2022 Spring turkey

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I hunted for 4 days in the wind, rain, and cold temps.  I had heard gobbling every morning as the sun came up behind me, but the toms never showed.  Just hens.  Finally this Jake came walking out this morning with a hen and I dusted it at 25 yards.  I had a 2 year turkey-less drought going so it feels good to fill my tag again.  I also saw deer, pheasants, raccoons, a coyote, and a mink so there was no shortage of wildlife.

[Skunkmaster-k]

What species is that turkey ? Looks a lot like a rio grande. 

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1 hour ago, Skunkmaster-k said:

What species is that turkey ? Looks a lot like a rio grande. 

It's an Eastern.  That's the only subspecies we have here in MN.

[bigbassin']

I went turkeyless myself this year.

 

Came close to calling in a Tom blind calling, but never knew he was there until I stood up to leave. Jumped him at about 80 yards.

[12poundbass]

Nice work! 

[Smells like fish]

Congratulations!!

[GaryH]

Good job. ??☝️ Our opening day is this Saturday.

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16 minutes ago, GaryH said:

Our opening day is this Saturday.

Good luck buddy!

 

It was seriously some of the worst spring hunting conditions I’ve ever experienced. I was so thankful to be hunting out of a blind. Heavy wind, down pours, temps below freezing…if I hadn’t staked my blind down good, it would have blown to the Gulf of Mexico.

 

On Saturday morning, I saw another hunter on the neighbors property. He was using a bow. When the heavy rain started, I saw him sprint to his truck lol. He wasn’t using a blind.

[GaryH]

1 minute ago, gimruis said:

Good luck buddy!

 

It was seriously some of the worst spring hunting conditions I’ve ever experienced. I was so thankful to be hunting out of a blind. Heavy wind, down pours, temps below freezing…if I hadn’t staked my blind down good, it would have blown to the Gulf of Mexico.

 

On Saturday morning, I saw another hunter on the neighbors property. He was using a bow. When the heavy rain started, I saw him sprint to his truck lol. He wasn’t using a blind.

Blinds can definitely save a hunt. I’m a big run & gun guy. I’ve been caught out in it a long way from the truck and thought about the blind sitting at home.?

 

[The Baron]

Nice job, gimruis!?

 

We’re off to a decent start here in eastern Ontario, Canada.  My 12yo son is officially a fully licensed apprentice hunter now, so has his own two tags.  He shot a nice tom on our opener (April 25th) Monday morning.  I then had a crazy 4-day work week and got out by myself Saturday morning.  Which is quite a thing, because my son has been my constant turkey hunting companion for the past 4 years but said he wants to “save” his second tag until “later in the season” which is code for I want to sleep in and play video games.?  But I realized I had not done a solo hunt in those years, hunting either with my son and/or “guiding” a friend.  So I went out on my own and called up a nice tom in the woods.  I used my 20ga. Browning BSS to seal the deal on that one at 20 steps.  I hunted again midday yesterday with no luck - seems they’re henned up bad here, and off the roost is about the best chance to sort in out.  Should be better next weekend.

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59 minutes ago, The Baron said:

said he wants to “save” his second tag until “later in the season”

If you wouldn't have said this, I never would thought that eastern Ontario had a bag limit of 2 wild turkeys.

 

Nice work on the Tom by your boy.  Really nice color in that glistening sunlight.

[GaryH]

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Nice job @GaryH.

[GaryH]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

Nice job @GaryH.

Thanks bud..

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Just now, GaryH said:

Thanks bud..

Did you shoot both of them? Double turkey?

[GaryH]

9 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Did you shoot both of them? Double turkey?

No just one. We got three total.

[12poundbass]

Thunder chickens in the morning! 6poundbass’s first hunt! Fingers crossed. He’s been watching YouTube videos and has a pretty good jake gobble down. I have the raspy hen call down pat so hopefully the combo pays off.