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I saw a tom with 4 hens today. It’s getting close.

Got the blind set out today 23 on the roost tonight getting pumped!

I saw a group of 4 Tom’s and hens scattered everywhere this year I won’t be taking the gun out but hopefully I get my nephew on his first bird

Who’s ready for tomorrow

LET’S GO!!! I am ready and will be in the blind right after work!!

Good luck to all the people hunting season A! I will be hunting season C and it can not come soon enough. I have 4 gobblers making a racket on the hunting land!

Anyone got anything yet????

I was fortunate enough to connect this morning in Olmsted County on this 23 lb. Tom. Exciting hunt and the gobblers were really fired up this morning.

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NICE WORK

Way to go!!

Cut feathers on a Tom last night and passed on 10 Jakes. Passed on a Jake this morning.

I am jumping in the truck in 8 minutes and heading west for 3 hours. Should be in the blind by 2pm

Sherburne county
23 lbs.
10 in. beard
3/4 in. spurs

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At least he looks dry

Congrats on the bird schleif18.

I’m heading out in a few minutes will be in the blind by 430. Actually not going to sit in the blind if the rain is done for the night.

I got mine early this morning 24 lbs 9 1/2 in beard 1 in spurs

Anything yet today

Awful quiet round these parts… Anyone seeing or shooting anything?

Grouse

Last night, the guy hunting the filed behind me killed one around 7:30pm. His kid carried it back to the truck. It’s almost 1/2 mile to his truck, so it could’ve been a Jake for how young the boy was and that distance.
This morning in the rain, I went back to the same blind as last night because they roosted there. Had 3 toms come to within 40 yards of the blind, but they were to the right and a little behind me. They would gobble a ton but never came closer. They ended up following a hen to the opposite corner of the field about 125 yards away. I tried reaping them with the turkey fan when they went into the woods, but never saw them again.
Going back to the same blind tonight in hopes they roost there again. I’ve been using the avian x 1/2 strut Jake and a standing hen.
So far, I’ve passed on 11 jakes and cut feathers on a solo Tom. I’ve placed the hen on the ground in a breeding position with better luck.

Congrats to the guys knocking down

I didn’t have much luck, saw birds and had a bunch on trail cam, but they were absolutely silent and not playing the game. I’ll be back at it this weekend.

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Had some hens come in strutting around the two hens I had out. Was cool to watch the hens circle and strut around them. Most the gobblers I’m seeing are henned up big time. Very quite first week of the season.

I was able to take bird Saturday morning right out of roost. He was the only bird that could find in the first couple days on our property. I’m sure there are a couple more but he gobbled twice on roost that was it.

Fly down cackle and a little sweet sounds from the box call the hens he was with came running in. First critter I’ve harvested with this 20guage in 20 plus years. Sure feels good to carry around going this week to put a sling on the gun for WI seasons now. NE and MN are all done just two hunts left.

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I was the camera man for a friend. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr-KjmwzlXE

Any more luck this week? I am heading back to the farm tonight and give it another go with the bow. Hoping with the warmer weather they are a little more interested in playing the game.

Good like Sticker give one a dirt nap. Let the harpoons fly this weekend.

No luck again this weekend, although I did have a Tom sneak right up behind my blind Saturday morning and gobble about 10 yards away. Scared the crap out of me. Unfortunately I don’t think he liked my strutter jake decoy and he went back the way he came

Still have plenty of activity on trail cams though. Here is a cool series I got on one cam, choosing, courting, strutting and breeding.

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Got it done on Friday morning in Wisconsin.

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Great job Tom!!!

Of course, the first morning my dad could have hunted a Tom was strutting within 20 yrds of the blind….I decided to hunt the other one

Dad killed his first Tom last night heading back to the roost. Tried uploading the pictures but this site is too slow

23#
10 ¾”
1 ⅜” spurs

Finally got out and got my first bird yesterday! snuck up through some CRP to where the flock was milling around got this tom to sneak through the fence and that was that for him! total hunt time 45 minutes on my first turkey.
21 lb
10″ beard
1″ spurs

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Bird #2 of the 2017 season.

Tagged this Iowa gobbler the second day of the 1st season. 19.4 lbs. 10″ beard 1″ spurs.

You can read the story of the hunt here:

http://cornbeltoutdoors.blogspot.com/2017/04/april-20-iowa-turkey-hunting-day-1_20.html

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