LFTSH
by 1bamashooter. 01/23/25 07:12 AM
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Per acre
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It’s on
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435098
03/15/18 10:40 AM
03/15/18 10:40 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,116
Round ‘bout there
Clem
Mildly Quirky
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Mildly Quirky
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 52,116
Round ‘bout there
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Skyline WMA was damned sure quiet this morning. A few birds sounding off but no hunters, which was nice. Midweek openers are great.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435099
03/15/18 10:40 AM
03/15/18 10:40 AM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,464
Madison County
bobwallace
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,464
Madison County
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Finally got a bird to gobble at 7:20, probably gobbled 25-30 times, mostly on his own for the next hour, and then eventually went silent. Sat til 9:30 and never seen or heard from him again. I'd guess some hens that were apparently sexier than I sounded carried him off somewhere. Had to pack it in and head to work.
Yeah, well, I always heard there were three kinds of suns in Kansas: sunshine, sunflowers, and sons-of-bitches.
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435113
03/15/18 10:51 AM
03/15/18 10:51 AM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,699
alabaster al.
BIG-AL
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,699
alabaster al.
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My son and I doubled up this morning. He managed to miss one at 25yds. 30 min later at 9:30 we had two flopping. Heard 14 this morning in Perry Co.
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
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Re: LFTW
[Re: Zbrann]
#2435117
03/15/18 10:54 AM
03/15/18 10:54 AM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,785
Owens Xrds
AUwrestler
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,785
Owens Xrds
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reading this from my office is torture..... but I can't look away. So true
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435121
03/15/18 10:56 AM
03/15/18 10:56 AM
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,059
Covington County
Squeaky
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,059
Covington County
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It’s been a long time since I’ve got on a hard gobbling Jake in Bama this early. He can count his blessings his running buddy stepped in the road first. They were at 15 steps when he gobbled in my face and half strutted. It was a fun hunt even though I didn’t burn powder.
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life.
Comes to us at midnight very clean.
It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday."
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Re: LFTW
[Re: Smells]
#2435123
03/15/18 10:58 AM
03/15/18 10:58 AM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,785
Owens Xrds
AUwrestler
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10 point
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One answered my sad sounding owl call from the next ridge at about 6:10. One more call to pinpoint where he was at and then I got set up. Gobbled on his own a couple minutes later and I answered with some soft yelps. Gobbled again and I answered once more and decided that was it I wasn't talking anymore. It seemed like he was still roosted. 5 min later he gobbled again and I was silent. 1 minute later he gobbled again and I grinned because I figured I had him. But .... he didn't do what he was supposed to do. Instead of flying down and walking my way that sucker flew what I think was about 150 yds from his ridge, across the bottom, to my ridge and landed in the top of a pine tree maybe 10 yds from me. I was trapped. He was so close that I would have had to tilt my head up to see him which I was afraid to do. I didn't move a muscle for about 10 minutes. He finally started gobbling at some crows and I figured he was looking in their direction so I slowly looked up. I didn't know what to do. I figured at that point all I could do was hope he called up a hen that could get him on the ground but that never happened. 7 gobbles and about 30 minutes later he finally got his head lined up with a hole in the canopy that couldn't have been any bigger than an orange, and he locked on to me. I'm pretty sure he didn't really know what he was looking at he just knew he didn't like it, started getting fidgety, finally putted twice and flew off.
What the heck do you do in a situation like that? What can you do? I was just trying to be as still and quiet as possible hoping a hen would come along and get him on the ground. Its wrong to launch one off the roost tree. But I'll be damned if I dont shoot one from a limb if he flys onto it while Im calling him in. Cant have those smart turkeys in the gene pool.
