Rhino Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Went scouting Friday, Saturday and this morning. The birds are getting right! Friday morning I slipped in before dayling and sat down on a tree about 200 yards from where I'd heard some birds the prior weekend. I heard 4 birds gobbling on the roost in every direction except where they were last the prior weekend. I actually walked right past one in the dark and didn't know it until gobbling time started. Oops now he's between me and my escape route. A minor miscalculation on my part. 2 other birds are south and north of me too. When the closest bird flew down (the one I walked under) he came gobbling and drumming right toward me on an old logging road I was sitting next to so I crawled into the brush to get as far off the road as I could. He didn't give me much time and when his drumming got loud I laid down on my back with the back of my head to a tree. About 30 seconds later he came drumming by, passing inside the 20 yard line. After giving him 15 or 20 minutes to clear out I got out of there. Saturday morning was relatively uneventfull with gobbling activity suppressed by an overcast sky and wind but I still heard 3 birds gobbling on the roost in the same area I was in the previous morning. This morning was simply unbelivable. In the 16 years I've hunted on our hunting club I've never heard so many birds gobbling on the roost. I started where a logging crew is finsishing up that has been working 6 days a week and heard 6 birds in that area. Hearing more birds deeper in the woods I drove my cart further in to pin them down. The further in I went, the more birds I heard. Shocked is an understatement! I quit counting at 12 and all in all there had to be somewhere between 20 and 25 birds I heard this morning. I had promissed to set a friends trail camera up in a spot for him on a 1/4 acre food plot. As I got to the last bend in the dirt road I could see 4 gobblers in the plot with 2 of them strutting for for 3 or 4 hens in there. I watched them for about 5 minutes and decided it was best to back off. I crawled to the closest tree on the road, set the camera up while laying on the ground and crawled out of there. On the way out I busted another gobbler on the side of the main dirt road accessing that part of our property. WOW...come on March 15th. I'll be doing battle this coming Thursday morning. Now...the only question is...should I tell my buddy where his camera is or let him find out from the flash when he passes by it in the dark He has first dibbs at that spot anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Sounds like turkey heaven to me!! Best of luck on your opener!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! sounds almost as good as my morning the other day......between reading all of y'alls scouting trips and actually acouting myself, i am so ready....saturday is the day ...man , i got butterflys when i typed that, lol..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_Spike_King Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Hey Rhino do you want another hunting buddy LOL. WOW that does get the blood flowing, good luck for the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutz4bucks Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Good luck Sounds like it should be an interesting hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Sounds like you are gong to have a blast in a couple day!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterDWL Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! best of luck to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! I'm so ready for Thursday morning too! My weekend was pretty eventful so I didn't make it to the woods. This past weekend was youth weekend so my buddy took his daughter. He said he heard at least 10 gobblers on the roost. He called one up within 20 yards but it was behind a blown down treetop so his daughter didn't have a clear shot. There's a pretty good chance of rain Thursday morning but that won't stop me from being there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Well Rhino - based on the above information, I can surely say that you cannot handle all those gobblers on your own so ole Exturkinator is on his way down there to give you a hand with population control.... You are set my friend... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! [ QUOTE ] There's a pretty good chance of rain Thursday morning but that won't stop me from being there. [/ QUOTE ] Saw that too Tracy but I'll deal with it if it happens in my neck of the woods. As I recall, the rain is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! [ QUOTE ] As I recall, the rain is your friend. [/ QUOTE ] Yep, the rain has blessed me with gobblers a plenty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobblengrunt_jenks Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Good luck to you Rhino hope you bag a big one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman2500 Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! that's awesome rhino!! glad we're on the same team!! good luck to you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Sounds like you're set! Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! Sounds like you'll need some hep. Holler and I'll be down lickety split Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Re: Fired Up Now!!!! [ QUOTE ] Sounds like you'll need some hep. Holler and I'll be down lickety split [/ QUOTE ] Can I have a ride? Stop and pick me up on the way over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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