Ravin R10 man Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Wed is my season...birds are not being very vocal at all..this weather is driving me bananas!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Next Friday is my season. I've been scouting pretty hard. I seen two birds yesterday. One of they're beards was dragging the ground walking. I have five days off so pretty excited here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Gobbler Down!!!! Got out to blind at 5:45...I set out a lone hen...about 6 am a crow sounds off and a gobbler anserwed, he seemed to be several hundred yards west on a neighbors land. Didnt see or hear a thing at all until 9:20..I got 10 birds on my trail to the right about 150 yards..cant tell if they are hens/ jakes, but color wise may be a couple jakes in there... I hit my "Williams Slate" call with a few purrs and soft hen putts.. I take a second to look back at the food plot and far left is a Gobbler standing right at the edge not 20 yards away!..I set binos down and ease my barrel out the window stopping several times as he pops his head up to look around..get the gun up and he is feeding facing away..I mouth call with a good putt, he pops his head up, tru glo beads are aligned, bead just under his head and I touch r off with a load of Federal 3.5 inch # 5 turkey load. Down he goes, and wings are floppin and he scoots himself off into the tall grass,the the adrenalin rush comes and I am shaking so bad I can hardly text Ash & Andy...lol JEEPERS!! Get down go over to him and he has 1 inch spurs both sides, 11.7/16 beard and weighs 22# Not bad for lack of sign and no vocalization from them yet...9:23 am..DONE! first day Wi Opener Turkey season The Lord done blessed me, with another beautiful bird. GO TEAM RUN & GUN! Edited April 11, 2013 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 Good bird! And Congrats! Looks like we're off to a good start! 8 days till my season gets going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) if I figured it right the score should be 64.874 Edited April 11, 2013 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Our season starts this sat, my cousin I hunt on hasn't been seeing many on the farm. I've been to buisy to get down much, did make a trip to scout mon. I didn't see much sign on the part of the farm I went to, I didn't walk the other 250acres so I'm hoping they are somewhere on the farm. I got to pattern my gun Friday for I am trying out some federal shells, never used them but been hearing good thing about. I am getting realy excited for opening day, good luck guys, and nice birds to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Congrats Way to XT. Congrats on a heck of a bird. Just because they are silent doesn't mean you can't kill'em. Sounds like a good hunt too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 Today would have been an ok day too, even with the storm; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 12, 2013 Report Share Posted April 12, 2013 That's crazy with all the snow. Been a cold spring, figure they shot that groundhog he kinda missed this year. That's a nice one. You can see his spurs at that distance, real nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 13, 2013 Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 gonna have a hunter in the blind on sunday, my brothers wife..yup thos are some DANDY HOOKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Ok guys, I went hunting openin day witch was sat and never seen a bird all day long. I went yesterday and today and tagged out. We can only kill 1 bird a day in ky so it took me a few days although I could have tagged out yesterday if we could kill multiple birds in a day. Had three come in together yesterday and could have killed at least two of them. Here's a pic , I'll get the contest pics in tonight or tomorrow, good luck everyone and be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Dang guess its on me now lol hopefully Friday hurries up and gets here so we can get some more points up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 W.F.55...lets get tagged out and set the bar for the rest of the teams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Sounds good to me! I got a couple pinpointed to where i know they'll be in the mornings, strutting zones and everything else so hopefully I'll get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 (edited) Congrats huntingman. It's always a rewarding feeling to limit out or just break the ice within the first couple hunts. 23lbs my gosh that's a toad, I can't wait to pick one like that up. I'm already planning on heading up that way next year to try my luck with a KY longbeard. WF55 good luck this weekend, Smack a big one. Edited April 17, 2013 by 3seasons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Well here we go guys tomorrow starts my vacation for turkey and I'll be hitting it hard bright and early in the morning. Im going to try to get it on camera also like last years hunt with my brother behind the camera. I'll let ya know how it goes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 freak..I hope that high water does not hamper your hunt.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 Well guys i got one more day to go during second season. Its been real tough hunting birds are henned up or they hang out way out of range. The winds really been hurting to. 30 mph winds. Hopefully i can get one down tomorrow if not I'll have to wait till fourth season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 23, 2013 Report Share Posted April 23, 2013 dont feel bad..season is really tough up here with all the snow..birds dont know what to do. not mnay guys connecting, or even able to get out to hunt because of all the deep snow/sloppy wet conditions...late season may be the best this year here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 24, 2013 Report Share Posted April 24, 2013 Well i guess second season just wasn't my season this year. Today didn't work at all. The temps hung around 35 with alot of wind and on and off snow and rain didn't even hear a gobble today. I got some real awesome footage of a couple Toms coming to my calls Saturday but they hung up at about 50 yards and just didn't feel comfortable with the shot. Hopefully the weather will change around for fourth season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 25, 2013 Report Share Posted April 25, 2013 too bad he hung up...good luck 4rth season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted May 17, 2013 Report Share Posted May 17, 2013 We're tagged out guys! Got a pretty good one two days before the season ended! All camera to boot. Pictures and story to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Well I decided I was going to hunt after work today after a long week at work. After getting the ok from the wife that I could hunt this afternoon I hustled home after work to get my gear ready. I take off out of the house only to get halfway to my hunting spot and realize I forgot my gun. I go home get my gun and finally get to my spot. I set up on an alfalfa field and call for a littke while. After seeing nothing was coming in I decide to move to the east end of the alfalfa field where they always seem to be. I start walking over there and spot the flock with one tom strutting in an open field. I sneak bavk down the hill and hustle over to where my bosses blind is at (we have permission to hunt the same spot). I see the tom and two hens working they're way towards me. Well turkeys are turkeys and they started feeding away from me so a quick decision has me sneaking through the woods parallel to them. They run out of field and I run out of timber so we're at a stale mate. Luckily they were over a slight rise where I can belly crawl to them. I get to 40 yards and get to my knees and let the gobbler have it. 20 pounds 9 inch beard 7/8 spurs. We only have two days left of Iowa's turkey season so I was very pumped up to say the least and I got it all on camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted May 18, 2013 Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Congrats! We are all tagged out then..Way to go team!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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