listening for the gobbler

charlie cleveland · 03-04-2011, 06:43 AM

fellows it only a week away for us adults in mississippi till the spring turkey season will be open...this is my favorite time of the year so this morning im off and going to listen for the gobblers call this morning....hope i hear several and hope some of you fellas are listening as well..i must be going its about time..... charlie

Labowner · 03-04-2011, 07:05 AM

Good luck Charlie, we have another two months of waiting before the season opens.

Dean Romig · 03-04-2011, 07:21 AM

I'm envious. Still 1 1/2 feet of hard foozen snow here. Spring seems soooo far away...

Good luck Charlie!

Double Play · 03-04-2011, 08:03 AM

As Dean said all this frozen white stuff in our woods makes May seem so far away. Last Saturday I pulled a half a turkey breast out of the freezer and the wife prepared a couple of great meals with it. That really got the desire to get out in the woods going strong.

charlie cleveland · 03-04-2011, 06:28 PM

was very windy this morning i did not hear any gobbles this morning but i know thwey are there....last weekend a few gobblers were doing there thing but they were about a 100 miles south of me...all the trees are budding out and we are having a good run of warm weather so i should hear lots of gobblers before long...thanks for wishing me luck i hope yalls weeks will pass swiftly for yall....gonna try a 3 inch elsie my son bought for the opening weekend....good hunting all.... charlie

ch · 03-06-2011, 02:00 PM

Charlie, Seen 12 Jakes and Toms getting a drink out of my windmill overflow by the pins where you opend the red gate. There was some beards around 7 inches. Going to throw out some grain today hope they stay around till season so Jett can get one. BoJack says hello! best ch

charlie cleveland · 03-06-2011, 04:02 PM

know right were that gate is...me old bo jack need to be setting there waiting for them long beards to show up.... cool here today hope it dont give them turkeys the lockjaw...usally does when we have a cool front come on... i usally shoot pop cans on sunday evening but to windy and cool i must be getting soft.... charlie

charlie cleveland · 03-10-2011, 11:12 AM

very windy and cool here this morning no turkeys heard gobbling....my dad was fornate enough to hear a gobbler at his house yesterday morning though....ive only got one more to wait and the hunt will be on..i went on myfirst turkey hunt in 1962 and now its 2011 still got a lot to learn and have never forgotten the excitement of hearing that gobbler talk at first light...ive seen seasons with no turkeys bagged and ive had seasons that i limited out but all the seasons hunts were good ones.. of all the game and birds that ive chased and shot at the old gobbler is tops in my book.... charlie

Dean Romig · 03-10-2011, 12:05 PM

Turkey hunting is interactive - you're talking to him and he's talking back to you - that's what makes it so exciting. Do it right and he will parade right in front of you... Do it wrong and you'll see nary a feather or maybe you'll see a big black road-runner going straight away from you.

Twice Shooter · 03-10-2011, 12:26 PM

Yesterday while shooting with our SxS Club at Backwoods Quail Club we saw a huge gobbler with an extimated 10 inch beard strutting around with two hens. We got within 20-25 yards in our golf cart before they ran away. We frequently see turkeys there but this was the first time I saw one strutting. Tom