2013

Anyone do any scouting yet? I've went out the past 2 nights. Heard a few birds each night and even had one roost 50 yds from me!   he had about a 10 inch beard! It's gettin to be that time!!!!
 

Past two days in a row had a single Hen hanging  around in my backyard up in Pulaski NY.-single Jake staying  around her at a distance  and following her all over - Silent.

I sat with a mentored youth hunter till 9:00 in snow showers and ferocious winds. I worked a longbeard to 75 yards but he never made it into crossbow range.  When the sun would peak, the gobblers started talking and responding. When the sun hid and the wind increased, things went silent. We did have a jake sneak in behind us silently but we never got a shot as the red head out of the corner of our eyes at 10 yards suprised us.
 
Birds were there but it was a tough morning for hunting.

Just set a blind up for sat and had one ring off at 610 pm I can't wait hope it works

My 13 year son shot a 18 lb gobbler with a 9" beard. Only bird we heard all morning. Set up on him different times, third time was a charm. He was an easily exciteable bird, but very wary once inside 100 yards. He had no interest in decoys, he walked through our second set, passing the decoys, gobbling has he continued up the valley. At our third set we aggressively cut at him twice with a box call and waited. 10 minutes later he gobbled 60 yards to our left and strutted into gun range.

Daughter (8) got her first at about 6:45 sat when two jakes hit the field and charged the decoys.  Son was hunting with a friend, his set up was no good, so we regrouped, headed in to a new spot around 10 and got an answer right away.  Worked him for about 20 min and bang, we were tagged out on a less than ideal day.  Very greatful, Very Lucky, Very Proud.
 

 

Congrats Guys!

Love that picture! I'm hoping to take some video this year during hunting season. Or should i say, I'm gonna try to scare as many birds as i can this hunting season

Went out this morning to check my favorite spots  2 had birds the other 2 had 10 acres of gas wells .

Aweful quite around here for day before turkey season! We sat in our field this morn to hear the whole block light up with turkeys then what do ya know Mr tom walk in the field right beside us and head to the truck with 4 hens lol to bad our blind is 400 yards away guess the morning will tell our story birds are defiantly hened up once they all hit the ground it went silent

Well, I'm up at 3:30 today. Happens every year, i just can't sleep the night before the season starts!

So, this is just me b**chin about how people suck.... I hunt private land. I was sitting in my spot at 6am sharp... Gobbling all over in the roosts... 7am I got a flock in the field, long beard starts strutting to me... Out of nowhere, some jackwagon runs out from the other side of the field, unloads 3 shots at the long beard, and misses.... I stand up, he seems me and take off running back where he came from... There is a road about 100 yards on the other side of the woods past where I was sitting... Once agin, private posted land, me and one other guy hunt it... I hear him squeel tire as he pulls away... So I'm guessing this ****hat was driving around, heard gobbling and stopped to do a run and gun.... After all that noise, the birds took off, never heard another gobble, sat till 915 and was so heated i couldn't sit it out till noon. Some real true hunters and sportsman out there. People suck

Yesterday some jack wagon tried to kick me off a piece of land that i have permission to hunt and he doesn't.   some real idiots out there. Might i add that i am the only person that has permission to turkey hunt this land.

She gone

Heard one on my side of the hill and one across the valley. Gave a couple soft calls to let him know I was there. About fly down time I called again and someone else opened up between me and the bird. The bird went silent but the guy kept calling and 10 min later went bang.
 
8:30 I started another one and at 9:15 had him on the other side of a brush pile looking for me. Couldn't tell what he had for a beard and he eventually got suspicious and went back down the hill.
 
Half hour later 2 hens came in quiet and stayed quiet.
One of the nicer opening days weather wise I can remember for a long time.