Good luck Charlie. Enjoying your posts.

got up early this morning throed together a peanut butter sandwich and off to hopefully here that old gobbler..was at a place we call the indian mound its not really a burial mound but was a old campsite many of a arrow head has been picked up here..this is where i expected the old gobbler to be close to but that old gobbler never made a sound this morning..i did hear 1 gobble but 15 minutes later there was a shot so i presume somebody got a turkey..well today is my church day so had to quit hunting at 7.00 be after him again in the morning... charlie

Good luck in the morning,weather's getting unsettled some,maybe they'll move. Those arrowheads are a good omen someone liked hunting there before.

well today almost turned up bird no 3....a cousin called me and wanted to come down and film a turkey hunt this weekend so i told him to come down today...he arrived this morning at 5.00 am he came into the house with a new gobbler decoy in a box and gave it to me...boy this thing is state of the art...it unfolds and twists back up like one of themlittle pop up blinds...this things has 2 sides of a real turkey painted on it thing sets on a little rod that pushes in the ground and the wind will turn and move him around..this thing is so life like you wanta shoot it... well off to the woods we went we stood and used a locater call but nothing heard so we set up our decoys and got into the blind sat there till 7.30 ...so we decided to move at the next set up we heard 1 gobble but never saw the tom...so we pulled up stakes and went to the store and got gas and a sausage biscuit...we decided to go look at some large fields to see if any turkeys was feeding in them as we drove there a hen crossed the road in front of us..as we got to the big fields we did a little calling and a large came out into the field but returned back to the woods well we left there and went back to my house for a sandwich..it was about 12.00 at this timeby the time we got to our new place to huntas we drove up to a small food plot we seen 6 turkeys feeding i guess they had either seen us or heard us drive up anyway they left the field shortly...boy the turkeys had really been useing this little food plot..we set up our decoys 2 hen and that ig new big gobbler boy was he a good lookin bird in full strut....we got into the blind and got every thing ready.. i gave several purrs and a coupla yelps and we got a gobble out about 2 hundred yards..my cousin terry had turned on his cam corder and in about 15 minutes that old gobbler came down a old road in full strut boy he was a beauty...i gave apurr and that old gobbler spotted the decoys boy did he ever stretch that old neck out..he gave them decoys a good 5 minutes of looking over he then turned and got behind a brush pile but we could still see his head moving..he gobbled 1 time he stayed in the brush pile about 5 minutes a strutting and carrying on..finally he started walking away from us and was out of our sight for a moment but then there he was he came out into the edge of the field in full strut he was at about 90 yards..he was really struttin but never gobbled he came about 3 feet and stood and really was lookin that old gobbler decoy over...the gobbler stood there for a few moments and turned around as to leave i gave a coupla soft yelps and he gobbled all the whiule the camera is really getting some good action of him...that old bird just could not mustard up enough courage to face that old tom decoy..the turkey went in behind a fallen tree with dirt on the roots and he stayed there for what seemed 30 minutes finally we lost sight of him and he gobbled once more and then we heard him in the distance once and he was gone...we sat in our blind for another our but terry had to be back in alabama before dark so we cut the hunt short...well the old gobbler lives for another day...it was a really good huntand best of all terry s got the old tom on film....who knows maybe tommorrow.... ps thought about you boys while i was watching that old bird... charlie

Another great story. Best way to look at it, if you got one more you would have your limit and your season would be over.

Charlie, I realy enjoy your hunting stories. Keep up the good work. I still can't drive, so you are a great pleasure to me. Thanks:bowdown:

Good luck tomorrow.I was looking at some of those new decoys in the catalog; they look like the real thing.

up early as usual got in the woods about 5.30 ..i set and listened to a whooper will that was really giving it his best but he or she never got any responces...as daylight came on it started raining and i had to get back in the truck only lasted a few minutes and i was back out listening at 6.15 i heard a gobble it must have been 3/4 of a mile in about 15 minutes he gobbled again so i got in the truck and drove about 1/2 mile and stopped and got out and walked to where i thought he was i stayed there till 7.30 and he never gobbled again...pulled up stakes and went to the house..had to haul off my wifes dr pepper cans to the can man...believe it or not i aint got a dr pepper can oin the place to shoot at.. well got that job done and hit the woodsat 1.30 stayed till 7.00 but never heard a thing but did see fresh tracks of a hen and a long toed gobbler...gona go after the gobbler that gobbled this morning in the morning.... charlie

Go get 'em Charlie.:corn:

was up at 4.00 this morning boy i could have slept a while longer... got to the woods and listened for a gobbler for about 30 minutes none was heard so i set up on the edge of a field hopeing to be able to lure one in...boy the decoys were showing out in the light breeze that old tom decoy sure was a shineing in the sunlight...even with my best calls i could not entice anything... i stayed till 8.30 had to do some work did not get to go back this evening but gona go again in the morning if i dont oversleep.boy this getting up early and chaseing turkeys is wearing me out... charlie

