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Haven't got to be n the woods in last 2 week i can go tomorrow but won't be able to get in the woods til round 845-9 do y'all think it being this late n the season it be even worth going or am I just wasting my time I know years past unless I could get em on feeding pattern calling one in just hardly ever happened and I'm usually tagged out by now anyways so what would you do
 
I personally wouldn't go but only because the way I hunt. I'm usuallly done by then and if they aren't talking I'm done even earlier. But there are plenty of ways to kill one that time of morning.
 
Based on where your from I'd be there in a heartbeat. I seriously don't understand how so many hunters dislike the late season. It's the absolute best time to be in the woods.
 
Setterman":3djdh23i said:
Based on where your from I'd be there in a heartbeat. I seriously don't understand how so many hunters dislike the late season. It's the absolute best time to be in the woods.
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Bingo.

Plus, if you don't go, I guarantee you won't kill one.
 
I'm still going,went for a couple hours this morning but didn't hear a gobbler.I won't quit going until May 14th, :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Wrangler95":3tjo6asl said:
I'm still going,went for a couple hours this morning but didn't hear a gobbler.I won't quit going until May 14th, :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Me too.

I needed to get in to work pretty early this morning, so I hit a spot close to the house. Had I heard one, I could have stayed on him.

I can stay longer tomorrow.
 
buckmaster31":3gp8f6rq said:
Haven't got to be n the woods in last 2 week i can go tomorrow but won't be able to get in the woods til round 845-9 do y'all think it being this late n the season it be even worth going or am I just wasting my time I know years past unless I could get em on feeding pattern calling one in just hardly ever happened and I'm usually tagged out by now anyways so what would you do
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With an attitude like that I think you should give up hunting turkeys all together ;)
 
Shouldn't be a question, go to the woods, you never know what can happen with turkeys. I had one fired up like crazy around lunch time today. Problem was he hung up bad on another property like they usually do. But any time you can be in the woods is a good time to hunt.
 
Over the years, I've killed about half my birds between 10 am & 12 Noon,
and those tended to be the older birds.

Just going out and hunting a while early in the AM is forfeiting a lot of good opportunity.

Wrangler95":1r1gb2ru said:
. . . . went for a couple hours this morning but didn't hear a gobbler.
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The last two birds I saw die (last week) were on a morning I didn't even hear a distant gobble on the roost, nor did I hear any gobbling at all. Nothing, zilch.

Yet, called up 3 different longbeards, all of which came in totally silent.
Left one for seed. (I had a hunting buddy with me, we each took one.)

Typically more exciting when you hear lots of gobbling and one will play with you, but I can tell you, it's also exciting when one comes up behind you and goes into full strut just a few feet beyond your arm's reach, working his way forward looking for that hen he heard, even if he is being silent. These didn't even drum --- totally silent. Amazing how they can pinpoint so close from where they heard those sounds.

And often, these mid-morning birds come in much slower than those early morning ones. Many times I'm convinced they went the other way, when suddenly they appear, right before I was ready to call it quits and move on.

Enjoy the whole day turkey hunting anytime you can.
A bad day turkey hunting beats a good day at work.
 
Stay after them anytime you can! I have my limit but I guarantee you I would hunt to the bitter end if I could. Like others have said mid morning can be a great time to catch them without a hen! Good luck!
 
With younger kids and a wife in the healthcare industry I have gotten to hunt very few first lights in the last few years. If birds weren't killable after early hours id be in a bind but it seems to work out. You miss the gobbling on the roost but the turkeys are there all day. I can go anytime I can - daylight to dark.
 
No question if you can go, go... The birds I found last weekend were still henned up till then anyway. I go with my buddy's dad some and he always says "be at my house around 8:30"... I feel like I am wasting opportunitys buts it's funny we are almost always leaving with a bird or two..


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