Squirrelhunter91 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Youth Hunt is this weekend. I'm ready. Should hear quite a few gobbles.. Not sure if I'll shoot a jake this year.. We'll see. I'm kinda holding out for a longbeard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Good luck Joe, go get em'!!!! I was at my boss' land this morning, didn't hear any from his but heard one gobble on the other side of the road aout 1/4 mile away I'd say. there's got to be more than one up there though so maybe they were just quiet this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Hey team.. Check out my journal for the story on what happened. http://www.realtree.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 How's everyone doing? I'm looking forward to the opener Tuesday...been out this morning and yesterday but no gobbles....Saw 3 nice gobblers Sunday at noon so they are there! It's raining right not but after work I'm going to go out and look in the fields then sit by a swamp where I think they are roosting and where I thought i'd heard them fly down the 2 mornings... Good luck team!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 My season starts saturday. I went out this morning to listen in a new area and heard 3 right off the bat. So far this season I have heard/seen around 25 gobblers around my university and about the same amount around home. Im ready to roll! good luck to everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 Well we haven't had very good luck. We heard a few gobble on the roost last Sat. morning but couldn't get them to come in. We will be hunting hard all weekend and hopefully get some in close. GOOD LUCK TO ALL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Well Today was the opening morning. And it was pretty dissapointing. The birds I have patterned for the past month and a half decided that they wanted to roost in a completely different place this morning. Anyways, when they flew down they would not answer well at all to any hen calling. The one bird would gobble about 1 minute after I called to it. Talk about frustrating. About an hour after fly down I saw a turkey coming hard through the woods. It was a dandy longbeard. He came to about 60 yards then walked the other way to a hen. Never made a sound. After that I went to another spot and got one to gobble about 70 yards away but he never showed. He only gobbled one time to a crow call. That was at about 9:30. That was the last gobble of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 I was wondering how it went in PA as I was on the backacking trip down there and didn't hear any shots..may have just been the area. Well I got my gun cleaned, patterned it quick a little bit ago( looks like the Federal shells are coming with me), going to go for a look around, tonight go over by my boss' land and even pack my vest tonight. 1.5 days left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Well I got one roosted tonight. He is right where I thought he was going to be. Hopefully I will give him a ride in my Jeep tomorrow morning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Well how'd you do woodsman? This day couldn't go slower for me. Roosted a gobbler last night and saw him fly down this morning, after counting 26 gobbles off his roost! Opener tomorrow and I'm at work right now...having nightmarish thoughts of someone else getting this bird I'm attached to...hope to roost him tonight! Good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 I almost had him this morning. I got into about 45 yards of him on the roost and he only gobbled about 4 times up there. Once he flew down I got him going pretty good and he made it in to about 35-40 yards but the hens came and got him before I could get him in for a shot. Im going back after them tomorrow morning, thurs, and sat. hopefully thigs will work out then. Best of Luck tomorrow turkeygirl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Here we are.... on the eve of NY Turkey.... Calls...check. Shells...check. Cell on silent, check. Face mask/gloves....check. Tags...Check Oh yeah...can't forget the Therma cell, skeeters won't be the only ones looking for blood. Good Luck my fellow NYers and Team 7 Run N Gun. I am letting Joe stay home from school and I am taking a day off of work. He's got good grades and he is a good boy, so what the heck, right We will be out in unit 3J, the Apple HQ of NY. Again...Go get 'em and have a safe hunt above all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Well we still haven't got one yet. We are haveing a little better luck though. We've had a big tom strutting in the neighbors pasture where we can't hunt and I called in a good size jake for my buddies 14 year old boy. He wieghed 16 pounds and sported a 7" beard with 1/4" spurs. We have on more weekend and it's gonna be hit and miss as far as hunting, 1 birthday and a piano reciteall. