Turkey hunting and BS welcome!

Well I'm still on the hunt for that Tom I posted a couple of days ago. But wife connected on a good one opening day! Best part was my boy was there to take it all in! 9 inch beard, 3/4 inch spurs and weighed about 21.5lb. Not bad for her second bird ever!

 

Nice ,congrats ​

 

Heading out Thursday to northern Arizona. My brother already has a few groups located where they come off the roosts . Of course the title originally made me think the thread was just about trolling TW members

 

Thanks!

Good Luck!

 

Snow decoys

 

Almost stepped on a nesting turkey today

 

That’s awesome

 

I got out of there quickly ,I didn’t want to disturb it anymore than I already did . In a couple days I will go with binoculars to make sure she is still sitting on the nest . I’m sure she is

 

Not on a nest, but found 2 eggs in the middle of a trail yesterday. Apparently a young hen didn't have a nest ready yet. One had a soft shell and was no good. The other egg appears to be in good shape. I called a wildlife biologist friend and he is going to attempt to hatch it in an incubator. He's done this successfully in the past and thinks chances are good.



In the incubator. Should hatch in about 28 days he says.

 

No less than 12 gobblers out the front window . That’s trespassing property over there . I do occasionally see some on my side of the road . That’s where I stumbled upon the nest ,behind my house

 

Tuff season. Hunted 10 mornings and only filled 1 tag. Can’t remember the last time that happened. Parting shot from trail camera placed on food plot yesterday.

 

congrats!

 

Completed my 2021 single season public land grand slam on April 26th..

Eastern

Osceola


Rio Grande


Merriam

 

No luck today on opening day . Had 4 toms gobbling on the roost at around 75-100 yards . Once they flew down they gobbled once and that was it . They went silent . Saw 2 from around 75 yards . Was about 29 degrees with the wind chill this morning. Not good turkey hunting weather . I don’t know how those turkeys manage to not get blown out of the trees . Wind sounded like a freight train last night and wasn’t much better this morning. Oh yea ,saw snowflakes falling also Global warming my ass

 

In the blind already .One hen decoy out .

 

Early bird LOL I’m about to fire the truck up

 

Good luck

 

It’s about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time