Lots of birds but little reaction

[Powerstroke]

Now that season A is in the books and the Youth Turkey Hunts are over I wonder if anyone else hunting A season had the same luck we had.

My sister and I had our DNR youth hunt this weekend. Our youth turkey hunt was done near Lexington in Le Sueur Cty. Saturday morning was amazing. We didn't get to setup where we wanted cause 2 toms roosted directly above the spot. Instead we setup across the field from them about 100yds away. The gobbling that morning was phenomenal!! In chorus up and down the wood line.

The real hens fared much better with their calling than we did. When the birds would move we were one step behind. 5 jakes came within 75yds of us but after an earlier whopping by some toms, they were reluctant to investigate our decoys.

Sunday started very slow. Same spot, 1 gobble all morning. We moved spots and found at least a dozen birds strutting. We tried to put a sneak on and fared well. We called a couple birds to 70 yds but we forgot a decoy so they didn't come out of the trees since they couldn't see anything. They also were accompanied by hens.

That was the story of the weekend. Everywhere we found birds there were hens with them. Tom's don't know how to do the math or they would realize one hen won't do anything for 4 toms, but we couldn't convince them of that. Oh well.

Those are the high points of course. We had lots of birds and a great experience with our NWTF guide Lorraine. She was fantastic and my sister had a great time. We got to see every kind of wildlife imaginable. I know my sister is hooked and I've got some ideas for the future.

Thanks to Lorraine and Dave for donating their time and efforts, and the NWTF and the MN DNR for supporting this program. It really does amazing things for the sport.

[NELS-BELLS]

Same thing here. We hunted west of Belgrade on Wed, Sat, and Sunday. My daughter was the hunter and I was the guide. All of the Toms we saw were with at least one hen and were not interested in our calling. They were fanning and strutting but basically just following the hens around. I tried everything. The gobbling was limited to just early morning. Today (Sunday) was cold and misty the first half of the day. We heard only one Tom gobbling very early and then it was quiet. Still had a good time and did sneak within 50 yards of a big Tom yesterday but she decided it wasn't close enough and too many branches in her way.

Nels

[ac777]

My first 3 days had the most action. I took a few shots but they were out of range, probably shouldnt have taken the one, but Now I know. I learned alot, and had alot of fun, and will definately be applying again. I had some toms come within 45 yards and i called in a hen that came right up to my decoys 15 yards away. the last 2 days the birds were a little more skittish, and spread out.

But I had a blast.