Who travels for turkeys?
04-25-2008, 07:11 AM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: Who travels for turkeys?
Muncy, PAForecast: (keeping my fingers crossed)[
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Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Scattered showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming southeast between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
]Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then isolated showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Scattered showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming southeast between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
04-25-2008, 07:24 AM
#23
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location:
Posts: 434
RE: Who travels for turkeys?
I drive 2 1/2 hours to hunt in southeast oklahoma. I have spots 30 minutes away from the house but I just like hunting that part of the state. It's also something we have been doing with friends that live down there for the last 30 years.
04-25-2008, 07:25 AM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New Brighton, MN
Posts: 480
RE: Who travels for turkeys?
I only have to travel about 15 min to hunt easterns howver I went 700 miles for a meriam this spring and next year am planning on going around a 1000 to get my rio. Luckly when I was in school I lived in florida so I got my osceola when I lived there.
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04-25-2008, 07:30 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cogan Station, PA
Posts: 2,298
RE: Who travels for turkeys?
I think (hopefully from what I heard this morning) that the rain will be sparatic in the morning hours, with storms intensifying in the late afternoon. I can only hunt till 9 or so anyways because our HUNTING cabin has work weekend this weekend....of all weekends, why would a hunting cabin have a work weekend on the turkey opener[:@]
04-25-2008, 08:39 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin/Michigan
Posts: 9,679
RE: Who travels for turkeys?
I hunt some State land here in Wisconsin thats about 45 minutes away which is great hunting! I have to drive 427 miles to my Property in Michigan to hunt for the Birds in May!
04-25-2008, 09:39 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,911
RE: Who travels for turkeys?
ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
The latest location thread got me to thinking. Who has to travel to hunt turkeys? The closest place I've found to hunt these birds is a 2 1/2 hour drive.
If you look at the turkey distribution map on the NWTF web site you will see a strip of ground in Texas without a turkey population. Thats where I live.
For those of you with turkeys in your backyard, or anyone for that matter. if you had to travel to hunt turkeys how far would you be willing to go? Last weekend I made a 600 mile drive to try for a Merriam. For the rest of this season I'll stick to hunting closer to home but I'll have at least a 3 hour drive including tomorrow morning. Next weekend it will be a 4 hour drive. And then next year I will very likely go out of state again, probably to Oklahoma or maybe Kansas.
I have to do this, I am compelled.
The latest location thread got me to thinking. Who has to travel to hunt turkeys? The closest place I've found to hunt these birds is a 2 1/2 hour drive.
If you look at the turkey distribution map on the NWTF web site you will see a strip of ground in Texas without a turkey population. Thats where I live.
For those of you with turkeys in your backyard, or anyone for that matter. if you had to travel to hunt turkeys how far would you be willing to go? Last weekend I made a 600 mile drive to try for a Merriam. For the rest of this season I'll stick to hunting closer to home but I'll have at least a 3 hour drive including tomorrow morning. Next weekend it will be a 4 hour drive. And then next year I will very likely go out of state again, probably to Oklahoma or maybe Kansas.
I have to do this, I am compelled.