Turkeygirl Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Been 5 years since I last tagged a turkey. Now that the semester is done, I can put more time in hunting. Have had a few encounters with turkeys, and the one pictured below was yesterday AM, was hung up in the middle of a field with his 2 hens, not my first encounter with him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Well glad that your seeing and hearing some birds. Next chance I have will be next week to get back out there after them. Hope by that time, they get more vocal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Keep at it Ruth it will happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 At least you are seeing a bird or two. From the reports I've read, most of New York like myself have yet to see a bird. I hunted all day opening day (covering 3 different properties) and never saw a bird nor heard a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKstate Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Good Luck! Looks like a pretty good bird to be after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 a lot of the times he'll hang up in that situation. calling to him does nothing but make him gobble in place and the hens pull him away. call to the hens though... whenever you get a response from them imitate exactly what they spit out. I've had that work multiple times. he comes in behind them every time. just realize they'll be watchful and close to don't move until you take the second or two to aim and take the shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 WOW...doesn't seem like it's been 5 years since your last bird Ruth. Good news is, at least you're on to one. Sounds like the NY turkey population has been decimated the past couple of years. Good luck chasing that gobbler...hope you get him. Heard through the grapevine Tim killed a gobbler shortly after the NY season opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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