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Congrats! I dream of one day living in a place where I can see turkeys from the front yard. Driving 45 minutes to get anywhere close to one is tough on a turkey fanatic!We had family over all day for my daughters first communion celebration. They finally left and I was mowing the yard watching 3 Tom’s strutting in the corner of the field. After I was done mowing my daughter says I want to go turkey hunting. So we threw our clothes on quick and I told her we were going to go through the pasture to the bottom of the creek and sneak into them from the woods on the edge of the field. So we got to where I thought they were and crawled under the field fence but there were no birds. I stood up high and I can see the top of a bird just over the hill. So we go back into the woods and head along the fence again. We are heading south and the birds are to our west so we use a hill to our advantage dropping down to all fours we belly crawl to the top of the hill. The Tom’s are about 50 yards out. We are on our bellies behind a fan and I make sure she can see the Tom’s before I yelped at them. The three of them immediately turned around and covered the 50 yards in about 30 seconds. The lead one let out a gobble at 10 yards and I killed him. My daughter was a little scared as it flopped around but almost immediately she says “We get to eat turkey this week!”
To finally get to the birds it was about 2/3 of a mile loop. She kept quiet and crept slowly the whole way. I am surprised our plan worked. Hopefully she doesn’t think that is how they all go down.
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They are out there every day, but I haven’t killed a bird in the field since we built our house. Killed a few before we built though. I have saved those birds for this! just in case one of the kids said I want to go turkey hunting.Congrats! I dream of one day living in a place where I can see turkeys from the front yard. Driving 45 minutes to get anywhere close to one is tough on a turkey fanatic!
Whether you hunt them often or not, just having them there is good for the soul I say!They are out there every day, but I haven’t killed a bird in the field since we built our house. Killed a few before we built though. I have saved those birds for this! just in case one of the kids said I want to go turkey hunting.
Congrats, sounds like you had some good help and a lot of fun!I've gone turkey hunting sporadically over the years but never took it seriously enough, mostly bc of getting Lyme's and really hating ticks after that episode of life.
But last week, the Hunt Talk team took a week to run around the turkey woods, and Marcus helped me by calling in this awesome jake, and somehow I didn't screw it up. My run-straight-at-the-turkeys plan didn't really work out, so once I calmed down enough, we got it done on the final morning.
Made a "spring thanksgiving" dinner for my fam and a giant pot of wild turkey soup this weekend. And I really learned a lot about hunting these big birds.
And! I only pulled one tick out of my hair. Not bad for four days on the ground. Really excited about this big beautiful bird!
Congratulations! You may already know this but treating your hunting clothes really helps a lot with ticks during turkey season in the spring.I've gone turkey hunting sporadically over the years but never took it seriously enough, mostly bc of getting Lyme's and really hating ticks after that episode of life.
But last week, the Hunt Talk team took a week to run around the turkey woods, and Marcus helped me by calling in this awesome jake, and somehow I didn't screw it up. My run-straight-at-the-turkeys plan didn't really work out, so once I calmed down enough, we got it done on the final morning.
Made a "spring thanksgiving" dinner for my fam and a giant pot of wild turkey soup this weekend. And I really learned a lot about hunting these big birds.
And! I only pulled one tick out of my hair. Not bad for four days on the ground. Really excited about this big beautiful bird!
I'm a Permethrin junkie! I love Simms bugstopper gear in the summertime! But yeah I need to do a big spray on all my gearCongratulations! You may already know this but treating your hunting clothes really helps a lot with ticks during turkey season in the spring.
Is that just a farm bird? Fan small and beat to hell. Also, very much an Eastern as opposed to a Merriam's.Montana gobblers.
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