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 How early?
#6721259
03/31/17 11:13 PM
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Deerhunter61
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How early do you guys get started in the am and how long do you stay at it?
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Re: How early?
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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04/01/17 01:17 AM
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Gamblinman
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If you're hunting them right off the roost, you better be there before first light. I like to be in position 30 minutes before the first gobble.
" I don't hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt turkeys because I have to."
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Re: How early?
[Re: Gamblinman]
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04/01/17 01:40 PM
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sqiggy
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If it's a place I've never hunted before, I like to be in the general area to hear them gobble on the roost. Then make my set up accordingly. After a day or so, I will be set up when they start to gobble on the roost.
On how long I stay at it depends on the turkeys. As long I keep hearing them gobble, I stay at it. Usually about by 10am, they get the ole lock jaw. Then I come back to camp. Then when I start to hear them sound off in the afternoon, I'm back at it.
Last edited by sqiggy; 04/01/17 01:43 PM.
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Re: How early?
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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04/02/17 02:00 PM
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Stevarino
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We killed turkeys yesterday at 930, 11, and 130. Can't kill them from the house
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Re: How early?
[Re: Stevarino]
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04/02/17 04:38 PM
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MoTex
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Best activity in Hamilton county was 11:30-2:30.
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Re: How early?
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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04/02/17 05:03 PM
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Always ready 2 hunt
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Had jakes and hens early at 7:10 am and all morning but big Tom not until 10:00am. he came right in to my set and about to destroy my Jake decoy when he took DNT. Had turkeys moving all day yesterday. Glad I didn't spend the night as today is washout in Stephens Co.
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Re: How early?
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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04/05/17 06:21 AM
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Txduckman
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At my lease normally don't go out until 9 to 9:30 and stay to noon and then back about 1 to 2. Seems 10 to 11:30 and then 1 to 4 are our best times. If I was hunting a new place I would be out at first light. I killed one at camp last year at 12:30 while eating lunch. I had never even seen one around there.
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Re: How early?
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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04/05/17 06:32 AM
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dogcatcher
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If I am hunting them off the roost and calling, I am there 30 minutes before shooting time. If I am playing with the calls, I go whenever I want to and take my gun only if I have tags to use. For me, after the first bird calling is 99.9% of the turkey hunt.
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Re: How early?
[Re: Deerhunter61]
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04/05/17 01:09 PM
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GLC
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I start at day light walking and calling and continue in the day till I don't hear anything.
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