Author Topic: Turkeys look out.....I'm coming home (Read 6649 times)

PA BEN · « **on:** March 25, 2010, 04:22:55 PM »

It's been two years scene I've gone home to Chewelah to hunt turkeys. Moved to the wet side 5 years ago and I need a vacation. Can't think of a better way to spend time away from work.

I hope they don't hear I'm coming, they've had it EZ the past two years.

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:29:55 PM »

Good luck PA Ben!

yelp · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:32:08 PM »

Nice Collection PA BEN..I love Chewelah too..

I have a pic almost like that too...LOL

Grizzly95 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:33:15 PM »

On the basis that my daughter passes hunters ed saturday this will be our first year turkey hunting, I have shot them with my bow; but I wouldn't consider it a hunt. We ran into a bunch while scouting one spring and my buddy had talked me into getting a tag. So it was just wrong place to be for the turkey that day. My daughter said she would be willing to shoot a turkey because they are "ugly". I am excited to take her though.

Grizzly95 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:37:21 PM »

Sorry...I had a point. We will hopefully be hunting just outside Chewelah in Valley. We have seen tons of birds up there.

PA BEN · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:37:46 PM »

Take her out in the youth season, there not as hened up and still very callable.

PA BEN · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:39:37 PM »

Quote from: yelp on March 25, 2010, 04:32:08 PM

Nice Collection PA BEN..I love Chewelah too..

I have a pic almost like that too...LOL

I had a lot more but my dog got into them and ate some.

Turkeyman · « **Reply #7 on:** March 25, 2010, 06:04:29 PM »

Nothing like hunting turkeys on your home field. I will be hunting easterns on the west side first. Good luck

Phantom Gobbler · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2010, 08:44:14 PM »

Nice looking ropes guys!

I'ts almost time to try to add to our collections!! Tick Tick Tick .............. oh I forgot that's a topic for another posting!!

Turkeyman · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2010, 02:26:21 PM »

Here is a picture of my beards from over the years.

PA BEN · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2010, 02:42:07 PM »

O ya, Nice

benhuntin · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2010, 03:04:17 PM »

My damn cats eat any that I dont get mounted right away. Looks like you got some good ones.

PA BEN · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2010, 05:05:36 PM »

Got to my Mon and Dads at 11:45 pm the 13th 8 hr drive. Got up at 4:30 am

, located 5 different groups of toms gobbling,they were gobbling hard. And yes they were henned up. It's the first time I used full strutter tom decoys, man what a difference. I set up close to the roost way before day light, I got close to them the night before and at dark I found a place to set up and a place to sit, sometimes it takes time to get the perfect sitting spot so the night before works real will, I had to work them hard, they wanted to go with the hens but we were close enough they took a peak. I also use a turkey wing and a mouth call to make a fly down call and flap the wing on my leg. Sounds like birds flying. They came in right behind us, I thought we were busted, but as soon as they spotted the strutter decoys they came right in for a fight, 4 big toms, we got two and my buddy got one later that day. To make a long hunt short we got 3 toms opening day, 1 jake Saturday, 1 tom Sunday and I got my second tom witch was 20 lbs Monday, after I got him all cleaned I drove home only 7hrs to get back.

I will post more pictures later when my daughter sends them to me, and I will post the story of her hunt then.

1" 1/8

Wacenturion · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2010, 05:15:20 PM »

Nice birds........great photos. Thanks for sharing. I heard that the birds up there were glad you left...lol.

bowhunterforever · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2010, 05:20:57 PM »

Congrats,Nice birds!

