Team #6 Spur Crazy

[DHost21]

Goodluck MJ! Had turkeys gobbling right across my street in a small woods in excelsior. Too bad i cant hunt there... Heading out in the morning to check a spot quick to see what i can hear

[bloc004]

Good luck MJ. My first season starts Wed. I have seen 2 nice toms in the area, so hopefully I can connect on one of those!!! Sat out with a buddy on Sat, and it was just miserable out, I hope the weather man is wrong for this week!

[Archerysniper]

You guys sure are being quiet, how's it going out there.

[DHost21]

Still dont start till next thursday!! Im getting way way too antsy! Ive been patterning them pretty well though so I hope I can help the team out. Goodluck to all!

[Powerstroke]

I never really gave a recap, so, SoDak was a pretty decent hunt but we went over the weekend of the gun opener. There were tons of dudes in the woods and many of them walking around. We had a really great spot, especially for hunting with bows, but with all the extra traffic, the birds were very skittish. Got close, but not close enough. I had a bird pass at 64yds but would not come closer.

I moved on to Nebraska and hunted for 2 1/2 days there before I got pushed out by winter weather. The birds never made a peep on the ground and I had a heck of a time finding them. I only seen a couple while driving around and could only seem to find singles while I was roosting. Obviously I was doing this hunt completely blind and on public land, but with all the comments about the bird density I thought it would've been a little better opportunity. oh well.

I will hopefully get back to SD in two weeks to hunt and maybe back to Nebraska. I've got a couple ideas.....

As far as MN, I haven't really decided on that. I don't have any go to spots and the place I usually hunt is near Mankato so I haven't had a chance to go scout at all. I'd really like to get one of my girls in range of a bird. Lots to think about.

[bloc004]

My season started Wed, went out Sun, Mon, and Tue morning and saw a hen with a Tom gobbling right where my blind is set up. Went out tue night and accidently kicked a hen out of a tree at 630. Went out wed morning, to find the ground covered in snow. I could only sit out a couple hours due to work, and saw nothing.

Thursday sat out after work and nothing.

Sat all day today from 530 till now in wind and rain and have seen one hen. This weather sucks!!!! I dont know where Tom went. At it again tomorrow at 530. Luckily I am hunting on my parents land, so I can go in for Easter lunch and head back out.

Hope to not even have to go out on Sunday though!!

Last year I had to shoot mine during my later season, so its nice to have that to fall back on.

[MJ1657]

Sorry guys I struck out. I hunted hard all week but the birds just were not on any of my properties. I saw one hen twice and that was it.

[Powerstroke]

Tough break MJ. Don't worry about it bud. Thats the kind of luck I had and I traveled 700 miles to strike out.

[MJ1657]

Thanks Powerstroke.

I have to put out a big thanks to Archery Sniper for all of his help and the use of some of his equipment.

[DHost21]

Got quiet on here again. Lol im heading out tomorrow morning. I've got a few birds in mind and know where they have been hanging out so im really hoping to put one down. I have all 5 days off so I hope I can get lucky once! Goodluck to everyone else who is heading out too!

[Archerysniper]

Good Luck DHost, I will be bringing a youth out trying to get her first bird this weekend.

[Powerstroke]

Good luck dhost!!

[MJ1657]

Hope you get a bird!

[DHost21]

Sorry guys I struck out... Heard very very few gobbles all week. I had been hearing a ton the week previous so I dont know what happened. Had a few pinpointed where they were but couldnt put it together... it is public land i dont know if they had just been pushed off or if they were with hens or what happened but it was very slow. I was out there tried multiple different plans but couldnt put anything together. Its still always fun being out their though! Time pull out the wallaye and muskie rods now

[bloc004]

My second season starts Wed. I haven't been seeing as many birds, but I know they are out there. Hopefully will have something to contribute!!

[Archerysniper]

So does mine I will be leaving for sconnie tomorrow after work and hope on roosting a few but doubt it not seeing any bird or sign I drove around and walked were I'm hunting on sat for 5 hours and saw 2 birds

[DHost21]

Good Luck guys!! I wish I had bought my Wisconsin license but I wasnt sure with work at the time... My mom starts friday though and im gonna be filming her hunt so i hope we can get some birds showing off it should be fun!

[Powerstroke]

I will be buying a late season license here in MN so I'll get another chance. I haven't quite decided on my route yet. I'm hunting with a buddy next week in South Central MN. I planned on buying my season G gun tag, but I just got word that I have a job interview on tuesday morning. Its something I want, but why does it always happen when I'm going hunting.

Fortunately, its only an hour drive to the interview so I might be able to hunt the AM, leave my buddy there and return shortly after lunch. That could turn into a really great day.

Good luck to everyone else.

[bloc004]

Yeah, it has been really dead around me as well. I was out Sunday, Monday morning and last night and saw one hen. There are three nice Toms across the road, but they are on YMCA property where they dont let anyone hunt.

Well, good luck everyone!!!

[Archerysniper]

Well after pounding the woods and fields from 4:30 am to 8 pm today I came to the conclusion that there are no turkeys in either polk barron or burnett counties. The day started out with a few gobbles but they were all on neighboring properties sat on that spot till 10 then did some run and gun from luck over to cumberland on all the public lands and spotted 2 hens makes for a long day. Time for bed now and giving it another chance tomorrow if it's a bust I'm heading home and hooking up the boat.

[Powerstroke]

Well, I'm officially done. I've got enough tags for a family serving of tag soup. SD was a decent experience and I think it went pretty well for my first try. Nebraska was abysmal and I sure wish I could get a do over on that one, and finally MN. I hunted hard for 4 days on a large piece of public land that I know well. The birds were there, but not in the normal spots. Also, the landowner that we've used in the past finally passed away and her grandson was not interested in letting us hunt there. That probably single-handedly handicapped our odds.

I had deer, coyotes and hens all within bow range, but I was unable to lure a tom to my trap. Time to start thinking about 3D shooting with the bow and scouting for the fall.