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Posted: Tue Apr 15th, 2008 11:32 am |
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I'm seeing alot of birds and i do mean alot. The big gobbelers are staying just out of range with jakes milling about close enough to reach out and shake hands. I have really enjoyed seeing the the turkeys, much like Nutoy. Theres that special something about the woods this time of year, and i enjoy being there. I guess i feel alive. Theres so much to see and hear, it is a complete assault on the senses.
the decoys are workig great and the jakes love them and the hens are milling all about them. I watched one hen come in to investigate and when she started to walk away i hit a little soft yelp and she turned and ran at the decoy and flogged it. I laughed so hard i had tears in my eye's. The surprised look on her face when the decoy fell over was priceless, and she took off.
The birds are still not sounding off much and i assume this screwy weather pattern has them down, so maybe when the weather warms up the birds will be more active.......
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Posted: Tue Apr 15th, 2008 01:07 pm |
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Your better then me.One of those jakes would taste mighty fine and would be history.
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Posted: Fri Apr 18th, 2008 10:50 am |
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we are not supposed to shoot jake's. They need to grow up and become the brood stock for future generations which i know you already know. However there are some who will shoot them, turkeys be damned and i hate that. For some the rules are always bent and not adhered too. I trie to follow the rules and i'm certain i break a few unknowingly, and if caught i will pay the penalty. It kill's me because i hear some guy's brag about this and that and they never get busted, but as soon as i did i would get nailed.
Bruce, have you got to hunt or fish any since you've been back to work?
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Posted: Fri Apr 18th, 2008 02:30 pm |
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I've been having a good season as well. I'm seeing a few birds and have heard at least one gobbler almost every day. If I hear one gobble I call that a good hunt. If I call one within sight I call that a very good hunt and if I call one within 20 yds I call that a great hunt, even if they are jakes and two year olds. I've had six birds inside 20 yds and two within six feet of the muzzle.
So far I've only seen one bird that I'd shoot. He is a monster and he is smart. I chased him a few days last season and he always seems to zig when I zag.
We had more hunters this year than I have ever seen before. The pressure has died down to almost nothing but a few die hards. The mature birds that went silent after the first day are now starting to get vocal again. It's just a matter of time before I catch one in the right frame of mind.
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Posted: Fri Apr 18th, 2008 10:29 pm |
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firedawg226 wrote: we are not supposed to shoot jake's. They need to grow up and become the brood stock for future generations which i know you already know. However there are some who will shoot them, turkeys be damned and i hate that. For some the rules are always bent and not adhered too. I trie to follow the rules and i'm certain i break a few unknowingly, and if caught i will pay the penalty. It kill's me because i hear some guy's brag about this and that and they never get busted, but as soon as i did i would get nailed.
Bruce, have you got to hunt or fish any since you've been back to work?
I take it its illegal to shoot a jake in your state?Diffrent people have diffrent theorys and ideas.Same as shooting a this years lamb deer.So long as its legal I don't have a problem with it.We all need to support each other or we will loose it all regardless if a certain hunting way is one each of us personaly don't care for.
I'll be fishing once ice is out when I get back home.
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Posted: Sat Apr 19th, 2008 05:03 am |
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| You are right Nutoy, the hunting pressure has been incrediable this year. The birds have not been vocal this year at all and partly to pressure and in part to a weird weather pattern, warm then very cold. I've only heard a couple of birds gobble. One bird i saw that i would love to bag is a crafty old fart and he is a whopper, i guess in the high twenty's on the hoof. He is massive and smart. I called him in one afternoon. I was using a slate call and calling softly once every twenty minutes or so. After several hours i gathered up my stuff and headed to the truck, not having seen or heard anything. I was on one field and had a 60 yard or so of hardwoods seperating the field i was watching and the one behind me . Got to the truck and started down the road and this tom was running full tilt towards where i had been and all i could do was watch him take wing and clear the tree tops. My hunting buddy guessed his beard at 12 inches or better....
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Posted: Sat Apr 19th, 2008 05:21 am |
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Bruce, people here do shoot young birds all the time and i should clarify that while not illegal the state tries to discourage it for the same reasons i stated before. I hope i didnt offend ya as i wasnt pointing a finger at you, i was stating an opinion and how i feel personally. I try to be a good steward of the woods and wildlife, and i try to do whats asked of me. I feel that if more people did this instead of bending the rules or sidestepping, and outright poaching the better we would all be. I know you well enough from chatting with you that you are a ethical hunter, trapper and outdoorsman so take no offense to what i say as i'm talking general terms and dont feel that my opinions encompass anyone here.
