For Puck...teaser

[sparks19]

LOL thanks A LOT

as if I am not hearing enough about Turkey season already... now you have to TAUNT him

You don't think about the people you are hurting DO you

[Puckstop31]

Thanks Caseysmom!!

Good read and quite true. There are two reasons why of all the hunting I do, Spring Gobbler season is far and away my favorite. First is being out in nature in the Spring. Watching the world wake up at that time of year is just amazing. I say wake up because if you are setting up on roosted birds, you have to get there and set up a good half hour before BMNT (Before Morning Nautical Twilight). Second... The chase. You just have to know how to talk to them. It is a massive challenge. I've been a turkey hunter off and on for about 20 years and am not anywhere close to being an expert at it.

Its funny you posted this today... I stopped at Bass Pro Shops on the way home from a client today and picked up a few new diaphram calls, a striker call, some shells and a Owl Hooter call. (Owl Hooters are used as a locator call. Gobblers on the roost will gobble back to a Owl.) On the trip back I was practicing with the diaphram calls. I get to the office and still have the call in my mouth because I wanted to see how loud it really was, out of the car. So I fire off a decent Yelp run. A few seconds later, Mike (our help desk guy) comes running out and says to me... "What the hell was that?" LOL

I reckon it was a bit loud. LOL

Thanks again for the post.


Tanya... It only gets worse from now until April 25th.

[caseysmom]

Not an hour after posting this I went out front to let the dogs go potty and down the street were two turkeys. Now we are pretty residential here so its pretty funny to see them running over the lawns.

[smokey the elder]

Turkeys sound pretty smart, and difficult to hunt! (I bet they're good eating, too.)

[Puckstop31]

Turkeys sound pretty smart, and difficult to hunt! (I bet they're good eating, too.)

They are. Turkeys have incredible eyesight and hearing. To be effective, you not only have to become and STAY invisible but you have to sound sexy, to them. LOL Head to toe camouflage is a must. Being silent (except for calling) and still is a must. THEN, after you are good and 'buried', the chase begins.... You have to call, which is a art all of its own, to sound like a hen who needs some loving. LOL The goal is, generally, to get the Gobbler within 40 yards. Once that happens, ya aim at the base of the neck, where it meets the feathers, and end the game.

They can be GREAT eating and they can be horrible. Its all about how well you dress the bird in the field and, IMHO, how you pluck and clean it once you get it home. Its all about getting the body temperature down as fast as possible. I try to have the bird fully field dressed within 30 minutues of the harvest. (My buddies make fun of me because I take a long pair of those yellow gloves for dish washing with me to do the dressing. LOL) Most people deep fry the whole bird, for two reasons. They have almost NO fat, WAY less than one you buy at the store and because there is no white meat on a wild bird. The breast is all dark meat.