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Third Year Turkey Hunting
#3375850
03/19/21 10:00 PM
03/19/21 10:00 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 673 The Dirty South
Highlander
OP
4 point
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OP
4 point
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 673
The Dirty South
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This is my third year trying to call in a Turkey. Hopefully this year I can send some LongBeard XR down range and connect. I was wondering how long was it for you when you first started calling and hunting public land. I wish everyone a fun and safe season.
A Bullet Always Tells The Truth
DON'T PISS DOWN MY BACK AND TELL ME IT'S RAIN
Wars Come and Go But My Soldier Remains Eternal
"Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to!"
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Highlander]
#3375880
03/19/21 10:38 PM
03/19/21 10:38 PM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,120 Earth
TDog93
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,120
Earth
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I had hunted prob 20 years before I tackled public - starting out on it as a bigginer would b tuff
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Semo]
#3376564
03/21/21 07:48 AM
03/21/21 07:48 AM
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Joined: Feb 2019
Posts: 3,968 Montgomery,al,usa
Davyalabama
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2019
Posts: 3,968
Montgomery,al,usa
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. I'd imagine trying to learn on your own how to turkey hunt on public is pretty tough. Good luck to you this year I'm sure you'll seal the deal soon.
. Don't give up, keep persisting and know your woods thoroughly. Try to go during the week. Get very good at clucking with a diaphragm caller, I mean where you can make great clucks with the first, two or three sounds, not clucking until you have a good one. What you see on videos and on TV shows will probably not work for you. Keep persisting, know your woods thoroughly.( I can't stress this enough). You have to know where he wants to be during the middle of the day and toward evening. I know they gobble more in the morning, but a lot of killing happens after 11:00.
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Highlander]
#3378384
03/24/21 10:21 AM
03/24/21 10:21 AM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 547 Baldwin County
zgobbler5
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 547
Baldwin County
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I killed my first bird on public land. Yeah, most of the time Public is just a more challenging game. You know, it could be just as easy though on some days. Persistence is key. Think outside the box.
"Your woodsmanship value and qualities are ten times more important than the actual calling ability."-Preston Pittman
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Highlander]
#3378417
03/24/21 11:26 AM
03/24/21 11:26 AM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 20,193 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 20,193
Northport, AL
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I started turkey hunting Spring of 2013....to date I have 3 kills under my belt.
I hunted (almost exclusively on public land) for 6 long, miserable, frustratingly wonderful years and I finally killed my first 2 birds on the last 2 days of my 6th season (2018). I killed my 3rd bird at the end of the 7th season (2019). I should've killed 2 or 3 last year but didn't...I flipped the safety off on 2 different birds on the opening weekend and managed to not kill either one... This year is Season #9 and I'm just hoping to put one on the ground...more would just be icing on the cake.
So, if you're ever feeling exhausted or pissed off or frustrated or wondering why the hell you're still out there, just know there are others here that have "been there/done that". Honestly, you gotta be a little touched in the head to keep with it, particularly when you're hunting places with high pressure and/or low turkey density.
BUT...
when you do finally squeeze the trigger on one...and you feel that *thud* against your shoulder...and you see his head snap back like Babe Ruth just hit him in the head with a baseball bat...it is the MOST SATISFYING thing you will probably ever feel.
Last edited by GomerPyle; 03/24/21 11:30 AM.
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Davyalabama]
#3378474
03/24/21 01:28 PM
03/24/21 01:28 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,059 AL
BamaGuitarDude
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 6,059
AL
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... Try to go EVERY DAY during the week ... FIFY ... if your job won’t let you, get a new job; if your wife won’t let you, get a new wife ... some goals require tremendous sacrifices ... voodoo/witchcraft and/or a box call are good, too
Last edited by BamaGuitarDude; 03/24/21 02:18 PM.
ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Highlander]
#3379532
03/25/21 07:08 PM
03/25/21 07:08 PM
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Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,191 Birmingham
7x57_Mauser
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,191
Birmingham
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In 2018 I started turkey hunting, on public to boot.
The first year I had absolutely no clue what I was doing, but stumbled into some birds and got them to respond, but since I was a novice I spooked them and learned what the "putt" was, never saw them. Second year I actually got into the game with them on 3 separate occasions on public and pulled the trigger on one, but missed (still scratching my head on that one). Third year got in the game 4 times, but no shot opportunities. This year will be my fourth year and I'm hoping to seal the deal. I hunt exclusively on public land (just can't afford a lease right now) and it is TOUGH as I'm sure everyone here knows. I'm bound and determined to kill my first bird on Alabama public, however.
One thing I know I'm lacking is having a turkey hunting mentor. It's the one thing I'd change. I didn't grow up here, so I don't have a whole lot of friends or peoples' brains to pick about turkey (my family didn't turkey hunt either) so I'm left to this website, books, trial and error, etc.
Hope you get one this year!
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Re: Third Year Turkey Hunting
[Re: Highlander]
#3380179
03/26/21 09:18 PM
03/26/21 09:18 PM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,120 Earth
TDog93
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,120
Earth
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Great stories Gomer and 757 - I love seeing them flop and it don’t happen near as much as I want it to
I learned fair amount on my own - but I was able to go with several really good hunters over the years - going with really good hunter to me I think you can Learn years worth of hunting knowledge in a few hunts
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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