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I dont think I can put into words my hatred for field birds. They just sit out there strutting with their stupid women, not a care in the world. They piss me off to no end!
 
ZachMarkus":29nrwoot said:
Yep, that's why I've fanned a couple of birds in the past.


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I am so tired of dealing with this group of birds. I literally watched them at 7:30am this morning and left to get some work done. Came back at 2pm and they were 50 YDS FROM WHERE THEY WERE THIS MORNING WTH!

I refuse to ambush them at roost but my patience is wearing thin
 
If you're working a field that's small enough you can always work your way around the inside edge under cover and play with them. Sometimes that works and sometimes not but that's all you can do with them. In the case of huge fields that will involve a lot of work. I've found that sometimes in the past, especially on those big fields, that the hens may consistently lead the gobblers away from any calling. That can run into a lot of hoofing it trying to get set up on the direction they're headed only to have to re-do that over and over. If that's the case you're facing I've had my best results using dekes. If the birds are entering the field from more of less the same area each day set up a deke or two across from where they're entering and lay in wait. It may be hard not to call to them with the gobbler going crazy but don't make a peep and rely on the hens coming to the dekes with the gobbler in tow. Even if your calling is flawless and for some unknown reason sometimes the hens will gravitate towards the dekes if they see them feeding but not talking. Maybe they don't feel the competition if they're just feeding and not talking???? It's worked for me in the past. It's not as much fun as working a gobbler by calling but if you're bent on taking one it may work.
 
One last thing to try before you break out the 300 Winny. Is it a big enough tract you can scatter'em late toward the timber and get back on'em right off the bat in the morning? Ballsy for sure, but it works.
 
Well to be honest I could kill them pretty easy as I know where they go each morning (to a cow feeder) but I can't make myself hunt them by just setting up there waiting. If I can't get them on a call I'll just keep trying stuff. They roost in the same spot so I could just go there and wait but again not my type of hunting. The fields they fly into are HUUUGGGEE so once they are in it there is not much you can do. It is a big track about 600 acres and I've hunted it for almost 15 years. Again there are easy ways around it but I'm just not willing to hunt them that way. Gonna try another different set up in the morning so we will see what's what. I'll eventually kill one there but it will be on my terms.
 
2 more weeks and they will be some of the easiest birds to kill if they aren't call shy

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Gravey":1fleve8e said:
2in1shot":1fleve8e said:
Dig a foxhole right in the middle. Kinda like a sink box. Thats the only option really.
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That's what I was thinking. Somehow to get in the field and catch him when he lands in you. :tu:
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I got a plan for the morning to get on a fence row that separates the 2 fields where they normally fly down. Problem is there is no cover minus a few sage patches so it's probably gonna fail but I'm gonna try. 2nd major issue is the fields have cows that are VERY curious so if you try and get in the fields with them they pretty much ruin it for you most of the time.
 
Cows!!! [emoji230][emoji379] ruined my opening morning last year and watched calf's run a hen out of the field the other evening!!! Good luck!


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REN":22x0n9h9 said:
Gravey":22x0n9h9 said:
2in1shot":22x0n9h9 said:
Dig a foxhole right in the middle. Kinda like a sink box. Thats the only option really.
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That's what I was thinking. Somehow to get in the field and catch him when he lands in you. :tu:
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I got a plan for the morning to get on a fence row that separates the 2 fields where they normally fly down. Problem is there is no cover minus a few sage patches so it's probably gonna fail but I'm gonna try. 2nd major issue is the fields have cows that are VERY curious so if you try and get in the fields with them they pretty much ruin it for you most of the time.
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I used to hunt a 40 acre tract down the road that had cows and I wanted to turn them into burger more times than not. Hunting a much larger place now with cows but knock on wood never been bothered or messed up by them. Good luck!
 
I had a sinkhole in the middle of a field that birds used to live on... I called it the 'sinkhole of death'. The only part of me showing was my head, and I could duck down and hide that. No telling how many birds I killed right off the roost in that spot. Shame that huge farm no longer has any birds.
 
Reminded me of this story from Preston Pitman about the cow manure turkey .... :)

I got to hear the long version in person which is crazy funny!

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