Is it time yet?

I’m finding it harder and harder not to think about the upcoming season. Won’t be long. I got my calls out the other day and did a little practicing. Pre-season scouting starts next month!

I’m with you i’m trying to fish and keep my mind occupied but that is not working. Just went through my calls and supplys have an order going to Midwest Turkey supply next week.

Maybe we will have snow maybe not I cannot wait till the season starts. My first hunt will be first week of April heading to NE. Come back for a week then to SD .
Mn I’m hoping for season B.
Then head to WI for one weekend season C. My last hunt will be season E in WI for a week with a couple tags in the pocket.

Best time of year is the spring time.

Either NE will look like this

Snow sure does not slow things down I really don’t mind it.

I really can’t wait to see this out in front of me

Nice pics!! I too am starting to strut around the house a bit. I’ll get an order place for some new diaphragm calls this week or next for sure.

I wish we still hard turkeys by me in WI

Gotta love turkeys in the snow!!! Getting a little antsy myself for the upcoming spring hunt.

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Coworker saw a bird strutting with a big flock yesterday… he’s got the right attitude!

I’m going for the very first time this year and pretty darn excited. Drew a tag for the 1st season. Can’t wait!!

Oh man you’re in for a treat. Turkey hunting is one of my favorite things. The woods is just coming alive and its great to be out there. Plus its really exciting to have a big thunder chicken come strutting right in

Saw some strutters this morning on the way to work… warm weather has them thinking about the ladies!

I am thinking that with this warm streak this week, I might even see a turkey up here along the road this week!!!

Mark

Getting pretty darn excited!! Saw some big boys strutting around this morning in the field I will be hunting next month. Can’t come soon enough.

I’ve been seeing them all week too. Might go out for a listen this weekend. Youth season starts April 4th… 2 weeks from today. Hoping my son wants to shoot this year but not going to push him. We’ve been watching Cabelas Spring Thunder in anticipation!

With the WI Youth Season in full swing, it was time to peek around some corners to see if there were any birds trying to get gussied up for the spring mating season… Still been pretty quiet in the Northwoods, but there is no real surprise there. Sat. a.m. with time to goof around, I stopped by a couple of places that I see them and got lucky enough to see a hen in one spot and then at the other spot get cut off by a tom @ my second spot. That got me excited for this week’s opener!!!

Then with all the wind yesterday, I let the birds have time on their own and lo and behold this a.m. on my way back up to work, I come around the corner and there are three strutters!!! Now I have seen birds in this area in years past, but never really tried to hunt in the area. So I have to find out if they are adjacent to public land or on all private… Hoping for the former, and them to hang in the area for just a little while longer!!!

Mark

Only 2 more days guys! Been seeing some big ones around my area. My 14 yo went out for the youth hunt and missed 2 different Toms. One Saturday morning and one Sunday morning. Went out again yesterday afternoon and we saw 4 more Toms and just couldn’t get them close enough. Now it’s my turn and then he has the second season. Go get em boys!

We just bought a house so I’ve been tied up with that so far this month and will be until the end of April. The cool thing with the new place is there was a bird gobbling his head off right off my deck last night as he went to roost. Probably less than 200 yds away where he roosted.

Only have to sit through this hour, change clothes and head tot he woods for the rest of the day… Hopefully those three are that far away from where I saw them two days ago!!! Good Luck to the rest of ya hunting this period!!!

Mark

Well I was off to hunt THE SPOT!!! Walking down the lane the 170 yards to the setup, one turkey scurried around a corner… What to do… as the Clash would say, “should I stay or should I go!!!”

Well I stayed and I shoulda gone!!! But that’s ok I saw 4 Toms two days before that, the single biggest concentration of Toms I had seen so far this spring. In the Northwoods, they will travel and come back around, hopefully they’ll be back tonight and in for a date with a g5 montec!!! Be getting ready here in a bit!!!

Mark

Got in a bit late last night… Good sign, turkey tracks over my boot tracks, so I know they are still using the area!!! Bad sign, no turkeys back in… Going to try tonight again, leave blind up on public land, go in early tomorrow and see if they’re morning birds, if not, got word of some birds working a more southerly location closer to home now that the work week is over…

Mark

The answer to this post is finally ‘YES’ for me. After buying a new house, completely redoing a bunch of stuff and then moving in the last month, I had no time to hunt. However, we’re all moved and ready to go now so… this weekend its game on. Seems like the birds are in that tough stage where they aren’t as visible and aren’t as vocal, constantly henned up etc… but we’ll make the best of it. My son is also pumped about hunting this year… which after last year I wasn’t sure if he would be. But he’s jacked nonetheless so we’ll be after his first bird starting Friday night.

Looks like mushroom season is going to be coming into primetime too so thats perfect. Nothing better than grilled fresh turkey breast smothered in fresh picked mushrooms and asparagus… oh geez I’m drooling now.

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The answer to this post is finally ‘YES’ for me. After buying a new house, completely redoing a bunch of stuff and then moving in the last month, I had no time to hunt. However, we’re all moved and ready to go now so… this weekend its game on. Seems like the birds are in that tough stage where they aren’t as visible and aren’t as vocal, constantly henned up etc… but we’ll make the best of it. My son is also pumped about hunting this year… which after last year I wasn’t sure if he would be. But he’s jacked nonetheless so we’ll be after his first bird starting Friday night.

Looks like mushroom season is going to be coming into primetime too so thats perfect. Nothing better than grilled fresh turkey breast smothered in fresh picked mushrooms and asparagus… oh geez I’m drooling now.

Yikes – turkeys, asparagus, and mushrooms….that’s the spring slam as far as I’m concerned!

Joel

Finally got a bird down. Took some doing as there seem to be about 6 hens for every gobbler this year. This ol boy came strutting in early and down he went. Got a few morels in the fridge so now I just need to rustle up some asparagus and we’re all set for dinner!

22lbs, 1 1/8″ spur (other was broken off), 11 & 5″ beards

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