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: LFTW
[Re: AUwrestler]
#2435144
03/15/18 11:16 AM
03/15/18 11:16 AM
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Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 4,100
Grant, Alabama, USA
TR
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 4,100
Grant, Alabama, USA
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One answered my sad sounding owl call from the next ridge at about 6:10. One more call to pinpoint where he was at and then I got set up. Gobbled on his own a couple minutes later and I answered with some soft yelps. Gobbled again and I answered once more and decided that was it I wasn't talking anymore. It seemed like he was still roosted. 5 min later he gobbled again and I was silent. 1 minute later he gobbled again and I grinned because I figured I had him. But .... he didn't do what he was supposed to do. Instead of flying down and walking my way that sucker flew what I think was about 150 yds from his ridge, across the bottom, to my ridge and landed in the top of a pine tree maybe 10 yds from me. I was trapped. He was so close that I would have had to tilt my head up to see him which I was afraid to do. I didn't move a muscle for about 10 minutes. He finally started gobbling at some crows and I figured he was looking in their direction so I slowly looked up. I didn't know what to do. I figured at that point all I could do was hope he called up a hen that could get him on the ground but that never happened. 7 gobbles and about 30 minutes later he finally got his head lined up with a hole in the canopy that couldn't have been any bigger than an orange, and he locked on to me. I'm pretty sure he didn't really know what he was looking at he just knew he didn't like it, started getting fidgety, finally putted twice and flew off.
What the heck do you do in a situation like that? What can you do? I was just trying to be as still and quiet as possible hoping a hen would come along and get him on the ground. Its wrong to launch one off the roost tree. But I'll be damned if I dont shoot one from a limb if he flys onto it while Im calling him in. Cant have those smart turkeys in the gene pool. I agree with this. If he ain't playin fair then I ain't either.
"Make a difference, take a kid hunting".
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Re: LFTW
[Re: Smells]
#2435150
03/15/18 11:22 AM
03/15/18 11:22 AM
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Posts: 4,705
george county ms
johndeere5036
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,705
george county ms
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One answered my sad sounding owl call from the next ridge at about 6:10. One more call to pinpoint where he was at and then I got set up. Gobbled on his own a couple minutes later and I answered with some soft yelps. Gobbled again and I answered once more and decided that was it I wasn't talking anymore. It seemed like he was still roosted. 5 min later he gobbled again and I was silent. 1 minute later he gobbled again and I grinned because I figured I had him. But .... he didn't do what he was supposed to do. Instead of flying down and walking my way that sucker flew what I think was about 150 yds from his ridge, across the bottom, to my ridge and landed in the top of a pine tree maybe 10 yds from me. I was trapped. He was so close that I would have had to tilt my head up to see him which I was afraid to do. I didn't move a muscle for about 10 minutes. He finally started gobbling at some crows and I figured he was looking in their direction so I slowly looked up. I didn't know what to do. I figured at that point all I could do was hope he called up a hen that could get him on the ground but that never happened. 7 gobbles and about 30 minutes later he finally got his head lined up with a hole in the canopy that couldn't have been any bigger than an orange, and he locked on to me. I'm pretty sure he didn't really know what he was looking at he just knew he didn't like it, started getting fidgety, finally putted twice and flew off.
What the heck do you do in a situation like that? What can you do? I was just trying to be as still and quiet as possible hoping a hen would come along and get him on the ground. Should have limb launched him
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435164
03/15/18 11:32 AM
03/15/18 11:32 AM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,762
Longwood, FL
jlbuc10
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,762
Longwood, FL
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I would've shot him outta the air. breast out cupped up trying to land like a duck
Last edited by jlbuc10; 03/15/18 11:32 AM.
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435254
03/15/18 12:49 PM
03/15/18 12:49 PM
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Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 5,588
Lee County, Alabama
dBmV
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 5,588
Lee County, Alabama
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Congrats to the killers. Hopefully I will be in that group by this time tomorrow.
What you do today, you have to sleep with tonight.
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Re: LFTW
[Re: Clem]
#2435273
03/15/18 01:05 PM
03/15/18 01:05 PM
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 6,999
Holly Pond, AL
NightHunter
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 6,999
Holly Pond, AL
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Skyline WMA was damned sure quiet this morning. A few birds sounding off but no hunters, which was nice. Midweek openers are great.
I bet, want to meet me there tomorrow?
