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Author Topic: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!  (Read 1003 times)

Offline deerhunter_w

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2015, 02:50:00 PM »
What huskyarcher said. If he is going to the same spot thats where I would be. Good luck

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2015, 03:04:00 PM »
To clarify some, I have seen henned up toms plenty, but never large groups still running together this time of year.  Both yesterday and today I watched groups of strutting toms and one lone hen.  The toms were neither fighting or trying to breed her.  Just strutting and she was feeding.  Gobbling their dern heads off to every call, but not moving an inch.  I don't claim to be an expert, but I have never seen such behavior this time of year.  

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2015, 03:24:00 PM »
Sounds like to me that any day now your place will be a honey hole!! Id just keep at it, and try to set up where there going to be before daylight, that way even if theyre doing what they have been doing youre still in the game. Are you using decoys? Some of those satellite birds are going to be callable very soon IMHO.
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2015, 04:03:00 PM »
Yeah, I use a Jake and two hen set.  I'm glad you think they'll heat up too. I've been telling myself they will, but it's nice to have another opinion.  It is a honey hole for sure.  Thanks for all the responses.

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2015, 04:32:00 PM »
Tim     :wavey:   Congrats on your turkey   :thumbsup:
Hope to be after them this Tuesday   :archer2:

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #25 on: April 12, 2015, 05:48:00 PM »
Jake, sent you an email
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #26 on: April 12, 2015, 08:23:00 PM »
I have some birds roosted for in the morning, a tom and 3 hens. Normally wouldnt bother, but he didnt act very interested at all, and im pretty sure i know where theyl be heading in the morning. We shall see!
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #27 on: April 13, 2015, 09:52:00 AM »
Came so close this morning, dang hens took him away eventually though dadgummit. Off to work, hope to be back in my blind this evening!
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #28 on: April 13, 2015, 10:28:00 AM »
I've been checking in on this thread from work to see how it went.  Keep after them, Dalton. Best of luck this evening.

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #29 on: April 13, 2015, 01:19:00 PM »
Had a nice sit this morning outside of Sylva.  Had a tom gobble at my hen calls for an hour and a half.  He came in eventually but stopped at 40 yards.  He was answering my yelps but staying put.  I shut up for a little bit and then hit him with some soft purrs and that brought him to me.

Seemed a little wary of the decoys. He started strutting a little bit but didnt come after my jake. I think I am gonna move my decoys parallel to my spot next week and see if he will come back then.  It was a thrill to call in my first tom.

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #30 on: April 13, 2015, 02:19:00 PM »
Try to gobble at him. As soon as he gobbles, gobble over top of him. Cackle at him just prior. Try to feel him out to see what mood he is in. This year, that gobbler was hesitant, they usually just come right in to the set up from as far as 2-300 yards.
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #31 on: April 13, 2015, 02:22:00 PM »
What decoy are you using nantahala? Might be the culprit. I had that happen alot with my primos killer b, which is why i broke down and went for the avians this year.
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #32 on: April 13, 2015, 02:42:00 PM »
They are the cheap ones for now. Hopefully setting them a bit farther back will pull him in close enough before he gets wise. I will definitely use the gobble on him. Maybe if he is annoyed enough he will get stupid

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #33 on: April 13, 2015, 07:44:00 PM »
We ate buffalo turkey strips tonight. Why is wild turkey better than dry domestic turkey?
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #34 on: April 13, 2015, 08:19:00 PM »
Well, i didnt think i put that jake at such an odd angle?!

 
   
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #35 on: April 13, 2015, 08:30:00 PM »
Tim I see you took my advice.
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #36 on: April 13, 2015, 09:12:00 PM »
Time for the story Dalton.   :campfire:    :clapper:
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #37 on: April 13, 2015, 09:19:00 PM »
Dalton, I did that about 15 yrs ago. We set up on a gobble in a hurry and started calling. He came in and started to drum right in front of me.  I was enjoying the show when he flew off. I told my hunting partner that he must of moved, I know I didn't move. We stood up and went to get the decoy and it looked crooked. That gobbler knew something was up and my hunting partner which was a turkey hunting fanatic laughed all the way to the truck. I never made that mistake again.
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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #38 on: April 13, 2015, 09:19:00 PM »
Out with it Dalton!!  Congrats man.

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Re: Good Luck To All You NC Bowhunters!!
« Reply #39 on: April 13, 2015, 09:24:00 PM »
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