Seth Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 I made my fourth sit this morning and FINALLY saw a legal bird, which was a jake. It's been a few years since I've taken a jake, but with the lack of gobbling and not really much to go after, I decided I was going to at least make sure I filled a tag and got some turkey breast this season. The fact that the jakes actually gobbled and worked in like a big bird made me a little less guilty about shooting one. I've got the rest of season to try and find a tom. I'm going to throw in the towel on what is normally my honey hole and go check out some other properties. Hopefully I'll stumble across a tom that wants to talk and actually work in." JohnP, grizwilson, tho1mas and 4 others 7
BilletHead Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Nothing wrong with a Jake. If I have the opportunity to get one when I get back I will so I can go fishing. If birds are not available I may go fishing anyways! BilletHead grizwilson and Daryk Campbell Sr 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Terrierman Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 Still early season. Have not seen the big town flock in the last week. 100% chance of turkey mating this spring. grizwilson 1
grizwilson Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 Today is the day, on my way to therapy then two doctor apts, stepped out of the house and one is gobbling across the field. You guys go get em they will be like the elusive white bass easy pezzy. I will shoot a jake it is a tough year. BilletHead, Old dog 417 and tho1mas 3 “If a cluttered desk is a sign, of a cluttered mind, of what then, is an empty desk a sign?”- Albert Einstein
Seth Posted April 25, 2018 Author Posted April 25, 2018 Went out this morning and heard two groups of birds gobble just a few times on the roost and then all went quiet. I slipped in on the ridge above where I heard one group and sat down, but never did see or hear anything from them. After waiting a while, I slipped down to where I had heard them gobble and found fresh gobbler droppings beneath the roost tree. I have no clue where those birds ended up going. I thought I had them pretty well cornered to where they would have had to walk my way, but I was wrong. tho1mas, JestersHK and Terrierman 3
JestersHK Posted April 26, 2018 Posted April 26, 2018 The big groups we've had out in the fields by my house have all split up finally. I think the locals put a whackin to them too though. Gonna try to get out this weekend. Good luck on finding a big one Seth. BilletHead 1
JohnP Posted April 26, 2018 Posted April 26, 2018 Congrats on the Jake, id probably take it right now as well. Have yet to hear a bird on the roost. Past up an opportunity on a jake opening morning at 10 yds waiting for something more mature but in 6 sits that's the only shot on a legal bird I've had. Did chase 2 toms around the other day but couldn't pull em off the hens they were with and wasn't able to cut em off at the pass. Old dog 417 1
Terrierman Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 9:07 AM, Seth said: Went out this morning and heard two groups of birds gobble just a few times on the roost and then all went quiet. I slipped in on the ridge above where I heard one group and sat down, but never did see or hear anything from them. After waiting a while, I slipped down to where I had heard them gobble and found fresh gobbler droppings beneath the roost tree. I have no clue where those birds ended up going. I thought I had them pretty well cornered to where they would have had to walk my way, but I was wrong. That's turkey hunting for you. Those birds are not smart but they can be hard to figure out.
Seth Posted April 27, 2018 Author Posted April 27, 2018 Finally sealed the deal on my second bird this morning and it wasn't a jake this time. Was trying to get the boss a shot and the dang birds came in where he couldn't get a shot and I ended up shooting as they began to turn and walk away. 23.5#, 10.25" beard, 1 1/8" and 1 3/8" spurs In case you are wondering why I have a hand full of tail feathers in the first picture, it's because I had to tackle the turkey and step on his head after the shot. There was a little brush in the way when I shot and I guess I didn't get quite enough shot in him to stone cold kill him. When I got up to him, his head was still up and he started flopping down the woods. I dove after him and fell a bit short and ended up getting his fan and yanking half of it out. The second time I full blown tackled him and rolled a time or two before I stomped on his head to finish him off. My boss told me that dive would have made Pete Rose proud! If only I had been wearing the GoPro.... JohnP, tho1mas, Old dog 417 and 5 others 8
BilletHead Posted April 27, 2018 Posted April 27, 2018 Way to go Seth! BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
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