2016 Turkey Hunting Thread
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That is awesome!!
I plan on going out turkey hunting for the first time when the season opens. Have some private land I plan on trying out. I've seen turkey out there, so going to see if I can locate them. Just got the rest of my gear yesterday. I've been practicing my calling and everything. Planning on patterning the 12g on Sunday pending weather.
Good luck!
I plan on going out turkey hunting for the first time when the season opens. Have some private land I plan on trying out. I've seen turkey out there, so going to see if I can locate them. Just got the rest of my gear yesterday. I've been practicing my calling and everything. Planning on patterning the 12g on Sunday pending weather.
Good luck!
HeatSeeker
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The field where I saw all the turkeys is posted so I can't hunt them (I think they know it too).
I saw a jake sitting in a burned out corn field and thought "Look at that decoy somebody left out there!". I looked back a few minutes later and it moved. Then it walked into the woods.
Me and my nephew tried out a spot yesterday. The decoys I have look great but there's a chitload of ticks around the area. I had two on my arm in about ten minutes so we left.
Time to spray the tick spray before every trip.
I saw a jake sitting in a burned out corn field and thought "Look at that decoy somebody left out there!". I looked back a few minutes later and it moved. Then it walked into the woods.
Me and my nephew tried out a spot yesterday. The decoys I have look great but there's a chitload of ticks around the area. I had two on my arm in about ten minutes so we left.
Time to spray the tick spray before every trip.
Grampa G
Ultimate Member
Youth turkey is this weekend. Im taking a grandson out and another one won a guided hunt though the JAKES program. Should be great weather for kids and old men
DCSCO
Ultimate Member
6:15 this morning, I kicked some gravel taking the trash out, Tom lit up. Next crow fly by calling and he lit up again. Couldn't see the roost but he was loud.
rukles
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I know its last minute, but I just moved up here to Maryland from Ft. Bragg, NC and was trying to find some public land that I could turkey hunt on. I would also be willing to pay or lease private land if anyone would know of any out there. I look into Elk Neck but was told that there's deer there but no turkey. On the base here, you need to have a hunter in charge and haven't had any luck with finding one that's available. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as right now I'm not to choosy, and would love to get out into the woods.
I know its last minute, but I just moved up here to Maryland from Ft. Bragg, NC and was trying to find some public land that I could turkey hunt on. I would also be willing to pay or lease private land if anyone would know of any out there. I look into Elk Neck but was told that there's deer there but no turkey. On the base here, you need to have a hunter in charge and haven't had any luck with finding one that's available. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as right now I'm not to choosy, and would love to get out into the woods.
Go over to the place where you get the permits on base and ask around. There's sure to be someone who can hook you up. Or else go over to the archery range and ask around there. If you see a game warden around you can ask him too.
rukles
Member
Turkey
I'm heading over to MWR tomorrow to see what I can find out. I have been out to the archery range a few times, but no one has been there. Hopefully I can find something out, thanks for the info.
I'm heading over to MWR tomorrow to see what I can find out. I have been out to the archery range a few times, but no one has been there. Hopefully I can find something out, thanks for the info.
They have hunter activities at that building at the archery range so maybe you can attend one of those. The hunters sign up at certain times of the day and you can ask them if they know anyone who needs a partner. They would probably be the best bet to start off.
wilcam47
Ultimate Member
Turkey's are full gobble...I was calling them with a box call and a jake popped up 35yds away and my wife shot her first tom...she didnt want to wait on a big one. So for her its a trophy shes got pics on her phone...it was small but tasty.
Yesterday myself and neighbor went to check my bear bait and nothing hit it yet but we heard gobbles. So I tried calling and had one tom responding, and we spot him come out of the woods 530yds (we had a range finder) away and he kept gobbling...he started to head up the road so we kept watching him and hitting the box call and sure enough he was coming up the road strutting, gobbling, puffed out, then running...he got within 15yds and we couldnt help but laugh. We didnt have shotguns so we let him go...we didnt have a camera or it would have been hilarious...So he got a pass
It was a good encounter.
Yesterday myself and neighbor went to check my bear bait and nothing hit it yet but we heard gobbles. So I tried calling and had one tom responding, and we spot him come out of the woods 530yds (we had a range finder) away and he kept gobbling...he started to head up the road so we kept watching him and hitting the box call and sure enough he was coming up the road strutting, gobbling, puffed out, then running...he got within 15yds and we couldnt help but laugh. We didnt have shotguns so we let him go...we didnt have a camera or it would have been hilarious...So he got a pass
It was a good encounter.I got lucky this morning...when I bagged a 23 pounder, 10" beard and 1 1/8" spurs on public hunting land in Maryland, with my Winchester 1300 pump shotgun - 12 gauge, 3" magnum, 3rd Degree Federals, 5, 6 & 7 shot.
