Are you thinking about any birds from last year?

[PalsPal]

I only had one season wrecker from last year that I couldn't close the deal on. Had some great battles with him though, with this one being the closest (raise your hand of you have ever used a tractor and bucket as a blind ) !

I was in the middle of the field and expected him to be roosted on the back of the farm. Nope, he was CLOSE and behind me, from where I expected. It was the only place I could risk getting. Sat there for over an hour as he came to the edge of the field and put on a show. But, his two ladies that stayed back in the woods won out, and he drifted back to them!

I paced it at 60 steps to the fence. Wished I had had Muddy's gun !

 

[catman529]

I haven't had a season wrecker yet. But the most memorable hunt last year was probably spending 4 hours sneaking around a big field with a bunch of turkeys in it, trying to cut them off, watching the gobblers fight and the hens too, and then having the big tom fly up to a tree 30 yards to my left at dusk. The birds never were closer than 50 yards or so, until they flew up. I also got some video of then. My favorite unsuccessful hunt for sure.


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[Roost 1]

Yes, but they are all dead.. arty:

 

[Boll Weevil]

My favorite unsuccessful hunt for sure.

Question: Does a hunt have to result in a flopping bird to be successful?

 

[woodsman87]

A successful hunt to me is getting to play with one, kill is a plus.

I didnt have season wreckers last year, but I have had them. Best thing you can do, imo, is ignore them.

Im bound to have one this year because there aren't enough other turkeys to go after in my area.

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[PalsPal]

Best thing you can do, imo, is ignore them.

I can't do that. That takes the fun and challenge out of it, which is what drives me.

My most successful season was chasing one bird most of a season. I would go elsewhere at times and kill a bird, but they meant little knowing Nemesis was still running around, and I would find myself back on his ridge.

Finally taking him was my crown achievement in my turkey hunting hall of fame!

 

[catman529]

My favorite unsuccessful hunt for sure.

Question: Does a hunt have to result in a flopping bird to be successful?

yeah, I'm hunting them, not just bird watching. A hunt doesn't have to be successful to be good, but to me it's not successful till a bird is dead.


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[Spurhunter]

My favorite unsuccessful hunt for sure.

Question: Does a hunt have to result in a flopping bird to be successful?

yeah, I'm hunting them, not just bird watching. A hunt doesn't have to be successful to be good, but to me it's not successful till a bird is dead.


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Boll, he's young and after the thrill of the kill now. He'll mature as the years go by like we all did. I remember being young and blood thirsty myself. There comes a time when a day in God's creation with friends or family is what matters and a dead longbeard is icing on the cake. Sweet, sweet icing. If it breaks day and there is a bird gobbling on our place and I get to play the game, that's a successful hunt whether I kill him or not, because I know I will learn something from him and take something away from the hunt if it's only the memory.

 

[catman529]

My favorite unsuccessful hunt for sure.

Question: Does a hunt have to result in a flopping bird to be successful?

yeah, I'm hunting them, not just bird watching. A hunt doesn't have to be successful to be good, but to me it's not successful till a bird is dead.


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Boll, he's young and after the thrill of the kill now. He'll mature as the years go by like we all did. I remember being young and blood thirsty myself. There comes a time when a day in God's creation with friends or family is what matters and a dead longbeard is icing on the cake. Sweet, sweet icing. If it breaks day and there is a bird gobbling on our place and I get to play the game, that's a successful hunt whether I kill him or not, because I know I will learn something from him and take something away from the hunt if it's only the memory.

I'm not in west tn and I don't go out just to maybe hear one, it's a bad day here if I don't hear one. If I still hunted only for the thrill of the kill, id have killed more than 3 birds last fall, easily. I'm thankful for our good population here and probably won't see any more turkeys in 2 years exactly based on things you say about hen killing.

Of course a dum dum like me don't have a dang clue what I'm doin in the woods, I'm just out to sling lead at every tree limb that shakes with a gobble. I don't have as much experience as many on here so I might as well be another idiot with a shotgun and a license that was bought the day before season.

Are you messing with me on purpose?


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[Spurhunter]

I'm not in west tn and I don't go out just to maybe hear one, it's a bad day here if I don't hear one. If I still hunted only for the thrill of the kill, id have killed more than 3 birds last fall, easily. I'm thankful for our good population here and probably won't see any more turkeys in 2 years exactly based on things you say about hen killing.

Of course a dum dum like me don't have a dang clue what I'm doin in the woods, I'm just out to sling lead at every tree limb that shakes with a gobble. I don't have as much experience as many on here so I might as well be another idiot with a shotgun and a license that was bought the day before season.

Are you messing with me on purpose?


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Calm down junior. Nobody is messing with you but I should've known you would take it as an attack. I even said I was bloodthirsty when I was younger. We all were. And we all knew it all. Life makes you mature and that was what my post was about. I promise you in 20 years when you are my age and you go to the funerals of guys you played high school football with that lost to cancer or co workers that fall dead from a massive heart attack at 50 you start to see things differently. You realize every day you get to spend hunting and fishing with friends and family is a gift. Whether you kill something or not. And on my place it is a rare bad day that I don't hear a bird, but that doesn't make me appreciate every gobble any less. I hope I'm still around in 20 years so you can tell me how right I was. Trust me, we were all your age and had it all figured out. The older you get the more you realize you don't know.

