Youth turkey season 2026

[jstone]

How’s the turkeys in the  Ellensburg area doing

[buglebuster]

How’s the turkeys in the  Ellensburg area doing

That I don’t know. I’ve never looked for them there

[outdooraddict]

nice video, he gave that decoy a whoopin, paid the price though. he never heard of FAFO, nice work

Here is the video. A little insight on what happened 🤣 I wanted them to get a double. 1 tom came in. The other 2 hadn’t flown down yet. I was waiting for a second to come in(knowing there were 3 roosted) so they could double. The first bird got spooky so I decided one was better than none and told her to shoot. Then I saw why I believe he was spooky, the second tom running in full send! He got to the decoy and I told her to shoot him and then immediately saw the third one running in so said wait! Shoot one in right and you shoot the one on the left. Well the one stood still while the other was moving his head around a bunch so we only got 1. The decoy being knocked over didn’t help my cause for getting the other one to come back in. He wanted to, he was 80 yards away strutting and gobbling but knew something wasn’t right.

https://youtube.com/shorts/c9-sd8RkEy4?si=L_9t05HOw53SAxdD

[Henrydog]

Good work Dad.  Glad to see kids out getting it done.  The youth bird seasons have honestly given me some of my best memories with mine.  I miss those days. 

[HikerHunter]

My son went 2 for 2 on the evening of opening day, now I don't have a partner for the general season!

I beg to differ, you'll have a shadow and a caller.  Hand him a box call and have fun.   

Agree, as I was mostly joking. He has been coming with me well before he was shooting.

[buglebuster]

nice video, he gave that decoy a whoopin, paid the price though. he never heard of FAFO, nice work

Here is the video. A little insight on what happened 🤣 I wanted them to get a double. 1 tom came in. The other 2 hadn’t flown down yet. I was waiting for a second to come in(knowing there were 3 roosted) so they could double. The first bird got spooky so I decided one was better than none and told her to shoot. Then I saw why I believe he was spooky, the second tom running in full send! He got to the decoy and I told her to shoot him and then immediately saw the third one running in so said wait! Shoot one in right and you shoot the one on the left. Well the one stood still while the other was moving his head around a bunch so we only got 1. The decoy being knocked over didn’t help my cause for getting the other one to come back in. He wanted to, he was 80 yards away strutting and gobbling but knew something wasn’t right.

https://youtube.com/shorts/c9-sd8RkEy4?si=L_9t05HOw53SAxdD

The decoy is actually a mounted Jake that my daughter shot last year. I had a buddy learning taxidermy mount him for me for a decoy. First time using him and it worked awesome!