Turkeygirl Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Since last fall, I saw no sign of the turkey in the woods I hunt anywhere. The population has dropepd greatly, why I haven't gotten one in 3 years, and I had not even seen tracks this winter. Last I saw sign of them is in a small, old gravel pit on a neighbor's land, that they like to dust bathe in and go eat in the fields. Well I was out hiking looking for sheds today, cut across the gravel pit and there were 3 sets of fresh tracks!!! I was happy to see that, guessing they are hens. So I took a walk down to where the pit butts up to the edge of woods and there is a sandy spot they dust in...I found a lone set of tracks larger than the 3 sets I saw. I'm wondering if this could be a gobbler? They were deeper and wider slightly, not too mention they just looked bigger! Remember I had a shot at the gobbler last spring and missed him? I'm guessing these could be the same 3 hens and 1 gobbler??!! He's got to be a brute by now. I could be wrong and it could just be a fat footed hen and the gobbler got shot last year but I dunno. Some guy spooked him the day I missed him, don't know if the guy came back or not, but this gobbler, if it's him, is very, very smart. He rarely gobbles, I guess because he's got hens. Anyway this is encouraging but I'm still going to check out state land for back-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Re: Encouraging!!! Where theres one gobbler theres always more. Goodluck this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Delta_Hunter Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Re: Encouraging!!! Sounds like you should be excited and ready for the "hunt". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Re: Encouraging!!! I have good news! I was out hiking yesterday looking for sheds and keeping an eye out to see where these turkeys might be. Well I came to an open grassy swamp that the turkeys always seem to go to some time in the day and they hung there last year. Well I found a bunch of poop there yesterday - hen and GOBBLER! So he must still be alive! There are so few turkeys here I think he flocks up with the hens, which makes him tough anyway to get him. So I'm going to makea small journal of what I find and try and get an idea of what these turkeys are doing. It'll be tough because I think they make a loop going on land I can't hunt, through the swamp to the gravel pit and back around. I think they go to the gravel pit in the morning and in the evening. That's where the gobbler was headed last spring when some jerk spooked him and he flew over my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 1, 2007 Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 Re: Encouraging!!! The description of the tracks you gave definately sound like a gobbler. The added scat information confirms that too. Good luck getting their patterns figured out. Hope you have a close encounter with him this year that leaves you slingin him over your shoulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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