iron buck Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 I here you about the rain. As soon as I set up it POURED. I had water running off the tree above me like it was a hose under pressure I had 3 birds gobble ...........even in the rain. But some bone head heard them also.........walked up the hill straight into them while they were on roost......IN THE FULL LIGHT OF MORNING!!! Of course they flew off roost, over the valley below and onto property that I can't hunt. At this point the other hunter walked back from where he came. I had a fox come in & stalk my decoys...until he almost walked into my lap & jumped out of his skin, beating it back for cover LOL I then had a lone hen come in and feed around theecoys wondering why they would not join her. By 10:30am I was soaked to the bone and called it quits. I can only get out Saturdays. So I am done for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... Pretty much the same results we had...wet and no birds. I tried every call I had with me at some point of the day...nothing. We didn't hear a gobble at all...heard one other hunter...thats it. Can't get out Mon. (gotta take the dog to the vet) but I'll give it heck the rest of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... Same story here. I had a red fox come busting towards my decoys at about 9, thats all the action I got. I didnt hear or see a thing which didnt surprise me because they have been really shut up around my neck of the woods for a week and a half. But I've got almost every day to hunt next week so hopefully the birds fire up a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... Same story here as well, got a little wet, not too bad though b/c I had an umbrella tree screw in. Didnt here any gobblers all day long, called in a single hen and that was it. Hopefully next week will be better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... Had a great morning other than the gobblers were just out of range. I had a couple choices of places to set up........I picked the wrong one. All the hens flew down and I called them right to me but the gobblers all went a bit higher. They were strutting and gobbling up a storm.....just a bit out of range. I imagine those boys will be in some danger before the season ends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_Spike_King Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... Man-o-Man Gobbler 1, you just don't have any luck do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... My father and I went out in the RAIN! We went for breakfast and took out time getting out due to the rain. This was our mistake! Once we got to our hunting area, we heard a single gobbler! He only gobbled twice too! My dad went to the right I went to the left, never seen or heard from him again. I was really surprised to hear one that day, although it wasnt rainning when we got there. It started POURING once we got on the move! Did have a hen run accross the road in front of the truck on the way home on a back road! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted May 1, 2005 Report Share Posted May 1, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... The score for round one is: Tommy Three Toes = 1 Bruce =0 Went out around 6 a.m, because I overslept , heard some gobbling from the roost so I set up and had one going for about 45 minutes but he just wouldn't come within range. He just kept strutting back and forth on an old woods road and wouldn't approach closer than 60 yards or so and I never did get a glimpse of him. Had to break it off around 7:30 and head to work so I just let him go. I believe he met up with some hens and headed in the other direction so I quietly backed out and will return to do battle another day. I now know the range of his strut area and will set up a little closer and earlier next time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmacz71 Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: Bad day in Pa.... Good luck bruce Get one for the team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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