2023 spring turkey!

[okie archer]

Didn't leave empty-handed today at leastView attachment 271859

Yum! I just ate some I found a few days ago.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

I shot my first turkey since 2018 this morning. I have a full write up of the hunt on my semi-live hunt log.
This is an as he lay picture.


19 pound, 9 inch beard and 3/4" spurs. It was a great hunt and I am so happy to have all of the pieces come together to bring home a bird. Love turkey hunting!

 

[np307]

Interesting. I wouldn’t call the hens hussy’s. I guess they probably do have many sexual encounters with different Tom turkeys during the breeding season, but after that they are left on their own to raise 10-16 bastard poults.

Nah, those are man-stealing Jezebels if ever I've seen one

 

[Scott85]

All packed up, ready to hit the road after work tomorrow.

 

[mdcrossbow]

Somewhat organized after 3 weeks, Florida and VA.

 

[CowboyLeroy]

We're on the board boys.

 

[WildWill]

I’ve never heard that before either. I thought at first you were calling the other hunters in your area jezebels. Anyone know the origin of it?

Pretty common in the south. My southern Baptist grandma was fond of the word also told us dancing would lead to sex. So I decided I better learn to dance.

 

[Rzrbck918]

Pretty common in the south. My southern Baptist grandma was fond of the word also told us dancing would lead to sex. So I decided I better learn to dance.

I had one of those southern Baptist grandmothers too. She always said we shouldn't have sex because it might lead to dancing. Funny lady.

 

[WildWill]

All my crap is gathered all be it in a not to organized pile in the garage. Throw it in the truck in the morning and I'm gone will have Sunday-Thursday to get it done.

 

[mdcrossbow]

After 3 weeks in the field I decided my last outing to consolidate my vest to a fanny pack. Ditch the 2 man pop-up and carry a ground seat with attached folding seat. Carry off for my surrounding. Only thing balky is the 3 Avian decoys besides my cannon. Right now with birds calling in hens, run and gunning with a bum leg is doable. I hate boots but I hate snake bites more.

 

[MNElkNut]

My son shot a nice one Wednesday. 11" beard and 1 1/2" spur. the other spur was broke. great hunt with him lying prone for 30 minutes with hens as close as 8 feet!

 

[mdcrossbow]

1st weeks of the year thinking I'm missing something and finding out all the stuff I stuffed into my vest is not warranted.
Do you ditch half your vest contents before or after the 1st hunt ?

 

[MNElkNut]

I went out and called for my boys when the one son got one. I had a call, a bottle of gatorade, and a small roll of electrical tape. used everything. Should have brought a seat cushion as the ground was wet and frozen. Other than that, nothing was needed.

 

[Gellar]

1st weeks of the year thinking I'm missing something and finding out all the stuff I stuffed into my vest is not warranted.
Do you ditch half your vest contents before or after the 1st hunt ?

It’s usually 40 degrees for a high when I start turkey hunting and 75 when I’m done so I usually have warm clothes, but clothes, sunscreen, bug spray, empty water bottles, extra calls, lost calls; pretty much everything before the end of the season.

 

[np307]

1st weeks of the year thinking I'm missing something and finding out all the stuff I stuffed into my vest is not warranted.
Do you ditch half your vest contents before or after the 1st hunt ?

I avoid this by not wearing a vest. I carry my gun, a couple extra shells, and mouth call pouch. Sometimes I also carry a scratch box and a glass call. All of it fits in my pockets.

On the downside, I was pretty hungry yesterday with no snacks

 

[jvanhoy]

Some of the most fun I've ever had calling turkeys is pissing off hens.

O yea. I love to get in a good cutting match with them.

 

[Rzrbck918]

My son shot a nice one Wednesday. 11" beard and 1 1/2" spur. the other spur was broke. great hunt with him lying prone for 30 minutes with hens as close as 8 feet!

That's awesome, my old friend who taught me to turkey hunt said if turkeys could smell, they would all die of old age.

 

[Rzrbck918]

1st weeks of the year thinking I'm missing something and finding out all the stuff I stuffed into my vest is not warranted.
Do you ditch half your vest contents before or after the 1st hunt ?

Yes, after the first hunt or two. I do that in deer season too though. Start off packing like Im going to have to survive for days with every conceivable mishap. By the end of season, Im lucky to still have a knife in my pack.

 

[np307]

Could be chasing a ghost. Walking in I found a feather just down the path from the gate and then when I got back to where he's been roosting I found a fair amount of feathers. I'm hoping it's just preening but they weren't here when I left yesterday.

 

[Shangobango]

Packed up and about to head to Arkansas for a few nights in the LBO and a few days in the turkey woods. I feel like a kid on Christmas eve…