BowGuy84
Well-Known Member
Well, I have turkey hunted sporadically since high school. I've probably been around 15 times over the course of 10 years. It was always around baseball season so most were cold rainy or snowy...not the best weather to learn in. Anyways, this year I figured I'd get serious about it and see if I couldn't figure it out and bag my illusive first gobbler.
Last week I scouted a 170 acre track of land we got permission on here in KY, with opening day closing in I figured for an inexperienced turkey hunter, not fighting the public land would be ideal.
Got to the listening spot about 20 minutes before gobble time, and when it started to get light, the hottest tom we could hear was only about 300 yards away on the opposite treeline.
A sneak up the hill, get the decoy out and some tree yelps got him fired up. We saw him on the limb and waited for him to pitch down. He flew to the bottom of the field and was cutting me off when I purred but was obviously strutting and gobbling with his running mate expecting the hens to come to him.
I shut up and he got upset and we could hear him whipping the other toms butt.
After 30 min I saw a head ease over the rise at 80 yards and he locked onto the decoy. Took him about 40 minutes to close to 45 yards, keyed on the decoy the whole time. I didn't really call but the wind, rain made it tough to wait him out. A load of #4's and it was over. Not typically hunt I don't believe but none of my turkey hunting has been...
24lb 11in beard 1.25spurs
Last week I scouted a 170 acre track of land we got permission on here in KY, with opening day closing in I figured for an inexperienced turkey hunter, not fighting the public land would be ideal.
Got to the listening spot about 20 minutes before gobble time, and when it started to get light, the hottest tom we could hear was only about 300 yards away on the opposite treeline.
A sneak up the hill, get the decoy out and some tree yelps got him fired up. We saw him on the limb and waited for him to pitch down. He flew to the bottom of the field and was cutting me off when I purred but was obviously strutting and gobbling with his running mate expecting the hens to come to him.
I shut up and he got upset and we could hear him whipping the other toms butt.
After 30 min I saw a head ease over the rise at 80 yards and he locked onto the decoy. Took him about 40 minutes to close to 45 yards, keyed on the decoy the whole time. I didn't really call but the wind, rain made it tough to wait him out. A load of #4's and it was over. Not typically hunt I don't believe but none of my turkey hunting has been...
24lb 11in beard 1.25spurs
That is your first tom and it was a dandy! Congrats!
