The first day. How'd it go?

Set up in a field corner at 5:15. One by one the gobblers woke up in their roost. A total of 4 were gobbling pretty good. About an hour after a couple flew down a jake came in and proceeded to practice his gobbling at about 15 yards. He started to putt a little bit and as he went back into the woods the flock came out. 5 hens 2 jakes and 2 big strutters. Watched them for almost 2 hours at 100 yards. Hopefully monday I can make it happen.

Hope all who went out had fun and made it back safe.

We had a great day but no kills.Here is how the day satrted i called a true trophy gobbler into 39 yards at 6:20 but my daughter isn't able to shoot that far so instead of wounded him we left him walk.About an half hour later i called 2 jakes into less then ten yards.They came to the side of the blind with the window closed.She wasn't shooting a jake but the old man was with his bow i didn't even take a weapon.Then about 8:15 we got out of the blind to stretch i made a series of yelps gobbles everywhere.We hurried up an got back into the blind yelp again here came 6 jakes to the struter decoy.I still don't know what the old man was doing?He should of killed one he said the window was in the wrong spot.So about an half hour later i backed out of the blind about 50 yards behind them.Made a series of yelps called them 6 jakes back to me they saw me and started to putt.Then a minute later i yelped again i heard a hen yelp back next thing i know me and her are in a heated discussion at 6 yards apart.After that i called 2 guys in so we left.We worked birds at two more spots but they just wouldn't budge.Then about 11:30 we went on the back side of the valley we hunted in the a.m.We walked out the road made a series of clucks and yelps heard one double gobble and a hen yelped we sat up on them i called the hen into 5 yards but no gobbler with her.It was a great day to be in the spring even though we didn't kill we had one hell of a time.

had three hammerin hard early...set up about 100 yds away between the birds and water...heard them come out of roost and not a single sound after that...had six deer come by about a half hour later and hang out around us for nearly an hour...after the deer left we packed it in...hopefully this week will provide a nice shooter

No dice.  Was traveling for work all week so didn't make the drive home to Potter Co like I usually do for the opener.  Decided to hunt local on open private land.  Was there before anyone else, but soon the woods were crowded.  Heard a few on roost, but too far to go after knowing how many others were in the woods.  Just took it easy and sat mostly.  Got up from my spot about 9:00 walked, 50 yards and heard gobble ring out less than 100 yds away.  Quickly grabbed a tree and thought the game was on.  Only heard him talk a couple more times.  About 15 minutes goes by then ka-bang!  So I was kinda bummed.  He wasn't my bird for sure, I think it must have walked right by the other guy him b/c I didn't hear another call at all.  Guess that's how it goes on open land.  I guess I'll only go there before work on the weekdays from now on.  Friend from work got a nice tom though.

I set up at 5:15 and at 5:45 heard my first gobble, then a second, third and fourth. At times they almost gobbled in unison. They were in the field in front of me at 6:10 @ about 350 yards. They proceeded to criss cross that field twice with little to no attention paid to my calling so I resorted to trying to talk to the hens, soft purrs, feeding noises and soon had them on the way toward me with the longbeards following. The first hen crossed about 25 yards from me and continued to scratch and feed off to my right at about 40 yards with the "big birds" continuously calling for her attention. Soon a nice mature bird walked across in front of me at 20 yards and me with my gun by my side. Do you know how difficult it is to sit calmly(for almost 20 minutes) with a bird that close and gobbling. That bird took one step at a time about every minute and was within 20 yards but with a little brush between us. My heart was pounding so hard and fast I thought I was going to have a heart attack.
By now I have the gun up and ready to pop him, he just needed to move six inches to an opening for a clean shot when a second longbeard coming again from my left came into the same area just a few feet from the first bird. It stood there behind a small sapling with it's head directly in line with the tree. Almost like clockwork they both ran directly away from me as the hen off to my right saw me and started running. Sweating, breathing hard and feeling like my chest was going to explode I picked up my decoy and headed for the car only to run into another hen and longbeard standing there watching me. At 7:30 I was back home eating breakfast wondering if I could ever screw up a turkey hunt any worse than I did today.

At least I'll get to go hunting for them again.

Took my brother and dad out, I like playin guide haha... we got in early but there was somebody already set up where I wanted to be, oh well I backed out a few hundred yds up the field and set up on a little green patch in the woods I like. Heard one hammering for that guy he was set up close, I got a different one gobbling but we were set up facing the open patch and he was gobbling behind us. My brother I got to turn around but couldnt get my dads attention and he didnt realize there was one coming in. He didnt gobble much so I dont think my dad knew what was going on and was scared to turn around so he didnt see but as soon as me and my brother turned around I could see him.

He walked right up to my brother and I was getting ready to stop him when my brother shot, 23yds laid him out.
Now, about my brother... cant kill a deer to save his life but the luckiest son of a gun ever for turkeys... I took him out three times total ever, first time youth day had jakes come right up to him, I told him to shoot because I thought he was on em but when I told him to shoot he had to swing a bit and missed, second trip I called him in a longbeard, 10.5" killed him (where the other guy was), this trip he killed another magnum at 6:30... I mean if i had the money Id have it mounted for him...

21 pounds, 1" spurs, FOUR BEARDS! 9" main beard, 6.5",6",6" Total 27.5"!!!

I cant lie Im jealous

I cant lie Im jealous

Me too.

My buddy and I headed to the mountains Friday night and put 3 chickens to bed to the hoot owl call. We got in the woods at 525 Saturday morning and the gobbling started at 20 till 6. I decided to leave the gun behind and call for my buddy since i wanted to get him his first turkey. It was one of the most exciting turkeys I have called in. He came down off the roost about 100 plus yards away and when I saw him he was hauling the mail towards us. At about 20 yards he gobbled and gobbled to make both our hearts race. Once the bird cleared this down tree in front of us, my friend shot and it did a back flip. This week its my turn to shoot.

Beard = 8 inch
Spurs = 3/4 inch
weight = 17 lbs   

sweet...two in two days...good luck on the trifecta

first day was no dice for me, but my father had 2 jakes in his decoy spread and several others gobbling within 100 yards of him all morning that wouldn't come in.  monday, i had a long beard on the roost about 75 yards out strutting back and forth on the limb it was on and called in 2 long beards and a jake.  The three that came in walked on the wrong side of me so i didnt get the shot because by the chance i got to switch from shooting lefty to shooting righty they were already heading over the hill.  Looked like they had about 7"-9" beards, I'll get after them next week when I get the chance to go out thursday - saturday

Good luck Eman -
  Hey any of you guys doing that PM turkey hunting -like to know how that working out.

Do to my business,to busy to go but did slip out Weds.morning till 7:30 had the safty off but 50 plus was a little too far.Went Thurs. morning,a little different set up same woods,Bang 6:15 ,made some soft yelps two hens pitch down 15 yards in front of me.Huge butterball followed .Stutted into 25 yards I gave him a putt with my mouth to make him brake strutt and he  looked  right at me to late, bang 22 lbs 10 inch beard 1nch plus spurs,home by 6:40 and to work by 7:30. It was great morning in the turkey woods.