Thought someone might be curious about how our hunt turned out.
We got some really good tips for you guys and one member, (I don't know if he would mind if I gave his name so I will wait until I contact him), gave us a tour of several places that he has seen, heard or had reports of birds.
We went, after getting in on the fill in spots where hunters drawn did not show, to the first place he showed us. We hoped to find some turkeys in the areas that had been dozed last year.
We did alot of walking and calling without hearing any turkey talk. It's a beautiful morning, promising to be warm. The birds are all singing their own tune but they sound great together. The dogwoods are in bloom, they're neat to see, we don't see very many of them 175 miles up north.
We set up and called for a while...nothing but Tim found the skull of a spike buck amongst the pines where we sat. We decided to circle around calling as we headed toward our van when...A GOBBLE!!
"Did you hear that?!" I whisper. Tim's head nods with eyes big! "He's up there", I point to our right. "Let's go".
We work our way down a path kept clear for tractors. Tim takes the call and striker and makes a nice, soft yelp and the tom responds, bringing a big smile to our faces.
Just as we are rounding a corner to what turned out to be a small green field, we see turkeys and they are close! We slam on the brakes and throw it in reverse! I can't find a tree big enough to sit against so I get on my knees and have Tim lean against me, and I started talking to what I thought were hens, hoping to get them to come to us and pull a tom with them.
It was very cool to "talk" to turkeys that didn't turn tail and run! I would often mimic the sounds that the hens made and they hung around for quite a while then we could tell they were moving off. And the tom we originally heard was still sounding off once and a while.
When the hens were gone we had to decide on a strategy for the tom that was still obviously there. We decided to go through the timber pretty much straight toward him which turned out to be the wrong thing to do. I tried to use the call as we went to make any noise sound like hens coming to him. I think we got too close. He stopped sounding off.
We had one other sighting. As we were heading toward our van again a turkey took flight about 5 feet from the ground and flew about 30 yds down the tractor path we were walking! By far the best turkey hunt we have been on!
A better grasp of the lay of the land will help for next year if we don't get another chance this year. I may get to go again on the last 2-3 days of the season.
Pictures are coming up!
Bona
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Topic: S. Indiana Turkey Hunt (Read 1619 times)
