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Food Plot 101

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Well, this is my umpteenth year of turkey hunting, and I've never killed a multi-bearded bird. I've never even seen one on trail cams or with bare eyes. 1st beard is around 10", next one is about 8" and 3rd is 5 or 6". He's been very visible for the last few weeks, and he's already by himself for the most part. I looked at him with the binoculars the other day and he looks to have some very nice hooks, so i'm thinking he's an older bird. He's a mid day bird so far as I've seen. With season coming up, should I try to just hunt him mid day or would you start early and sit through the day? I don't have any problems letting 2 yo birds walk, so that's not an issue. I just don't want to over call early am and him be in the distance, if ya'll know what I mean.
Thanks for any advice.
 
I would spend time finding out what is pattern is. Find where he prefers to roost, spend this weekend prior to opener watching him and see what he does off roost with the hens, what time he splits away from them, where he goes afterwards, etc

This way you can begin the game on opener trying to get him off roost. If that doesnt work, move to his next area he likes to cover. As for calling, you can play that by ear and what you are hearing. I wouldnt get too aggressive too soon. Are there any satellite gobblers around? I guess what I am trying to say, is I would spend as much time prior to season opening figuring him out rather than waiting on season to open then figure his patterns out.

Good luck sounds like a good target
 
I'd hunt him all day whenever I got the chance if I were you. But as for letting 2 year olds walk, how do you know it's a 2 year old before you shoot it? Most birds I don't get a good look at the spurs till I grab the dead bird. Good luck with your big tom.
 
Pattern his area, but turkeys don't have a clock. He could be there midday or first thing. Similarly I have a white phase Tom I'm after. I'm gonna deer hunt him and call sporadically with my kids this weekend
 
Food Plot 101":32jewxqb said:
Well, this is my umpteenth year of turkey hunting, and I've never killed a multi-bearded bird. I've never even seen one on trail cams or with bare eyes. 1st beard is around 10", next one is about 8" and 3rd is 5 or 6". He's been very visible for the last few weeks, and he's already by himself for the most part. I looked at him with the binoculars the other day and he looks to have some very nice hooks, so i'm thinking he's an older bird. He's a mid day bird so far as I've seen. With season coming up, should I try to just hunt him mid day or would you start early and sit through the day? I don't have any problems letting 2 yo birds walk, so that's not an issue. I just don't want to over call early am and him be in the distance, if ya'll know what I mean.
Thanks for any advice.
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Honestly I have no idea what you mean.

What is a midday bird?
Passing 2 year olds? I've killed a few long beards in my career and I'd never pass on a 2 year old, nor ever care to try and age one on the claw.
I'd go to the property and hunt like normal. One day what's overcalling may be undercalling and the next it may be overcalling if you make one peep. Trying to predict what will work is a fools errand and a waste of energy imo. Read him and his gobbles or lack there of, listen for hens, or jakes near him. Based on that info formulate a plan.
 
Been killing them for 20+ years and never killed a multi beard either. As for hunting him I'd go when I could. If he wants to play you'll know and if he don't move on. I wouldn't pass any 2 year old bird up that wanted to play unless you get down to having only one tag left and want to hold out for him. I personally don't get caught up on numbers so if I kill one a year I'm good.
 
I've killed 2. Pretty unheard of around here. Actually I've never heard of any others. Some places it's pretty common. Just genetics
 
101, I think it is cool targeting a specific bird. I've had 2 I have targeted. One with a specific shaped fan, and one with a white feather in the middle of the fan. Got em both. Good luck man
 
Just hunt him the same way you have all these years. My guess is there ain't a single solitary thing different about that particular bird vs. all the others you've killed...except the multiple beards.

Looking forward to the pictures!
 
Hunt as normal. If its meant to be, its meant to be and you'll smoke him when you least expect it... I have had birds I swore were older birds have barely 3/4 spurs and birds that I have killed right off the roost gobbling like a 2 yr old have 1.5 spurs.. That's the great thing about turkey hunting, you never know what your gonna get... Good Luck tho...
 
If I could be there no way would I intentionally miss sunrise in the turkey woods. I'd hunt that bird just like I would any other gobbler from fly down throughout the day. I may not start out where you're seeing him mid day but if I couldn't find or connect with him before that time I'd gravitate to where and when I had been seeing him. Many times birds seem to have a route they may travel feeding or looking for hens and I have seen them show up in the same area about the same time consecutive days and have killed them by beating them there and waiting. As for multi bearded birds I suppose localized genetics play a part. I had a farm I hunted where almost every bird I killed had multiple beards. The most any I killed there had 9 beards.
 
Setterman":3ftyo3fh said:
Food Plot 101":3ftyo3fh said:
Well, this is my umpteenth year of turkey hunting, and I've never killed a multi-bearded bird. I've never even seen one on trail cams or with bare eyes. 1st beard is around 10", next one is about 8" and 3rd is 5 or 6". He's been very visible for the last few weeks, and he's already by himself for the most part. I looked at him with the binoculars the other day and he looks to have some very nice hooks, so i'm thinking he's an older bird. He's a mid day bird so far as I've seen. With season coming up, should I try to just hunt him mid day or would you start early and sit through the day? I don't have any problems letting 2 yo birds walk, so that's not an issue. I just don't want to over call early am and him be in the distance, if ya'll know what I mean.
Thanks for any advice.
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Honestly I have no idea what you mean.

What is a midday bird?
Passing 2 year olds? I've killed a few long beards in my career and I'd never pass on a 2 year old, nor ever care to try and age one on the claw.
I'd go to the property and hunt like normal. One day what's overcalling may be undercalling and the next it may be overcalling if you make one peep. Trying to predict what will work is a fools errand and a waste of energy imo. Read him and his gobbles or lack there of, listen for hens, or jakes near him. Based on that info formulate a plan.
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This is good advice, check his temperature use your gut feeling and good luck.
 
It must be localized genetics as we've killed quite a few multiple bearded birds around here in Dickson Co.
Unusual coloration, bearded hens, two that were multi spurred.
 
I've killed one triple and one double.
Anyways, just go turkey hunting. The same you always do. Some people treat them too much like deer. Piss on deer and piss on beards. Spurs is where it's at.

But honestly, I'd rather kill a crazy gobbling two year old than a 5 year old 1.5" spur that I ambushed in a foodplot.

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Woodsman10":moo0zb94 said:
I've killed one triple and one double.
Anyways, just go turkey hunting. The same you always do. Some people treat them too much like deer. Piss on deer and piss on beards. Spurs is where it's at.

But honestly, I'd rather kill a crazy gobbling two year old than a 5 year old 1.5" spur that I ambushed in a foodplot.

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piss on spurs too, if you're gonna look at it that way, then the gobble, spit and drumming are where it's at. :D


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I used to love a good mid day bird. Then Glendale market closed. I don't think it's on the menu anymore? But man that was an awesome club sammich!!

Hunt man, just hunt!


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ImThere":35k4ysw1 said:
I used to love a good mid day bird. Then Glendale market closed. I don't think it's on the menu anymore? But man that was an awesome club sammich!!

Hunt man, just hunt!


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At 20' up
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yea I may have to talk to the new owners about bringing back the club sandwich. At least they brought back the good fries


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Who cares about beards.......
 

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