I'm liking turkey killers. Simple and to the point

checking in....Dano111

Hey just in time dano - good luck to you!

JW

Good to see another one of us checking in!! Welcome to the team and we wish you the best out in the great out doors this spring!! It is great to have you with us..


We have been trying to decide on a team name.. I am willing to go along with Turkey Killers as well. If no one has any more suggestions we will become team 5 Turkey Killers.. So please speak up if anyone has anything else or I will let them know we are the Turkey Killers!!!

Congrats to you both SS! Turkey Killers is okay with me

Ok great if no one objects I will send the team name on as "Turkey Killers" on so it can be posted. This evening..

Names don't matter to me so much. Is there a team called The Tominators?

No there is not a team named Tominators.. So I am going leave it up for any more and we need to decide this as a team... So everyone's input is needed.. So what do you folks say or want as a Team name?? I will leave the door open as it really does not matter any to me..

1) Beard Busters
2) Long Beard Stoppers
3) Turkey Killers
4) Tominators

Please vote for 1 team name and the one with the most votes is it..

JW
Thanks a bunch....good to be here..

Dano

Hello all...
I vote Tominators...

Dano

thanks Phil, good to be here...I voted Tominators but honestly Turkey Killers works.

I'm in Colorado....season here goes from 4/12 to 5/25.
looking forward to it and am itching to get out there after knee surgery a couple weeks back.

Dano

Well folks I see there is a bird posted up already which means some of the seasons are opening up!! Anyone out hunting right now I wish you the best.. We are going to win it this year!

I also saw that Turkey Killers has had 3 votes and it really makes no difference to me. As Captain I would only vote if there was a tie as a tie breaker and I see no need for that I will let them know that we are Team #5 The Turkey Killers..

I also wish you great success once your season starts as well Dano.. Becarefull of that knee.. I know all to well how uneven ground can give you a hard time..

bigc870 has been added to your team...

Thank You Arrowmaster....

bigc870 welcome to the team! We are glad to have you so please check in and let us know what state you will be hunting along with what the dates are for your area..
Thanks..

bigc870 ?? I hope you are planning on playing in this little contest.. We would all love to hear from you...

bigc870 checking in.

Hunting the Ozarks of Missouri, season dates are April 21–May 11
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Hope this year is better than last!

Your season is coming right up as well!! I hope you have some great luck out there as well . I am sure the team is routing for you to get a nice tom too!!!

Welcome bigc870. Good luck this year!!!

I will be starting the gobbler lay down on April 12 and run thru the end of may. Hitting 3 states. 7 tags will be filled when its all done for me. I'm starting to feel like a little kid at Christmas time. I live for this time of the year. I feel victory and bragging rights coming our way.

Good Luck camokenny, That is what we want to hear! We hope you nail a big bird!! We will show them all how it is done!!

All right guys I am very confident we are going to win this years contest! We have a great team lined up that will equal to none of the others! We will be bringing home the Butterball award! So everyone stay safe out there once you get on the hunt! Lets not get to excited when that first gobble cracks the quite morning air..We are going to enjoy hearing all the stories while I am waiting for my season to come rolling in!!

While I am not sure, I believe that SS56 season has opened up.. If so and you are out there hunting good luck to you.. The team is routing for you to bring one on in and get us up on the board!!

We are curious as to how it is going for you mmorgan9812.. When does your season open up??

Also Talondale when will your season open up?

We are hoping to hear about all the success stories when they start rolling in.. Even if you do not have any success stories we all love to hear about your close calls and the like.. Stay safe out there while enjoying your day trying to get that wise old gobbler.. If one keeps hanging up on you someone here on the team maybe able to offer a couple of new ideas that maybe of help.. So share your stories with us so we can all get excited about our planned hunting adventures..

I agree Phil if anyone on our team needs some helpful advice please ask. It sure can't hurt to get another point of view on things. I'm not bragging at all but this spring make my 35th year hunting gobblers and two grand slam that were not paid hunts. I have just a little experience however as most of you know you learn each time you go out.

We had opportunities to bring home birds but made some poor decisions and didn't score. Should've done this, shouldn't have done that, etc. These birds looked easy to kill last weekend so I went in with a cocky attitude and they schooled me. It happens I reckon, but I'll get us on the board soon.

They always appear to have a way of doing that.. I scout a few days before my hunting starts and then have them do the opposite of what I am expecting them to do.. They are smart birds that is for sure.. As the saying goes if they could smell like a deer no one would be able to get one.. Keep at em and you will get us on the board.. Good luck on your next outing..

I never try to pattern the birds in my hunting areas I just make sure they are still there in the preseason. A lot of things can cause them to change their pattern that we can't control. Woodsmanship will kill more turkeys then anything else. Its like working hunt smarter not harder.