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Hang in there Charlie. Tomorrow might be the day for the big one. Tom

Do you ever get out at night and "roost them" with an owl call to find out where to set up in the morning before they fly down?

dean ive never tried this thanks for the info..i have stayed till dark listening for them to fly up and then come back in the morning hoping one of them is a gobbler... yep sooner or later me and mr tom are gonna get to gether hopefully.. charlie

did not go hunting today...its raining and winds been blowing pretty good...we had storm warnings out so i just stayed in the house and looked at guns and ammo on the sale sites..good luck to you other hunters... charlie

From what I see on the weather reports you had better get thee and thine into the storm cellar.

rose up early and was in the woods before daylight..lordy it was foggy this morning as daylight broke what i thought was 2 crows fighting turned out to be a coupla crows ganging up on a owl..that owl was trying to get away but them crows was giving him a bad time..he flew and landed rite aboive my truck them crows were rite behind him one of the crows seen me and turned back but that other crow didnot pay me or the truck any mind..that owl was really flustered up that crow was really walking that limb back and forth he went..the owl finally could not stand the racket and grief that crow was giveing him so he flew with the crow allover him pecking his head body slaming him in flight this was one mean crow.... well nothing else was heard or seen so i moved locations as i got my gear out of the truck i noticed a turkey track in the sand it was fresh no more than a hour old it had rained hard all night so i know it was fresh...went in the direction of track across a field and set up done a little calling..bird never showed...went to house about 9.00 had breakfast then went back this evening at 2.30 set up the decoys in a field.was not long here came a coupla dogs running a deer i seen it but could not tell what it was.any way i stayed hoping for the best but the dogs musta run the turkeys off i never seen any...gonna go to a car show tommorrow so will take the day off.... charlie

Charlie, enjoy the car show.
It makes you wonder why the owl doesn't just take thw crow out, he has the means to if he so choses, doesn't he. Hawks feed on doves and the like. It's funny the way nature works.

was setting in my little chair i take with me to the woods before it turned daylight...i listened till 6.30 and not a gobble did i hear...i d went to where i had heard a gobbler last week but he musta took the lockjaw...i got my call out and made a series of yelps was not a secound till a hen was answering...she was very vocal she came in pretty fast till she got to a little creek she had to cross to get to me...but she hung up at the creek would not cross...seen a deer and 3 rabbits things are picking up i did not hunt this evening had to bushhog the yard.... charlie

went this morning...was in the woodsjust about break of day... i sat and listened by the truck for half an hour only heard one fly down...decided i would make a stand and do a little calling it was a perfect place overlooking a little wet bottom i just knew there would be a turkey come up any secound but it did not happen..decided to change locations went to truck and drove to a large field as i drove by there were 3 large birds feeding in the field..i thought i would try a sneaking approch on them but changed my mind..decided to wait till tommorrow morning to go after them.... charlie

got up at 4.30 this morning swallowed a peanut butter sandwich and was off the woods...i parked my truck about aquarter of a mile from wgere i had seen the 3 big turkeys at yesterday morning...boy i was feelin good about the hunt..well i sat in the blind till way up in the morning and did not see or hear a thing...thats the way it goes...went again this afternoon behind my daughters house she had heard a gobbler a gobbling yesterday morning..i thought i mite lure him in i made my setup on a old logging road and put the decoys out...as i was chooseing me a blind i found were a turkey had really destroyed a fire ant mound then it had dusted its self off....i stayed till 7.00 but no turkey seen...but am going back there in the morning. hope he gobbles... charlie

got up at 4.30 again eat me a sandwich and took off to the woods.. did not have far to go was hunting on my place close to were my daughter has been hearing this gobbler...was setting on my little chair up in the woods for about 30 minutes before daylight broke. every thing in the woods was busy with spring except for the turkeys..i hunted till 7.30 and a big storm front was acoming in so i cut out for the house with no turkey...and the rain came down.... charlie

got up bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning was rareing to go..got to the woods and had the decoys set out before daybreak...man was it cold had put on the long handles but even they did not seem to help this morning...i watched that field i was set up on like a hawk but narry a turkey or sound was heard this fine cold morning... when i finally went back to the truck i put my gear up and as i walked around the rear of the truck i looked down and there was a large turkey feather justing laying there like a sign for me telling me that he had been there... charlie

i did not hunt this weekend went to a tractor show but ive been getting every thing ready in the truck for some serious hunting these next 3 days...told the wife dont expect nothing out of me these few days because im gonna be gone from daylite till dark..gonna try every tacket i know of to try and get that last turkey...ive got the truck filled with gas all theother things checked and topped off now all i got to do is get a good nights sleep..yow i know how this usally goes but i can always catch up sleeping you know where...thats rite... charlie

