Haven't gotten the bird yet, but...

Toad

Toad

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Struck out on our gobbler hunt Friday afternoon, but still managed to have a good time.

Didn't see or hear a bird anywhere, which was disappointing, but hunting with my daughter is so much fun it hardly mattered. Got her pretty well stuffed full of oatmeal cream pies, sunflower seeds, and soda. Whispered the whole time about pretty much every subject she could think of. Plenty of smiles and laughs... We had hoped to try again Saturday morning early, but the rain kept us away. Hopefully we can get a few more tries before the season runs out.

The other good news is that we left the popup blind set up in a likely spot, so that should make it easier to get set up before first light or make less of a disturbance no matter what time of day we go.

P.S. That dopey hen turkey that wandered through the yard the other day was back again Friday evening. I think she is eating the food that falls from my wife's bird feeder. This time instead of going back into the woods, she flew up into a tree and just stared down at us. My daughter was really lobbying for me to shoot it, but I told her we weren't THAT desperate. Of course, if it turns out to be a bearded hen, that would be a pretty convenient backup plan...:laugh:
 
Toad, I feel your pain. My wife decided she wanted to run the camcorder for me which is a 1st:thumbsup:, but the birds were not cooperating. We went to 4 or 5 placed that I usually see birds and didn't hear a bird and saw one hen in 4 hours of runnin an gunnin.
My qustion is did anyone see any gobblers still strutting???

Not giving up yet, just changing tactics!
 
toms are still working in sek,just real hard to work.
try to shock call them,if you can get one to gobble,shouldn't be to hard to get him to work.I should of shot one last wednesday,just didn't pull the trigger.20 yards through thick brush,but i could see his eye,and the top of his head....thats all you need.
hopefully,he is still there this wednesday.
 
I am still seeing them strutting.
Todd you need to go out with me when I run the dogs. Ace is putting turkey up every time out :D They may be a little harder to hit on the wing!

I bought my tags and have not been out once, guess that was a donation to kdwp.
 
I struck out Saturday as well. I think the front kept the Toms locked up in the woods. Got poured on though, which is always awesome. :rolleyes: Kicking myself for running errands Friday after I took the day off to hunt.

I'll give it a go this weekend again. I just hope they're not shut down for the year. Time will tell.
 
SetterNut said:
I am still seeing them strutting.
Todd you need to go out with me when I run the dogs. Ace is putting turkey up every time out :D They may be a little harder to hit on the wing!

I bought my tags and have not been out once, guess that was a donation to kdwp.
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Looks like my tag was also a donation to KDWP.:eek: It sounds like they need the money, and I greatly appreciate what they do for us sportsmen!

My daughter was disappointed we didn't get a bird. In fact, she thought we might have to cancel Thanksgiving this year.:laugh: It's all good... We could have gone out more than we did, but we had fun fishing and doing other stuff together too.

She got me excited over memorial weekend. She said she wants to try going deer hunting with me this Fall, from a treestand this year!:thumbsup: Guess I'm shopping for one of those "buddy" stands now! That should make deer hunting twice as fun!:D
 
Toad, maybe we can get a bulk discount on 2 person stands. My son want to move from ground blind to the tree too.:eek: Sorry to hear about the lack of birds. My son out did me this year:rolleyes: So now we wait till the next season!
 
kick them up said:
Toad, maybe we can get a bulk discount on 2 person stands. My son want to move from ground blind to the tree too.:eek: Sorry to hear about the lack of birds. My son out did me this year:rolleyes: So now we wait till the next season!
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If you come across a deal, let me know. I looked at Cabelas in Wichita this weekend, but didn't buy anything yet.
 
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