They are ready now
Contributors to this thread:West Virginia
From: Babysaph
13-Mar-21
Birds strutting and gobbling. Now is the time to kill em. Glad only the good ole boys hunt em now or they would all be dead. I could bang a couple pans together and call one in. I’ve always said March and first 2 weeks of April was the beat time to hunt em
From: Wayne Boone
13-Mar-21
Heard one gobble while shooting my bow today. Anxious!
From: 1buckurout
13-Mar-21
Best time is when the redbud blooms.
From: gobbler
14-Mar-21
They haven’t broken out of winter groups here yet
From: gobbler
14-Mar-21
From: Wayne Boone
15-Mar-21
From: gobbler
15-Mar-21
Stud came by today
From: hoppies56
16-Mar-21
I have taken birds over many years , for me second or third week of season most years are best. Hens are nesting and Toms seem to respond well to my calling.
From: gobbler
16-Mar-21
100% I’ve chased gobblers for 47 years. Every year is a little different but if I had to pick one week it would be first week of May. Luckily I don’t have to pick one week now:^)
From: babysaph
18-Mar-21
I would pick right now.
From: hoppies56
18-Mar-21
Babysaph , Wouldnt really know myself if now is good, Never hunted turkey in March that would be illegal in WV , But i would think Toms would have plenty of hens right now, and may be hard to call away from those hens.
From: gobbler
18-Mar-21
It would be difficult to call these gobblers away from all the hens they have with them right now
From: hoppies56
19-Mar-21
Spring turkey season starts one month from today, it has always been my understanding that season dates were set so that most of the hens have been breed, long beard groups here in mason county have began to break up. Lots and lots of birds here in mason county most years the county is number 1 in spring kills. I have hunted turkey for over 40 years. Dont do much chasing any more. At 68 with copd just hope to find a big oak to rest my back make a few yelps clucks and purrs and hope he comes in a Struttin !!!
From: gobbler
19-Mar-21
Yes , as with most game seasons u want the majority of hunting to occur after breeding has occurred. If you start hitting anything before they breed you start hurting reproduction and it WILL hurt population going forward . Just because they are gobbling does not mean they should be hunted and killed before they are able to breed
From: gobbler
19-Mar-21
Yes , as with most game seasons u want the majority of hunting to occur after breeding has occurred. If you start hitting anything before they breed you start hurting reproduction and it WILL hurt population going forward . Just because they are gobbling does not mean they should be hunted and killed before they are able to breed
From: babysaph
22-Mar-21
I totally agree Gobbler. I was referring to the easiest (best) time to hunt them. That is why the good ole boys hunt earlier here. Where I live and hunt earlier is better (easier). Once the season comes in the birds here are educated. I hear more gobbling this time of year too. Not as much after the season starts. Just my experience
From: Koog
23-Mar-21
Yeah, then a week and a half later, they become yard birds. You see them in fields but they totally ignore you. They go from nesting hen to nesting hen. The only way to shoot them is with a rifle, I don't agree to that. Or, you pattern them and set up a blind and the next days you lie in wait, which I don't agree with either. Bushwack them as they make their rounds. May work differently in the woods and hollers, but along the fields that is what they do. Believe it or not, in Kansas that's the way they hunt them and they giggle at us ridge runners.
From: hoppies56
23-Mar-21
If i knew poachers were out killing turkeys before season. i would be on the phone to local dnr officer or district office with name and location of violation , Only way to stop poaching is to turn them in .
From: hoppies56
23-Mar-21
Koog, What turkey subspecies are in Kansas are they Eastern or Rio Grande .?
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
I have turned them in. Don’t know who they are. They can’t catch em in the act I’m told. Thought. Jut shooting em and letting lay. But I would be caught. Been doing it for years. I eve. Found someone dumping garbage In the road by my house. Even had a nE on a pizza box. I was told that they had to catch them in the act because the trash could have been stolen and dumped so they couldn’t find the guy. Lol. I gave up
From: babysaph
23-Mar-21
Sorry for the poor message above. Sausage fingers in my phone
From: gobbler
23-Mar-21
JR, that’s not true and should’t happen. Arrests are made and convictions obtained for illegal dumping all the time based on receipts . If that happens, it’s time to talk to a senior officer
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
Don’t tell me it’s not true. Called the Sheriff’s office and told him what I had . However this was 20 years ago. Sort of soured me so I gave up on it. But it did happen .
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
Don’t tell me it’s not true. Called the Sheriff’s office and told him what I had . However this was 20 years ago. Sort of soured me so I gave up on it. But it did happen .
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
Sorry for double post.
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
Besides. I think the deputy had a hot date lol
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
Now they have cameras here in some spots. Most now dump along the road randomly. They don’t dump where it says there is a camera. Lol
From: Babysaph
23-Mar-21
Now they have cameras here in some spots. Most now dump along the road randomly. They don’t dump where it says there is a camera. Lol and I am sorry Gobbler if it sounded like I was insinuating that you were calling me a liar. I should have clarified it was 20 years ago I just hate people that poach and dump trash. But I do realize it is hard to catch em and make it stick??
From: Koog
24-Mar-21
Easterners Michael, never happened upon the Rios or the hybrids. The most successful hunters glass the birds and watch where come down. Then watch as they travel from one spot to another so as to find a ambush spot. Needless to say, I'm not one of those successful ones.
From: 1buckurout
24-Mar-21
From: babysaph
24-Mar-21
Wow thanks Jimmy.
From: babysaph
24-Mar-21
Blue and red states lol
From: gobbler
24-Mar-21
JR, no problem DNR LE is doing a lot of the illegal dumping right now. Those guys will dig some type of identification out of it if it’s in there
From: Babysaph
24-Mar-21
Yea I had a sheriff deputy come out but it’s been 20 years ago. They are more serious about now . And they are more serious about poaching too. I can stand either one .
