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Title: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on March 19, 2021, 01:40:59 PM
Ohio-- April 24th thru May 23rd for the South zone. May 1st thru May 30th for the North zone. Youth is April 17th & 18th.

I just need my turkey tags and I'm all set. I'm thinking about hunting a different WMA this year. This one is considerably larger and has more pressure from what I've heard over the years around here. Could be a whole new challenge.  :yoyo:

Anybody else make their Spring plans yet?  :eyebrow:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 19, 2021, 03:26:21 PM
Im hittin VT and NH this year, cant wait!
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: Todd Rahm on March 20, 2021, 02:05:04 PM
April 4- May 17 here in Tennessee I think. Never turkey hunted in my life, and so far no mentor. So I’ll try to “wing” it.  :laf:

TomTalker sent me a box call from Canada, and Steve Steffy of North Bay Game Calls hooked me up with a couple of nice turkey calls too. (I need to learn how to post pics again.)

Supposedly I’m butted up against a 5000-7000 acre state hunting area.
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 20, 2021, 02:13:19 PM
 When I first started turkey hunting they told me to set a box of stove top stuffing out in front of me about 20 yards, hope that helps you get going.  :yoyo: :innocentwhistle: What are you shooting for a turkey cannon?
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: Todd Rahm on March 20, 2021, 06:13:17 PM
I have a Mossberg 835 and a Berretta A300 Outlander (I think? Won it but never shot it yet.)
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 20, 2021, 09:33:19 PM
My main turkey gun for about 25 years has been a Mossberg 835 with a Knoxx Specops stock and Primos Jellyhead Maximum choke,  many a bird she has sent to that great roost in the sky.

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Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 20, 2021, 09:34:18 PM
 That's how much stuff piles up in the back of your rig after a long season of chasing turkeys.
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: msmith on March 21, 2021, 07:07:14 AM
I'm kinda lucky, I've killed more on the hill above my house than anywhere else.
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: pitw on March 21, 2021, 09:48:22 AM
Do turkeys ever cause any damage?
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: Hawks Feather on March 21, 2021, 10:12:59 AM
Quote from: pitw on March 21, 2021, 09:48:22 AM
Do turkeys ever cause any damage?

Only when you take a bite and hit a bone.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: Okanagan on March 21, 2021, 11:12:48 AM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 20, 2021, 09:34:18 PM
That's how much stuff piles up in the back of your rig after a long season of chasing turkeys.

The back of your rig looks plum tidy compared to the back of my Zuki this time of year.   :biggrin: Some of the stuff has been in there since deer season, and all though a winter of predator calling.  Some stuff I use for snow never gets back in the right bag or tub, ditto for mud or dry ground gear and camo, multiple firearms and accoutrements for each, tools, tire chains, flashlights, tarps, gear for an unplanned overnight, extra clothes....  I try to not let debris from old lunches and gas station coffee cups accumulate, but dread the real spring clean out.  It always yields finds like, "So that's where that extra pair of long johns has been!" :huh:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 21, 2021, 11:17:23 AM
 I did a spring clean out of the back cargo area once and found one of my brothers living in there   :hahaha: :biggrin:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 21, 2021, 11:17:54 AM
Or a pellet!

Quote from: Hawks Feather on March 21, 2021, 10:12:59 AM
Quote from: pitw on March 21, 2021, 09:48:22 AM
Do turkeys ever cause any damage?

Only when you take a bite and hit a bone.   :biggrin:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: KySongDog on March 21, 2021, 05:11:26 PM
I got drawn for the early quota hunt at LBL.  So I'll get a jump on the regular spring season that starts on April 17 in Kentucky. 

Good luck to everyone.
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on March 24, 2021, 06:00:04 PM
Glad to see a bunch of you are hitting the Spring woods!! I'm torn once again between the 12 & the 20ga. If I'm in the thicker area I'll use the 12ga I guess. I've decided I'll go to my regular haunts & if I get lucky I'm going to a whole new WMA just a tad further down the road.


Also here in a few years I hope to begin my quest for the Grand Slam. Anybody else ever want to try that?
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on March 24, 2021, 06:17:18 PM
I'm hunting almost 5,000 acres now. I'm going to explore the 18,000 acre WMA some. I've coyote called it a little so I know about 3 acres of it already. LOL
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 24, 2021, 07:44:53 PM
 They just made the 410 legal in New Hampshire so I'm seriously thinking about giving it a whirl with that  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on March 28, 2021, 09:36:11 AM
That's cool! Dad's been using the 410 since he turned 85. He can't handle the recoil of even a 20ga anymore. Hell at 91 I'm so proud of him for still wanting to even go out!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 28, 2021, 12:24:53 PM
Go Dad!   If I ever made it to 91 it would be a miracle never mind still hunting.  God bless him.
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on March 30, 2021, 05:37:26 AM
Thank You nasty. We are lucky!
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: msmith on March 31, 2021, 07:00:40 AM
Quote from: HaMeR on March 24, 2021, 06:00:04 PM



Also here in a few years I hope to begin my quest for the Grand Slam. Anybody else ever want to try that?

I've always wanted to do that.
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on March 31, 2021, 08:26:15 AM
Heck yes!
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on April 01, 2021, 05:50:52 AM
We need to go on a quest then!!  :yoyo:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: JohnP on April 01, 2021, 01:24:30 PM
Quote from: HaMeR on March 24, 2021, 06:00:04 PM
Also here in a few years I hope to begin my quest for the Grand Slam. Anybody else ever want to try that?

Well, when it's time for your Gould's Turkey I know the spot.  Southern Arizona, area 35
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on April 01, 2021, 02:13:04 PM
Well Thank You Mr. John!! I should make that my 1st quest and work my way up to a Rio!!  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: JohnP on April 02, 2021, 12:41:31 PM
A friend's backyard.  But we are not allowed to hunt it as Game & Fish has entered into an agreement with him to trap and release them into some of the other mountain ranges here in southern Arizona.  But not to fear I know of other places here in the Huachuca Mountains that hold plenty, the hard part is drawing a tag.

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Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on April 02, 2021, 02:10:30 PM
Big ole boss tom there!
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: HaMeR on April 02, 2021, 04:54:08 PM
Thats a nice lookin Tom for sure!! I bet he booms!!

There's a farm I've hunted since I was old enough to keep up with Dad,, altho I think he walked slower when we were little  :laf: ,, that ODNR netted turkeys on to relocate them. They netted a ton of birds off that farm. I'm grateful they did that too. I wasn't aware of the tag draw so I need to do some serious homework on that yet. Thank You for bringing that to my attention!
Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: Okanagan on April 03, 2021, 03:54:28 PM
Quote from: nastygunz on March 21, 2021, 11:17:23 AM
I did a spring clean out of the back cargo area once and found one of my brothers living in there   :hahaha: :biggrin:

Good one!  I missed that post till now.

Title: Re: Spring turkey hunters
Post by: nastygunz on April 03, 2021, 05:42:56 PM
 I went to check in a turkey once and the fish cop asked for my license and I could not find that thing for the life of me tore just about every single thing out of the back of it couldn't find it and then realized it was right in the pocket of my hunting shirt he was just a laughing.

He said I wasn't worried I figured if you didn't have a license you probably wouldn't bring the turkey in to register it.