Turkey Season not far off

Already starting to see some Toms strutting and following hens. Have still got a trail camera out, which captured this one in full strut yesterday.

Yup.
Love it.

According to the forecast, we could be hunting turkeys in the snow tomorrow morning. That'll be a first!

glad I didnt pick the first 3 days ... snow and cold... more like deer weather .. I have to wait till Monday, but it will be warmer all next week, I have 6 days then

Forecast to reach the low 80's here next week. Crazy spring weather!

had one gobbling on roost yesterday AM across the creek, he'd answer so he knew I was there, he flew down and went the opposite direction ... Was way to tired to get up this AM, didnt get home till 12:30am... early AM hunts kill me the older I get, as that is all you have on the Draw hunts and you have to stop at 12 noon (central) on the F&W lands ... I tried to get up at 3am this morning, I really did, but I was just so damn tired, I said the hell with going out ...... 2nd day with only 2- 3 hours sleep each night .... I work 4-12's, by the time I get home its 1AM, then I only get 2-3 hours sleep if that before the 3am alarm goes off... its worse during deer season, esp. when the damn time change hits .... I can remember when I was younger, I was the Energizer Bunny when it came to early AM hunts and staying up, and hunting with only 2-4 hours sleep each night..... as usual, work gets in the way of hunting and sleep .... maybe tomorrow AM, IF I can wake my butt up ...

I hear ya. After six straight 0’ dark thirties in a row for me, I’m actually starting to acclimate to it😄

Have been able to call in a few Jakes but the couple of Toms I’ve seen have been reluctant to come all the way into bow range. I need them at 20 yds or less. I hate to give them too much credit for smarts, but sometimes they actually seem clever. Or smarter than me at least! More like good survival instinct, I suppose.

Got another couple mornings to hunt before getting back to a busy work schedule. Good luck to all!

well, I finally have the next two days off, I'll be out, my last two draw days (Fri/Sat) ... I'll only get about 2-3 hours sleep tonight after I get home (more sleep before hand tomorrow night), at least I can recoup, hard to do when your working every day ..

Turkeys win ... Fri. AM had a tom gobbling actively at first light, got to 100 or so yds away (woods scenario), didnt put out decoys as I was afraid of being heard/seen and settled in at the base of a large oak within the woods .... he gobbled when I tree yelped/soft called ... I watched him and 4 others fly down.. one of the hens landed 25 or so yds away, she walked within 10 yds, purring/clucking,scratching leves .. the Tom was strutting 60 or so yds away thru the woods, he gobbled a few times and walked off to the w/sw, the hen then walked away into thicker saplings to the south...all never to be seen again/heard again, I sat there for over an hour .. got up only to follow a lone gobble way back in the marsh/woods ... it was a useless endeavor, but hey, I needed the exercise, was out till 11am, never heard another gobble, the winds went haywire around 10insh and went over 20mph + ..... ... nothing at all this AM and the winds were as bad or worse earlier in the AM ... time to go fishin' ..

Fishing and mushrooming starting to sound good to me !