Turkeys

[Hem]

Best time to go!

Half the time they hit the ground and muddle around a bit before they go somewhere to strut.

 

[Gellar]

Half the time they hit the ground and muddle around a bit before they go somewhere to strut.

I’ve killed a lot of turkeys that pitch down from the roost and come right in but it seems like if I hear one gobble after 9 am it’s game on. The 2 I killed this year were at 10:30 am and 2:30 pm.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Went out first time this morning. Figured I woke up an hour too late as it was starting to get light already. Piss poor planning---

I’ve had great luck after they get done with the morning feed.

 

[RealMuddyboots]

Used .410 TSS #9 with a Red Dot first time this year and was impressed as hell! Right shoulder failing so decided to give it a go. Called in a Tom from long ways in wind with custom box call that was retirement gift in 2012. Haven't used it much, wife liked it as decoration. Decided to give it a run and sure was sweet music! Tom followed script perfectly and walked out into clover plot that was just cleared up. Stoned him at 38yds and never flopped a wing! Recoil nonexistent. Yeah I know shooting at animal blah blah blah. My shoulder says otherwise with 3" Turkey loads.

 

[jpc01101]

Pretty cool development here on the home front. Monday morning my wife got up at 5 and was in the woods by 6:00 by herself sitting in a blind behind some decoys calling. This is a first for her...she didn't see anything but says she is going back tomorrow morning. She has that turkey fever!!

 

[Mica Man]

Had a pretty cool hunt with my 85 yr old pops this morning. He hasn't hunted birds or really anything for the last several years but bought a tag this spring and said he wanted to go.
I picked him up at 6:00 this morning because he didn't want to wake up any earlier which was fine by me. We parked the truck, and he did his best to shuffle down an old logging road for a couple hundred yards in his Carhart cammo to a spot we hoped to call from.
I got a response with my box call from about a quarter mile away and we spent the next 2 hours sitting with me calling off and on before I could coax this Tom into range. The little 410 and some #9's did the rest.
We had a brief celebration and I was able to get a few pics. He wanted to carry the bird back to the truck himself so out of necessity, and to keep him from falling, he borrowed my vest and was able to shuffle back to the truck with his prize.
I hope it's not his last hunt but if so he definitely was a happy soul this morning.