turkey opener weather

[WAcoyotehunter]

It's snowing like crazy over here in Pend Oreille County... If you're headed this way for the opener be sure to come prepared! 

[Seatown5]

That really sucks.

[Hangfire]

 6am 4/14/13 it is 20.2 degrees out and dead calm, southern Stevens county. Hills are free of new snow. Clouds at about 3200 feet.

[klickman]

lots of new snow in Kittitas County. Not good

[BOWHUNTER45]

yeah nothen to get to excited about yet ...I have taught myself to calm down and wait until after the opener ...let all the guys who are excited get there birds and then I can enjoy nicer weather and no competition 

[Hangfire]

I have taken most of my birds after May 1. The weather can be nicer, but ticks more numerous.

We should warm up into 50's about Tuesday.

[HoofsandWings]

Last year I was over eager and went shortly after the opener, only to find the birds were silent. I located some turkeys but the only sounds I heard in the morning were hens.
So I am going to wait a week.

I sure wish I listened better when talking to other hunters. One guy went up to a house with no tresspassing and no hunting signs in the front yard, but the landowner was outside. So the guy points at a big gobbler in the back yard and asks if he can shoot it. The landowner says yes and be quick about it.
He was quick and the shot the gobbler, grabbed him and was gone.

[Ridgeratt]

This last weekend I was in Cusick for the DU Banquet and never saw a bird anywhere when I drove up on Saturday. Then this morning I had to drive to the Pack river and left at around 7 only saw 2 hens in the town of Priest River. Other than that there was nothing!! Not a bird in any opening's along the green field up or back and didn't see any tucked along the woods either.

Not trying to be a dark cloud just saying that in the amount of miles we drove in the last 2 days I should have seen a couple.

Only saw 5 deer total this morning and didn't have any run across the road last nite in the dark as well.

[irishevox]

A ton of snow in kittitas... mny blind collapsed on me twice, but  still went out there the birds were super talkitve saw one big tom, but  couldn;t get a shot off....

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

yeah nothen to get to excited about yet ...I have taught myself to calm down and wait until after the opener ...let all the guys who are excited get there birds and then I can enjoy nicer weather and no competition 

[Tom Tamer]

Yeah had snow on me constantly past two days. I love the hunt so much I go anyhow. Cuts down on competition on public ground,plus learn more about what the birds do in crap weather. So like crazy and had one that really wanted to work. So they'r gettin' after so so am I.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Yeah I hear you Trav ... I have never missed opening morning of turkey season since I was 8 yrs old ...a long time ago  but the last 2 years I have past on opening day and it has been nicer weather - more ticks  but alot more birds wanting to play the game .... Maybe it is old age for me now ..not that I am that old but I sure do not get as excited as I did years ago ....

[Tom Tamer]

I hear ya. Think since I'm approaching mid 40's better get out all I can before the body breaksdown even more. Plus by April 15th I'm so in need of an escape from work,concrete living and kids. Hell I'd go during a tornado probably. Plus some of the fun is seeing if our calling is still good enough to call the hens in. Still got that ability for sure. Now to master the elusive calling in a hung up tom.

[ghosthunter]

yeah nothen to get to excited about yet ...I have taught myself to calm down and wait until after the opener ...let all the guys who are excited get there birds and then I can enjoy nicer weather and no competition 

Yep that's my plan. Heading over in May.

[turkeydancer]

The birds our still out there in the rain, snow, hail, wind, sunshine, etc.  That's why they call it hunting versus harvesting.  Just a matter of adjusting tactics as needed to make it a harvest ...

Trav - I'm 62 now and I'm still climbing the mountains, but instead of running up the hills like I did when I was young and a lot thinner, it just takes me more time and effort.  The results are still priceless.