Hunting Washington Forum

Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: KFhunter on March 16, 2021, 10:28:22 AM

Title: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 16, 2021, 10:28:22 AM: Happy to share the strut is on in the Colville area :IBCOOL:

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210316/6f192ef413643d8f65b254cd346a3d16.jpg)
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Fatherof5 on March 16, 2021, 10:33:48 AM: :tup: :tup: :tup: Thanks for sharing! My boys and I cant wait for season to open!
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: birddogdad on March 16, 2021, 10:42:38 AM: looking forward to starting the dance in a couple weeks with them!
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: TheStovePipeKid on March 16, 2021, 11:41:07 AM: @KFhunter what is the snow line looking like in Colville/Chewelah?
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 16, 2021, 02:29:02 PM: 3k in the shade

Roads not good

Stay low early season

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: konradcountry on March 16, 2021, 03:10:28 PM: Man I love seeing that fan
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: brokentrail on March 16, 2021, 03:16:30 PM: Ahh yes. Season gets closer every day!
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: HillHound on March 16, 2021, 03:30:16 PM: I can’t wait. I’m going to try to get my wife and son on the local birds around our property and save my tags so I have something to keep things exciting on slow days looking for my spring bear.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Skywagon_185 on March 16, 2021, 07:21:29 PM: Heard my First gobble this morning in Central Klickitat. Think there's lots of birds this year. Saw a flock of at least 80 late fall.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 16, 2021, 07:25:46 PM: While I have 40+ birds in the pasture every day. I wasn't sure just exactly what KF was referring to. I was wondering if he had something that he wanted to share 🤔

Oops my bad.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: brokentrail on March 16, 2021, 07:40:45 PM: @Ridgeratt I have 2 youth hunters that will help those pasture birds equal two less than 40 :chuckle:
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 17, 2021, 06:24:12 PM: Dang Grass Clippers.
Looking like a herd of hens. But there has to be a Tom or two hanging out.

Had 4 yard goats herd these offenders down the driveway yesterday after the dawg saw the goats.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on March 17, 2021, 07:00:12 PM: I must have weird turkeys around here. They Strut and Gobble year round here. I even have hens that fan out and do a sort of gobble. Must be in the feed.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: baldopepper on March 17, 2021, 07:29:44 PM: Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on March 17, 2021, 07:00:12 PM
I must have weird turkeys around here. They Strut and Gobble year round here. I even have hens that fan out and do a sort of gobble. Must be in the feed.
. I was kinda thinking the same thing. Birds around me fan out and gobble pretty much all year also. I think it's on more when I start seeing the smaller flocks with just a tom or two and several hens. I'm mostly still seeing the bigger winter flocks in the usual wintering areas. Still seeing the Toms mostly running together away from the big hen flocks.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 17, 2021, 07:49:33 PM: Quote from: baldopepper on March 17, 2021, 07:29:44 PM
Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on March 17, 2021, 07:00:12 PM
I must have weird turkeys around here. They Strut and Gobble year round here. I even have hens that fan out and do a sort of gobble. Must be in the feed.
. I was kinda thinking the same thing. Birds around me fan out and gobble pretty much all year also. I think it's on more when I start seeing the smaller flocks with just a tom or two and several hens. I'm mostly still seeing the bigger winter flocks in the usual wintering areas. Still seeing the Toms mostly running together away from the big hen flocks.
Yup

Still early and they're still flocked up in big hen groups, but the toms have moved in and I'm seeing strutting activity.

It's not "on like donkey kong", but its beginning!

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 17, 2021, 07:53:12 PM: Not recent, north of 100 turkey I think I counted.

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210318/73de3d22fd732665e4f3c35b8f7141be.jpg)
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 17, 2021, 07:54:19 PM: Got 25 elk hanging out in the field next door.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 17, 2021, 07:59:32 PM: Quote from: Ghost Hunter on March 17, 2021, 07:54:19 PM
Got 25 elk hanging out in the field next door.
Trade you.

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 18, 2021, 06:06:49 AM: Quote from: KFhunter on March 17, 2021, 07:59:32 PM
Quote from: Ghost Hunter on March 17, 2021, 07:54:19 PM
Got 25 elk hanging out in the field next door.
Trade you.

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

I don't know? They all have hoof rot. Eight years ago, they didn't. :'(
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: hunter399 on March 18, 2021, 06:13:16 AM: Turkeys are struting in my yard .
Started gobbles like a month ago.
So it's been going on for awhile.
I'd say every tom in the farmers fields in the valley are worked up now....
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Jingles on March 18, 2021, 07:35:08 AM: No one in the neighborhood sleeps past the sky in the east starting to lighten due to gobbling on roost and been that way for almost a month
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 18, 2021, 07:39:09 AM: Gobbling I can sleep through

Geese honking under my window I cannot sleep through

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: hunter399 on March 18, 2021, 07:44:35 AM: Just looked out the window!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: hunter399 on March 18, 2021, 07:46:57 AM: Just looked out there again ,now there gone.
That quick.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 20, 2021, 08:40:03 AM: Just looked out the window too!

This one has my daughter's name on it if you look reeeeal close(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210320/c2998675b96fc5a9f950671b6055957a.jpg)

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 20, 2021, 08:46:39 AM: Nice Byrd does look like it is close to the road 😀
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: KFhunter on March 20, 2021, 09:32:21 AM: Quote from: Ridgeratt on March 20, 2021, 08:46:39 AM
Nice Byrd does look like it is close to the road 😀
Ya, its a city burd, well fed in the other county lol

Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 20, 2021, 09:45:17 AM: If it stays next to the road. Someone will Wells Fargo him.
Bang out the window and then the "scramble" to retrieve it and get back into the rig before Someone sees them.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Bored-o on March 25, 2021, 03:57:58 AM: Me and my daughter are heading to the Colville area for the youth hunt. We are trying to get her first turkey this year. She is pretty excited to get out there, I also drew a spring bear tag in 117 so we are going to try and do a little scouting while we are over there. Anyone with a turkey problem let me know.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ridgeratt on March 26, 2021, 11:43:24 AM: KF went to the post office about 5 minutes ago. Your pet was going rogue and was standing in the road.
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: Ghost Hunter on March 26, 2021, 12:14:37 PM: I need to get over there and get some target time on the broadheads. Wrong target Wrong place :bash:
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: buckcanyonlodge on March 26, 2021, 08:13:21 PM: The breeding migration is on....some are going south..some north.

Front yard
Title: Re: The strut is on!
Post by: MADMAX on March 27, 2021, 08:17:46 AM: Nice place Rick