Good luck to everyone going in the morning. I took a week of vacation to hunt. Our lease has no turkeys so I'll be hitting public hard. Who's gonna have the first pic posted?
Also good luck to everyone going out in the morning!
Same here. The flock at the farm is growing somewhat, but they don't need me eliminating any more. Between the predators and nest robbers, they are having a tough time staying around.
I’m leaving at 0 dark thirty in the morning to be able to hunt/scout in the evening.
I “sat it out” for many years while working on habitat, hoping the flocks would grow, and at the same time knowing the neighbors were killing birds every year. Screw that.
I “sat it out” for many years while working on habitat, hoping the flocks would grow, and at the same time knowing the neighbors were killing birds every year. Screw that.
Patience for me. Good luck in your endeavor!
Blind hogs do find acorns… 
I gambled on where to set up this afternoon, and it paid off. I was about 400 yards northwest at the opposite end of a grove of tree along the river from my camera where I’ve been seeing turkeys, because I know they hang out in those tree. The wind was blowing pretty hard so I was up wind to hopefully get the sound to carry into the tree. I called a few times and after a while got a glimpse of something moving in the shade about 50 yards away. When he came out into the light, I could see it was a tom I’ve been watching that has something wrong with his beard (maybe beard rot), so I just sat still and watched him for about 30 minutes as he milled around my decoys (which I set up way too close). All of a sudden I hear a gobble south of me, but I was afraid to call back because of getting busted. Well, the other tom acted as my live decoy and coaxed this tom within 10 yards. It was a bang and no flop. The 1 1/4 oz #7.5 load dropped him like a hot rock even out of a modified choke.
He has a 9 1/4” beard and 1” and 1 1/8” spurs.
I gambled on where to set up this afternoon, and it paid off. I was about 400 yards northwest at the opposite end of a grove of tree along the river from my camera where I’ve been seeing turkeys, because I know they hang out in those tree. The wind was blowing pretty hard so I was up wind to hopefully get the sound to carry into the tree. I called a few times and after a while got a glimpse of something moving in the shade about 50 yards away. When he came out into the light, I could see it was a tom I’ve been watching that has something wrong with his beard (maybe beard rot), so I just sat still and watched him for about 30 minutes as he milled around my decoys (which I set up way too close). All of a sudden I hear a gobble south of me, but I was afraid to call back because of getting busted. Well, the other tom acted as my live decoy and coaxed this tom within 10 yards. It was a bang and no flop. The 1 1/4 oz #7.5 load dropped him like a hot rock even out of a modified choke.
He has a 9 1/4” beard and 1” and 1 1/8” spurs.
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@retrieverman - congrats, young man! Beautiful bird!
Hell yeah. Congratulations!
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