Turkey forum

  • Deke12
    Posts: 152
    #1685854

    I jusy thought we needed a place to share tips and pic of birds now that the season is close

    lhprop1
    Eagan
    Posts: 1899
    #1687104

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

    Kent thompson
    Foreston mn
    Posts: 328
    #1687137

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

    Sam
    St.Francis
    Posts: 384
    #1687162

    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

    Deke12
    Posts: 152
    #1687850

    Who’s ready for tomorrow

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1687891

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

    Aaron Kalberer
    Posts: 373
    #1687905

    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!

    Deke12
    Posts: 152
    #1688032

    Anyone got anything yet????

    cboutdoors
    Rochester,MN
    Posts: 35
    #1688064

    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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    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1688092

    NICE WORK yay yay yay

    Protourbaits1
    Posts: 191
    #1688127

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

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1688136

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

    schleif18
    St. Cloud Area
    Posts: 2
    #1688170

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

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    Hoyt4
    NULL
    Posts: 1256
    #1688205

    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.

    Deke12
    Posts: 152
    #1688258

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

    Deke12
    Posts: 152
    #1688407

    Anything yet today

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11660
    #1688597

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

    Grouse

    Protourbaits1
    Posts: 191
    #1688600

    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.

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1688867

    Congrats to the guys knocking down toast

    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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    Hoyt4
    NULL
    Posts: 1256
    #1688910

    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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    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1689798

    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.

    Hoyt4
    NULL
    Posts: 1256
    #1689807

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

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1690095

    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 doah

    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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    Tom G
    Posts: 18
    #1690110

    Got it done on Friday morning in Wisconsin.

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    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    #1690119

    Great job Tom!!! toast

    Protourbaits1
    Posts: 191
    #1691147

    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 bawling

    Protourbaits1
    Posts: 191
    #1691331

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

    23#
    10 ¾”
    1 ⅜” spurs

    Aaron Kalberer
    Posts: 373
    #1691606

    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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