Re: Georgia Turkey Season
[Re: Wanna Be]
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03/30/24 09:16 AM
03/30/24 09:16 AM
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We have another week or two to wait for the opener they don’t disperse until May in most areas out here. SD and WY have moved their seasons back to the last week in April now out in the Black Hills. It seems the hens are staying with the gobblers well into May in recent years and nesting later in the season making calling a bird harder.
The birds are there they just show little interest when surrounded by hens. A storm will push out a good number of birds in places that you might think lacks bird numbers but has a good but population.
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
[Re: Wanna Be]
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03/30/24 12:57 PM
03/30/24 12:57 PM
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I didn't make it out today....maybe not tomorrow either.. Sinus drainage and sore throat has gradually worsened...yesterday was bad. Stayed in bed most of the day. Today, it's better, but snotty nose and frequent cough persists.
I'm just glad the wife had this 1st so she can't hammer on me for giving it to her...lol
BTW....the nails look nice! Pink is your color.....lol
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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03/30/24 01:16 PM
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Dang Swamp, I was waiting for your post! Hope you get feeling better. Yep when I opened this up I was expecting a pic of him and a long beard strapped to the back of that bicycle.We open up next weekend. I went listen yesterday and heard 2 so maybe they'll be around next weekend.
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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03/30/24 02:22 PM
03/30/24 02:22 PM
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My son was in the mountains of North Georgia this morning. Only heard one, way off the property he has to hunt. Found very little fresh sign even though he has fairly recent trail cam pics.
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
[Re: Slipknot]
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03/30/24 02:28 PM
03/30/24 02:28 PM
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Dang Swamp, I was waiting for your post! Hope you get feeling better. Yep when I opened this up I was expecting a pic of him and a long beard strapped to the back of that bicycle.We open up next weekend. I went listen yesterday and heard 2 so maybe they'll be around next weekend. ...and I've got the ebike ready to roll too. Got the gun carrier mounted last week. But, I think it'll be difficult to pull off with the way I'm coughing. Got to feeling a little better this afternoon so I needed to see if my Turkey 870 would ride OK on the ebike.....it did.
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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03/30/24 02:39 PM
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Are you gonna strap Clay onto the back of that thing or make him walk? I just point him in a direction and he goes and kills gobblers. No ebike needed...lol
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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03/30/24 10:19 PM
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Are you gonna strap Clay onto the back of that thing or make him walk? I just point him in a direction and he goes and kills gobblers. No ebike needed...lol Hope you guys have a great hunt. Expecting pictures!
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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03/31/24 04:13 PM
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Congrats S94!
I made it out of bed this morning. Got to my listening post. At least 4 different gobblers sounding off. Went to the closes one. Got situated about 100 yds out. Calling commenced and all 4 of them began moving closer. Close 1 in a creek bottom where I was, 1 across a clearcut, and 2 coming down a logging road together.
After an hour or more, the 1 in creek bottom went south to neighbors property...gobbling his head off (I should've moved on him b4 he left)...might have been able to get his attention. He gobbled a lot....100+ times.
One in clearcut approached to within 200 yds...never saw him...he may have had hens with him as he didn't want to gobble much...maybe 15 times.
The 2 together down the logging road from me approached to within 250 yds but turned and went back and out into another clearcut...probably following hens. I never laid eyes on them either, but could have as they were in the long straight road for several min. Those 2 gobbled about 50 or 60 times together.
About 9AM, I couldn't fight the urge to cough any longer. Things had been quiet for several minutes and out it came uncontrollable. Coughing up that mess.....dang!
I heard all 4 gobblers gobble 3 or 4 more times each after my cough, but decided to ease out amd try again tommorrow. I'll have a bottle of water with me tommorrw.
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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04/01/24 10:55 AM
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Got to listening spot earlier. Still dealing with snot drainage and coughing....uugghh!!! Stood out in clover plot until good light....heard no gobbling...NONE. four in this are yesterday morning & lots of gobbling....that's turkeys for ya. Said to myself...I said Self you don't need to be standing out in the middle of this opening. So, I sat down about 5 yds inside the edge. I called 3 or 4 short, soft 3 note yelps and layed call down. I got out my phone and was browsing Tman and then read a couple Sportsman's Devotionals. After about 15 or 20 minutes, I caught movement and a gobbler came trotting by out in the food plot about 15 yds away. In a very quick motion, my aim was true. The TSS 7 & 9 mix blew thru thick briers and rolled him up. I feel like I did nothing to deserve this bird. I'm blessed.
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Re: Georgia Turkey Season
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04/01/24 01:48 PM
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ClayCreech got a fine specimen of a southern Ga gobbler this morning. 11.5" beard. We were hunting seperate tracts about 8 miles apart...same river bottom.
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