LFTW 4/13

Headed out, running on fumes. Good luck fellas

We Shall See.......

Headed in shortly. Maybe they will want to play

Let’s get it boys, they better act right. I am over here in Greene county. Good luck

On my way

43 degrees and calm wind. This is the weather God intended us to hunt turkeys in!

At lowndes club. A few extra folks in the woods today. Been 5 killed in past 2 weeks here. Looks like nobody’s pinned out in my spot in a week so maybe one is here tat ain’t been messed with lately. Good luck y’all.

Tenn opener today. We at the listening spot rn

Lots of folks up and in the woods this morning. Looks to be a beautiful morning good luck fellas

Same here. Heard 4-5 gobble before 6:10 or so and they all shut down

They gobbling but damn they are far, guess I am fixing to start walking

Two have gobbled one time a piece. Except a neighbors new pet turkey

My first year of turkey hunting, I hunted a pet turkey for about 2 hours before I got to looking at the maps and realizing it was on a farm. Drove over there later that day and saw the pet turkey. Lol

Heard one at 1.3 miles away clear as day from a good ridge. Got over here and he gobbled a few more times since flying down but I think he’s got ladies.

Tight lip at my spot. 1 out of paint

I’ve heard exactly 1 single gobble about 610. It’s the only gobble I’ve heard all year on a property that had 2 mature gobblers and several jakes at the end of last year. The little county road that runs parallel to this place about 3/4 of a mile away has sounded like I-65 since around 6 and for the last half hour, the log trucks sound like they’re having a parade and seeing who has the loudest Jake brake. 😡

Buddy spooked him right as I was going to shoot. Story of my season

When he comes around this bend I am gonna smoke him

I walked up on one in full strut yesterday. He was a little to far for the 20. Wish I had the 12.

Slept in leaving for tennesse for few days Tommorow so spent morning with ole lady

Son of a ……well I got a glimpse and he was with several hens. I couldn’t compete but at least I didn’t spook him so maybe this afternoon, time to go find another one

He spoke at 5:55. Gobbled I guess 15 times until 6:30. He was roosted above me but only about 80 yards and I was Skeered to try and move and get on the same ridge him being that close. Pitched down and came down on my level to my right.....figured he would hit the woods road I was sitting above. Nope.....crossed the little Branch and went to the opposite ridge. Gobbled probably 10 times from 6:30 to 7:15 then he was done. I killed one right about where he was roosted 3 years ago. So....I'm gonna try and be sitting in his living room about 5:30 tomorrow morning.....hoping he decides to roost on that same ridge.

Finally heard one gobble on the roost yesterday evening. Went and set up on him this morning. Jake

Beautiful morning - not a peep either lease

Season gettn good now!! 🤣🤣 miss March

Nothing here. This season is likely over where I hunt.

You just hunting the wrong wind.

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Good stuff 😀

Simon and Garfunkel morning. “Sounds of Silence.”

Hoping the birds are loud tomorrow. I get to hunt tomorrow thankfully. This whole job thing is overrated.

Right on schedule here. Didn’t hear a peep until 8 and then I heard 5. Nothing like a nice mountainous hike to have him shut up when you get back in ear shot of him. Man this is a fun game..

It is a beautiful day in MO too. Sad that the season doesnt start for 2 more days.

First thing my buddy said was “ I know you’re angry at me but I just wanted to see the Turkey”…story of my life

Sounds like you need a new hunting buddy!

Should have told him if he would have given you a minute he could see it all he wants!

he’s just there for the fellowship & camaraderie 😜

He would have left with a few new knots on his head.

I had a dumb mistake this morning and missed one at 7:00

Thigpen day 2 for us. Put in 9.5 miles of walking yesterday and didn’t find a track, scratching, or a feather. Told dad we’d try it this morning and if we don’t hear one we’ll head home. First listening spot was dead quiet other than a shot very near the property line (dunno how they got on one that early that wasn’t gobbling at all). Tried two more spots and finally heard a gobble way off, worked our way to him across about 600yds and by the time we got over there they (two) were gobbling fairly well. They were up on a big high finger ridge and we were in the bottom, I figured our best bet would be to circle the next finger over and come up to the top of it so we’d be on their level so that’s what we did. Got set up and called and they went quiet. Instead of walking the top of the draw level with us/them and coming to us these jokers came down about an 80’ tall (and very steep) hillside, crossed the draw, and back up a steep hillside to end up hammering behind us at probably 40yds. Right after the gobble came a putt and I never even got to lay eyes on them. I don’t guess I’m gonna get to kill a turkey this year…..

#2 on the ground for me. I killed my first ever bird back on the 28th and now my second bird all-time today I killed this one in the same spot that I shot and missed one last year. To make things better on this redemption tale, I struck him up and got him close with my dad's old Lynch Fool Proof and use a mouth call to seal the deal. He came in strutting and I shot him at 30 yards. I got the call from my dad last night and immediately noticed what everyone was talking about with those old box calls.

I watched one strut and come towards me for 45 minutes this morning. He got about 50 yards from me and I was waiting on him to get to 40 before I shot. This bastard came running in and ruined it for me.

That looks like a Mossberg 935.

They messed mine up before John - always shoot on sight

I heard 3 yesterday, in super earlier today, nothing! 4 of us on 1800 acres and no one heard a thing!

First afternoon in public in Tennessee for me today, wish they’d let us hunt til dark in Alabama. Haven’t heard a gobble since 6:30 this morning but maybe one will come in silent. Light calling every 20 minutes and keep waiting. Winds starting to pick up

10 on 7000 acres and from the reports I got, not one gobble heard. Allegedly. 😉

I don’t know about y’all but the birds I’ve been working have been super henned up this year. I’ve gotten several pictures of gobblers sticking with their hens all hours of the day and evening. I keep thinking at some point they will break away but it hasn’t happened for me yet. I haven’t found one lonely and looking yet.

I’ve seen around my place with hens all day long, and then I’ve seen groups of gobblers still together some days…

Mossberg 835

Was able to get him fired up enough to pinpoint his exact location. Got my son set up on him at about 100 yards. I backed down the hill about 60 yards and got his hen fired up enough to come investigate. They got close, but my son said he didn’t have a clear shot. I trust his judgement. The dang thing pitched back up into a tree at 7:45 and strutted, gobbled, spit n drummed, and put on a heck of a display from 65’ above us in a 90’ pine tree. Never seen one do that before. His hen flew the creek and when she did, he dropped back down with her and wandered off gobbling his head off. Bet he gobbled between 150-200 times with a hen within 10-20 yards of him the entire time.

Once they hit the ground the first time, they fair game in my book!! I’ve seen a bird do that on a ridge. He would go from one end to the other gobbling and strutting on a limb… never did get to kill that bird

Seen it a time or two, figured those birds live on pine beetles as much time they spend on the limb.

Went to public this morning heard 2 gobble bout 4 times and good ways off. Went quiet so I lost

I guess they are exactly alike when looking down the barrel. That's what mine looks like. I've seen it a lot 😂