missouri turkey hunters

[goodolboy94]

so the first day of turkey season is done and as usual turkeys one me zero, but its only round one I was wondering how every body else in MO did today. I did not here one gobble this morning but did see a jake so hopefully things are better in your neck of the wood

[MOstate]

My brother shot a jake today and over the youth hunt I missed the same bird twice. My brother and I were both using shotguns though.

[swp]

Ditto for me, some yahoo was wandering around my cousins place tooting on a crow call and scared the one I had coming in. Hope he decides to go elsewhere tomorrow and blow that thing or I will be going to find him and escort him off of the property.  

[John3]

If this wind dies I will be chasing birds in the morning... With a 12gauge,, LOL


John III

[BMOELLER]

Had them gobbling all around WoodsyDave and myself,  but none came in.  I was using the curve, but switched to guns later in the morning which was a little easier to run and gun with.  Dave had a chance at one but didn't have a clear shot.  We're going again in the morning.

[Curtis Haden]

Saw 19 birds this morning.  7 hens (one bearded), 6 jakes (all in a group), and 6 big boys.  I can't tell any stories, because I wasn't toting my bow, but there is some delicious turkey breast in the fridge now...      

Heard a couple more that were close enough to go to, but with all the action in front of me, I was a little leary of moving.      

Just to get a little more "on topic" ...I promised myself that if I killed on opening morning this year, the second week would be dedicated to the bow.

[goodolboy94]

hey curtis if you need any of those birds removed from your property i wouldnt even charge you a fee for my longbow services lol best of luck im out to chase them again in the morning with my long bow

[Dave Bulla]

Dang Brian, where were ya huntin' at?  I took Emmett t Platte Falls for the youth hunt and never laid eyes on a bird and only heard a couple yelps and a "maybe" super distant gobble at about 5:00 in the afternoon.  Platte Falls turkey numbers seem to have really fallen off the last couple of years.  I need a good place to take the kids next weekend.

[swp]

Well things were looking up for me this morning.
This bearded lady and three friends came by.
 

[mjc]

Here is a good bird i got. 25# 11" beard 1" spurs. I love turkey hunting.
 

[mjc]

oops I was trying so hard to get the picture on there I forgot to say what I was shooting. I killed him with a 40# 58" Ozark Shadows Archery bow, Phantom broadhead, and easton arrow. I got a clean pass through at 12yds. He had no idea what hit him. he floped up in the air landed on his feet stood there a second and just walked off and fell over.
Matt

[Onestringer]

How about a 2nd day bird.  I could not hunt the first day.  I had to get the kids off to school, while my wife was hunting.


 

[fireman_3311]

I have to work all week, won't be able to chase them until the weekend!!!

[swp]

My first trad turkey!
 

[Missouri CK]

Went out with a friend on opening morning and he shot a gobbler with a shotgun (his first turkey).  Came in on the sneek.  Had a few gobbles but nothing really hot.  Shut up after about 6:40 and that was it.

Scott,

That is good looking bird and widow.  I grew up between Marshfield and Fordland.  I'm headed back there this weekend to hunt with several tradgang members.  Second year trying for a bird with my bow.

You guys look a lot greener than we are up here by Kansas City.

[bowhunterfrompast]

Congrats to everyone  

[Dave Bulla]

Question,

Those of you who got birds with your bows, how did you set up?  Did you use a pop up blind or any type of blind like the camo burlap?  If not, tell us about how the hunt went and how you set up and pulled off the shot.

[swp]

Dave,

Here is my story.
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=073473

[mjc]

Dave I was in a pop up blind when I killed mine. I have used the camo burlap and just brush blinds, but it seems like I can get away with more movement in a pop up.

[bctgrad]

Here’s my sad story.  First off, I’m not fortunate enough to own land or know anybody who owns land where I can hunt, so I’m forced to use public land.  I found a decent area in eastern Jackson County last year where I saw quite a few birds the couple of times that I deer hunted there.  Two weeks ago I located a nice spot in the park beside a path to a Milo field with lots of tracks and feathers.  I took off yesterday and tucked in under an evergreen tree beside the path.  As soon as it got light, the gobbling started in front and behind me, but pretty far away.  My poor calling skills weren’t good enough to coax them any closer and they seemed to stay where were, but continued to gobble.  Then, I heard a loud blast on a crow call a couple hundred yards in front of me and soon the hunter blowing it came into view in the field.  He made a turn and headed my way.  I have a real fear of turkey hunters toting shotguns on public land, so I called out to him.  He was only about 60 yards in front of me and although it was pretty windy, I thought for sure that he heard me.  He looked my way and I waived, he didn’t acknowledge the waive, but I thought he saw me.  He turned around and bent over, I thought he was tying his boot but I was wrong.  He stuck his decoy in the ground, sat down behind a bush and started scratching out some horrible sounding calls (made mine sound pretty good).  Now I didn’t know what to do, since he didn’t see me I didn’t want to move fear of getting shot.  Then I saw a big tom fly into the field just behind him, I couldn’t try to call him for fear of a face full of buckshot.  After about an hour and a half he stood up collected his decoy and walked off, never seeing me.  I’m having second thoughts of returning.  Brian