Gus Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Good luck 99, I will be out this weekend also. Sorry to hear about the ankle Joe, hope you get well soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 6, 2006 Report Share Posted May 6, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Congrats of the bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 I am going to head out again Monday Morning. Time to take a break from work LOL. Hopefully I can score. I have called in two nice birds but they came in silent......and from BEHIND me. Busted both times. Just my luck LOL. Maybe I can make that change tomorrow. I let you guys know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thayer Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Sorry team, too much of a rookie here...got busted a bunch of time...lots of long beards were seen. I need a tutor to figure out how to bag a bird. Did score on a truckload of morels though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 My season has been a bust this year also, but still have till Sunday to get one. I have gotten tons of pics on the game cams this year, but can never get them to respond or walk by the cameras on the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 I have been out 3 times so far. I have been busted TWICE by birds coming in silent from BEHIND ME Guess I need to hunt with rear view mirrors attached to my nogin LOL I will skip out on work tomorrow morning & try again. REAL nice bird that I am after. I will try relocating further away & down the valley a bit. He likes going that way. Maybe I'll fool him tomorrow. Or maybe he'll just laugh at me On the bright side. The birds were more talkative this week than last. Good luck to the rest of you guys. And remember to have fun while trying to get points on the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 It looks like I'll be able to turkey hunt some more this season!! Doc says my ankle is just a sprain and I should be good in about a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Sounds like some good news Joe, now go get yourself another turkey for me Went to two different spots today, the first one was a bust, found a little sign, but no gobbles heard so I headed off to another spot about 10 miles away. Got there and heard a gobble down in the field, turns out to be the 3 jakes I have been seeing, but I couldn't get them to come my way. Messed with them a little and they went the other direction, so I went back up towards a tank and was going to sit there till time to go. Guess I didn't sit there long enough, because on my way back to the truck I spot 2 toms about 30 yards on the other side of my truck and they were coming towards the tank, but they had never answered any of my calls. They headed towards a little field, so I tried to get in front of them, but I guess they must have went back across the road, never did see them again. They both had decent beards on them. I plan on going back out there tomorrow after work and then again Thursday morning. Then I will not be able to go after them again till Saturday afternoon and then Sunday will be my last day, so I am going to keep after them, can't give up till dark on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Well fellas I went out this am. At 6am I usually hear gobbles from one of three ridge tops near where I set up. Today.............NOTHING! I was a bit discouraged seeing that any hunting time aside from Saturday mornings is very hard for me to get. I hate to waste a day. Anyway, at 9am I decided to relocate about 100 yards to a saddle in the oak flat I was hunting. I set up my decoys about 25 yards out in front & to left of me and hit the slate call with a few soft purrs & clucks. I did this every 15 minutes until 9:45 am. I had a bird coming in ..............silent of course..........dead ahead. He walked into an opening 40 yards out & stuck up his head so he could see my decoys. He was not a big bird. But I could not pass up the turkey on the table One shot from my trusty of Winchester 1300XTR bowled him down. Just a jake.........but I am happy with him He'll grill up good for dinner tomorrow night Here are his stats: 4" beard 1/4" spurs left & right 14 lbs. Total score..........27! Not a big guy but a very fun hunt. FINALLY one of the silent birds came in from ahead of me instead of behind like twice before this year LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelin99xj Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Way to go iron buck sounds like a lot of fun. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 WAY TO GO!! Now we got two jakes on the board!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Congrats on the jake, he is sure to taste better than these tags I still have in my pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 11, 2006 Report Share Posted May 11, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 I here that! I passed on several jakes last year.........and ended up with NO bird last spring. I hate that. Because of all wild game. I like turkey the best. Nothing like a wild turkey dinner! I was also hunting a new area. The birds up there are hunted much harder that the local birds in the burbs of Pitsburgh. I worked WAy harder to nail this jake than the bird I got two years ago that won the overall here at RT. That bird scored 76 or so. He came in Gobbling all the way Up where took thi sbird I did not here a single gobble after they were off roost more than 15 mins. They just SHUT UP. Anyway, I've got to get all the stuff submitted so we get credit. And good luck to you guys still hunting! I can only take 1 bird per season. So I am done for the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 It's too bad I shot that jake first, because I shot a tom yesterday with a 9.5" beard, 23 lbs, and 1 1/4" spurs. Story is posted on the turkey board and in my journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron buck Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Sounds like a whopper! Congrats on the hunt. That is a REAL nice bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheelin99xj Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 congrats on another bird Joe sounds like a nice one. I am done for the year with no birds under my belt, just wasn't a very good season, lots of birds they just didn't seem to be interested in anything. Sorry no points out of me. Good luck to anyone still hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 16, 2006 Report Share Posted May 16, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Nice bird, congrats Joe. No birds for me this year, lots of pictures of them and they would answer the calls some, but never come in. Yesterday was the last day for me and I got a bird to answering a little, but he wouldn't budge so I figured what the heck lets try to get close one more time. Well, he shut up, I crawled up a ladder on a deer stand to look around, while a cousin looked down a little drop off a little ways off. I see my cousin waving me over there, but when I get there we see the tom leaving along with his girlfriend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 That bites Tonya.... You certainly had plenty of trail cam pics of toms though this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Yea it sure does Joe, but I still had fun and did get 2 yotes and a fox. I got more turkey pictures this season than ever before. Didn't even move the one camera for the entire season and it is still on the same tree right now. Even before the season I figured I could just sit close by the camera and it was a done deal, sat for hours by the camera and only thing that came by was the hens. Maybe they will be back next spring and I will have some better luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thayer Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Re: Realtree Turkey Team #22 Way to go Ironbuck...I can only bow in your expertise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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