 

[catman529]

You're not wrong you just have a problem with the way I hunt for some reason as though I should hunt now like I would when I'm 50.


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[Roost 1]

Spur and Cat.....I think yall need to get together and enjoy a hunt. Maybe kill a couple birds while yall at it..

 

[Spurhunter]

Spur and Cat.....I think yall need to get together and enjoy a hunt. Maybe kill a couple birds while yall at it..

I invited him to go crappie fishing a couple years ago but we couldn't get it together. I don't dislike the young man. He has come a long way and is mostly self taught. I will be glad when he outgrows killing hens, limb shooting, and killing spotted fawns. But, everything he does is legal. That's more than I can say for a lot of "hunters". I fault the state for allowing these things more than I fault him for doing them. :tu:

 

[muddyboots]

Ha ha pals pal. Yes if you had my gun he would have rode in the back of your truck. No season wreckers from last year for me.

 

[Hunt 365]

Redeemed in the end, but 2 birds come to mind. After taking an opening day bird, I went before work on the following Monday when 2 hot birds fired up, and came into the field about 100 yards out. I had set up in a hurry, so didn't have the best of cover, so no rangefinder. Did the old eyball, when they come halfway, then they'll be within 50 yards. I remember thinking I'll have 2 birds down in the first 3 days of the season, better pace myself. Famous last words. They got at halfway, when a hen came out and they weren't coming any closer. A shot at the bigger one resulted in two confused gobblers looking around and they eased into the woods and gobbled 100 times. The rangefinder revealed it was 67 yards. Too far and stupid shot!

Second one, I set up in a pinch point after seeing a struuter way out in a field with 5 hens. They were picking their way towards me 300 yards out and I was tucked back in the cedars enjowing the show, gun in my lap. Hadn't been there 5 mins, when a hen walked 10 yards across in front of men. Said undr my breath, I bet boss is behind her. Didn't raise my gun though, and there he is at 5 yards. Stared me down for a lifetime (probably 1 minute), and I thought, with my catlike reflexes, I'll turn the gun, pop it to my shoulder and shoot. Boom, he had jumped 20 yards straight up, and I shot where the bird used to be.

Killed that one later though!

 

[JAY B]

Yeah, the bird I have chased for 3 seasons "ol nemesis" who is at my local taxidermist!!

 

[catman529]

Spur and Cat.....I think yall need to get together and enjoy a hunt. Maybe kill a couple birds while yall at it..

I invited him to go crappie fishing a couple years ago but we couldn't get it together. I don't dislike the young man. He has come a long way and is mostly self taught. I will be glad when he outgrows killing hens, limb shooting, and killing spotted fawns. But, everything he does is legal. That's more than I can say for a lot of "hunters". I fault the state for allowing these things more than I fault him for doing them. :tu:

I would still go fishing or hunting with you if the opportunity came up. I "grew out" of roost shooting a couple years ago, only did it once anyway. I will still kill hens as long as I still want the meat and the population is strong...as for fawns, I don't think you've eaten one so you don't know. I prefer not to shoot them but there are times that I will. Easy drag and most tender meat from any deer I've had.

I'm planning a spring crappie/turkey trip if I can afford to do it this year (looking for/renting a house might get in the way) I don't know if you will come to mid TN to hunt but I can show you some public land turkeys


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[Spurhunter]

I came to yanahli for a couple days last year. I spent the first day looking around and figuring out where I was. The next morning I was set up with 3 birds gobbling within 100 yards of me and closing. All the sudden the birds shut up and ten minutes later some clown comes walking down the logging road from the direction the birds were gobbling. He walked right past me and never saw me. I never got on the birds again. I guess he ran them off. I have no idea how he didn't hear them gobbling. That's how my luck goes on public land. No doubt the birds are there though.

 

[catman529]

I came to yanahli for a couple days last year. I spent the first day looking around and figuring out where I was. The next morning I was set up with 3 birds gobbling within 100 yards of me and closing. All the sudden the birds shut up and ten minutes later some clown comes walking down the logging road from the direction the birds were gobbling. He walked right past me and never saw me. I never got on the birds again. I guess he ran them off. I have no idea how he didn't hear them gobbling. That's how my luck goes on public land. No doubt the birds are there though.

I had a clown a couple years ago walk up and we talked for a few minutes. He was wearing earplugs, no shirt, and came from private land (accidentally). He wore the plugs in case he had to shoot while I had been listening to a henned up bird somewhere off on the private farm. I told him about it and made some calls and the bird answered. I thought it was funny, the guy had no idea what he was doing.

If you go back to yanahli again, let me know ahead of time. I do see hunters occasionally but generally keep to myself out there. There's one spot where I called up 7 gobblers throughout the season last year, and killed 2 of them.


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[Spurhunter]

As many birds as there are I would just have to deal with the clowns. If I lived close I would hunt it for sure.