I for one am open to advise. For the last 3 years I have been having issues with either not getting close enough when I set up or like last year being to aggressive bumping the birds.

I have always been the type of turkey hunter that is very cautious when approaching gobblers. I hit a 2 year slump only taking 1 turkey during that time and I thought it was due to me not getting close enough when sitting up.

Well last year I decided to try and get into there kitchen and was very aggressive and I bumped more birds last year than I ever had, but last year was a strange year, I would hear one gobble and think his is he was on the ridge top 300 yards away only to have him be 150 yards or so. It was like the sound didn't carry last year and I wasn't the only one that was talking about the sound not carrying.

I most cases how do you feel about when to setup on a bird?

Do you play it safe and setup at a farther distance?

Or, do you go after him very aggressive and try to get as close as possible?

I hunt public land it has some pressure but not alot, with more woods than open areas.

I almost always try to set up within 100 yards of a roosted gobbler if foliage and terrain allow it. I do not get aggressive me my calling unless he has flown down and is going away from me. Very little calling and softly till he flies down. Then I might pick it up only if I don't think he is going to come in. Hope this helps.

bigc, I hunt a lot of wooded areas here.. Yes we have some fields as well but I concentrate on an area where it is heavily traveled and the birds get spooked quick.. This is all private land that is open to the public as it owned by woods companies that supply the paper mills and the like here.. I like to find where a skidder trail or grown up logging road that will lead back to the field or fairly large opening. I set up in these around 60 to 70 yards back. I find the turkeys will travel these while trying to avoid the traffic or other hunters. It also allows them access to the fields and allows you a place to set up and try to coax them out into range. While I am not real sure about but I think they feel less nervous in cases like this..

I am just now starting my 7 year of spring hunting with my first 3 years getting nothing for birds and now I have been 2 for 2 the last 3 years.. It has been working for me so far but this year maybe different.. Who knows until my time is up if I can pull it off again.. So I am just offering something a little different to think about that is all..

Hang in there ss56 it will come together. Big C it took me several years to bag my first turkey. Learn from your mistakes and hang in there

I agee with this statement.. My hunting became easier because they opened it up for the first time on my 4th year of hunting them.. I did manage to get one with my bow on the 3 year but not until the fall hunt down state.. That may have been what broke some of the ice for me as well. Understanding how they will regroup when bothered..

always listen to advice...
 

Hey Camo,
Appreciate your offer...i'm relatively new to tureky hunting and my biggest problem right now is with so much available land here in Colorado.....where do you start looking for birds?
I've checked the state's hunting atlas that shows the migration patterns and i've read the various hunting guides available. I've basically picked out a county that seems to be hot with turkeys and am heading out there to do some scouting soon. My season starts april 12th...
anything you can share around what to look for to narrow down your scouting would help tremendously!

Thanks guys....
dano

First thing I would do is put my eyes and binos to good use. Look the area over from the road and make mental notes of some land marks that might help you later on during a hunt. I am assuming you are hunting heavy timbered country. Anyway look for turkeys from the roads if possible and then go out at daybreak and sunset and listen for turkeys on or going to roost. I assume you will be hunting merriams turkeys? They typically roost in the same area each nite. Use a good locater call such as a crow or coyote howler early and late in the day if you are not hearing birds. You can walk the area looking for scratchings and droppings however I personally don't like to walk a new area right before the season starts so as to not bump the birds. DO NOT use a turkey call while scouting save that for when you are packing a weapon.
Hope this helps you . pm me if you need anymore ideas I will give you my number its easier to talk about it then to type it.

I know some may disagree with me.. But, I normally look for a small stream or run off as well. I hunt easterns though and do not know anything about merriams. I find most of my birds around wet areas and normally within 400 yards of the streams or run offs.. Most of the time much less than that. It would also depend on what the weather has been like where you are hunting.. If it has been warm and fairly dry I would most deffinately check areas around these types of places as we.. They should be around them if the food source is some place close..

blackheel has been added to your team

Welcome to the team blackheel. It is great to have you. Could you let us know when your season starts..

I am here in NC and opening day is April 12th.

Thanks for checking in with us!! All right guys we have a full team now! We will soon be showing them all how it is done!! Again blackheel it is good to have you on the team. As we had mentioned above anything comes along where any of us gets stumped on these wise birds chime in.. We will do what we can to suggest some ideas good or bad to try and help each other out.. Good Luck everyone and most importantly stay safe and enjoy your hunting...

Great feedback! thanks! Yes, I am going for Merriam's in the foothills of the mountains. Colorado is unique in that we also have Rios on the east and south side of the state in the plains. I may try that as well depending on how it goes.

thanks again and good luck!
Dano

Thanks Phil!
I've heard that as well. and in fact i've marked up areas with streams nearby. Will definitely let you know.

Thanks,
Dano

Welcome to the team blackheel!