Hitting the turkey woods this am , whos with me

[irishhunter]

My Dad will be here in about 10 min , and we are going to brave the weather in an attempt to harvest a gobbler. Rain has set in , man I am glad I put up those blinds.

Anyone else off today hunting? Will post follow up, we have been seeing some good Toms but they always seem a little out of range. Plan B is to find some mushrooms and pull a few gills out of the pond and have a fry up

IH

 

[phylodog]

I'm up, fully dressed in camo, sipping coffee and will be walking out the door in a few minutes. Good luck!

 

[ModernGunner]

No 'turkey woods' up this way. So get 2!

 

[beehunter]

I will be working today, good luck on your hunt.

 

[phylodog]

Crap!!! Gobbler came in from a distance, crossed a picked corn field and a hundred yards of pasture while we were expecting one to come from the other direction. He saw us about the same time we saw him so that was that lol. Grabbing some breakfast and warming up, we'll head back out in a few hours.

Hope others have better luck this morning!!

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Working today through Friday, BUT I will be in the turkey woods first light Saturday.

Good Luck!!!

 

[phylodog]

We came back out around 11:15 to setup a blind figuring we could hunt later today or tomorrow since it's so windy. Once we had it set up we decided we may as well sit out here rather than the camper even though the wind is gusting 25-30mph. We weren't in the blind 10 minutes when this guy came walking 100yds across the pasture to the decoys. My hunting partner let him come in to 40yds and fired up the Benelli. Still can't believe it.

This guy showed up ten minutes later and had been hanging around the decoys for more than 20 minutes now. If I had t gotten two good birds in KY he'd be toast. Luckiest jake in IN today.

 

[phylodog]

Now he's laid down for a nap

 

[patience0830]

Now he's laid down for a nap

That's a good day in the woods, Phylo.

 

[phylodog]

Lovin every second. He's still ten feet in front of me walkin around. I think he's lonely, I almost feel obligated to name him at this point.

 

[irishhunter]

We had two jakes and one shooter come in this am , the shooter was out of my comfort zone, I have to pick the girls up then they are going back out with me...Windy Windy but we had a great time

 

[Indyal]

The turkeys know of my reputation and have vacated the woods, as proven by the complete lack of gobbles.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Cool Pics!

Nice bird - congrats!

 

[phylodog]

Nice morning but we saw and heard nothing. Gonna take a little nap before heading back out.

 

[irishhunter]

Hey Phylo are you guys calling over your decoys or just setting them out. We keep having birds come to the decoys but hanging up. NO gobbling or response calls at all this am

 

[phylodog]

We've done a little calling but not much. It's been too windy for them to hear it anyway. The gobbler yesterday had to have seen the decoys, we called once but there's no way he could have heard it.

We we haven't had anything today after three different sets. Not a peep in the woods and no sightings.

 

[Leadeye]

Those are great pictures phylo.