Almost Turkey Season

[hooknline]

They must be on the right side of the pic. I can't see the whole picture on my phone

[LRTX1]

Getting pretty excited, opening day is a week away. Today was a youth day, where kids get to hunt before season. Have heard some good reports.

[Deepsouth]

Opens here Thursday. I have not been out listening yet but everyone says they are hammering it! They are cranked up early this year. Our dogwoods bloomed out about 3 weeks early that is usually a sign for peak gobbling.

[Deepsouth]

Opened yesterday. Got one this morning. Two strutters come in together but the woods was to thick to see them from where I was sitting so I let them walk off. I eased over to a different tree where I could see and called them back.

He was a two year old with a 9 1/2 inch beard.

[Bigfoot]

Our youth season opens soon. I'll be looking forward to taking my son. It's his first season to really hunt one.

[Deepsouth]

How old is your son Bigfoot? Are ya'll having an early spring in Kentucky? We sure are down here, our green up is about 2 - 3 weeks early. It was 61 degree before daylight for opening day and 56 this morning. It's usually in the 40's or 30's opening week. But the turkeys are gobbling good. Good luck with your son, hope he gets one and gets hooked on hunting with his dad. I'm 48 and I still turkey hunt with my daddy.

[Bigfoot]

He is seven. He managed to shoot a little buck this fall. I am afraid he thinks a turkey will be just as easy. I have been having him practice with some light trap loads. I am going to sneak a heavy load in on him opening morning. I'm afraid he will flinch before he shoots if he knows how hard it kicks. Spring has come so early it actually is kind of concerning. These definatly are not the winters of my childhood.

[LRTX1]

Deepsouth, congrats on the bird. Getting ready here for the morning. Seen a decent one this evening so, we should have fun in the morning.

Bigfoot, A friend and I hauled his son (started at 5 years old) around the woods for 3 seasons before he got one. We came close many times, try and keep it fun and he will enjoy it. A tent blind is a very good tool for kids. My friend runs a guide buisness and we deal with several kid hunts. Below is a video link to a clients hunt with a small child.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news ... ay-10-2010

[HOSS]

Nice bird Deepsouth. Our season starts at the end of the month. I got permission to hunt some land a couple of miles from my farm that has a severe problem with crop depredation from turkeys. I am expecting good things. I got a real nice bird last spring off of my place.

[Deepsouth]

Got one this morning that I've been hunting for 3 years.


I have a lot of history with this bird. He stays on my place all winter then moves to a creek bottom on the land line in the spring and goes to some fields on the neighbors horse ranch. This morning he was roosted on my side of the creek but he flew down across the creek I figured he was headed to the horse pasture. I moved down between the creek and where he roosted and called to him a few times he got fired up so I didn't call to him anymore. After about 25 minutes he couldn't stand it any more I heard him fly the creek. I stayed quite and he came in quite. 11 inch bread and 1.1/16 spurs. I killed better turkeys but i've never been prouder to kill one.

[3waycross]

Nice Bird!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

[sim.-ang.king]

Very nice Deepsouth, I have 3 toms that stay on our land and always seem to stay out of range.
10 more days till are opeaning day! I'm shooting for a bird on the first day.

[hooknline]

That's a beauty!

[Bigfoot]

Youth season came in today in Kentucky. My 7 year old son killed his first gobbler. A really heavy bird with a 9 inch beard. I think were both hooked. They were really moving all day. I could have sat there all day just looking and listening.

[Deepsouth]

That's great bigfoot! Hope you get one too. I had a good hunt this morning even though I did not kill one. Had one gobble up a storm just behind a thicket from me when he finally showed himself he stayed just out of gun range. That's why they're fun to hunt. It was a beautiful morning and he gave me a good show and if I would have killed him my season would be over so now I can hunt him again. Sim. AK I hope you get one of those birds when season opens, are they gobbling?