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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: grundy53 on April 22, 2010, 07:58:10 AM

Title: off to hunt easterns
Post by: grundy53 on April 22, 2010, 07:58:10 AM: off to hunt easterns for a couple days. wish me luck :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Wacenturion on April 22, 2010, 08:04:25 AM: Good luck....hope you score!
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Post by: dawei on April 22, 2010, 10:59:36 AM: Git-R-Done!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 22, 2010, 11:25:28 AM: GL
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on April 22, 2010, 11:28:25 AM: Knock them dead!!
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Post by: bow4elk on April 22, 2010, 03:24:30 PM: Never killed one so take it or leave it, but here's what I've learned over many years hunting :bash: easterns in western WA:

1. Hunt sign and don't expect to see birds (think blacktails)
2. Call conservatively but reach out there with your yelping, then as time passes use softer purrs, yelps, and clucks on occassion
3. Don't expect a loud mouth Tom to gobble all the way in; they come in silent a lot
4. Enjoy looking at your decoys because they may be the only turkeys you see ;)
Title: Re: off to hunt easterns
Post by: Wacenturion on April 22, 2010, 04:39:33 PM: Quote from: bow4elk on April 22, 2010, 03:24:30 PM
Never killed one so take it or leave it, but here's what I've learned over many years hunting :bash: easterns in western WA:

1. Hunt sign and don't expect to see birds (think blacktails)
2. Call conservatively but reach out there with your yelping, then as time passes use softer purrs, yelps, and clucks on occassion
3. Don't expect a loud mouth Tom to gobble all the way in; they come in silent a lot
4. Enjoy looking at your decoys because they may be the only turkeys you see ;)

I think you have learned the ways of these Easterns pretty well. It's at that point that one actually swing the odds in your favor of killing one. Without adhering to the above points, you're just spending time in the woods.
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Post by: bow4elk on April 22, 2010, 05:20:00 PM: Glad to have your validation Wacenturion because I know that you know a thing or two about turkey hunting.

I did call in one monster Tom to arm's reach one morning (see point 3) and only knew it when I stood up to head into work. He erupted from the salal as I filled my shorts :bash: How he got that close without me knowing is still a mystery.
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Post by: chester on April 22, 2010, 08:54:26 PM: Grundy give me a call...i already called your cousin but i ran into a couple of toms yesterday :hello:
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Post by: HoofsandWings on April 22, 2010, 09:19:20 PM: I sure wish I had the time to get away on a weekday.
I am going down this weekend or next to scout for a day.
My fishing trip for springers was cancelled so I have a couple of open dates to scout.
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Post by: Phantom Gobbler on April 22, 2010, 09:55:23 PM: Hunted Easterns in Eastern Tennessee last year near Smokey Mountain National Park. Talk about phantoms. We never heard or saw a gobbler but saw lots of sign. Those ridge runners are smart!

But never give up, this year I am headed to Western Kentucky in early May to give er another try!!

Good luck with the wetside mystery birds!!
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Post by: grundy53 on April 27, 2010, 08:04:01 AM: well... no luck :'(. but i did see some of those ghost birds. a black bear and a bunch of deer and elk. oh well. maybe next time. thanks for the tips guys. they will help next time.