tough season so far.

[scottcrb]

so this is my first year hunting ever and im 31.  did one season of waterfowl hunting and one full hard week of turkey hunting.  my buddy ive been hunting with has been turkey hunting for about 8 years and is a great hunter and fisherman.  we spent 6 nights 7 days outside kettle falls area and my buddy got a nice tom and his bro got a jake but im still full of tags and freezer has no turkey in it.  anyone have advice locations tips private land etc.  currently laid off and have plenty of time to hunt just a little discouraged.

[MtnMuley]

Read bearpaws recent post in the sponsor forum.  Sounds like it would be right up your alley.

[littlemac]

Welcome to the site, hope you get some success early on in your hunting career.

You can't be discouraged this early on though, many stories here and in the hunting mags about folks that go many years without harvesting any game.

Its all about the total experience.

[carpsniperg2]

welcome to the site we have a intro page you should stop by and tell us a bit more about yourself and etc, it has been pretty tuff for a lot of folks this year with weather and birds hened up

[Tom Tamer]

 
Give it another week or two and most all hens will be setting the nest....than they tripoveer thmselves trying to be the first one to you.....   Sometimes. But IMO May is better to hunt in than April, just because of that.

[scottcrb]

thanks everyone for the encouraging words. i do appreciate just being outdoors and with good buddies as much or more than the actual harvest. think im gonna go out again in about a week for 4 or 5 days. any suggestions? BLUES ? colville? or central cascades?

[turkeydancer]

70% to 75% of the state harvest happens in the NE corner of the state follwed by Blues approx 14%, Klickitat 7%, mid-East slope of the Cascades about 3+%, and NE slopes of the Cascades 4+% ... over on the Wetside about 1+%.

For my money, back to the NE corner ....

[Little Dave]

I had just about an identical situation last year, except I'm older than you.  I didn't end up getting any birds in the spring, but I had a pretty good time watching a bunch of hens hang out with my decoys for an hour.  Hunted by myself for about a week, really enjoyed that because I was fully accountable for success and failure.  It seems I learned from that faster.

Keep at it.  I got a Rio and a Merriam's in the fall.
Colville.