn’t leave. She was pretty sure she was hanging with the ugliest turkey she had ever met. For those that think you can educate a dumb turkey, he videotaped the encounter with his phone.