gobbling in uvalde county ,texas already?

the kidd · 03-04-2007, 09:12 PM

well today i had a really great time woke up about 7 and got my camera and some of my calls...walkin around just to see if i hear a early gobbler i walk to the gate of our ranch and gobbel gobble gobble just off a few clucks and purrs man that got me so fired up i spent the rest of today playin with him untill about 4 o clock and then i left but is it possibel for a gobbler to saty within a 200 -100 yd range and never goin anywhere else?i got a video of me callin himthat i will post tomarrow...but i was just so excitin and that got my heart racin for turkey season in the be of april...what was crazy was that for 3-4 hrs i called every 10-30 min or so but he never seeemed to move closer towards meand then if i tried gettin closer he would hang up and i would have to wait about 1hr till igot him to gobble again and i also tried my crow call and he gobbled to that to that was so cool!!!!!anybody expierence this?

JLmoore1956 · 03-05-2007, 07:05 AM

sounds great!

Virginia Mike · 03-05-2007, 01:40 PM

That sounds like a fun day, but I don't think that I would educate those birds this early.

superstrutter · 03-05-2007, 02:10 PM

It's not a real good idea to go and call birds before season starts, but thereare so many Rios in some places in south Texas it probably doesn't matter. If I want to hear one gobble before season, I will go out before daylight and owl hoot.

the kidd · 03-05-2007, 03:21 PM

no well this one property only is 20 acres and i was just walkin around callin with the crow call and i heard him gobble and me if i aint going to be able to mess around with them for another omnth in a half i had to take the oppertunity but even then you could tell it was the beggining of the spring cus he wouldnt really gobble as much as others would either that or he was a old turkey all ready...but i am postin the video on here in a couple of minutes....i have me callin with a messed up slate call that i hardly use because i always use mouth calls [lost them]the slate call had oil on it and it was hard to roughen up....but anyways feel free on giving me pointers......bad or good it dont matter i want to learn

JoeA · 03-05-2007, 04:06 PM

Well at least he's gobbling. The turks over here have been on the silent side. I think it's the cold snap that shut them up or pushed themto loweraltitudes. There's alot ofsnow on Mauna Kea now.

the kidd · 03-05-2007, 04:24 PM

yea i know joe man that was so pumpin for me when i heard those gobbles ]even if yall say that callin rite now is bad]cuz last year i me and my uncle tried turkey hunting and we had no luck with not even hearin a gobble.

the kidd · 03-07-2007, 03:50 PM

wel i tried to upload the video but it doesnt want to i have tried photobucket and hunting footage.net

the kidd · 03-07-2007, 08:14 PM

http://www.huntingfootage.com/showphoto.php?photo=3596&limit=recent

check the video out but make sure the volume is up thats not all the video im goin to put more on it and post a 2nd video

superstrutter · 03-08-2007, 11:38 AM

You better leave that turkey alone. From your video, you act like you are actually trying to call him in. This may come back to bite you. You are young and probably excited to hear him gobble, but you need to back off a little. You may not have any problem getting him, but then again. I get excited hearing them gobble also, but I don't dare try to call them in before season. Like I said earlier, If I want to tryand strike up a gobble before season starts, I will use a locator call. Probably not too many Barred Owls where you are. Try a coyote call. That will get them gobbling in south Texas. At least you are out there having fun.