Team #1 Roost Rustlers

[goblueM]

Since we are team #1, they are obviously ranking us and we have a lot to live up to! lol

whatever, everyone who has ever been on an elementary school playground knows 1st is the worst and 2nd is the best

[rundrave]

one week and counting, and I will be in the woods!

Glad to see we are on the board! Nice work

[fishnhooks]

Good Luck Wednesday rundave!!

"hooks"

[KMR85]

Good luck rundrave! My season doesn't start till May 13th and the tom in full strut by Cabelas on Saturday morning makes it even harder to wait another month. On Thursday evening after work I saw a group of 20-30 birds with 3 toms strutting and several more longbeards standing nearby. I may need to rethink where I will hunt next year.

[rundrave]

well due to various conflicts my group and I have postponed this years turkey hunt until May 13th-May15th.

The weather wasnt looking great for this weekend and a couple guys were just out yesterday and said the only time the birds responded was right away in the day when they got off roost, and at the very end of the day when they went back to roost.

Going in May will be about as late as we can go. But should be a good test if they come running in when we call. I am hoping the conflicts this weekend turn out to be a blessing in disquise.

[fishnhooks]

Rundrave,

Ohhh! that's gotta hurt... But at least you can still go. Hopefully that season will work out great for you! I know a couple of people from work that are heading out in the morning and I feel like I am missing out. I just got to keep in mind that my turn is coming up. The family has been notified that I MAY not be attending Easter this year. I thought the news would not fly very well since I was terribly sick during the Christmas holidays and did not make the voyage to my bro's house ..... but it went fairly well with only a very little guilt trip

I guess MinnetonkaMan will be up next then.

"hooks"

[MinnetonkaMan]

Oh the pressure!!!! At least we have one on the board. I went out scouting Sunday in the wind and they were not out. I saw the most ducks ever in my area though. Cans and reds were in every flooded area right next to the road. I will be out all day Monday, morning Tuesday, Thursday all day and Friday all day. If I dont have one by Tuesday the chance of getting one is slim. So I will leave on a positive note that I am going to drop a big tom on Monday morning either out of the big flock in one woods that we have permission for or hit the satellite flock that is wandering the country side and even stopped in to my tree line for an afternoon about two weeks ago. Last that I saw them they were five miles away and almost in another zone. I didn't know those buggers traveled so far. Good luck and I will post if I get one on the ground!!!!!

[rundrave]

Never in my life will you ever hear me say I am glad I am not hunting today, except for today

It would be a cold, wet, slushy, muddy mess!

[Bowfin]

This weather kind of makes me glad I picked season E

I'm hoping to get my 13 year old out for the last 2 days of the B season this week. I am going to take him to one of my sites I'm going to hunt season E. Do you think hunting it a couple days this week will screw me up for season E at this site? I want to bring him to my best spot as I want him to have as good a chance as possible at getting a bird.

[mrklean]

how is the season going for everyone?

[fishnhooks]

MinnetonkaMan has been quiet, he must be hard at it. Hope it pays off for him.

It will be a long day tomorrow, I can't wait until Sat.... even though it sounds like rain in the AM.

"hooks"

[Bowfin]

Bought my son a season B license and went out today. No turkeys responded to our morning calling. Did a little scouting and saw 3 Toms with a hen at 9:30am. Then a nice Tom fanning for a bearded hen at 11:30am. A little frustrating sice all these turkeys were close enough to hear my calling in the early morning but ignored it. Nice to have birds in the area but not sure how to get them in range - would like to get my son a shot at a turkey. Maybe tomorrow will work out.

My season doesn't start until May 3rd.

Good luck this weekend fishnhooks. You should have good weather. I hunt not far from Isanti - You hunt private or public?

[MinnetonkaMan]

Birds have not been talking after they jump out of the tree in the am. Was thinking there were only four in our woods but today that changed. About 230 pm the field was covered with about 25 toms/jakes and about ten hens. They were moving our way until the rain came and then they took off the other direction. Tried to Flintstone them with the doghouse blind but couldn't catch up. Giving it our all tomorrow for the last day. We have the heater ready. This is the first day that they have been roaming in the fields. The other days they would stay in the woods. Ill let you know if I get one , there are some big beard dragers out there!!!

[fishnhooks]

Bowfin,

I hunt private land. I am hunting north of 95. Are you on Private as well?

