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| My first Turkey Hunt Experience | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 8 2008, 08:11 PM (202 Views) | |
Love2Hunt
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May 8 2008, 08:11 PM Post #1 |
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Great White Hunter in Mississauga!
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Let me say the experience was awesome, loved every minute of it. Specially enjoyed the company..Thanks Terry.. Hope to hunt with you again sometime.. It all started at 1am in the morning. Waking up, showered, packed up the car and out of the door by 1:30am. On the road with now coffee.. 2:40am reach my destination, waiting for Terry. Terry arrives, pack his truck, and I buy coffees. He programs his TOMTOM, and we're on our way. We get there, and lights are out. Our host finally gets out of the door, and showes us where the turkeys were roosted, Terry picks a spot and we setup. Our host had chores to do.. heheheeh sucker... We wait, Then Terry softly calls.. He tries his sexy calls to jump start the Jakes and Toms. Finally after 15 to 20 mins, "Gobble Gobble "from behind us in the other field.. Crap, how did that happen... He must have roosted in the other field with hens. Cause He didn't come over to our calls.. Aftera while we decide to head out and walk to spot some turkeys. After walk we head over to the other field where we heard the GObble Gobble, looking for a spot to setup, and me not paying attention to Forest edges, and I always pay attention to forest edges, well, we got busted, "blbolbobllbobolb"..crap there goes a hen and either a TOM or a Jake.. . Ok..we find our spot and setup. and We call, and call and call some more.. nothing.. So we walk the fields carefully for some turkey and we head back to our host. He brings us to his uncles property. While walking to out spot, we were as they say Glassing the field" nothing. We reach out spot and setup. Terry calls, and calls.. nothing.. After a while, we pack it in. The turkeys were not responding, the whole thing is out of wack, something has screwed up the turkeys this week.., well we walk back to the farm house, and wouldn't you know it, we spots hens..damn it, no toms or jakes... crap... We drive our host back to his place, we chit chatted for a while.. We thanked our host and head back home.. Lessons I have learned: 1) be better equipment. The only thing missing was a Turkey vest with those seats attached. legs fall a sleep when you're sittting in a position for a long time, very annoying.. . 2) even tho, i didn't bag a turkey, I still had lots of fun, specially hunting with awesome company.. 3) TOMTOM is an awesome unit, need to get myself one.. 4) need to find property quick so I can fill up my tag, heck, I'll even take a jake..
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billert
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May 8 2008, 08:17 PM Post #2 |
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At least you got 1) got out 2) saw some birds 3) got out! I haven't even seen a bird yet! But then again, I haven't gone out much either. Maybe I'll try tomorrow. |
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May 8 2008, 08:30 PM Post #3 |
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So it was a good day even if you didn't get a turkey. Congrats! |
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LoneWolf
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May 8 2008, 09:06 PM Post #4 |
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Sounds like you had a good day even if you guys didn't connect. That's why it's called hunting, nothing is guaranteed.
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Terrym
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May 8 2008, 09:44 PM Post #5 |
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Loney is right. Sometimes its too easy to forget that turkey hunting is not an easy hunt at times. It is also difficult to hunt an area the first time in. Knowing the lay of the land now I would setup very differently there next time. Love2hunt seems to have the patience and the passion for this stuff so I have no doubt it will happen for him. The day wasn't a waste though because on one farm we hunted I was actually stalked by another predator!!! Yep, I had a nice big Fisher stalk to within about 10 Ft of me before I moved to let him know that I wasn't going to be his breakfast. If you ever wondered if Fishers hunted turkeys, trust me they do! Kinda neat to see actually. Rene we'll have to try it again some time. |
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| shedherder | May 9 2008, 06:36 AM Post #6 |
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Sounds like you guys had fun. Seeing that fisher must have been exciting. Congrats |
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onmedic
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May 9 2008, 07:48 AM Post #7 |
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glad you had fun. Those birds, no matter where your hunting right now, don't wan't to gobble on the ground, period. Its all in the morning setup, run and gun is brutal right now at least around here, spot and stalk will definately work but its hard to hunt a bird that won't gobble. Hope you get out again, great guy that Terry. Keep at it Rene, it will happen. Were you guys using the blind and bows? |
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