From: Wayne Boone
28-Mar-21
From: babysaph
28-Mar-21
Nice Wayne. Good Luck
From: WV Mountaineer
29-Mar-21
The season is too early down here. For the last 2 decades, the best week to kill a gobbler was the last week of the old dates. It simply ends to early here.
From: gobbler
29-Mar-21
Mountaineer, we added a week to the season starting this year. You’ll have your old last week back
From: 1buckurout
08-Apr-21
Redbud is in full bloom here. You know what that means?
:^)
From: babysaph
08-Apr-21
Yea it means here the good ole boys have called and shot at the birds so much they shut up. Thanks ??
From: hoppies56
09-Apr-21
Gobbling like crazy last few mornings in McClintic WMA , been hearing birds gobble later in morning also , But as a turkey hunter i have killed my fair share of silent birds , they dont always gobble for what ever reason
From: babysaph
09-Apr-21
Truer words were never spoken. I had one come in once to my side and I did not even hear it walking. It never gobbled til it was right beside me and I about wet my pants.
From: Babysaph
10-Apr-21
Saw two today in the field strutting with a few hens with em.
From: Babysaph
10-Apr-21
Saw two today in the field strutting with a few hens with em.
From: Wayne Boone
10-Apr-21
I was stump shooting Last evening and seen a Tom in a field. I slowly went down on one knee and started scratching in the leaves like a hen. He immediately went into strut and walked within 25 yards. They’re fun to watch, and more fun to shoot!
From: Wayne Boone
18-Apr-21
Good luck tomorrow guys. Be safe!
From: gobbler
19-Apr-21
Mine will be ready about 5pm tomorrow in the crock pot
From: babysaph
20-Apr-21
Wow Wayne. The right CO would have sworn you were hunting. Bow in hand calling turkeys. Good thing stump shooting is legal??
From: babysaph
20-Apr-21
But you could have told him to pound sand lol
From: babysaph
20-Apr-21
Good luck
From: Wayne Boone
22-Apr-21
BS: That didn’t cross my mind!
From: babysaph
23-Apr-21
I know it didn’t buddy. I am glad it’s legal. I never knew it was ??
From: Koog
26-Apr-21
10.5 inch beard
10.5 inch beard
First day out, Friday, took this one. As good as I am with deer I'm equally as lacking with turkey, but every few years I find one willing and this time I obliged.
From: Ron Miller
26-Apr-21
Patience was finally Rewarded
From: babysaph
26-Apr-21
Very nice guys.
From: hoppies56
27-Apr-21
Wow ,getin em with a bow Good deal ,
From: Babysaph
27-Apr-21
Yea this is a bow site. Anyone can get em with a gun ??
From: Babysaph
27-Apr-21
Yea this is a bow site. Anyone can get em with a gun ??
From: hoppies56
27-Apr-21
Babysaph, I realize this is a BOWSITE the very reason I didnt post photos of my kill, I think it takes quite the woodsman to take a turkey with a bow and I congratulate any hunter that has done so . If you think ANYONE can kill a turkey with a gun you must have never been taken to the school of woodsmanship by an old long beard tom .
From: babysaph
27-Apr-21
I have been. Many times. But you can’t kill a turkey with a bow hunting with a shotgun. Having said that I’m at the point in my life that I can kill a turkey most years with a gun. I’ve gotten better. I’ve had 4 so far in shotgun range. But with my bow stuff happens lol. I meant no disrespect. It’s hard killing them. With anything. I apologize.
From: Wayne Boone
28-Apr-21
Congrats on the birds. I’m hunting with the recurve this morning. My third time out with the bow. The two previous times I called in long beards to 20 yards without getting a shot. I’ve been out every other day calling for family members, and not carrying a weapon. Good luck guys.
From: Wayne Boone
28-Apr-21
Congrats on the birds. I’m hunting with the recurve this morning. My third time out with the bow. The two previous times I called in long beards to 20 yards without getting a shot. I’ve been out every other day calling for family members, and not carrying a weapon. Good luck guys.
From: Babysaph
28-Apr-21
Good Luck Wayne. A lot has to go right for sure.
From: Babysaph
28-Apr-21
Good Luck Wayne. A lot has to go right for sure.
From: Ron Miller
30-Apr-21
Thanks, it's tough with a bow, as JR said, you have to be patient, I've had Gobblers at 20-25 yards, but my Self-imposed limit is 15 yards, they are Tough, even with a Shotgun, Good Luck
From: Babysaph
01-May-21
They are. Nice trophy and Pic.
From: Babysaph
01-May-21
They are. Nice trophy and Pic.
From: Ron Miller
14-May-21
My 2nd Gobbler didn't come easy, but with bow and arrow, they almost never do
From: Ron Miller
14-May-21
From: babysaph
14-May-21
Very nice and congrats. Another beautiful bird and picture
From: JayD
14-May-21
Congrats!!!
From: Wayne Boone
15-May-21
Congrats... I’m beginning to hate them!
From: Ron Miller
15-May-21
Thanks
From: gobbler
15-May-21
Congratulations
From: Ron Miller
15-May-21
Grass, Acorns and Pawpaw Seeds, the acorns are still good
From: JayD
16-May-21
Not for sure if the arrow did him in or the two jakes with him who started flogging his butt after he was flopping!
From: Ron Miller
16-May-21
I'd say , You done him in, them Jakes was just thumping him with Blunts, and having fun, Congratulations
From: JayD
16-May-21
Thanks Ron! Hopefully I can go after number 2 later this week. I like that additional week! The two jakes were my Jack and Lacie! I love seeing your pics!
From: babysaph
16-May-21
Congrats JD. awesome
From: JayD
16-May-21
Thanks JR!
