Turkey Season Live Update
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Schu72
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We are home from our first outing. I saw 3, but they were already in the field we were trying to get to. I thought they might feed to us, but no luck. Back at it in the am.
Well guys today was pretty good, no dead turks but we saw plenty. Right off the bat we heard 2 gobble (somehow). The thing was, they were staying on roost way longer than we has expected. So we ended up spookin one of them. We saw a total of 3 toms, 4 jakes, bunch hens, and 2 coyotes and a fox. We'll be back out on the morning givin her hell!
Schu72
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I thought it was going to happen this morning. My son and I were out good and early. Very quite early. No gobbling at all. Finally, I decided to make some noise. Two gobblers responded, but they were behind us. I made a few more callls to see if they would commit, but that didn't seem to be the case. After a little time went by there seemed to be a bird at the south end of the field that was fairly hot. We grabbed up our gear and snuck down a fence row and got in pretty close. i got my son set up and crawled out and set a decoy. This bird was hammering away. I made a few calls to let him know where we were and he was going crazy. I was certain he was coming but after a few minutes it did not seen like he was getting any closer. I really thought he was just inside the treeline. I know there was a creek where he was at and maybe he was on the other side. I know the creek was swollen from the rain, perhaps he wasn't willing to try and cross. Around this point I wisper too my son, "I'm not sure if he's going to come".....he replies back, "I think he knows your a fake!" LOL. I wanted to roll.... anyway a short time later Ethan was starting to get anxious and he knocked his gun off the bipod. I'm not sure if the turkey saw us or heard us, but we never heard another peep. Oh well...maybe another time. At 7 he only last a couple of hours and he has a baseball meeting at 1 so we are probably done for today.
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Congrats JPN - same sister that your guided to a deer this fall? You're one heck of a big brother!
Almost seeled the deal this morning. We heard one gobbling on the roost, so we sneak down to the feild edge and call a little. He starts responding then flys down our way. He's walking on a line coming our way at a steady pace, he gets to about 70 yards, and some hens fly down to our right. He makes a 90 degree turn and goes their way, acting like we were never there.
Had one gobbling around 11:30. He was fairly close but had to cross a TWP road to get to us and it didn't happen.
huntn2
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I went out this evening for a couple of hours TOO sit where I'm going tomorrow morning. I heard about 25 gobbles coming from across the creek within a 100 yards from my position. They shut up about 7:30 and started gobblin' around 6:15. On my way out at 8:24 I saw another 2 toms in another field and one looked to be a nice sized bird. Can't wait TOO see what tomorrow brings! Goodluck fellas!
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I was unsuccessful at putting one to bed tonight, but I've got a good spot picked out for the morning.
Alarm set for 4:40...I can't sleep though! My sleep schedules are messed up like crazy
Alarm set for 4:40...I can't sleep though! My sleep schedules are messed up like crazy
Went for a walk Sunday afternoon with Dante and we seen 5 birds total. The last two we seen just before bedtime was the best of the day. The 2 toms was battling it out in a cut cornfield. Was pretty cool to watch them 2 flopping fans back and forth at each other and then bump chests all over the place lol. It was a first for me to see and I must say...it was awesome 
Good luck out there everybody. I can't wait to see the pics and read the stories as they roll on in over the next few weeks. Be safe out there and have fun.
Good luck out there everybody. I can't wait to see the pics and read the stories as they roll on in over the next few weeks. Be safe out there and have fun.
