Fall Tom

  • illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    October 27, 2008 at 4:48 pm #210786

    anybody else chase toms in the fall shotgun season? looks like the turkey forum could use some action.

    got this guy yesterday morning. 20 pounds, thick 8 inch beard and 1 inch spurs.

    a buddy roosted some birds the night before. with the wind howling, they roosted in a ravine out of the wind and we set up on ridges on each side of them. it was odd that when they flew down, they kind of went off their separate ways instead of staying in the flock.

    i started calling, got several reponses and it took about half an hour to work one within shooting range.

    a glass call with a hardwood striker makes awesome gobbler clucks and yelps.

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    October 27, 2008 at 5:24 pm #41218

    Congrats on your fall tom!

    protourbaits
    stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2466
    October 27, 2008 at 5:47 pm #41221

    we can’t hunt toms in the fall can we?

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    October 27, 2008 at 7:19 pm #41231

    Nice job on a fall bird…and a tom no less!

    packingheat
    Reads Landing Mn
    Posts: 696
    October 27, 2008 at 9:22 pm #41242

    Great job on the tom, I was out on the 1st. fall season in Mn. could not find the birds on the land I was hunting. Nice to see you got a good one.

    illiniwalli
    WC Illinois
    Posts: 878
    October 27, 2008 at 10:52 pm #41250

    Quote:

    we can’t hunt toms in the fall can we?

    ya, we can. all birds are legal – at least in illinois – in the fall. toms are a lot tougher to call in the fall.

    protourbaits
    stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2466
    October 28, 2008 at 5:07 am #41288

    we can only hunt hens in the fall…i dont know if bearded hens count as a “hen” in the fall I know they are counted as a “tom” in the spring however…

    rangerski
    North Metro
    Posts: 539
    October 28, 2008 at 8:01 am #41291

    In Mn the fall hunt is “EITHER SEX”. Not hens only as the previous poster claims. Congrats on the nice bird!

    bennyj
    sunrise mn
    Posts: 542
    October 28, 2008 at 1:48 pm #41309

    Nice work on the tom. I have always wonder what it would be like to shoot one in the fall compared to the spring.

    I wish my area would offer a fall season.

    Nice work

    protourbaits
    stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2466
    October 28, 2008 at 2:09 pm #41316

    Quote:

    In Mn the fall hunt is “EITHER SEX”. Not hens only as the previous poster claims. Congrats on the nice bird!

    Thanks for clearing that up

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    October 29, 2008 at 1:08 am #41416

    nice bird congrats

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