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Post by B-rad on Apr 21, 2012 16:27:52 GMT -5
The birds were gobblin good this morning, i just couldn"t quite get ont them goo enough. Saw 8 deer, 1 hen and 1 jake. The jake I would"ve shot but because I saw him while still hunting back out of the woods, but he got over a hill before I could sling any lead at him  I should be right back on them in the morning, and I know right whre they were yesterday so wish me luck  |
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Post by Greenedog on Apr 21, 2012 21:38:24 GMT -5
I worked today, but Chase and me will be out there in the morning. Good luck!  |
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Post by Jordan on Apr 22, 2012 7:46:09 GMT -5
They're gobbling good on the roost and just after here but about an hour off the roost not a bird in the woods is gobbling. They are all henned up at the moment and all of them are off the property at the moment. Looks like my youth season could be a bust
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Post by Greenedog on Apr 22, 2012 9:35:24 GMT -5
Chase and me got to our spot before light this morning. When there started to be some light in the sky I flipped on the camera and.....no tape.    I guess when I put the camera up for sale I took the tape out. Chase ran all the way back to the house and grabbed us a tape. (Sorry again, Chase.) By the time Chase got back we were hearing gobbles a ways off. One of the birds sounded like it was getting closer, so we just waited, no calling or anything. It took probably an hour, but eventually the tom was right behind us, still gobbling. At this time 4 jakes come out in the field in front of us and 2 deer were coming from the left. The tom finally walks out into the field, Chase raises the gun to shoot, and......he see's us and runs off.  The jakes just fed off away from us and the deer ran off. The jakes ended up across the road and we think one of them bit the bullet.  We heard 1 shot from the direction they went along with some "whoo hoos!" I'll put a video together this week of the hunt. |
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Post by Greenedog on May 10, 2012 12:46:42 GMT -5
I've had plenty of luck so far...and all of it BAD LUCK!!! Yes....I did end up buying a tag. Just couldn't stand the thought of being off opening day and not hunting. I've seen and heard plenty of birds, just nothing in range yet. Poor Chase on the other hand..... , he had a tom at 5 yards yesterday after school and couldn't get off a shot, then 2 hours later he had one at twenty yards and couldn't get a shot! He's got a lot of good turkey footage so far.....maybe he can donate it to Animal Planet. |
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Post by Brian on May 10, 2012 13:34:39 GMT -5
I got out last Saturday. Got into the woods at 5 in the morning. Set up on the edge of a field where I know turkeys come out a lot. Heard one or two really distant gobbles as the sun came up, but nothing to get excited about. It was extremely foggy, so I'm not sure if that kept them from gobbling as much.
Then around 8:15, my hunting buddy sent out a few yelps on his slate call. We were hunting in a blind together. Right after he called, a hen started calling right back from about 15 yards right behind our blind. Then a gobbler fired up right next to her. After some more soft calling, the hen came out about 10 feet from the blind and headed to our decoys out in the field.
We both thought the gobbler would follow her out, but he didn't for some reason. The hen fed for a couple minutes and then worked her way back into the woods. It was still pretty exciting.
I'm heading out for an afternoon hunt tomorrow. A flock of turkeys feeds along the same treeline every day between 5 and 6. I'm planning on heading out around 2 and try to get a gobbler fired up. Then if that fails, I'm just gonna wait on them to feed towards me.
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Post by bigamehunter08 on May 10, 2012 14:42:14 GMT -5
I went out on the 27th and had a few in the bak part of the property gobbling but were henned up and never came in, so i started to go up to my dads blind when he called and said stop i got a bird gobbling in a field 75 yards away in a field up a little further. So i waitred, waited, and waited. I could heer the bird gobbling to my dads calls, but he was going away from him, so i called my dad and said i have the strutting jake decoy that i made and i said let me try and crawl behind the decoy into the field to the bird since tommorow is my bday. he let me go so i got to the edge of the field on the other side he was on and the bird was in a 2 achre woods on the neighbors so i snuck out into the field holding the decoy infront of me, my gun and the camera. the bird came out strutting and gobbling from 200 yards all the way to 14 where i dropped him with my 12 gauge. I got a little video but no kill shot because i left my tripod by the creek with all of my other things. Also had 3 coming in a few days later with my brother but a coyot ran them off
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Post by B-rad on May 10, 2012 20:21:25 GMT -5
I haven't seen crap! but they finally plowed the cornfield they have been coming to that i cant hunt and harvested the wheat in the field i can, so i might have a shot yet |
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Post by Greenedog on May 11, 2012 10:20:28 GMT -5
More bad luck again this morning. Everytime I zig they zag. I've heard people say that they think the turkeys are done for the year. WRONG! Heard more gobbles and seen more struttin than I've seen all year. Saw 4 toms and 2 jakes, but none close enough for a shot. |
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Post by B-rad on May 12, 2012 11:41:08 GMT -5
Well, doesn't look like I'm even going to get to go again this year... /:
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Post by Brian on May 12, 2012 15:18:03 GMT -5
Why not B-rad?
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Post by Greenedog on May 13, 2012 4:46:18 GMT -5
Last day of season here in Indiana....Chase is gonna wait for one to gobble then go after it.....I'll tag along as cameraman.
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Post by Brian on May 13, 2012 15:43:57 GMT -5
That's a good reason to not be able to go again. haha. My afternoon hunt the other day was a bust. Heard a couple gobbles a couple hundred yards away, but nothing was moving where I was set up.
I have until May 20th to try and fill my tag. Hopefully I will be able to get out for one more early morning hunt sometime by then.
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I should be right back on them in the morning, and I know right whre they were yesterday so wish me luck 
I guess when I put the camera up for sale I took the tape out. 
We heard 1 shot from the direction they went along with some "whoo hoos!" 
Just another night at work for me and Monty will be back here again bright and early. 
