Osage Roost
General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: longbeardfever4ever on April 24, 2010, 11:02:19 AM
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Dang it i almost hyperventilated this morning!!
Went out this morning for youth day. Got up at 4:30, got my face paint on and was out the door about 5:10. Hit the hunting spot and walked in. Around 5:45 a big truck on the highway around 300 yards away hit its brakes and a gobbler gobbled a ways back in. Decided to stay put. Hit the slate side on my alum/slate pot and what sounded like 2 jakes roared (great gobbles for jakes) back. Hen yelped back at me. I called sparingly and soon enough 2 more gobblers were hammerin back. Not on fire but fired me up! Around 6:05 a hen flew down, and then another. Next thing i see the 2 jakes walking down towards them. Mind you im facing forward and they flew down to my left. Then i look over and a gobbler is walking down the hill. I cutt and he goes into full strut! But this is at about 65 yards and i wanted him at 30. He hung up on me.. It was awesome, but i overcalled a bit, lol! He started to spook and walk back along with the two jakes, so i yelped and the jakes turned back around. The hen started yelping so i got her fired up and she came over to check me out. The big gobbler had just disappeared. She came over and at about 15 yards, I had a shot on one of the jakes but i would have shot the hen too so i didnt. She saw something she didnt like and she spooked along with the jakes. I tried to shoot one of the jakes as it was fast walking but to no avail, i missed! ;D Thats cool with me though because i want that gobbler!!! We circled back around and used a different call and they gobbled a few times but nothing. Figured we didnt want to spook them more so we will be back there in a week! IT was an awesome morning though!
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Great story Mike! An awesome time no less! Get him net week young man!
Mike
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Welcome to turkey hunting, SPRING style.....
Now that you got the miss out of the way......It's time for a harvest on that ole' gobbler.
Continued success and good luck to ya, Mike.....
Zips
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Mike,
I just turned 60 and I still hyperventilate with them at times. Welcome to turkey hunting at its finest. Calm down on your calling and only tree yelp a couple times before they fly down, or at least that is where I am at now. I use to hammer away with them on the roost and get them to gobble their heads off on the roost only to have them fly down the other direction. I killed a bird the other day that I only clucked and scratched the leaves with my hand. He ran right into my lap.
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Thanks guys!!
Rickey, yeah, its crazy aint it!! Yeah i have trouble with stopping the calling! I didnt call a whole lot to them on the roost, but dang it when they flew down, grr!! Gotta discipline, if so i may just have a bird! ;)
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Took 4 or 5 years of hard hunting and being made a fool of before I got my first. You had fun and came home safe, that's what matters. Go back, learn from your mistakes and get that long beard. And have fun.
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Keep at it... Good luck Mike... *up* *up*
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Keep after 'em !!!
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Sounds like you had a blast Mike! Those birds will be in that area. Get that longbeard next time! *gobble*
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... sounds like a good hunt Mike; stick with 'em & it will happen for ya' - good callin' advice given by the guys here - sometimes "less is more" - good luck next weekend ... *cool*
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Stay after em Mike! Sounds like you had a great time and that's what it's all about! *cool*
Glen
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Don't give up brother! Your time and patience will pay off! *up*
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That sounds like a fun time man. Patience with the calls like everyone said. You'll drive those Toms absolutly crazy if you only give it to em' a little. Make him want you. Let us know when you get him *gobble*
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Great story Mike! An awesome time no less! Get him net week young man!
Mike
WOW...sounded like you had a great time!!!!!! *up*
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Hang in there Mikey it will happen. Took me along time and alot of mistakes.
Matt...