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i ve been out hunting the last 2 evening but no luck as of yet...been carrying my 8 ga davenport single barrel and a borrowed stoger 12 ga....aint used my long barrelled over and under yet....hope every body else is having good hunts....charlie
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04-18-2020, 11:55 AM | #24 | ||||||
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Charlie, I sure wish we could hunt in the afternoon, but in Missouri we must quit at 1:00pm, the idea being that hunters will not be as likely to disrupt nesting hens. I've never seen any data that shows that nests are disrupted in those states that allow all-day hunting, though.
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I've walked right by hens on nests within 10 feet and in my experience they just flatten and sit tight.
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04-18-2020, 12:48 PM | #26 | ||||||
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Harry went with my brother Comer and they had 5 out in the field with a big gobbler putting on a big show. Here is him next to the tree where he set up and the field in front of him. They were 70 yards away so he didn't shoot.
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04-18-2020, 01:31 PM | #27 | |||||||
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But, Dean, I agree with your observations, at least in the two or three instances where I saw the hen on the nest but she did not flush. We observed one hen on multiple occasions and she sat tight. As far as we could tell, she raised a brood from that nest. BUT, I would still like to hunt turkeys in the afternoon. We are in the woods roosting them, and there is no prohibition against that. I have had many a chance at an otherwise unhuntable Tom while waiting near his roost in the late afternoon/evening. Plus, you don't have to get up early!
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04-18-2020, 03:07 PM | #28 | |||||||
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04-18-2020, 03:36 PM | #29 | ||||||
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i wish you could hunt turkey in the evening...i enjoy the evening hunt.. i dont get out early much more i stay up to late waching gun smoke...now i know why my dad didnt get up early in his old age and go hunting with me....old age....it use to be for me to want to get a shot at something but now its just about the hunt....charlie
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04-18-2020, 05:19 PM | #30 | ||||||
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So true, Charlie, so true...
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