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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: PA BEN on March 29, 2014, 06:25:02 PM

Title: youth season
Post by: PA BEN on March 29, 2014, 06:25:02 PM: Opens next weekend. My daughter has never shot a turkey and has never shot a shotgun. By the looks of these targets the turkeys better look out. 20 Gage #5's.
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Post by: bowhunterforever on March 29, 2014, 06:59:22 PM: Nice shooting :tup: Good luck
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Post by: Gobble Doc on March 29, 2014, 07:50:42 PM: Nice. Good luck. We'll be out also this next weekend. Last year for youth season for my son. Stay safe.
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on March 29, 2014, 09:01:35 PM: Nice shooting looks good!

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Post by: oneshot12 on March 29, 2014, 09:23:04 PM: :tup: got to like the target nice shoot en . Best of Luck to you young lady . looking forward to taking my grand daughter out this year myself should be a real fun hunt :)
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Post by: turkeydancer on March 30, 2014, 03:54:38 PM: :tup: Sweeeeettttt !!!!

Can't wait to see the pics .... git 'r dun !!!!
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Post by: PA BEN on April 04, 2014, 04:25:54 PM: Getting ready for the morning hunt, hope it goes well. The birds completely changed there pattern the last few days.
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Post by: PA BEN on April 04, 2014, 04:38:24 PM: Had my game camera out, no turkeys but I did get this. :bash:
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Post by: The Gobble-stopper on April 04, 2014, 05:04:07 PM: Pa Ben in your pic of your turkey gear, you forgot the kitchen sink! :chuckle:
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Post by: PA BEN on April 05, 2014, 06:57:28 AM: More pictures to come.
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Post by: Todd_ID on April 05, 2014, 07:06:05 AM: Excellent! Nothing better than getting a kid to notch a tag!
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Post by: Hangfire on April 05, 2014, 07:10:01 AM: Wonderful, picture worth a thousand words.
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Post by: PA BEN on April 05, 2014, 07:16:06 AM: I have to get the pictures off my game camera the birds came in right in front of it. Going to clean the bird and get another tag for this afternoon. :tup:
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Post by: Wanttohuntmore on April 05, 2014, 07:56:37 AM: Congrats! Going to try and get my son one next year.
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Post by: jblackburn on April 05, 2014, 09:00:45 AM: Congrats!
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Post by: Wacenturion on April 05, 2014, 09:59:38 AM: Congratulations to the young Lady! :tup:
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Post by: JKEEN33 on April 05, 2014, 10:11:28 AM: :tup: Great to see. Congratulations!
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Post by: Gringo31 on April 05, 2014, 11:09:26 AM: Awesome stuff right there :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: djnoodle on April 05, 2014, 11:32:40 AM: Nice bird! Congrats!

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Post by: kevinlisa06 on April 05, 2014, 12:15:11 PM: That pic is awesome congrats!

