Team 5: Team Overload Thread
03-01-2009, 06:22 PM
#132
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ohio and Indiana
Posts: 2,088
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ORIGINAL: Siman08/OH
Guys, i have Jenna working on the avatar of a bunch of gobblers in a scope to see what she can come up with.
Anybody else have any ideas they want to see made?
Guys, i have Jenna working on the avatar of a bunch of gobblers in a scope to see what she can come up with.
Anybody else have any ideas they want to see made?
03-02-2009, 06:30 AM
#134
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ohio and Indiana
Posts: 2,088
RE: Team 5 check in
Hey team, gotta question.....
Yesterday (sunday), I went to the Indiana farm to get some work done in the fields, pattern the mossberg,and do a little scouting. Things were looking good, tons of fresh turkeysign (tracks, crap, scratching) and as I crested the ridge to check on my treestand, I spooked five BIG gobblers and they flew down to the bottoms. I know this time of year they are stillbunched up together, but still..... do you think I spooked the birds too badly?
Almost the same thing happened during bow season in October, I had 4 of them fly straight at me (while crapping a lot, ha) because we crested a hill at the same time again. But since turkey season is growing closer, I'm curious if I messed up by spooking them this time..will they disperse soon and spread out anyway???
I should noteI have seen alot morelongbeards than I have seenhenscompared to last year, andI think it has something to do with myfeeder running all winter.....But yea, any opinions/info/advice would be great.thanks guys..
Yesterday (sunday), I went to the Indiana farm to get some work done in the fields, pattern the mossberg,and do a little scouting. Things were looking good, tons of fresh turkeysign (tracks, crap, scratching) and as I crested the ridge to check on my treestand, I spooked five BIG gobblers and they flew down to the bottoms. I know this time of year they are stillbunched up together, but still..... do you think I spooked the birds too badly?
Almost the same thing happened during bow season in October, I had 4 of them fly straight at me (while crapping a lot, ha) because we crested a hill at the same time again. But since turkey season is growing closer, I'm curious if I messed up by spooking them this time..will they disperse soon and spread out anyway???
I should noteI have seen alot morelongbeards than I have seenhenscompared to last year, andI think it has something to do with myfeeder running all winter.....But yea, any opinions/info/advice would be great.thanks guys..
03-02-2009, 06:49 AM
#135
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SOUTH Carolina--I've moved!
Posts: 2,760
RE: Team 5 check in
ORIGINAL: lrhuntr
Who's taking there bow out for gobblers this spring?
I will be for the first couple days, if I don't have oneby the 4th day I'll be taking the shotgun to roll one.
Who's taking there bow out for gobblers this spring?
I will be for the first couple days, if I don't have oneby the 4th day I'll be taking the shotgun to roll one.
03-02-2009, 07:34 AM
#136
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Posts: 1,238
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Adam, I've done the same thing before and in my experience it shouldn't bother a thing. I've noticed that turkeys have a pretty short attention span. I've called turkeys in that we had just spooked out of a field. They had forgotten that we had just spooked them not 5 or so minutes before.
Same thing with roosted birds. I've busted birds outa the roost before just to have them fly down and with a little calling they start to come my way. They can be so love sick that they drop there basic survival instincts, just like bucks during the rut.
I think when theres love in the air, the turkeys don't care.
Same thing with roosted birds. I've busted birds outa the roost before just to have them fly down and with a little calling they start to come my way. They can be so love sick that they drop there basic survival instincts, just like bucks during the rut.
I think when theres love in the air, the turkeys don't care.
03-02-2009, 10:40 AM
#137
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Chatham, Ohio
Posts: 8,834
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I would personally worry about it, because thats how i am, but i dont think it should be an issue. Ive heard of birds shot in the same field hours apart. Ive also shot birds and had the other gobblers roost in the same place the next evening. Im pretty sure turks have a VERY short memory.
