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03-09-2015, 07:11 PM

#31

Arjuna

Typical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: Gulf Breeze, FL

Posts: 955

welcome aboard, Clemson! Great pics everybody and congrats on your big deer, Zim.

03-10-2015, 08:11 PM

#32

Arjuna

Typical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: Gulf Breeze, FL

Posts: 955

I'm taking my boy out for opening day this Saturday...supposed to rain, but maybe we can get a break and catch them headed to the fields to dry off...

03-11-2015, 02:50 AM

#33

RPD63

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: Lutz, Florida. Turkey woods in the spring.

Posts: 1,143

Good luck to you and your son.

03-12-2015, 07:42 AM

#34

buckman11

Typical Buck

Join Date: Dec 2013

Location: SW, missouri

Posts: 822

Seen the first 2 Strutters of the year Monday. With about 10 Hens. Things are heating up!

03-12-2015, 09:37 AM

#35

Zim

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: LaPorte, IN

Posts: 1,111

Quote:

Originally Posted by skipper21

Hey Zim. I hunt in zone 2 as well. A lot of birds around here!

Ya I'll be grabbing a 6th season leftover. Already got a 5th season in 1st draw. I live in NE Illinois so zone 2 is the closest and spend a lot of time scouting there.

Just learned to leave decoys at home for these late season hunts. The toms are very well educated by then.

03-12-2015, 03:32 PM

#36

skipper21

Spike

Join Date: Mar 2015

Posts: 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zim

Yeah turkeys get very smart (for a bird) by fifth and sixth season so yes it is much better to learn their habits and set up according to that. I have a full body mount of my tom I got last year and they never expect anything with that as the decoy. It's crazy how much of a difference that makes!

03-12-2015, 04:55 PM

#37

car

Typical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Circleville Oh

Posts: 940

Checking in! I'll be hunting here in Ohio and WV. Hey Zim, I too had the highest scoring bird one year and I think I was right at the bottom the nest year. Good luck guys

Last edited by car; 03-12-2015 at 05:05 PM.

03-12-2015, 11:31 PM

#38

Zim

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: LaPorte, IN

Posts: 1,111

Quote:

Originally Posted by car

Checking in! I'll be hunting here in Ohio and WV. Hey Zim, I too had the highest scoring bird one year and I think I was right at the bottom the nest year. Good luck guys

Did you ever get your check for first prize? I'm still waitin on mine three years later!

03-12-2015, 11:41 PM

#39

Zim

Nontypical Buck

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: LaPorte, IN

Posts: 1,111

Quote:

Originally Posted by skipper21

I have found pods of uneducated birds that ran in to my decoys at times, if a spot got isolated by flooding or something to keep hunters out. However, more often than not (~90%) this is not the case late season. I've seen some of the most interesting evasive measures taken then. Suspicious looks, skirting woodlines peeking out, big loops around if I was in their paths. You name it I probably saw it. All a learning experience.

When I finally gave in and put the dekes away, I had much closer encounters right up to my blind regularly. I won't hunt in WI without the blind due to Lyme's Disease. Know too many who contracted. Not worth the risk. Also keeps other hunters away because they see me from a distance.