I say lucky...because when I was 50 feet from my setup --- I got tangled up in a sticker bush with a rotten blow down in it --- I tried to lift my left leg over the blow down, but instead, my foot hit the top of the blow down and broke off a large limb with a resounding crack that echoed thru the woods --- Not knowing at that time, that there were two toms and a hen roosted in a large tree, not more than 70 yards away from me --- That was 3:20 a.m.
After dawn...the two toms started shock gobbling {at least 50 times} too almost any sound --- besides my soft tree yelps: geese, owls, a hawk, overhead jet airplane, far away gobbles and even distant shotgun blasts --- five shotgun blasts by 7 a.m. --- That'll be the closest to pinpointing my location to y'all.
I could see the two toms in the tree from my setup. One might have seen me while it was still roosted in the tree. The hen flew down about 80 yards from me on the same slope with a fly-down cackle and the toms soon silently followed her.
I did a fly down cackle and then called sparingly too them...knowing that once the hen left them to go nest, they might then go check me out with my one hen decoy setup.
Sure enough...{about 30 minutes later} I did a few yelps and couple of clucks with my mouth call --- A tom responded with a gobble about 60 yards away. I shut-up and got ready. I saw the tom about 23 yards away... but then the other gobbler or hen started doing alarm putts --- Me thinking that was the one that might have seen me while it was still in the roost tree --- The lead gobbler backed off quickly for a few steps after he heard the putts, but cautiously came back forward with his neck outstretched, while taking a gander at my hen decoy --- That's when I let him have it with one shot at 23 yards around 7 a.m.
I say lucky...because when I was 50 feet from my setup --- I got tangled up in a sticker bush with a rotten blow down in it --- I tried to lift my left leg over the blow down, but instead, my foot hit the top of the blow down and broke off a large limb with a resounding crack that echoed thru the woods --- Not knowing at that time, that there were two toms and a hen roosted in a large tree, not more than 70 yards away from me --- That was 3:20 a.m.
After dawn...the two toms started shock gobbling {at least 50 times} too almost any sound --- besides my soft tree yelps: geese, owls, a hawk, overhead jet airplane, far away gobbles and even distant shotgun blasts --- five shotgun blasts by 7 a.m. --- That'll be the closest to pinpointing my location to y'all.
I could see the two toms in the tree from my setup. One might have seen me while it was still roosted in the tree. The hen flew down about 80 yards from me on the same slope with a fly-down cackle and the toms soon silently followed her.
I did a fly down cackle and then called sparingly too them...knowing that once the hen left them to go nest, they might then go check me out with my one hen decoy setup.
Sure enough...{about 30 minutes later} I did a few yelps and couple of clucks with my mouth call --- A tom responded with a gobble about 60 yards away. I shut-up and got ready. I saw the tom about 23 yards away... but then the other gobbler or hen started doing alarm putts --- Me thinking that was the one that might have seen me while it was still in the roost tree --- The lead gobbler backed off quickly for a few steps after he heard the putts, but cautiously came back forward with his neck outstretched, while taking a gander at my hen decoy --- That's when I let him have it with one shot at 23 yards around 7 a.m.
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I was thinking about taking off today to go out. Didnt and saw this at the end of my driveway.
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rukles
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Hey, thanks for all the info. I went over there yesterday and today and got hooked up with a guy that I'll be going out with on Saturday and next week. Thanks for the help appreciate it.
Hey, thanks for all the info. I went over there yesterday and today and got hooked up with a guy that I'll be going out with on Saturday and next week. Thanks for the help appreciate it.
Yeah, there's usually somebody who needs a partner to go out hunting with. They don't want people hunting alone on base.
Good luck!
Record book 7 bearded gobbler
South Carolina hunter arrows record book 7 bearded gobbler. Bird is highest scoring NWTF turkey in S.C., best in nation taken with a bow.
Link:
http://www.southcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=5277
South Carolina hunter arrows record book 7 bearded gobbler. Bird is highest scoring NWTF turkey in S.C., best in nation taken with a bow.
Link:
http://www.southcarolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=5277
They might spend more time on the roost in the morning, if it's still raining. Once they fly down from the roost...they might head towards a field {if it stops raining} so they can dry off faster. If it is still raining...they'll tend to ruffle & shake there feathers, every so often, so as to shake off the rain droplets --- So keep an eye out for that kind of movement.
Listen for a shock gobble after a lightning strike with thunder --- That gobbler might be thundering back.
A cold rain is dangerous for turkey poults that are exposed to it.
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