Post by: Yelper Guy on April 17, 2013, 11:22:58 AM
I've hunted turkeys for nearly 20 years now, the first 5 years at least were "learning years".
I learned the hard way that you can't hunt turkeys like they are an upland bird - no dice!
This past Monday (for the opener) my brother and I went to our private "Turkey Nirvana" spot in north Spokane county.
This same spot last year, we hunted 4 times and bagged 4 gobblers. :IBCOOL:
Well alot has changed in this particular spot this year, at least on Monday.
We hunted pretty hard all day in 20 -30 mile an hour wind gusts and didn't see or hear any birds all day long.
We never have really been the type that is in the woods for fly-down, I don't like hiking for miles in the dark.
Normally we start hunting about 8:00 or 9:00 AM and have had pretty good success, usually between 10:00 until 2:00 or so.
We're not sure if a preadator has moved all these birds, or if that wind storm spooked them to the point of moving to different parts (miles away).
We covered lots of ground, quietly without getting busted and I'm really puzzled where they were/ are. :bash:
Post by: turkeydancer on April 20, 2013, 08:18:21 AM
The good news is that this will change as the weather heats up and more of his hens are breed and going to nest I can guarantee you two things: 1) they are most likely still in the area, and 2) they will be getting after it more soon.