Turkeygirl Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well I got up this morning around 9:00am. At 10am Andy went with me scouting for turkeys on state land so what better place then to spend Sunday morning in God's creation! The first place we went to which I went to the other day by myself briefly but didn't get deep into the area, Andy showed me where to go and I found lots of fresh hen/gobbler poop and old and fairly new scratchings, probably day old scratchings were the freshest. Basically this piece of state land has an area of red pine then you walk through them and come into some really nice open hardwoods and then if you walk down the hardwoods ridge is a nice little creek. All the turkey sign was on the one side of the ridge, not the other so it looks like they prefer this area, which is a North/NorthEast slope I think. I had a push button call with me but no responses but it was pouring rain so we couldn't hear anything anyway. Then we went to this other piece of state land where I found the turkey andh er nest last summer. They clear cut a rudge next to the road but if you walk down a little, it was hardwoods andthere were some turkey tracks on the road going in then some old scratchings but not as much sign as the first place. I didn't see any sign of human activity in the first stop so I have hopes for this first area. I'm probably going to get up early a few mornings this week and go to the spots and listen for gobbles and see where they hanging around.. Oh yeah, we also came across the skeleton of a buck, but he only had bare pedicles, looks like he shed then died. No sheds next to him but when I go back, I'll take a look around. Keep you suggestions coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: Sunday morning scouting success looks like things are looking better...hope you get a good one there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: Sunday morning scouting success With that much sign in the 1st area, you ought to hear some birds sounding off on the roost early Ruth. If you do and you have time, try listening to where they go when they fly down. Hopefully they will tip you off on where to set up when the season opens. Wishing you happy hunting memories this spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: Sunday morning scouting success Sounds like things are looking a bit better TG. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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