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 OK, Joe and I went out for the opener in unit 3J in Highland,NY. We got up at 2:45 and were in the woods by 4:30. I just hate that drive. We were with my friend Bill Purdy of....www.purdyscustomturkeycalls.com and his son William. We happened accross some unexpected hunters, but all was cool. I just wish they knew how to owl hoot...MAN were they terrible. We heard some gobbles off the roost and tried to get close as we could. Bill worked these toms a bit and then they just shut up once they flew down. We sat a bit and nothing. We moved a bit up the ridge and heard a mature bird gobble on its own. We plopped down thinking we had no time for dekes being the bird soo close and all. Bill was getting these 2 toms now... very hot and bothered and worked up to say the least. The spot we dropped down at put us at a disadvantage with a downed tree most likely in the way of our coming birds. The gobbling got louder and closer. I finally saw the bird, 2 1/2 year old with like a 7" beard. He was walking back and forth behind the downed tree and was reluctant to come around with not having a visual of the yelping hen. He moved around to the top of the downed tree and stepped out a bit. He was at what I estimated to be 50-60 yards. Joe decided not to shoot being the bird was out of his effective range, I was proud of him. The tom got bored and then did the strangest thing I have ever seen a turkey do. He walked away, not spooked and climbed a rock ridge hopping and flapping his wings. Hopping and only flapping when he needed to. This ridge was like a 45degree incline too. It was amazing watching him exit like that. He worked that ridge like a goat, so we named him BillyTom smile.gif We worked that mountain untill 12 with no luck the rest of the morning. Joe and I will be at our house in Sullivan this weekend chasing birds up there. Good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Well I had an exciting enounter this morning. I went to a place that I have never hunted before but have seen birds strutting in a field there. I got into the woods at about 10. I set up on the edge of an enclosed field. I called for about an hour or more and I heard a gobble on the other side of a series of strip mine mounds. I got up on top of the mounds and heard him gobble again. I set up quickly because he was coming fast. He came about 150 yards in all of two minutes. I could see his fan coming through the woods. He gobbled all the way in. A big loud raspy gobble. He got to about 40 yards and I took the shot. I missed clean. I was angry to say the least. Im just glad I was able to call a mature tom into range. I hope to go back out there sat in probably the late morning and see if I can bring him back in. I will use a different call and call from a different spot. I should be able to bring him in and get team Run N Gun on the board. Good Luck to everyone hunting this weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Good luck woodsman! We are on the board though! I got a jake this morning...awesome hunt. wish I'd had the digital camera so I could have taken a few pics of him strutting down the field to me. Oh well...I'll get home entered. By the way this is the first contest since it was started I've had a turkey to enter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted May 5, 2007 Report Share Posted May 5, 2007 Hmm....3 days before the season and I have a nasty respiratorial infection. Hopefully between the inhaler, pills, and syrup the doctor has me on, I'll feel good enough to go out Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 6, 2007 Report Share Posted May 6, 2007 Aaww..that stinks Nick! Hope you are feeling better really soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Ya know for a walnut sized brain...they do OK don't they Nothing to report here. Called in a bunch of hens this weekend., toms stopped talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Stopped talking here also...but I've been seeing birds roost same area each night so I know where "He" and his hunny are hanging:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 What's happening team? You got kinda quiet....anyone getting a turkey? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Nothing here yet...I heard two this morning which is encouraging because its been a week since Ive heard a gobble. But I still have some tome left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Well I managed to tag a jake this morning. It was the last morning I was going to be able to hunt this season. I'm fortunate I got him considering how lousy the hunting was. Out of 6 hunters, I was the only one who was able to fill a tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 Well ya'll I'm sorry to report I came up empty this year as far as filling a tag. My son and I had some good times camping and chasing turkeys but the only bird we were close enough to even have a chance at I called him passed my buddy and his son and his son got him. But the hunt is what's fun and getting a bird is just a bonus!!!!! (atleast that's what I tell myself :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 10, 2007 Report Share Posted May 10, 2007 Way to go Nick! I still have to get mine entered...I'm a slacker.... Sorry to hear a couple of ya didn't get birds, but at least you were out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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