Any Turkey Hunters On Here?

[Rogue86]

I *attempt* to stumble across a turkey when time allows in the spring and fall. Iowa's spring season is about a month out and I'm looking to get a new call.

I've got an old box call that I've used in the past and I suppose it works ok, but I want to try something different.

What are your suggestions?

[nastynovaII]

Nothing wrong with the old calls at all, I prefer the old tried & true methods over the new, my suggestion is that you spend some time out there in the woods doing some surveillance and see where they tend to go, of course it could be the tight ass I am that doesn't want to spend money on a new call when the old one brings them in just fine!

[Rogue86]

Yeah, I hear you, I need to do a little more recon this year.

Problem is, I don't know enough about turkey calling to know if my old box call is good or bad. haha

[smallblock418]

i've been turkey hunting for years, and you don't have to be a turkey calling champ to call in and lay the smack down on an old tom. box calls are good for loud ,long range callin, but a slate or glass call sound the best to me, but its also good to know how to use a mouth call. some times they will hang up just out of range but still close enough to see you moving. good luck.

[noluck]

not a pro by any means but ,, i have found as someone here said ,, you don't have to be pro at calling.. and don't worry about sounding perfect.. no one turkey sounds the same.. I like the "raspy ol hen" mouth call by primos.. sems to realy peek their curiosity... main thing is to be very very very still.. they can see your eyelids blink at 100 yds... I also am not above shootin one off the roost either.. hahaa

[smallblock418]

turkeys can be alot like women, you don't know what they will like from one day to the next, so think of it like fishing, you probably got a tackle box full of all different kinds of lures,cause they bite one thing today and somthing different tomorrow. turkeys are the same way, so its best for you to have a variety of different sounding calls , its not so much that one call is good or bad, they can just be pickey sometimes.

[noluck]

or you could take the ol Rem .222 and scope 'em in from about 250yds and not worry about calling.. just hold tight, take a deep breath and squeeze one off!

[nastynovaII]

th easiest slate style call to use imo that works ! knight n hales ole yeller ! killed piles o birds every year guiding ! try it you wont be sorry !

[contagious]

Took my friends 15 year old son last week,had the turkey on the ground at 6:55am.It was his first bird,10" beard,1" spurs 22lbs nice bird for the first one.Had three birds before 7.00am,the first one he had his gun laying in his lap,could'nt get the shot.That bird walked off after 10mins,called a pair of toms that came running,he took the biggest one, Great morning in the Alabama Woods!!!

[contagious]

Took another bird this morning,had two on roost at day light and they gobbled 25 - 30 times till 7.30.They both flew down and walked the other way:confused:another bird walked up behind me gobbled a few times and started to walk off,chased after him until i got close at a clear cut.Set up at the edge of the clear cut started calling,he couldn't stand it came looking and found me.8" beard,1"spurs nice bird:p

ANOTHER GREAT DAY IN THE ALABAMA WOODS!!!:cool:

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Try this again?

[smallblock418]

congradulations Contagious. man i've been wanting to go but, the property we've got is STILL flooded. :mad:

[contagious]

Thanks smallblock 418,I have had a great year turkey hunting so far,four birds and have two weeks left to get the last one.We are flooded down south in Alabama also,but i'm hunting about 2 1/2 hours north of mobile.Nice and dry up there in hills.

[noluck]

damn good bird... buddy of mine got a white one w/ 3 beards the other day.. I'll try to post apic later if I can get it from him and load it ... Wild lookin bird.. longest beard was about 8''

[Rogue86]

Good Looking Bird Contagious!

I'm going out tomorrow morning for the first time this season. Wish me luck!

[contagious]

Thanks Rogue86,just remember "patience" wait him out.Sure you will have a nice bird to brag about tomorrow.Go get um! I hunted in Kansas a couple of times,yall have some BIG birds up there,first one I saw in Kansas standing in a field i thought it was an emu!!! lol

[Rogue86]

Well this morning was a kind of a bust... I set up everything was looking great, didn't spook anything getting into my spot.

7:00 rolls around and I haven't heard a single gobble. I can't figure it out, last Sunday I listened from the road (about 400 yards away) and heard 4-5 different toms sounding off. Then I hear a hen really close... Before long I realize there are 2 blinds set up 30-40 yards away from me and it was just another hunter... Well this sucks.

Sat until 8:30, didn't hear anything, had one hen walk by me, that was it. Only thing I can think of is that someone got in there during the week and popped a bird or two during first season, Monday through Thursday of this week. (we're now on second season)

Did some more scouting and have a good spot to go in a different timber in the morning, hopefully the hunting pressure is a little less there.

[nvrdun]

I went this morning, it was a bust also.
We didn't see anything, hear anything, nothing!
I did find some tracks on the road, all of this after what sounded like a turkey convention days before.

[contagious]

Yep know the feeling,went these morning also. First time all year didn't hear anything.!!It was so quite you could hear a butterfly fart.:(That's turkey hunting:rolleyes:

[Rogue86]

Its crazy you guys say that... its been that way the last two mornings here too. Hopefully tomorrow changes that!

[Rogue86]

Well, my luck changed this morning! Had 3 Jakes come running to my decoys at about 6:40. With the way the previous days had gone, I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to fill my tag. Picked out the larger of the 3, put him in the sights, and dropped him like a rock at about 35 yards.

[contagious]

Raining here,:(glad you got a bird rogue86!.Going again on Tuesday
morning.

[TwinT66]

I got one today.Going to the track in my duramax and trailer and this thing ran onto the highway.Guess what he was DOA.Hitting a turket at 70 mph is not good.Now i need to repace my grill assy.

Tony

[teninchfury]

been there before ! put one in on my brothers lap !! through the windshield !our season opens may-1 and im a itchin to go ! lotts of birds . good luck to all !

[contagious]

Well turkey season is over in Alabama:(,have to wait till next year.It was a great year though,ended up with four birds for the year.Now it's time too get the fishing rod out,and catch specked trout,and red fish between trips to the race track,IT'S A TOUGH LIFE.!!:p

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Three of the five birds we took this year.It was the boys first,and my friend in the middle took that one on the last day of the season.:)