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Ops double post. Oh well makes it look like our thread has been busy.:D

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Well all, still no luck with pops. One more morn is it. Then I wait till 12 May for myself.

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saltflat keep that motherlode to yourself or pretty soon it will not be the motherlode no more

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10-4 good buddy. Keep it on the down low. I am so excited. I wonder if I get this excited with deer season. Um yep I think I do.

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nice work ultimag and Dev hopefully I will get one soon. Havent had all the time in the world to hunt lately

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hopefully i can get one in the morning headed out to hunt i think just the morning.

P.S. these turkeys are pissing me off and I will score for us tomorrow

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Good luck tomorrow, Ite!!!


Well, I just finished building 3 brand new arrows complete with Rocket Hammerheads. Season opens Monday, but unfortunatley I won't make it out till Saturday, Sunday if I end up working. Gonna hunt some private ground behind my folks house Sunday, but next weekend I'll be headed to some incredible public ground. This place is loaded! We'll see what happens.

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Good luck to everyone. If the rain holds out I will be out monday. Wish me luck.

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i hate rain and it is here and i had him roosted to if there wasnt some booming would go anyway [:'(]

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Can't kill them from the couch.

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true dat mail but there was some lightining involved

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WTF is true dat? Sheeeeeeeeeettt

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Took my second this AM after way too many missed oportunities

This is the Rogaine gobbler
11" beard, 7/8" spurs and 15 lbs 5 ounces

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Mailman git'n er done!!!!! Atta boy!!!!

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dont worry teejay ti is some of that computer slang lol nice bird mailman

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Well the missouri opener sucked once again this year. It cleared up nicely this morning but no gobbles. After sitting and calling I had 2 hens come up on me. I talked with some other hunters most of them saw nothing. I walked through the area I hunted and figured out why those birds probably werent roosting where I thought they were. Someone went and orange flaged the entire area. Some people are stupid. That person probably went in there last night and did all of that. OO WELL time to go north far away from the city.

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Hey fellas, been pretty buisy here with work. My pops season was cool but no bird. Brought some in for him, just no shot oportunity. Now getting ready for the ki8d and the ol lady starting may 12. Then I finialy get to hunt for myself! So off to the job I go.

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I am thinkin about goin to the turkey farm and buying a turkey there. They have ones that look like wild ones. Buy a big 30 pound bird lol we will win this thing for sure.

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nice work Mailman

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Man, I been gettin the shaft at work here lately. I haven't worked OT in over 6 months, and I'll have almost 20 hours in just this week!! Which is good, but it sucks as well. Season opened Monday and I won't get out till maybe Sunday. I got a 3 day weekend next week though. I plan on going at it pretty hard that weekend. Been getting some pictures of a nice gobbla on my trail cam. We'll see.

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I hunted Monday and today .
Monday I had 3 toms and 10 or so hens come in , but never had a shot .
There was always another bird infront or behind the tom I was looking at .


Today I got a lone tom to 50 or 60 yds before he started strutting , he would not come any closer and finely walked away .


Wen and Thur. I have to be at work by 7 so I can't hunt .
I hope Fri will be the day to bag my first muzzel loader tom

Both today and yesterday a flock walked alongthe old fence to get to the feild .
So I may fence sit Fri

Johnch

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Well you guys doing any good?

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getting one to gobble at me jsut can never go cuz of the weather [:'(]

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Whats going on fellas, yall loose your drive or what?

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Was out in the rain all day for my last day in SC.
Not one gobble

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Well fellers.....I finally get a weekend off work, so I'll be at it first thing Saturday morning. The weather forecast don't look good, though. But I've got my Double Bull and by gosh, that's what they make rain gear for!! I'm going out and only a tornado or hail is gonna stop me!!

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Atta boy!!!!!!!!!!

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Let us know Mo. I have been out a few days last week and the gobbling has really went downhill. 1 morning I heard 1 gobble next morning only 2. It has been raining alot here and I think that might have something to do with it. I am going out the next clear day we have.

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Well, it was like........raining....big time, but I donned my rain gear, set up the ole Double Bull and stuck it out. Heard a few gobbles in the rain, but not much. I sat for a couple hours, but I heard the birds in their normal field across the creek, which I can't hunt. Headed in for some breakfast, and about half way to the house I heard a shot across the creek. I drove over and talked to the dude ( I know him ) and come to find out, it wasn't him that shot. Neighboring property. Thankfully, this kid likes to talk and well......I let him. :D He's seen birds in this field every day this week, but he's spooked them every time. Good for me, bad for him. They won't use the field if they keep getting spooked off. Anyway, long story short, I hope he keeps up the good work!

I was out with my bow in the early morning, but after breakfast I decided to do some spot and stalk, and walk around. It was seriously raining so I had a few pastures I wanted to check out. So I grabbed the shottie and headed out. One pasture has a pond right next to the woods and I use the dam as cover to enter the field. I belly crawled to the top and was greeted by a bright red head! Well, he's about 40-45 yards out and through some trash. The angle I had while lying on the ground wouldn't allow me to shoulder the gun properly either. I had a modified choke in the gun as I hadn't planned on using it, so I didn't get a turkey choke for it. (By the way, I picked up a Gobbler Stopper for it this afternoon. ;))

I really felt like my chances of missing were pretty high, so I decided not to take the shot. I just don't want to educate the bird. He'll be back tomorrow, but not if I shoot and miss. He saw just enough that we was a tad nervous, and despite my most seductive, very soft yelps on my mouth caller, he just wasn't budging. I watched as he walked the other way. It was close fellers. That was a really, really nice bird. I estimate him certainly over 25 pounds w/ around an 11" beard. I'll be back at it in the morning.

I jumped several hens on nest, so it seems that most of them are nested up already. Salt, that may be why they aren't gobbling as much. Season is a week later than normal this year. But, the good news is the birds are mostly alone which always makes them easier to work.

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So what do you all think I should do. If they aren't gobbling they are kinda hard to find. And the birds that I found keep getting disturbed by other hunters.

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Think out of the box. Do what the other hunters aren't doing. The BEST way to kill a gobbla is to be where he wants to go. If you are already there, shoot....you won't even need to call. Wait him out and ambush him.

For instance.....the guy I talked to today says they have been using a typical 3 decoy spread, 2 hens and a jake, sometimes a gobbler too. So I left all my deeks at home, save 1 loley hen. The only calling I will do tomorrow is the soft stuff. Let out an occasional purr and some clucks. Don't sound like the other guys, and don't do what they do. The birds have been educated by that.

Find a good area the birds like to visit, sit and wait. Pressured gobblas will most often come in and NEVER make a peep. You won't even know they are there. Just sit tight and keep the faith brother!

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Good advice MO
Hope you get him
Good luck

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[:'(]got one week left here gotta go try at least

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Pfffft, my season doesnt start for 2 more freaking weeks!

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AHHHHH.....quit yer cryin.....:D :D :D

Good things come to those who wait. Just think, when your season starts, I'll be done. It's a long wait till Sept.

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Jeesh thanks Mo for reminding me thats like a few months, alotta days, more hours than I have fingers for, a butt load of minutes, and an astronomical amount of seconds.

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yuea but teejay i would love to have the start of my season back and i would do so many things different and it is a really long time until dove season so i have to fish until huntin starts up again lol dang fishin

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May have to drive north to get out again

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bird #4 down in Idaho 1 more to go and i still have the whole month of May. The bird is not the biggest of my career but i worked hard for him. 77/8 beard 16# 1/2 spurs my guess is he was a late hatched bird 2 yrs ago

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Congrats