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did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 12:55 PM
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yesterday morning early I took my boy out and we scouted a little for spring turkey season coming. we had been hearing gobblers some lately and we always seem to have hens at our feeder every day or so. for the first time, I used an electronic call having only used an old box call for years past.
It worked great, using a combination of hen clucks and an agressive tom, I had two of the nicest looking gobblers within 30 yards of us in about 15 minutes. My son, who has never been on a turkey hunt, was so excited.
they got real close and strutted big time. Their heads were that pale whiteish blue color and the wattles on their beak was blood red. They wanted a fight!
after several minutes of no more calls, they lost interest and moved on. My boy came over from where he was hiding and gave me a fist bump
I'm going to get my decoys out of storage and when opening day comes we are going to be ready
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 01:59 PM
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It's always fun getting them toms fired up! Be careful though. I wouldn't make a habit out of doing this very often. They could get call shy.
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 03:33 PM
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It's always fun getting them toms fired up! Be careful though. I wouldn't make a habit out of doing this very often. They could get call shy. Ditto. They'll wise up to that quick.
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 05:50 PM
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 05:53 PM
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yeah, I kicked myself pretty hard for not having a video camera on me. I will have a camera next time...
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 05:54 PM
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It's always fun getting them toms fired up! Be careful though. I wouldn't make a habit out of doing this very often. They could get call shy. Ditto. They'll wise up to that quick. good point. no more calling now until the season opens but I had to know how the new call was going to work
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 07:50 PM
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looking forward to turkey hunting this year
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Re: did some scouting yesterday
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02/28/13 09:16 PM
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Sparky45- What parts you hunting in? If I may ask.
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