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Post by: oneshot12 on April 05, 2014, 02:39:32 PM: real nice congrats young lady :tup: darn good shoot en
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Post by: Birdguy on April 05, 2014, 04:48:56 PM: That is awesome, wish I was getting my kids out this year but most likely not in the cards. Way to get it done, good luck on number 2!
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Post by: PA BEN on April 05, 2014, 05:19:35 PM: We got tag #2 but she's too tired to go out, "one bird in one day is good enough" she said, :chuckle: so I well try and put one to bed tonight to go after in the morning.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 05, 2014, 06:05:48 PM: Nice ... :tup: Good idea about a tag for tomorrow ... she looks very happy :bow:
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Post by: mulehunter on April 05, 2014, 06:12:30 PM: :tup: How old is she? Good job.
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Post by: Gobble Doc on April 05, 2014, 07:46:14 PM: Nice job guys. That's a nice size bird.
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Post by: CJ1962 on April 05, 2014, 08:18:11 PM: Congrats to the young lady :tup:
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Post by: PA BEN on April 06, 2014, 04:41:19 AM: Quote from: Gobble Doc on April 05, 2014, 07:46:14 PM
Nice job guys. That's a nice size bird.
If she can get out of bed this morning we will give it another try. I watched a flock fly up last night, but they are on property we don't have permission to hunt on. Maybe we can pull the tom loose or the hens w/him in toe. They are a long way off, but worth a try.
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Post by: Birdguy on April 06, 2014, 01:30:59 PM: Waiting for the update Ben....how did it go :dunno: I bet it was a good morning either way :tup:.
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Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 06, 2014, 03:28:14 PM: Congrats to you both
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Post by: h2ofowlr on April 06, 2014, 05:13:53 PM: Very cool. Congrats!
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Post by: Mfowl on April 06, 2014, 06:21:48 PM: Looks like a happy kid! Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: ANDERWAGON on April 06, 2014, 07:00:50 PM: Waaay cool! Nice work... :tup: :tup:
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Post by: turkeydancer on April 07, 2014, 07:19:58 AM: :whoo: Congrats to the young lady ... and to you PaBen ... it's great to see you always gettingyour kids involved and successful !!! :tup:
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Post by: C-Money on April 07, 2014, 07:46:10 AM: Congrats to you folks!!! :tup:
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Post by: Tom Tamer on April 07, 2014, 03:09:03 PM: Quote from: Todd_ID on April 05, 2014, 07:06:05 AM
Excellent! Nothing better than getting a kid to notch a tag!
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Post by: PA BEN on April 07, 2014, 07:49:05 PM: I had a great first time turkey hunting with my last Daughter at home. We put the turkeys to bed the night before and put out a ground blind. We didn’t think they would come our way because they gobbled their heads off, but once out of the tree they quite gobbling and we didn’t hear any hens so we thought they went the other way. After a while we saw turkeys coming down the hill. Right to the decoys, they looked like hens. But by the time they passed right in from of us we saw little beards. Couldn’t move to shoot, so after they passed I hammered the box call. They would gobble at each call. Then we heard gobbles up the ridge and more birds came down. We could see they were jakes w/4 to 5” beards. I call these super jakes. They came by, she was ready, but they were walking and wouldn’t stop, so I hammered the box call, each time they would stop and gobble. About the 4th or 5th time of me telling her to shoot she did. 15 yds. She said every time I told her to shoot it was a bad shot or they were lined up. She told me I didn't need to do that, she knows how to hunt. She’s killed 3 bucks and 3 does. I guess I was a little excided.
The next day we called at a flock out in a field about 800yds away, one big tom in the bunch with hens and jakes. They were moving south to north, and then 5 or 6 broke off and started our way. There was one hen pushing the flock our way. Then out of nowhere a coyote jumped the flock. They flew into the tree tops. We waited them out and I made calls every so often. The tom would gobble back. After they pitched down the breeding started. After most if not all the hens got bread 10 came right to us and walked by at 6 yds. Then 12 jakes w/very small beards walked by. After the big tom walked out of site below us I started calling, he would gobble at each call, he gobbled and walked by at 15 yds, Carmen was ready but there was too much brush in the way for a shot. He did the gobble and walk the other way up the ridge thing. If you have ever hunted turkeys you know what I’m talking about. That afternoon we had hens little jakes right on top of us. We couldn't move and the mosquitoes were eating us alive. All in all, my daughter got a good taste of turkey hunting. She is hooked. I can’t wait for season to open to take her out again.
The bird she got didn't trip the camera. These were the little jakes.
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on April 07, 2014, 08:59:37 PM: Those are some real good times to here about! We hunted hard all weekend with the nephew and 11yr old niece. Her first hunt. Saturday we called in a whole flock with 15 Jakes two long beards and some hens. Still can't believe they could not get a shot at any of them??????? Sunday niece and bro in law called in two super Jakes and she missed twice..... Turkey Fever????? :chuckle: A couple other birds came by me and nephew but out of range...... Great times for sure! Lesson learned is that's why its called hunting and not killin!!! Lots of educated birds that's for sure.... :chuckle:
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on April 07, 2014, 09:07:21 PM: Sounds like some fun times! Makes me wish I knew a youth to take out and mentor!

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Post by: Birdguy on April 07, 2014, 09:31:37 PM: Nice write up Ben, thank you for sharing with the rest of us. Sounds like you and your daughter had a great time, a good hunt and a bunch of great memories :tup:. I wish things had been different this year with the kids but :dunno:. There will be other years I hope and maybe we will squeeze out a trip later this year. Again congrats t both of you.
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Post by: REHJWA on April 08, 2014, 12:00:43 AM: Quote from: Birdguy on April 07, 2014, 09:31:37 PM
Thank you for sharing with the rest of us. Sounds like you and your daughter had a great time, a good hunt and a bunch of great memories :tup:.
:yeah:
Family Memories for sure, it's the time together that makes it great. :tup: :tup:
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Post by: irishevox on April 10, 2014, 12:09:42 PM: real nice bird! :tup:
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Post by: yelp on April 10, 2014, 01:03:11 PM: Congrats! Great job to the father and hunter!