Turkey season
 

Deer season is winding down, time to start thinking about turkey season!!

I never stop. I'm always scouting.

JW

Same here ! Also have my spots locked up in Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Montana and Ontario (slowing down this year ) just gotta finish up another fan and I'm good to go lol

Favorite time of year as long as the tick behave!

Still debating on if I want to get the wife a 20 gauge. Guess it will depend on how often she will be willing to go out with me. Then again I suppose I could always use it if she don't. :wink:

Kelly,
I purchased a youth Remington 870 all matt black in a 20 guage.
Added a Square D scope mount , Buck Creek neoprene monte carlo cheek pad and a 4x scope I had laying around.
Added a Primos turkey choke tube and use Winchester Supreme #5.

Awesome turkey setup. I did this for my grandkids and now use it myself.
more than my old 11-87.

JW

Im hoping to be ready for turkey season. The mind says I am but the body is saying maybe not.

I’ll be getting my vest and call together... thinking about hitting the eastern outdoor show next week for some new mouth calls
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I can’t wait! Although it seems like I have a lot of stuff to get ready before season starts. The off season always seems so long but then before I know it I’m running out of time to prepare

Definitely looking forward to it! I picked up a Mossberg 500 12 gauge turkey gun a few weeks ago (got talked into the combo barrel kit, but it was worth it because I was then able to give my Mossberg 500 20 gauge to my son :))

Gotta practice the calls!!

Will be my 7th yr as I teach a state sanctioned Learn to Hunt program which is free to anyone 10 to 110 yrs of age. If you never Turkey hunted, never possessed a Turkey license we teach the basics from firearm safety, to hunting methods, calls to use and how to pattern a sgotgun.
After class you are paired with a mentor who takes you on a 2 day guided hunt.
And it's all free
JW

That is very cool! If I lived nearby, I would definitely take program :cool: Would be fun to attend with my son.

Good for you and all the other instructors and mentors!

Way to go JW! I got turkeys on my brain too. This year, I'm passing on opening week and going late season this year. My idea is that late season birds will be a little less call shy as they move from private land back into the public area. It's a strategy I haven't hunted in many years, but has worked before. 10-12yrs ago, I busted a tom on April 12, Our season runs Mar 1 to Apr 15.

Well I was out on a meet and greet for a potential new 80 to bear hunt and stumbled into a dyno Turkey area.
I saw well over 200 birds.

And I have 2 new property leads for bear too.

I'm a kid again.
I know I can get access. I bet it is hardly pressured.

JW