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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: shorthair15 on February 19, 2021, 11:04:07 AM

Title: 2nd yr turkey hunting
Post by: shorthair15 on February 19, 2021, 11:04:07 AM: this is my 2nd year turkey hunting. hunted one year after i got out of the service last year. hunted a couple days last year in the colville forest. saw alot of birds on private land. it was towards the end of the season. disabled vet/hunter. learned alot watching videos. my calling has gotten better using a diaphragm. contacted wdfw spokane was trying to find some private land to hunt. picked up a garmin with onyx maps for washington should help find some more public spots. any public land near ione. drove around outside colville last year. going east this season to hunt between colville and chewelah again this year. good luck this season every one!
Title: Re: 2nd yr turkey hunting
Post by: birddogdad on February 19, 2021, 11:11:50 AM: Quote from: shorthair15 on February 19, 2021, 11:04:07 AM
this is my 2nd year turkey hunting. hunted one year after i got out of the service last year. hunted a couple days last year in the colville forest. saw alot of birds on private land. it was towards the end of the season. disabled vet/hunter. learned alot watching videos. my calling has gotten better using a diaphragm. contacted wdfw spokane was trying to find some private land to hunt. picked up a garmin with onyx maps for washington should help find some more public spots. any public land near ione. drove around outside colville last year. going east this season to hunt between colville and chewelah again this year. good luck this season every one!

ya know Klickitat is much closer to you if you are SW WA.. lots of birds there too...
Title: Re: 2nd yr turkey hunting
Post by: jrebel on February 19, 2021, 11:15:42 AM: Sounds like your on the right track. Lots and lots of birds in that part of the state. I find that later in the season they are dispersed more on the national forest land and you can find them in very remote locations at higher elevations that you would think a bird would go. With that said.....don't be afraid to get just above some private land / fields (on public land) and call the birds to you......especially if you see a loan tom or jake running through the field. If you have the time, the onx mapping and the patients, it will all come together this year.

Also....try and roost some birds at night, sneak in the next morning while it's dark and set up.....it can get real exciting when they come out of roost. I have seen birds come out of roost as the sun was rising and I have seen them come out of roost a couple hours after the sun has been up. They generally make a lot of noise when they wake up and fly down out of their roost.

good luck
Title: Re: 2nd yr turkey hunting
Post by: MonstroMuley on February 19, 2021, 02:38:46 PM: Quote from: birddogdad on February 19, 2021, 11:11:50 AM
ya know Klickitat is much closer to you if you are SW WA.. lots of birds there too...

Took Klickitat Cabela's Guide Pre-Season Turkey Hunt 2-Day field class one year ...
outstanding experience ... Tracy get's you "Dialed In" ...improved my learning curve quit a bit and felt well worth it.

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Title: Re: 2nd yr turkey hunting
Post by: teanawayslayer on February 19, 2021, 02:47:14 PM: I’ve seen lots of birds in and around the powerlines nw of Ione. It’s forest service. Should be able to find birds on public if you do enough looking around.
Title: Re: 2nd yr turkey hunting
Post by: DIron on February 20, 2021, 08:47:12 PM: Quote from: shorthair15 on February 19, 2021, 11:04:07 AM
this is my 2nd year turkey hunting. hunted one year after i got out of the service last year. hunted a couple days last year in the colville forest. saw alot of birds on private land. it was towards the end of the season. disabled vet/hunter. learned alot watching videos. my calling has gotten better using a diaphragm. contacted wdfw spokane was trying to find some private land to hunt. picked up a garmin with onyx maps for washington should help find some more public spots. any public land near ione. drove around outside colville last year. going east this season to hunt between colville and chewelah again this year. good luck this season every one!
Good Luck Shorthair this will be my 2nd year as well. Had birds around last year but couldn't get them inside of about 65 yards so never got a shot off. I'll be back at it again this year :-)