Birdguy · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2010, 05:30:22 PM »

Sounds like a great time and mess of nice birds. Having a place to stay in Chewelah is priceless for sure. Nice work.

bearpaw · « **Reply #16 on:** April 20, 2010, 06:02:58 PM »

looks like you had a great time, congrats

MuleySniper · « **Reply #17 on:** April 20, 2010, 06:09:38 PM »

Sweet collection guys!
MS

h2ofowlr · « **Reply #18 on:** April 20, 2010, 08:06:28 PM »

A nice collection of birds and beards.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 20, 2010, 08:11:28 PM »

great pics guys

Pathfinder101 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2010, 01:02:18 PM »

Looks like I may have to make a trip "home" as well. Not much luck down here this year.

NWTFhunter · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2010, 01:08:45 PM »

Great job PaBen ! I tooooo love Chewelah.

PA BEN · « **Reply #22 on:** April 24, 2010, 08:01:40 AM »

I've been hunting turkeys for 21 years. Started over by Hunters, but when turkeys started showing up around Home I never went back. I've been hunting the Chewelah area for 19 years, It's nice to hunt your home ground, I'm a fish out of water over here.

rainshadow1 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 24, 2010, 09:25:08 AM »

I know where 2 pairs live over here, PA BEN, and I'll protect them with force! I heard tell they have 12 poults every year, but the stinking rotten neighborhood coyotes get every single one of them. Californian owned residential ranchettes make it impossible to control the Coyotes in the valley.

Turkeys for us include a budget for gas!

PA BEN · « **Reply #24 on:** April 24, 2010, 10:15:21 AM »

WOW, is that a threat? Did I say I was going to hunt these birds around here? I know there here and I'm all for letting them build. The average hen well have 9 to 13 young. It only takes one tom to breed all the hens. Taking toms don't heart the population at all, for the ones you see there's more you never see. I don't think it's the coyotes keeping the population down over here, there's tons of coyotes where I hunt and the population of turkeys is as strong today as it always has been. A wet spring will kill off more young then coyotes.

carpsniperg2 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 24, 2010, 11:15:37 AM »

rainshadow1 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 24, 2010, 12:52:08 PM »

No... I apoligize for the mis-communication. Didn't have that attitude in mind at all.

Surprised me you said that.

I just know a few people who they'd have to be protected against, even though they know full well there's only single diget populations here.

(I know you don't have any touble getting your tags filled in Chewelah! Why would I think you wanted to hunt here?)

Mostly I'm discouraged about the inability to control the Coyotes around here.

PA BEN · « **Reply #27 on:** April 24, 2010, 12:59:25 PM »

Calling works real will. Give me a PM and we well go out a kill a few.

rainshadow1 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 24, 2010, 03:19:12 PM »

Getting permission every 100 yards is the problem. Especially when 2 out of 3 former Californians will scream at you for the idea of killing poor helpless little furry woodland creatures!

PA BEN · « **Reply #29 on:** April 24, 2010, 06:01:41 PM »

Wait until one gets there cat or dog.

PA BEN · « **Reply #30 on:** March 08, 2011, 04:20:29 PM »

Here I go, starting an old thread again. Saving money for gas this year. Hope to take a week off for my hunt this year. My daughter is looking foreward to another great hunt this year.

Hangfire · « **Reply #31 on:** March 08, 2011, 11:04:51 PM »

It is over a month away, but we are still getting snow. It snowed clear to Spokane today.
Took a walk at 5:30 am this morning. The gobblers started in at 5:40 and went about 10-15 minutes. I finally saw them, 30 birds about 1/3 gobblers.
Like all the flocks I see this time of year, 2 coyotes following behind. They stay a couple hundred yards from the birds just watching. Seems like they are always on posted land.

PA BEN · « **Reply #32 on:** April 12, 2011, 12:14:08 PM »

My Daughter called last night to tell me her car broke down. So I took work off today to pack and change the oil in the pickup. Heading over to Cheney in the morning. Hope to get the car taken care of and hunt the morning of the 15th.

She really needs her car for work and Collage.

turkeydancer · « **Reply #33 on:** April 12, 2011, 12:27:53 PM »

Good Luck Pa Ben ... hope it works out for you and yours ....

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