Team 3 Roost Raiders
05-12-2016, 05:32 AM
#191
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Massachusetts
Posts: 7,168
haven't seen a bird in about a week by the house... if I hear on tomorrow am at first light i'll give it a try. out of town in RI for my daughter's 1st travel softball tournie of the season this weekend. if they show up next week i'll give it a try and will go out somewhere next Sat w/ one of my daughters for the last day
05-17-2016, 08:01 AM
#192
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 470
Knocked this one over yesterday, South Jersey farm bird. Had to get a little creative to kill him, they are just not gobbling or responding to calls around here. 19.5#, 10 inch beard, one spur 1 1/8", the other 1" (broken), NWTF score of 60.75
. Hunted him and his band of merry men from 5:15 AM until I dropped the hammer at 7:00 PM. WHOO-WHEE, it has been a tough spring season! Gonna keep at it until Memorial Day.
. Hunted him and his band of merry men from 5:15 AM until I dropped the hammer at 7:00 PM. WHOO-WHEE, it has been a tough spring season! Gonna keep at it until Memorial Day.
05-17-2016, 10:19 AM
#195
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: south carolina
Posts: 265
congrats
Awesome job on the birds, really enjoy the details of the hunt, I might learn a thing or two. One thing I've thought about doing is painting tennis balls sky blue and red and putting them on sticks close to my jake decoy, do you think it would spook them or bring them in?
05-18-2016, 05:15 AM
#198
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Massachusetts
Posts: 7,168
So I couldn't hunt this am because my fiancé had to leave for work early and I had an early dentist apt after needing to get kids to school. Wouldn't you know it, the big tom was in the neighbors yard gobbling at 6:30 am... you've got to be kidding me!!!! Now i'll go up tomorrow and he will be nowhere to be found! That's why he's so big... smart old boy.
05-18-2016, 09:51 AM
#199
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 1,906
My son and I are still after birds. I needed to take a week off, had a tendonitis flare up in my knee, couldn't walk last weekend (funny how those things ALWAYS happen on the weekend...ugh).
Birds are still talking on the roost, but man, those boys are henned up heavy right now. At least we're through the gobbling lull, so now it's just the 3P's (persistence, patience and perseverance). We went out this morning and counted more than 50 gobbles, but could not draw them out of the strut zone (a neighbor's yard that does not allow hunting). They're sticking tight to the hens, so we're going out tomorrow for a mid-morning hunt, hopefully can seal the deal on a lonesome bird.
We still have almost 2 full weeks, season ends 30min before sunset on May 31.
Birds are still talking on the roost, but man, those boys are henned up heavy right now. At least we're through the gobbling lull, so now it's just the 3P's (persistence, patience and perseverance). We went out this morning and counted more than 50 gobbles, but could not draw them out of the strut zone (a neighbor's yard that does not allow hunting). They're sticking tight to the hens, so we're going out tomorrow for a mid-morning hunt, hopefully can seal the deal on a lonesome bird.
We still have almost 2 full weeks, season ends 30min before sunset on May 31.
05-20-2016, 11:18 AM
#200
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Kansas Unit 7
Posts: 576
About caught up with work and putting out other fires of life..kids graduations, daughters shoulder surgery, etc..
I have 2 tags burning a hole in my pocket,..planning to get after them this coming week!
We have a chance to win this contest,..time to get it done, just a couple of 110" birds, lol
I have 2 tags burning a hole in my pocket,..planning to get after them this coming week!
We have a chance to win this contest,..time to get it done, just a couple of 110" birds, lol
Last edited by zmax hunter; 05-20-2016 at 11:24 AM.