Turkeygirl Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Well I came home empty handed but it wasn't a total waste of a morning. I decided to hunt my "home ground" so I got up at 4:30am, started walking over to a ridge I was at yesterday where I found some scratchings. I sat on top of the ridge in hopes I'd hear that tom gobble. Eventually when it got light out, I thought I heard a distant gobble to my left, but sometimes there is a dog that almost sounds like a gobble in the distance. Well I hear it again and again and I think geesh, I think that's a gobble. I wait and here it one more time and i'm almost certain it was a gobble! So I walk towards the direction I heard it and sat down on the edge of some hemlocks in this open grassy area of a swamp. Did a little calling but heard nothing. I moved into the woods where this is a logging trail and where I found a couple turkey feathers and also where I heard the tom gobble like 2 weeks ago. I call sparingly and then I hear a hen call, but it sounds high pitched and more like a box call. Another hunter? Sure enough, I see a gun flash through the brush about 50 yards in front of me, and then the hen call. Then a guy steps out onto the trail and walks about 20 yards, stops and sees me. So I pack up my stuff, figuring I'll move and thought maybe this guy would come say hi. Nope, I turn around and he's gone; maybe he felt stupid,lol. When I walked out for home, saw a hen in the field below the gravel pit but that was it. So do you think I should get back into the area where I heard the gobble this morning and see if I hear some birds roost? Do you think the tom will be back in the same area tomorrow morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Re: Not a bad morning Too bad Ruth. I hate it when other hunters bust my set-up. That bird should still be in the area tomorrow but he may be a little call shy after all of the movement in the words. Thank you for sharing your story. I couldn't get out today. Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Re: Not a bad morning yup, we had some guys that had one day to hunt on some prop that we had loaded with birds. Any way i have my bow and HSOG is cameraman, these birds fly down, 3 toms, and they start to strut. They ease off towards the other guys who are about 150 yards away. These idiots shoot at these turkeys at 60-70 yards3-5 times with 3 inch #4 steel. They dont get one but im sure they scared the crap out of these birds. Anyway those birds roosted there for another month same tree, we eventually killed all 3 toms. If they get scared back out and they be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWiggely Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Re: Not a bad morning yes get back in there. and stay longer than 9 am. The bird my buddy got today was taken at about 8:45 after 3 other hunters had come out and left the area. Get after them and good luck. Wigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Re: Not a bad morning Thanks guys. I'm going to try to roost them tonight and maybe have some better luck tomorrow. It seems that this tom gobbled off the roost about 4 times then shut-up; I think he has some hens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.