2020 Turkey Success Thread

[Outlaw99]

My boy kept up his end of the deal on this nice Iowa Tom

 

[huntinfool84]

My daughter tagged out this morning on her first turkey

I thought this roost pic was pretty


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[RCB]

Got my first turkey today for the Colorado opener. In the plains. Learned from last year’s mistakes; took it slow, glassed, called. Hunkered down when I saw one about 50 yards off. Called him in for an easy close shot. Felt great.

 

[mvrk28]

Just when we thought we would go home empty handed, the whole morning changed.

 

[LongWayAround]

My riverbank Rio from the Platte River yesterday.

I had not been to this spot in over a year but had seen a large flock the last time I duck hunted it. So I figured it was worth a shot.

The birds were really fired up on the limb and I moved in to my first set as close to the roost as possible. Straight out of the tree I had a jake come running in less than 10 yards while his companion hung up in the background. After a couple more unsuccessful calling stands, I heard some hens cutting across the river and decided I should check it out.

Just beyond the willows I stopped to watch and quickly saw a hen cross a gap, followed by another and a strutting tom. He was on a good line and I figured he would come right to me. And he did, except he popped out of the brush drumming 15 yards to my right, unable to get a shot, I let him move off.

I spotted him up on the bank about 100 yards down, snuck below the bank and when I came up he was 30 yards away strutting. It wasn't exactly the way I wanted to fill my limited tag but I'm not one to turn down an easy strutter. Boom!

The mallards and wood ducks were absolutely everywhere, zipping through the trees and quacking up a storm. It was a good morning to be in the spring woods.

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[realunlucky]

Drew a turkey tag again finally

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[Shupe88]

Blessed this Easter morning with a white winged bird!


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[MeatBuck]

Easter bunny dropped me an egg.

 

[MeatBuck]

 

[marktole]

Tagged this one at 3 yards with a bow. Pretty exciting.



Fanned this little jake in on a “spot and stalk.”
Both taken on walk in hunting in KS. Was a good Easter weekend.

 

[Tradchef]

35 yards and a face full of 5’s on this Merriam.

 

[Cobie33]

My 13 yr old son took this Iowa gobbler opening morning of youth season.

 

[CJF]

First hunting trip my girl made with me....she couldn't have been more excited. Ended up packing her on my shoulder up and down the mountain on this trip! Fun memory.

 

[SoDaky]

CJF,a great,great pic!Thanks and congrats.

 

[huntineveryday]

Saturday morning my son was able to fill his youth tag here in Nebraska. I got some permission close to home this year, and some scouting showed there were enough birds to keep us busy this season. We found some birds pretty quickly when we got to the property, then had to sneak in about 400 yards to get to good cover to set up. The whole way Huntley did a great job of moving slow and being careful where he stepped. Once we set up I only called 4 or 5 times before we had this tom strutting in the decoys. Huntley was excited, but the bird kept behind a decoy, or turned right towards us for 2-3 minutes before he gave Huntley a good shot opportunity. I am really proud of the way he was able to calm himself down and wait for a good shot. And when he had the chance he took a perfect shot.

After we had snapped some pictures and packed up he told me it seemed to fast and easy, and that he was a little bummed we didn't have to hunt a little harder to get him! He wants to get another tag so he can keep hunting. With youth tags only $8, we'll definately get another and keep hunting. And if he fills that we can get him a third!

 

[Wellsdw]

Took my nephew on his first turkey hunt. 17 min later he killed his first bird. 10” never got to call once. All decoy. He had no idea how hard it usually is!

 

[swehrman]

Saturday morning my son was able to fill his youth tag here in Nebraska.

Awesome turkey! What shotgun did your son use?

-- Scott

 

[dukhunt]

10 year old son got his first turkey today. Got skunked during youth season but got it done 1st season. 4 cold days and a 1 hour 15 minute drive each way. I think he earned it. Field trips were never this fun when I was a kid.

 

[huntineveryday]

Awesome turkey! What shotgun did your son use?

-- Scott

20 gauge 870, with 3" golden pheasant #5's. I usually set the decoys at 20-25 yards and that load works pretty well at that range. When he's shooting we take the blind so he can sit in a chair with shooting sticks. The first year he hunted turkeys I had him practice with light trap loads in the same position, then just slipped in the bigger shell when we were hunting. We've talked about it after, he's never noticed the recoil when hunting.