Live Hunt from Kansas.
Contributors to this thread:Turkey
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
Got here last night. All set up now in the blind. Had several gobbling close by this morning but they all flew down in other fields. Will keep waiting...
From: loopmtz
07-Apr-16
Good luck!
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
Started checking fields. Had one within 30 yards but no clean shot!
From: Medicinemann
07-Apr-16
Can you hunt turkeys all day in Kansas....or only for 1/2 day?
From: DJnKS
07-Apr-16
All day.
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
No idea why my comments keep posting twice! We were on another one just now but couldn't quite get in good position. Getting windy.
From: writer
07-Apr-16
What part of the state, eat?
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
In central Kansas. About 45 min north of Wichita!
From: INbowdude
07-Apr-16
How's the weather today? Any turkey action?
From: writer
07-Apr-16
...then you're about 15-20 minutes from my house. :-)
Have a great hunt, and keep us posted.
Sent you my e-mail via PM if you need anything.
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
Where do you live? I actually hunt with a buddy who lives here. And we've seen alot of turkeys. Had a close call. But none within the perfect scenario for a bullhead. Very windy too
From: writer
07-Apr-16
I live in Newton, straight north of Wichita, but I travel around quite a bit as part of my job...which has me hunting turkeys in the morning. Supposed to be about the only fairly calm day over the next several days
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
Oh awesome! Yes drove right through there. Well guys went and got a nap in. Heading back out to find more turkeys. Winds still strong but pretty confident we'll find some.
From: eatsleephunt
07-Apr-16
Well we got back to our blind we set this morning and it was gone. Definitely messed our evening up. We went and stalked with 80 yards of a longbeard and hens but couldn't get closer. Finally ended the day with roosting a bird. Try again tomorrow... Hope it's better than today.
From: Ermine
08-Apr-16
You need a heads up decoy!
From: JohnB
08-Apr-16
I don't guess the Kansas winds took it?
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
That could be although it was staked. Another option is it was maybe stolen. Whole situation seemed fishy. Anyways heading to try a new setup on a bird we roosted last night. Dead calm but plenty chilly around 40 degrees. We have a heads up we had lots of good luck with last year but some of these public land birds are pretty wary so hasn't been doing alot of good here.
From: Thornton
08-Apr-16
Where are the pics?
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
From: Timbrhuntr
08-Apr-16
You guys are killing me But love these live hunt posts !
From: Mad_Angler
08-Apr-16
Go get 'em.
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
Called a bird in that had a good gobble, thought it was a time for sure turned out to be a Jake. We were in a natural blind setup and had beautiful video of him 8 yards out pecking the decoys to decided to take him. Accidentally touched the release trigger while leaning out around the bush to shoot, so the arrow went wide. It's OK though, we were after toms anyways. We only seen 3 Toms this morning and they were in a kinda unhuntable scenario. Seen 10 Jakes and a few hens. Gorgeous day! Heading out to a complete different property to hunt this evening.
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
Screenshots from the Jake hunt.
From: tacklebox
08-Apr-16
You are in my neck of the woods...:) Good luck
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
Where you from tackle box?
From: eatsleephunt
08-Apr-16
Well this afternoon consisted of going and checking out some new public land. Absolutely smothered with hunters and we wasted most the afternoon there. We made it back to private land in time to roost one. He roosted right across the gravel road from where we can hunt and we've seen him cross there a few times so hoping he does it again in the morning. Seems the pieces haven't been clicking together well for us. But first 2 days we've hunted this year, Just not quite back on ryhtm yet. Tomorrow :)
From: eatsleephunt
09-Apr-16
From: eatsleephunt
09-Apr-16
Our blind setup this morning. Windy and cold! Kinda how the whole week has been. Toms are very Henned up and super hard to hunt. Just finally spotted a Tom and some hens. Quickly calling for permission to go after them, so we'll see how it gos!
From: eatsleephunt
09-Apr-16
Came in to 60 yds, didn't like what they saw and eased off. Didn't seem to be very dominant at all.
From: eatsleephunt
09-Apr-16
Well guys it's over. Spotted a Tom and hen out in a field snuck out to the edge and flipped out 2 DSD decoys. Sat back and waited. The hen headed our way and the time was quick to follow. I was hidden behind a large tree with 2 buddys concealed in the brush beside me. He came all the way up to 7 yards and was beating on the Jake. Almost a complete decap!
From: HUNT MAN
09-Apr-16
Nice work.
From: eatsleephunt
09-Apr-16
http://youtu.be/_M8CeZSfHFw Video of the video I got.
From: eatsleephunt
09-Apr-16
Great day to hunt. Perfect way to end the trip.
From: Kurare
10-Apr-16
Excellent!!!
From: Ermine
10-Apr-16
Great job!
From: eatsleephunt
10-Apr-16
Thbaks guys! Rewarding after struggling with weather and bad luck for 3 days.
From: crazyhawksfan
10-Apr-16
One of the most rewarding turkey hunts I've ever been on. Worked are butts off for two and a half days through some high winds and henned up birds. To finally nock one down with no blind at 7 yards felt great! A bonus was we got it all on video.
From: midwest
10-Apr-16
Sweet! congrats!
From: crazyhawksfan
10-Apr-16
Figured I'd join the live hunt and maybe keep it going as eatsleephunt is headed back to missouri. He'll return in a few weeks to try and fill his second tag. We had a good evening hunt last night as well. Long story short we had 3 long beards run into the dsd's and heads up I was hiding behind. In the high winds the stake on the heads up broke leaving me hiding mainly behind the dsd jake. The birds still got to within 15 yrds and I was able to draw and get a shot but jus grazed the lower neck of one hitting only feathers. Fun but tough 3 days of hunting. Hopefully we can get some video up soon. Might make it out this afternoon with a couple other buddies.
From: Paul@thefort
10-Apr-16
GOOOOOOD GOOOOOOOING GUYS.
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
Went out this afternoon with a buddy. Had a old long beard out in a field with 6 hens. Old guy wouldn't come to a call or the decoys as he was totally content. Tried the heads up and a couple hens but he ignored all of them. Tried ambushing them but they crossed the hedge row we were in bout 80 yards out. We had another bird fired up behind us but couldn't get him to commit to the call. Unfortunately we didn't get any pics or video as we were to focused on killing the old boy:) Hope to do more of that on future hunts tho for sure!
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
Few pics from the weekend.
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
Right before the shot
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
The celebration
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
Few from the evening hunt Saturday
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
From: crazyhawksfan
11-Apr-16
And the clean whiff by me/:
From: olebuck
11-Apr-16
Looks like yall had a good hunt. great shot with the bull head.
We had a good hunt. wind was ridiculous on wed and Thursday.
Killed two birds, and I missed a really good bird.
gobbling was slow except for the one bird that we worked in to the decoys and killed.
they others we just deer hunted.
From: eatsleephunt
11-Apr-16
that wind was pretty stout!!seemed gobbling was pretty decent here for the most part. But not many were callable! You were hunting Kansas?
From: olebuck
11-Apr-16
We hunted one day in Neosho county on some private land right on the Neosho river south of St. Paul. Killed there first thing that morning.
then we hunted two days north of Altoona on the Verdegris River.
From: tacklebox
12-Apr-16
Nice job! Congrats
I am in Marion btw
From: eatsleephunt
12-Apr-16
Really tackle? Good chance we may have seen you!
