William Hanson (live2hunt)
Turkey hunting is fun!
Actually we've tried both with and without and we are on public. Why do say not to?Are you guys using Jake decoys with your hens?
I killed mine this morning and my friend got his wed with mature toms slapping my Jake deke around.
William Hanson (live2hunt)
It isn't very heavily pressured
I gotcha. Ya I knew about for safety reasons just figured you knew something I didn't about pressured bird behavior.That would be the reason.Some of the public land I used to hunt(Riverbreaks,Monkey Mountain) in Northwest MO had a lot of hunters on the weekends. Guys would get discouraged if nothing would come to them and start stalking around. Unfortuneately a realistic Gobbler decoy can become a quick target.
If you are in a place mostly to yourself then the Jake decoy might work for you as it has for me this week.I am seeing mature birds who are willing to fight.
Something else to try is,as soon as one answers your call,put one hunter there.Then the other hunter moves back the way he came while calling. Might convince him to follow a shy hen into an ambush.
Good Luck. The live hunt threads are always fun.
My BIL called 3 in before I got there and got shot at himself, so that was exciting.
Something else to try is,as soon as one answers your call,put one hunter there.Then the other hunter moves back the way he came while calling. Might convince him to follow a shy hen into an ambush.
He shot at the bird in a tight opening between thick timber and didn't quite make the gap. The birds took off up the hill and the he heard 2 consecutive shots 20 seconds later and pellets were hitting all around him. Never did see the guy and my BIL high tailed it out of there.What happened?
No trouble here finding talking birds, it's giving them a ride home that's trying. We had a slow day and still heard 8-10 gobbling. C'mon up.Glad your getting on birds!
I'm about an hour south of Rolla and hunt public ground both north and south of home. We have been having an awful time getting birds to talk. This morning seemed like perfect conditions but we hardly heard any gobbles. All our hunting is back in the timber.
My dad thinks bird numbers are down, especially down closer to the AR line. Not sure if thats the deal or if its just an off year for us.....
woods89
Glad your getting on birds!
I'm about an hour south of Rolla and hunt public ground both north and south of home. We have been having an awful time getting birds to talk. This morning seemed like perfect conditions but we hardly heard any gobbles. All our hunting is back in the timber.
William Hanson (live2hunt)
What happened?
He shot at the bird in a tight opening between thick timber and didn't quite make the gap. The birds took off up the hill and the he heard 2 consecutive shots 20 seconds later and pellets were hitting all around him. Never did see the guy and my BIL high tailed it out of there.
Was probably better I didn't, I was pretty pissed.Had a similar experience years ago. I got to talk to the guy. His first hunt.
I'm 20-30 min north of licking in the woods right nowIf I sound a little vague, its because this is the internet, lol.
Ive got a spot west of Licking I like and a couple places in the Vanzant and Dora area. On the right morning any of my spots can have a couple birds to go after but it seems like they are very tempermental about gobbling.
If I can't catch a bird gobbling I usually go somewhere where turkeys will want to be mid morning and sit down and blind call. I've killed a couple birds this way but it's definitly a lower odds game.