I will mostly be on my farm out back in the 2 pastures here in Butler County. I will try and put one down with a Rem 1100 shotgun then may try my bow. I lost my friends property when he sold out last month.
I plan to hunt alot just so it doesn't take away from my deer food plot planting time.
Good luck.
I plan to hunt alot just so it doesn't take away from my deer food plot planting time.
Good luck.
I got some Youth points for the team with a Tom down this morning with my g
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Finally made it out all day today. I got up at 5:00AM went outside with the gobbler call and after several tries nothing.
Walked down to the bottom pasture all of 150 yds and heard a gooble in my woods beside where I'm setup to hunt. Set the decoys out and in my blind at 6:05. The gobbling went on about 150 yds away every couple minutes until 6:30 then silence. Never heard another sound until 12:00 noon when I quit.
We had a hard frost last night. At 8:00 when the sun peeked over the woods and shined on my blind it started steaming. The steam rooled into the blind and I could just bairly see my woods about 150 yds away through the mist. 15 minutes it was over. The great outdoors.
Walked down to the bottom pasture all of 150 yds and heard a gooble in my woods beside where I'm setup to hunt. Set the decoys out and in my blind at 6:05. The gobbling went on about 150 yds away every couple minutes until 6:30 then silence. Never heard another sound until 12:00 noon when I quit.
We had a hard frost last night. At 8:00 when the sun peeked over the woods and shined on my blind it started steaming. The steam rooled into the blind and I could just bairly see my woods about 150 yds away through the mist. 15 minutes it was over. The great outdoors.
I was out before 6:00 this morning. I had 3 differant Toms gobbling 2-5 times per minute up till 7:00 the silence. I did hear one gobble about 400 yds east of me. There is a power line there and a 30 ac. hay field but no hunting allowed.
I quit at 11:30 and when I got to my 2nd pasture there was a lone hen about 80 yds out feeding. The 2nd blind was right there and I figured I had 30 minutes left but she heard me taking my decoy backback off and away she ran.
I quit at 11:30 and when I got to my 2nd pasture there was a lone hen about 80 yds out feeding. The 2nd blind was right there and I figured I had 30 minutes left but she heard me taking my decoy backback off and away she ran.
I went out again today. They have been roosting just South of my woods where I have my hunting tower. So I figured I would hunt out of the tower. I no more than get into the tower at 6:15 and two are gobbling about 3-400 yds South of me. They sounded off till about 7:00 then silence.
A hen started clucking about 75 yds away alone the fence line. Just didn't sound right and it never moved in 5 hrs. It had to be my neighbor or his friend setup.
A hen walked through at 9:00 but nothing followed her. I quit at 12:00 noon. Put my decoys away. I put my safety vest on and stayed away from the fence row and walked the woods looking for mushrooms and found none.
I got back to my 2nd pasture and blind and again there are 2 hens feeding about 100 yds out but no Tom but season was over anyway.
A hen started clucking about 75 yds away alone the fence line. Just didn't sound right and it never moved in 5 hrs. It had to be my neighbor or his friend setup.
A hen walked through at 9:00 but nothing followed her. I quit at 12:00 noon. Put my decoys away. I put my safety vest on and stayed away from the fence row and walked the woods looking for mushrooms and found none.
I got back to my 2nd pasture and blind and again there are 2 hens feeding about 100 yds out but no Tom but season was over anyway.
Made it out yesterday am, heard a few birds on the roost, and then the FOG rolled in. After making a few different set-ups and not being able to get anything going, I threw some cuts down into a valley at 11:30 and got an answer. He was quite a ways in there, so I tried to cut the distance and he shut up. I made another move, back to where I had originally got him to answer at 11:45 and got another gobble. I looked at my watch and thought "not enough time left". Long story short, at 11:55, I saw him step out of the brush at 80 yards, look around and when I clucked and purred at him, he marched straight up the hill to me. I was sure this was a longbeard, since he was gobbling so hard and sounded like a mature bird. So when he finally came out from behind a tree at 10 yards at 11:58, I almost killed him, and then I saw the stubbly beard!! A freaking jake! Oh well, it was exciting. BTW, I let him walk...
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Congrats on the birds.
I got shunked. At least I brought some youth points in with the grandson's bird. That was fun as it's his last year as a youth. But at least grandpa could have gotten one.
Strange year as the birds here never gobbled after hitting the ground.
I did put in 18 hrs and only seen hens and no Toms after the grandson Tom. I pulled the 2 blinds today and maybe this fall since we will have a Fall Season here for the first time. I probably could have shot 50 last fall during deer season.
I got shunked. At least I brought some youth points in with the grandson's bird. That was fun as it's his last year as a youth. But at least grandpa could have gotten one.
Strange year as the birds here never gobbled after hitting the ground.
I did put in 18 hrs and only seen hens and no Toms after the grandson Tom. I pulled the 2 blinds today and maybe this fall since we will have a Fall Season here for the first time. I probably could have shot 50 last fall during deer season.