Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: lowell on March 18, 2010, 03:20:04 pm
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Came home from work today around 11:00 am and thought I saw a turkey in the field south of me. I put on the ghillie suit, grabbed a call and a turkey tail to go play with them. Got to my old horse barn and could hear and just see the turkeys. They were fighting and doing that fighting purr thing.
I sat down and did a little calling and moving the tail around. I got their attention and eventually had 25 to 30 turkeys within 40 yards of me. Of them, I had 8-10 longbeards and 1 dozen hens within 10 yards. Had them fighting and purring when they were within the 40 yards.
Must have sat there with them for 45 minutes. Did different calling and moved the tail around in different ways to see there reactions. It was truely the most amazing experience I have every had with turkeys!!!!!!!
Camera was giving me some trouble and did not want to mess with it till they were starting to leave and then took a couple picture of them leaving at maybe 25 yards.
In case you can not tell.......I'M READY FOR TURKEY SEASON!!!!!....even was able to shoot my turkey bow the other day after resting shoulder for the last 4-5 months!!
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cool story and pics man! Good luck when your season starts... Ours started monday. :)
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Ours start's Saturday, I'm screwed. :'( Be carefull and don't educate them too much. Good luck.
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thats cool dude,i love it when you can see and heere them fighting
if you plan on hunting that flock,i wouldnt play around with them
believe it or not they will get used to the sound of your calls,and your rythm
once they hear it and dont find that hen,and you keep playing them like that
they wont respond to the calling after they get used to not finding her.
they may have small brains,but they are far from stupid
i usually go to state land preseason to do that stuff
good practice,not to mention and adreniline rush when you get a bunch of toms/jakes 15-20 ft away gobbling non stop
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It's illegal to call to a turkey from March 1 till the season opens ( April 17) here in Ky. I've done it before, but would rather wait till I can shoot 'em.
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woohoo turkey season starts tomarrow thismorning i heard one in the creek behind the house while i was finishing up my checken pen hope i can call them up this year wish me luck my bag limit is 4 so will try to get two to three with the shotty and the last with the bow my freezer is empty and i need the meat
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yeah im ready to get back in the backwoods for them. spent a night with my pops this past weekend and saw some sign and the woods were good so come may well be after them.
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Little over a week out here...got my calls and gear ready, but I need to get out on some property! I can hunt three species in this state, so I ned to cover some ground.... :o
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ya'll are lucky
our season doesnt start untill mid april
then you can only hunt if you were drawn for a 5 day period in the lottery
or hope you can snag a surplus permit,or if your like me you say screw it and wait for the last 2 weeks of the season and buy a bow tag over the counter
so i dont get to hunt until the last 2 weeks of may
went thru my gear over the weekend and found that my $300 pair of binoculars grew legs since the fall hunt
if i find out who took them,their arse will be hanging on my wall >:( >:(
good luck to those of you who are going this spring
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april 6 its on like a soup bone.
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Ours starts 3rd of April,youth hunt this weekend. :)
Pappy
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I don't hunt my calling would have them rolling on the ground laughing at me. But anyways our season opened on the 20th I think so a buddy already brought me a set of wings. ;D
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you dont have to be a good caller to bring in a horny tom
just make a nloise that even resembles a hen and thats all you need when thy are in rut
there like most guys,they get stupid when they get aroused
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I've heard turkey sounds in the woods and think that " that guy" knows nothing about calling turkeys cause it sounds so terrible.....about then a turkey walks out from where the sound was coming from!! :o
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yup. i got my .12 guage "turkey bow" with the extra tight "arrow flight enhancement tube" screwed in and ready to go. just gotta find a turkey now lol. ;D
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recurve finding them is the easy part
its getting them to commit and come into range thats hard
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Ya Lowell,
I told my daughter the same thing. Listen to that poor calling idiot across the river. That darn'd idiot flew over to our side and headed South away from us. I learned right then that turkeys don't know how to yelp very well!!! LOL
Chasing Crow
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Ours starts 3rd of April,youth hunt this weekend. :)
Pappy
Exactly the same here Pappy....Can't wait till Easter Weekend!!