MinnetonkaMan,

Sounds like things are starting to become a little more active. Sounds Great! Hope you have a fun, sucessful hunt today.

"hooks"

[MinnetonkaMan]

I have one more chance this afternoon. Birds started out hot and heavy with goobbles in every direction about 100-300 yds away. We thought we had the closest group coming to us but at 7 am they still did not appear out of the woods. I hope they are not back in the pattern already after being out and about yesterday. Walked the land and glassed everywhere and nothing out in the fields. pheasants everywhere and crowing but the turkeys stopped at about 715 and where not heard again.

[Bowfin]

Fishnhooks,

I hunt public but wish I had permission to hunt a couple adjacent large farm fields. I am having trouble finding out exactly who owns them.

I took my son out for his last morning hunt. Turkeys were out in the adjacent farm field until 9am or so as I could hear them gobbling out there. At 9:30 I hit my pan call and had a return gobble. I hit it again and got another gobble - now closer. I told my son to get ready cause he's coming in to the small field we were hunting. Just then a coyote appeared at one end of the field and worked the edge with a keen eye on our decoy, I think he came to the turkey call. Then two turkeys appeared at the other end of the field making their way toward us at about 80 yards. The turkeys and coyote didn't see each other until they were about 20 yards apart. Then they saw each other and one turkey let out a distressed cluck and they hightailed it out of there. Some bad luck as the only time I had turkeys coming to my call over the last 2 days I also called in a coyote and he spooked them. Oh well, kind of neat anyway. I scouted a woodlot before we left and found a nice shed antler also.

Good luck to everyone. I'm going to try my luck in a couple weeks when E season starts. Hope its warmer by then.

[MinnetonkaMan]

Sorry guys for not pulling my weight . Lots of birds around within two to three hundred yards besides one bird but not any closer. Little gobbling in the morning and then it was silent all day. Weather was horrible for spot and stalk. Could have let a shot fly at a running Jake at about 80 yds but that is pushing it for me. Tried sneaking up on a group through a woods but by the time I could take a shot half the group went left the other half right at about fifty yards and hens scattered in the group so dangerous for dropping too many birds. I would say that the birds will be out big time the first nice warm day as they were out and about on Thursday before the rain but just didn't come our way and couldn't sneak due to sloppy black field that we would have had to walk on and no good cover for our blind. One suggestion to others is if you hear them gobble in the tree in the morning get to them , they aren't real far travelers with them only being out of the woods today and Thursday for just a couple hours a piece. Woods was two thick to setup in with no killing lanes available. Good luck to all and I hope the weather improves. I think it is going to be a better late season. My dad will be going out during the unlimited permit seasons if the birds are seen in the fields.

[fishnhooks]

One more for the team! Hope this helps Was done at 10:10 this morning.

[Bowfin]

Good job fishnhooks! Whats the story?

[Bowfin]

Heading out tomorrow for season E. Weather looks good the next couple days. Our team still has 3 tags left - let's finish strong.

[fishnhooks]

Good Luck Bowfin!!

[fishnhooks]

How are things going Bowfin?

"hooks"

[Bowfin]

I'm having a tough season. I've got competition from other hunters this year on the public land I hunt. I'm seeing plenty of hens each day but the Toms have seemed to have disappeared. Not sure if its because of all the pressure or what. I have some hens patterned hoping there will be a Tom with them one of these evenings. Last night a hen walked by at 10 yards.

I definately need backup spots next year.

[Bowfin]

As my #1 spot was occupied again this morning, I tried a backup spot I scouted the other day. At around 7am I heard gobbles a long ways off across the road on private land. I called and from periodic gobbles could hear they were heading my direction. I thought I was set up nice in some aspen/oak woods overlooking a draw towards the direction they were coming from. I was worried they would hang up and not want to cross the paved road. All of a sudden it gobbled from 20 yards behind me. They had crossed the road further down than I expected and came up from behind. I was out of position and it was all I could do to keep still as they walked by with no chance to raise the gun and get into position. It looked as though they were going to walk in front of me offering a shot but instead they curved to the left and out of site. No calling would bring them back. 2 nice Toms so close but yet so far. A half hour later a buck with the start of velvet antlers walked by at 10 yards. Going out tomorrow morning for the last chance hunt. Tough year for me with other hunters in the area I was going to hunt but mornings like this morning will bring me back to the turkey woods next year.

[rundrave]

good luck with your hunt! I am sure your hard work and effort will pay off.

again good luck!