TTT - Team Turkey Talk

[TrackeySauresRex]

This will be my thread, I'll report on it the rest of the way. I'm ready to get going and looking forward to the Teams Turkey Talk.

  It is time for a little chatter, our team page has been quiet. Now you killahhhZ  need to start laying em down and acting like champions again! Most of us will be at it really soon and it's time to get on a great run. Monday will be my turn at the plate. The week of weather looks pretty decent. Have fun and hunt safe everyone.
Let's Rock 

Happy Easter Sunday to ALL my OG brothers! 

[Mountainburd]

Trackey, I was going to post the same thing today.  I guess great minds think alike! This will be a good thread for our team to post stories or kills that were not an upgrade.

[Mountainburd]

Thursday 4/17-

After a  pretty good roost hunt yesterday in a different area, I went back to where I killed the bird on Sunday today. I had high hopes as it was 33°, calm, and clear. I got in there pretty early, and while listening from my high point, I heard an early gobble down below me and started the hike down in. As I got closer, I was hearing somewhere between five and six different birds, but they sounded on different property. As I was listening, I could hear a hen about 50 yards in front of me up in a tree doing soft tree yelps. She had every single one of those birds answering her. I felt like that would be a good place to set up, right behind her.

I thought at one point that I had heard a much closer gobble down over the hill, but I was not certain. Anyway, once I could tell it was fly down, I started letting out a series of pretty aggressive yelping and some cuts. She immediately started answering me and I heard a gobble down below me. Within 30 seconds, a gobble about knocked me out out of my seat. All of a sudden, I see five turkeys running up the hill right to me. I suddenly became worried that it was just a group of jakes.

Within seconds, these birds were 30 yards in front of me. In the low light, I thought I could see a long beard on the lead bird. All of a sudden he went into full strut, spitting and drumming at 30 yards but he was in some brush. At that point, I knew he was a mature bird and stayed fixated on him.

He made it easy for me and walked 5 yards closer into an opening before I shot him at 25 yards. He ended up being a two-year-old but had a really nice thick beard on him. He was not an upgrade. Just an awesome and exciting hunt. One more Va tag that I'll likely try and stretch out the season with as well as Pa.

[Mountainburd]

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[Mountainburd]

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If you look in the pic, you'll see the mouth call made by our very own Oakland game calls, team member Billy.  Thanks buddy.

[TrackeySauresRex]

MB! WooHoo!  Now that sounded like a great hunt.. Good job and congrats.

[Twowithone]

Way to go Joe.12 and a wake up for those Pa. guys cant get here fast enough.

[Will]

Great job!

[RutnNStrutn]

Congrats Joe!!!

[RutnNStrutn]

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If you look in the pic, you'll see the mouth call made by our very own Oakland game calls, team member Billy.  Thanks buddy.

Is that Bclarke you're referring to? I'm always looking for new calls.

[Mountainburd]

Yes correct, bclarke from our team.

Oakland game calls is the name. I've probably killed my last 10 birds using his mouth calls.

I think he only advertises on Facebook and does not have a website. But I just get my calls directly from him.


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[RutnNStrutn]

Yes correct, bclarke from our team.

Oakland game calls is the name. I've probably killed my last 10 birds using his mouth calls.

I think he only advertises on Facebook and does not have a website. But I just get my calls directly from him.


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Thanks brother!!! 

[TrackeySauresRex]

Progress report.. No progress nuttin to report 

  Here we go, 0315 Hrs I stumbled outta bed, cold water on the face and coffee down the hatch. Plenty of time as we rolled in. High 40's no wind. Beautiful morning but Quiet, really quiet. Roosters are crowing... woods are alive, peeps peeping, song birds starting to chirp..

  Zero gobbling.

  One owl Hoot from Tracky Jr. GrrrrrrrObblObbleObble! Game time. We walk a hundo or so closer and set up. Now they're going in a few different directions now. After fly down it Sounds like there coming. Then they leave. We cranked em up again, on the way again. Silence for a good bit. So we gave some silence back with a little leaf scratch. The woods were silent for a good while. Then I almost loose my hat! GrrrrrrrrObbleObbleObble! Right on top of us.

  2 super Jake's show up on the end of my barrel 10 steps away. They hung out for a good bit and put on a good show and walk off. I made sure they walked off a good ways and give it to them again.  We got em going in a couple of directions again. We're in the middle of em good. Then they leave. The far group walks off further, so we put a move on em. Backing all the way out and circle all the way around trying to get ahead of em.
 
  We think we're in the right spot now. We sit and call nothing. Call again, they erupt.. they're close.. again they're definable closing the gap now. They leave... son of a BEEP!


  Now this group circles us. They walk in between Tracky Jr and me. 3 steps from him and 7 steps from me. 4 loud mouth super Jake's. They leave. We worked that group twice in hopes of the man with the Redneck tie shows up.

  So we come up with another game plan, thinking these bullies are running off any Tom in sight.

    We drive to another place a few miles away we have scouted. The wind picked up and made it a little tough. Now we're ready to leave in hopes to strike a bird on the way out, it happens again. Jr. gets one cranked up.. We ran out of time and ran outta real estate.

A great hunt today!
Stay tuned with more to follow.
Tomorrow's another day

 

 

[RutnNStrutn]

Sounds like an exciting day!! At least you guys had plenty of action!! 
Get back after them tomorrow Trackey and Trackey Jr.

[RutnNStrutn]

It's been raining all day at my place today. In a lull in the rain about an hour ago, a nice gobbler came into my yard with a hen and a transgender hen (bearded). It looked like the same gobbler and transgender that came in yesterday afternoon when the family was here for the Easter meal.
I'll be back after them tomorrow.