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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Wed May 26, 2021 4:03 am

Quiet morning. No gobbles in a spot I bumped one Saturday and saw three from a distance on Sunday. Had a hen try to figure me out at 5 yards. Guess that's a testimonial for Mossy Oak Bottomland. Going to pull the plug in about 20 minutes.


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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Wed May 26, 2021 5:21 am

Aaaaaaaaaaand bumped two 50 yards from the truck. :roll:
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Wed May 26, 2021 12:45 pm

Very sorry didn't know we had a turkey hunting only live from the field. My bad.
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Wed May 26, 2021 2:32 pm

Tennhunter3 wrote:Very sorry didn't know we had a turkey hunting only live from the field. My bad.

It’s all good :D
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Thu May 27, 2021 1:46 am

Remind me why I drive to hunt turkeys? I need to keep my turkey gun in my bedroom
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Sat May 29, 2021 11:21 pm

Found a couple roosted. Set up but they are a ways off on private. I think they answered me, so we'll see. And man, there is one angry bull... Or cow giving birth. Loud! Also feels like a late October morning on the stand... Frost on the grass and a nip in the breeze.
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Sun May 30, 2021 12:52 am

Walked the direction I heard one of them. Spotted strutting. Approach is better than I thought. Setup is a big question mark because it is open prairie with limited trees.
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby thwack16 » Sun May 30, 2021 1:19 am

Jealous of that weather! Hope you pull off a last weekend bird!
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Sun May 30, 2021 1:50 am

Thanks Thwack. I'm at about 150 from him. He's in a private field. I'm in the last possible cover. Last time I glassed, it looked like he had a hen. I clucked and soft yelped. He answered twice but it sounded like the hen pulled him further away. He just got vocal again. Playing it slow.
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby Moose » Sun May 30, 2021 6:02 am

Good luck Dave!!
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Mon May 31, 2021 6:49 am

Thanks Moose.

So I went back to the same place as yesterday morning, although I transitioned to point B after watching them go from point A to B yesterday. So today, they went from point B to A :roll: One wasn’t vocal like yesterday, but the other was definitely a jake as I heard a jake yelp for the first time. The roost gobble is what put me over there instead of going to point A first thing. I actually switched spots before sunrise and it’s a long process with a walk and relocation to a different parking lot because its a patchwork of public and private.

I’m torn between giving this tom a shot tomorrow or going somewhere else. They have a huge sight advantage because this is small scattered pockets of timber, prairie, swamp and ag. Very little elevation with the exception of where they like to hang out, which gives them the best view. This matters because it seems like they won’t go anywhere if they can’t see what’s yelping and clucking. I’m thinking of setting up a decoy in a spot the big tom can see because he’s hit a certain field on private at the same time on two consecutive days. He’s going to have to come to me so he’ll have to be motivated to see a lone hen and possibly a jake. Maybe a 70 yard gap.

Or, I can go try somewhere else in different terrain and try to roost one tonight. Also want to run and gun around 3-4 PM to see if I can spot one.

Either way, tomorrow morning is it for my season, so there’s a lot hanging on my decision for the morning.
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Mon May 31, 2021 10:02 pm

Pushed in super tight. He's near. Fingers crossed.

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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:21 am

He read the script... Except for the part about stepping off private dirt and around a bush. He was spitting and drumming just on the other side of the bush but would not come to the decoy. 25 yards was all I needed. Why wouldn't he come over and play on this beautiful Memorial Day?
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:54 am

This distance was the difference between a dead turkey and a live one. 20 yards. :roll:

I need a new hobby. :violin:
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Re: Live from the Field 2021

Unread postby greenhorndave » Tue Jun 01, 2021 4:02 am

Thus endeth my turkey season.

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