In general terms so as not to confuse anyone here, i hate poachers, end of story. I feel that these a**holes steal from us all and are no better than theives and should get the chair!!!!!! I hate those that do this bastard crime, be it exceeding their limit on fish or shooting animals out of season and then brag about it, like they are cool and their buddies should bow down to them.
I personally dont think that any one person here fit's that profile so please dont be offended. If you can pop young birds where you live thats fine and i dont have a problem with that. If it's legal it's cool with me.
Hope that clears that up ......
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Posted: Sat Apr 19th, 2008 01:11 pm |
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firedawg226 wrote: Bruce, people here do shoot young birds all the time and i should clarify that while not illegal the state tries to discourage it for the same reasons i stated before. I hope i didnt offend ya as i wasnt pointing a finger at you, i was stating an opinion and how i feel personally. I try to be a good steward of the woods and wildlife, and i try to do whats asked of me. I feel that if more people did this instead of bending the rules or sidestepping, and outright poaching the better we would all be. I know you well enough from chatting with you that you are a ethical hunter, trapper and outdoorsman so take no offense to what i say as i'm talking general terms and dont feel that my opinions encompass anyone here.
In general terms so as not to confuse anyone here, i hate poachers, end of story. I feel that these a**holes steal from us all and are no better than theives and should get the chair!!!!!! I hate those that do this bastard crime, be it exceeding their limit on fish or shooting animals out of season and then brag about it, like they are cool and their buddies should bow down to them.
I personally dont think that any one person here fit's that profile so please dont be offended. If you can pop young birds where you live thats fine and i dont have a problem with that. If it's legal it's cool with me.
Hope that clears that up ......
No offense take.I also hate poachers or people that lie and steal.I was also talking in general terms.I like to see us outdoorsmen support each other in the way each of us hunt regardless on if we like to hunt that way or not so long as its legal.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20th, 2008 01:31 pm |
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brucet wrote: firedawg226 wrote: Bruce, people here do shoot young birds all the time and i should clarify that while not illegal the state tries to discourage it for the same reasons i stated before. I hope i didnt offend ya as i wasnt pointing a finger at you, i was stating an opinion and how i feel personally. I try to be a good steward of the woods and wildlife, and i try to do whats asked of me. I feel that if more people did this instead of bending the rules or sidestepping, and outright poaching the better we would all be. I know you well enough from chatting with you that you are a ethical hunter, trapper and outdoorsman so take no offense to what i say as i'm talking general terms and dont feel that my opinions encompass anyone here.
In general terms so as not to confuse anyone here, i hate poachers, end of story. I feel that these a**holes steal from us all and are no better than theives and should get the chair!!!!!! I hate those that do this bastard crime, be it exceeding their limit on fish or shooting animals out of season and then brag about it, like they are cool and their buddies should bow down to them.
I personally dont think that any one person here fit's that profile so please dont be offended. If you can pop young birds where you live thats fine and i dont have a problem with that. If it's legal it's cool with me.
Hope that clears that up ......
No offense take.I also hate poachers or people that lie and steal.I was also talking in general terms.I like to see us outdoorsmen support each other in the way each of us hunt regardless on if we like to hunt that way or not so long as its legal.
I support outdoorsman in their endeavors as long as it is legal, just, and allows for fair chase. Poachers beware!!!!!
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Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 12:27 am |
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| Anyone got any turkeys yet?I might get to hunt this spring but I have to wait untill the 2nd and 3rd weeks to hunt this year.
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Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 02:21 pm |
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brucet wrote: Anyone got any turkeys yet?I might get to hunt this spring but I have to wait untill the 2nd and 3rd weeks to hunt this year.
to bad buddy I get to hunt opening day ,,, as Bruce knows i have been watching a flock for a little over a month, last month i saw 13 hens in a field NO gobblers and tehn i started seeing some in the morning comming home from work or in the evening headed to work if i left early enough... One evening i saw 3 birds in the field but couldnt make them all out 1 was definetly a gobbler with a 8 -10 inch beard ... the following morning headed home from work i seen 7 birds 2 gobblers a jake and 4 hens.... I keep seeing them in the same spot headed to a treeline in the evening and comming out of it in the morning my unexperienced guess is there headed to and from the roost
but i didnt see them for about 4 days and the other day i seen what looked like turkeys in the field but i couldnt tell till the big boy fluffed up ... you guys can bet i will be there opening day with my new caller and decoy to see if i can close the deal...
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Posted: Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 02:59 pm |
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| Go get them Dan.Hope you get one.
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