Late season gobblers by Bowhunter 45 ... cant even tell ya all the stories !!!!

[yelp]

Nice Job!  Great hunts.  I am taking the wife out this Weekend maybe we sill have same result!  congrats to all.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Nice Job!  Great hunts.  I am taking the wife out this Weekend maybe we sill have same result!  congrats to all.

THANKS ... NO ONE HUNTING ... Still lots of birds to get after ..good luck and let me know how you do ... called in a couple along 25 north ..alot of gobbling birds up and around Colville... they are everywhere...not much in fields need to head for the timber ...

[slickme11]

 :drool:Nice lookin' birds man,congrats to all.We've been hunting Fruitland Valley area but numbers have dwindled in the last couple of years,lookin to move on,you guys ever hit the Cle Elum area?Thanx!

[turkey choke]

Thanks for the information, and those are some amazing birds!

This is my first year hunting turkeys and I have fallen in love with it.  Thanks to some buddies who have been helping me out this year, showing me the ropes and where to hunt em.  It's been a blast but man I want a bird!  I will only be able to go out now the last 2 days of the season, due to work.

This last week we have been in an area just full of birds, I mean FULL.  We have been hearing them and seeing them but just haven't been able to get close enough to them or get them to come in.  We have done a TON of walking and have covered a lot of ground.  A couple times we have walked right up to birds still in the roost at 0600 in pure sun/day light. 

It seems like we can get a ton of hot birds just talking but as we set up or move in, in every direction they just shut up and we can't get a peep out of them.  It has been fun but frustrating lol.

Thanks for the info, I will try to put it to use on Mon/Tues!

[BOWHUNTER45]

:drool:Nice lookin' birds man,congrats to all.We've been hunting Fruitland Valley area but numbers have dwindled in the last couple of years,lookin to move on,you guys ever hit the Cle Elum area?Thanx!

  first few years in the early 90 Fruitland was my hunting grounds ..killed many birds there and I am going to check out the cle elum area next year ..birds are coming around in that area....

[Heartsblood]

:drool:Nice lookin' birds man,congrats to all.We've been hunting Fruitland Valley area but numbers have dwindled in the last couple of years,lookin to move on,you guys ever hit the Cle Elum area?Thanx!

I hunted the cle elum area almost every week all season. I was into birds a coupla few times, and had what I felt was a real chance the last weekend I was there. They seem to have gotten a lot more vocal later this year. As a matter of fact, if I had stayed one more day, I feel that my chances would have been excellent. But, instead I had a date with a gobbler near Springdale.

As far as I'm concerned it was a great season. Even the silent days. And, I may get one more chance this weekend up in the 204. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

Great pics.  I'll try the advice this weekend!  I've applied Tick Off to everything so I think I'm ready.
[/quote never seen one tick the whole time ... that was sweet!

[BOWHUNTER45]

Thanks for the information, and those are some amazing birds!

This is my first year hunting turkeys and I have fallen in love with it.  Thanks to some buddies who have been helping me out this year, showing me the ropes and where to hunt em.  It's been a blast but man I want a bird!  I will only be able to go out now the last 2 days of the season, due to work.

This last week we have been in an area just full of birds, I mean FULL.  We have been hearing them and seeing them but just haven't been able to get close enough to them or get them to come in.  We have done a TON of walking and have covered a lot of ground.  A couple times we have walked right up to birds still in the roost at 0600 in pure sun/day light. 

It seems like we can get a ton of hot birds just talking but as we set up or move in, in every direction they just shut up and we can't get a peep out of them.  It has been fun but frustrating lol.

Thanks for the info, I will try to put it to use on Mon/Tues!

yeah it easy huh ...good luck bud !

[Machias]

Thanks for the information, and those are some amazing birds!

This is my first year hunting turkeys and I have fallen in love with it.  Thanks to some buddies who have been helping me out this year, showing me the ropes and where to hunt em.  It's been a blast but man I want a bird!  I will only be able to go out now the last 2 days of the season, due to work.

This last week we have been in an area just full of birds, I mean FULL.  We have been hearing them and seeing them but just haven't been able to get close enough to them or get them to come in.  We have done a TON of walking and have covered a lot of ground.  A couple times we have walked right up to birds still in the roost at 0600 in pure sun/day light. 

It seems like we can get a ton of hot birds just talking but as we set up or move in, in every direction they just shut up and we can't get a peep out of them.  It has been fun but frustrating lol.

Thanks for the info, I will try to put it to use on Mon/Tues!

One thing to keep in mind, quite a few times when a gobbler is gobbling good and then goes quiet, he is slipping around and coming in from the backside or from just over the brush, sneaking in all silent.  Lots of guys get busted and never know how close they were to getting the bird in, but moved and off they slink away.

[Gobble Doc]

Bowhunter 45, I hope I can find gobblers as fired up as you!   I sense your excitement and I hope I have something good to report after the long weekend coming up.  A couple weekends ago the approach of patience worked for us so that is what I am going to try to employ with my 15 year old.  One time 2 weekends ago a really nice bird went walking down the road and then off into the brush and I made my classic mistake of not being able to resist going after it.  That approach has continued to fail me.  Instead I'm going to quietly wait for a gobble then immediately plant myself and start the waiting game. 

[Phantom Gobbler]

Congrats Bowhunter45 and Team.         What a great way to finish your season.  Thanks for sharing the great tips too on easy calling.  Good luck to all still out chasing em this last week.  Clucking and purring is really underated. 

[BOWHUNTER45]

Congrats Bowhunter45 and Team.         What a great way to finish your season.  Thanks for sharing the great tips too on easy calling.  Good luck to all still out chasing em this last week.  Clucking and purring is really underated.

hopefully someone will show me some more this weekend !!!

[coastalghost]

Great story and pics.  You guys do it up right.  Congrats to you all.  I think the best part is not seeing another hunter...couldnt get any better.