huntn4bucks

It can be tough hunting at times. With all the rocks and change of terrain, a gobbler can be within 25 yards and still get by you. Unless you are on the very tip-top of the mountain, these birds will get above you...regardless of where they're roosted. What I try to do is get on the same level of a roosted gobbler and call to him at the appropriate time. Once he responds and knows I'm there, I move up the hill and stop calling. When he comes looking for the hen, I'm usually there to greet him. I didn't give them much of a rest. I was back in the general area the very next day. All I saw were hens and jakes. I'll probably be back later this week though.

Congratulations Al. I know exactly what you mean about silent birds. It has been very quiet around here for the past week and a half. Hopefully they'll get cranked up soon.

Congrats Cove! Anytime you can down a multiple bearded gobbler is a special day. Nice job buddy.

Here are a couple of pics: Ignore the MO hat...he was born and raised in Mississippi. )

Nice!!! You can never have too much turkey gear.

A buddy and I decided to hunt a few hours before work this morning and man did it ever pay off. It was slightly cool with temps in the mid 30s. The ground was still wet from all the rain we've had so we were able to slip through the woods without making much noise. We only heard one gobble on the roost and it was way off. We continued to ease through the woods attempting to make it to a spot where we've seen turkeys before. After we got there and well after it was light enough for turkeys to fly down, we still had not heard another gobble. We setup in one spot but decided it was just too open and decided to move up the hill about 20 yards. After a few minutes I took out my custom made turkey killin box call and clucked 3 or 4 times. I then yelped and before the third note rang out the woods errupted with gobbling...and CLOSE! The gobblers were in a small ravine not 45-50 yards from us. We had to have walked right by them. My buddy is left-handed and I am right-handed so we can cover a lot of area sitting against the same tree. The gobblers were just above us to my right which was perfect for my left-handed hunting buddy. One of the gobblers was spitting and drumming so hard that you could feel it in your chest. After about 3-4 minutes, red heads starting popping up everywhere. These jokers knew exactly which tree the call had come from. Once one of the gobblers got in the clearing, my buddy dropped the hammer!!! Gobblers flew everywhere. There were at least 5 or 6 gobblers still bunched together and we had called in the whole flock. I looked at my watch and it was 7:02. What an excellent way to start off the day. I will post pictures as soon as I copy them to my computer.

I think he's had to joined the workforce like us other mortals.

Very awesome in deed. Congratulations. I can't wait to read the story.

Nice job and congrats!

Excellent!!! WTG ladies!

Tell Poncho I said congrats!!! Man, those pictures bring back memories. I'm looking forward to getting my season started here in Bama on Saturday.

Our youth season here in Alabama was also open Saturday but the snow, wind, and cold weather kept me from taking my 7 year old nephew.

March 15th here in Alabama. March 8th & 9th for youth days.

That's great! We have 2 days designated as youth days that occur the Saturday & Sunday prior to the regular season opener. They just started it a couple of years ago. I'm suppose to take my nephew tomorrow but they're forecasting 1" - 3" of snow overnight. Hopefully it will stay north of here and we'll bag a big'un in the morning.

Excellent!!! Our regular season also opens on March 15th but we have two youth days coming up on March 8th & 9th. It's suppose to be pretty cool Saturday morning (21 degrees) but hopefully my 7 year old nephew can tough it out. He killed his first duck this year so maybe we can connect on a nice gobbler too.

Same here. I first started hunting turkeys when I was 14 or 15 years old. That would put it somewhere around the early to mid 1980's. I remember that I didn't have my driver's license yet so I drove my Dad's tractor to the nearby public hunting land. Thinking back, I wonder if I was suppose to have a driver's license for that. Anyway, my very first turkey call was a wingbone call given to me by an ole turkey pro. I still remember the day he gave it to me.

The only one of the three I saw was Michael...and that wasn't at the RT booth. I'll be sure to stop by again next year in Nashville.

Tim, I'm sorry I missed you. I stopped by the booth several times on Saturday & Sunday but you were no where to be found. I even hung around and bought a few things in the process.

Expect to leave with an empty wallet!!!

You got that right!

That's quite a trip.

I have several turkey capes in the freezer but until I get a bigger room I don't have any place to put them.

Mayber 2 for me too...here in Alabama and maybe Oklahoma.

Yep, 5 gobblers (1 per day) for the combined fall and spring season. There's only a few counties that allow fall hunting so the bag limit mainly applies to spring turkey hunters.

I have the exact same 1/4 zip pullover that you're talking about. It has become my newest favorite garment. I also have the vest and love it too.