Gobble gobble Spring Turkey 2025

[CowboyLeroy]

I thing you've got a solid plan going forward. Last piece of advice I can give is less is more. Calling, decoys, blinds, everything. And be patient turkeys are creatures of habit, but they have a habit of being weird, so they may come to a cow feed station the same time every day but they may come from a different direction every time so enjoy it, enjoy the process, and keep in mind that NOT killing the bird just means you get to hunt him one more time

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Counted coup on another bird this am. My dad bought a property about ten years ago that was clear cut a few years before he bought it and had just been left to regrow naturally. I've taken this property on a sort of a pet project that I spend a few weeks in the summer, and a few more in late January and February working to turn what is a forage and cover devoid landscape into A1 nesting and brooding cover. last year was the first year since they cut it that I've seen a gobbler in there, and today was the first day I've actually gone in and sat to a bird. I called one up off the roost,but let him go,and ended up moving up the hill and found myself between two birds having a shouting match over an imaginary featherd harlot. It's a small success story, but it's a satisfying one.