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Re: LFTW
[Re: TR]
#2435294
03/15/18 01:20 PM
03/15/18 01:20 PM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 4,579
Behind you
Avengedsevenfold
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10 point
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 4,579
Behind you
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One answered my sad sounding owl call from the next ridge at about 6:10. One more call to pinpoint where he was at and then I got set up. Gobbled on his own a couple minutes later and I answered with some soft yelps. Gobbled again and I answered once more and decided that was it I wasn't talking anymore. It seemed like he was still roosted. 5 min later he gobbled again and I was silent. 1 minute later he gobbled again and I grinned because I figured I had him. But .... he didn't do what he was supposed to do. Instead of flying down and walking my way that sucker flew what I think was about 150 yds from his ridge, across the bottom, to my ridge and landed in the top of a pine tree maybe 10 yds from me. I was trapped. He was so close that I would have had to tilt my head up to see him which I was afraid to do. I didn't move a muscle for about 10 minutes. He finally started gobbling at some crows and I figured he was looking in their direction so I slowly looked up. I didn't know what to do. I figured at that point all I could do was hope he called up a hen that could get him on the ground but that never happened. 7 gobbles and about 30 minutes later he finally got his head lined up with a hole in the canopy that couldn't have been any bigger than an orange, and he locked on to me. I'm pretty sure he didn't really know what he was looking at he just knew he didn't like it, started getting fidgety, finally putted twice and flew off.
What the heck do you do in a situation like that? What can you do? I was just trying to be as still and quiet as possible hoping a hen would come along and get him on the ground. Its wrong to launch one off the roost tree. But I'll be damned if I dont shoot one from a limb if he flys onto it while Im calling him in. Cant have those smart turkeys in the gene pool. I agree with this. If he ain't playin fair then I ain't either. Amen
Carrying a gun isn't comfortable; but at times it is comforting
"Cause the cause for the pause you think you see is really concentration on the steel” NonPoint
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435338
03/15/18 02:03 PM
03/15/18 02:03 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,906
North Bama
demp17
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 3,906
North Bama
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Found one that just absolutely wanted to die, I tried everything in my power to make him smart and live a longer life but he just wasn't having it. Slipping along a field edge about 645 this morning I stop look up the mountain and do some cutting on my trusty ol copper call. Not 100 yards behind me in a wide open field he hammers, so I can't move and i really don't think the turkey knew why he gobbled but he did. He gradually figured out that tall thing up on the road wasn't a turkey and left. Got the royal screw up out of the way early this year!!! All i had to do was just look in the wide open field and i'd had a perfect setup for him because he was all by himself and actually working straight toward where i was standing....IDOT!!! I go try another spot still horse cussing myself for not looking into the field before hitting the call, have no luck at the other spot. So about an hour later I figured that since he was by himself earlier that he may just still want some action so back around the field i go. I stop hit my copper call and he hammers right above where I saw him earlier, this time he was in the mountain. I get setup on the road and he commences to putting on show full of strutting and gobbling and spitting and drumming for the next half hour.. He finally comes down the mountain but in the worst spot possible, behind me, he gets behind some trees so i roll onto my belly and wait for him to pop out in the road behind me. He does and gets a dose of tss, i guess he thought he was hulk because he popped back up and tried to get up the mountain and got another dose of tss, that finished him off. Didn't weight him but i'd guess he had to be close to 20lbs, had a 10" beard and 1" spurs.
Darn happy to get back out in the woods and enjoy the Good Lord's awesome work!
We are not perfect, only forgiven!!!
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435355
03/15/18 02:33 PM
03/15/18 02:33 PM
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Posts: 7,045
Tuscaloosa
Booger
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Posts: 7,045
Tuscaloosa
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Called in 3 and heard 3 others gobbling. My pastor killed one of the 3 that came in. It was his first turkey kill. It was a beautiful morning.
GO NOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: LFTW
[Re: NFHunter]
#2435359
03/15/18 02:38 PM
03/15/18 02:38 PM
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Posts: 372
prattville,al
rrhunter
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 372
prattville,al
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Pike county is shy a two year old. Had the chance to double and my buddy couldn't get on his bird good. Called in three from two different directions and my decoys took a good whoopin
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