was up early this morning at 3.45 ..got every thing together lunch water bottles mosquito spray man at the things you have to take to go hunting...i was in the blind with decoys set before daybreak...i was conifident i would at least see or hear something this morning...but no turkey was heard or seen at this locationso i pulled up stakes and left to go to a friends of mines farm...i shoulda been hunting early in the season here...my dad use to work this cattle farm for a doctor so i knew the area well i thought...after i began to hunt i relized i had forgot about as much as i remembered about this 1200 acre farm...i finally chose my hunting site it was after 12.00 and it had really got hot...the moskitos were rough but my bug spray worked ok...i had a beautiful set up a large field with knee high grassit was situated on the side of a large creek...surely this was my place to get that 3 rd turkey...i had been there about an hour when i gave a few yelps a bunch of crows started cawing about the same time a gobbler gave a half gobble like as if the crows were annoying him...i never seen or heard this turkey again...i stayed in this spot till 3.30 it just got so hot i had to find a cooler spot...i hunted till dark in other area s but never seen any thing...i will be up early again in the morning i m going after a gobbler thats been gobbling in front of my house.... charlie

was up again at 4.00 a m...i did not get to hear the gobbler that was at my daughters house i guess somebody told him i was gonna be looking for him...i went bach to my truck at 7.30 and went to a large field that a friend owns...i seen 2 big gobblers and had one gobble at me all the other one done was fuzz up and look my way...i should have been here at daylight instead of being at the daughters place...i pulled up stakes here and went to another field...i saw a big jake at about a hundred yards but did not call to him he only had a short beard i wanted a long beard.ha... i also saw a hen later in this field...well tommorrow is the last day im going back to the big field hope to be there set up before daylight..i will hunt here till i get tired of hunting or else limit out...hopefully limit out early... charlie

was up at 3.00 am this morning..i eat a sandwich and got my gear together and was off to the big field we seen the 2 gobblers in yesterday...i went to the north end of the field and set up the decoys it was still dark i used the flash light to set them up...at 6.00 i was looking through the binonoculars at the south end of the field there was 9 turkeys on that end of the field...i stayed were i was till 10.30there was 3 hens came by visiting my decoys..one old hen really fuzzed up at one of the decoys she really tried to have a conversation with the decoy but the decoy never said a word... i left this blind and went to were the other turkeys had left the field..i set up on the edge of the field it was not long before a big gobbler and a hencame out..that hen would lead that gobbler away from the decoys ever time he made a step in there derections...i watched this gobbler till 1.30 abig helicopter came by low what a racket..them turkeys took off a running out of the field i stayed till 3.00 but never saw them again...i looked at the watch again said im done im gonna call it the end to a good season..never got my 3 rd bird but i had a lot of fun trying...now that you boys season has started i ll leave the turkeys to you boys good luck....charlie

Thanks Charlie. Your exploits have helped me with my hunting withdrawls this season. This d@#m shoulder is getting better but there ain't no way I could be in the woods. One of these days I'm gonna throw the 10 and the wife in the truck and head for your neck of the woods. It's been a long time sence I've been on the wrong side of the Mississippi river.:whistle:

Well Charlie, it is clear to me that you need some help. Not sure just how much help a guy from just a little ways north can be but, I'd do almost anything to get out of the snow. Next year I'll pack up some Parkers and see if you can teach me how to be helpful. Cheers, Jack

PS: I have enjoyed reading this thread a few times. Thanks

Yesterday I got up around 4:45 am and headed up to my son in law's place in Manomet. He abuts over a thousand acres of bogs and woodland and has many turkeys and deer for that matter. I got out of the car, pulled my Matthews bow and gear together and as I was headed around the back of the house, first light was breaking and there, standing less than 20 yards in front of me was a lonely jake! One arrow spent later and he was in the bag and on the way home for a dinner of marinated turkey breast on the grill. It's not always that easy.

Allen, that's the way they do it on TV. I'm jellous. I can't even look at my bow, or guns until my shoulder heals.:crying:

jack pack up and come see me this spring..leave the snow behind i hope...dont know nothing i can teach you but you mit teach me something... paul get that old truck ready bring the wife and gun and will see whats on this side of the ole miss... alan i aint never heard of nobody getting a turkey so quick and with a bow to boot...nice going... fellows its been fun now its time for ya ll to get up early and chase them gobblers..... boy am i behind cutting grass.... charlie

Let's hope your shoulder heals up quickly Paul. Here in New England the turkeys have exploded to a point where in some communities they are a bit of a problem as in pest. And in some communities, they show no fear of people.

I'm done until the Fall Turkey season opens. But the marinated grilled turkey breasts last night on the grill were really good. MY wife made a quick marinade of olive oil, pressed garlic, a little soy sauce and pepper. We grilled them in an aluminum 'boat' for about 6 minutes on high heat and then removed the foil and placed them directly on the barbi'. The meat was moist and exceptional. Get well Paul so you can get out there and 'get em'

Sorry you did not get the third bird Charlie but I guess that is why it is called hunting and not shooting. Your tales were sure exciting and I guarantee we were all pulling for you to get that last turkey. You did great for the first two birds and maybe God was just playing with you for the last one. At least you know where they might be for next year.

Dennis