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Offline Zag11

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Late-Season Gobblers
« on: April 29, 2024, 06:53:13 AM »
Not gonna be able to get out turkey hunting until May 18-19th this year, which is easily the latest I’ve hunted. Any tips or suggestions? I’ll likely be chasing mountain/foothills birds in the NE corner. Initial plan is to find some lower elevation hills that border or are near ag land, and move up from there. Planning on packing a hen decoy, trying to locate birds off the roost, and then put in some miles to try and track one down.

Any tips are appreciated! Got all my spots picked out, more just looking for what to expect that time of the season.

Thanks!

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Re: Late-Season Gobblers
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2024, 08:53:08 AM »
That late can be frustrating. Birds have a tendency to be very quiet after fly down, under brush is grown up and leafed out making spotting more difficult, and birds are spread out.  If you can get a response you might find them not as hung up with hens as they are earlier in the year, but getting a response can be tough.  This seems to me to be kind of a weird year.with birds in different phases of their cycle at the same time.   Still seeing some large winter time flocks, some large groups of hens only, some bachelor groups of toms, and some boss tom dominated smaller groups.  Not sure what you'll run into this year, but most years the later period hunts call for persistence and patience.  Good luck, it's a great time of year to be out and about getting rid of the winter time cabin fever.


 

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Re: Late-Season Gobblers
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2024, 09:27:24 PM »
Thanks. Seems like a good time to do some fishing in the morning and turkey hunting in the mid-day/afternoon. I’m planning on covering a ton of logging road ground and maybe do some scouting for the fall. I’m assuming I have as good of chance finding birds up higher as down low in the later season.

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Re: Late-Season Gobblers
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2024, 12:54:56 PM »
if you dont mind moving, cover ground, boys will be lonely and no longer hen'd up.. you will find them ready for some lovin...
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