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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Public land mountain bird in Tenn
This am I went to a grouse hunting area where I have also seen turkeys. It is a public lands place and gets a lot of pressure sometimes, but I thought this particular spot might be okay during the week. Right before daylight I watched the full moon sink in the west and was standing on an old roadbed when I heard a four wheeler coming u p the grade below me. When the other hunter saw me he turned around and left, and that was a break. Long story, told short,in 30 minutes I had a bird gobbling hard , but he was 6-800 feet straight up the mountain from me...but he was answering every call. Thunder started and the bird gobbled his brains out at that too...decided I better really get agressive on the calling as it was going to pour rain and I could not stay through the whole am. In a few minutes of intensive jubilee-type calling he as still in the same spot. I made a special call I use sometimes( in desperation) and , guess what, another bird answered to my left and on my level. Now the game was really on, as the bird above me started coming downhill and gobblin every step and the bird on my left was also coming fast...but as it turned out there were three birds o n the left and all came in at full strut to the little hen I had stuck in the road. I picked out the biggest and down he went at 20 yds. The rain came in sheets in another two minutes. I love those free gobbling mountain birds.
Last edited by Gobblenow on Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:39 pm |
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Nice job GN. Hoping for the same game my self on Saturday.
Tim
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:51 pm |
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Turkenator
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:28 pm Posts: 333 Location: Wise County, VA
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Tom's just can't resist that hen you take to the woods with you GN! I think I may be needing to borrow her for a few weeks if you don't mind.
Another great hunt... Awesome! Congratulations!
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:09 pm |
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am Posts: 1907 Location: Roanoke, VA
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GN, guess you didn't leave that horseshoe in VA afterall. You da man!
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:49 pm |
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Max
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:40 pm Posts: 1485 Location: Middlebrook VA
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Ya just gotta love it!. CONGRADSS GN!
_________________ "Son You've Got Three Choices in Life, Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!" -Joe Rowe- http://www.jkttv.com
Max
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:50 pm |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3038 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Congrats GN.. you are having one heck of a spring as usual.. I love those Public Land Birds they hold a special memory for each one..
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:55 pm |
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Ryan Tucker
Jake
Joined: Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:30 pm Posts: 31
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Congrats on your success!
_________________ Ryan Tucker
www.turkeyhuntinginc.com
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:28 pm |
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JayMc
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:56 pm Posts: 58
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Congrats yet again GN!
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:43 pm |
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gobbstopper1946
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:21 pm Posts: 275
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You killed it where? Mountains of Tenn.? Gnaw! You sure that wasn't someones barnyard gobbler?
Congrats. GN... happy to hear you're haveing a great season.
GS...
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:53 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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Now that sounds like a fun hunt! Way to go!
So, what's this special 'desperation' call . . .
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:39 pm |
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public land birds
GN: Great job! Public land hunting has been hot down my way too. Opening weekend yielded a 19 lb bird for my 13-year old. Since then 3 public land longbeards have met the TP's #4's. Man this year is awesome. I can go anywhere and hear birds this year...unbelievable...they're everywhere and gobbling hard too. Lots still henned up. Can hardly wait till next week. Saturdays on public land are still not fun. Went out this AM and had 2 hunters walk in between my location and a gobbling bird. They started calling and the bird started answering them. They called him up and missed. My season has been so good I almost didn't even care. I only have 2 tags left and season is young. Season is 15 days old here and I have only not been on gobbling birds one day. And this year the birds are in the woods still eating acorns instead of being bunched in green fields. I love it when it's like this. GN, is it this good in mtns of TN?
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Sat Apr 15, 2006 11:03 pm |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Thanks to all for the congrats..we finally got he picture up...TP, so far I woud say the East tn season has generally been as good as I have seen in many years here...give me your theory on this, do you think the low hatch this year has resulted in few young hens i n the woods, and older hens are bred, and a bunch of older toms and 2 yr olds are left without a class of young breeding hens and it is getting ready to be over and thus they are gobbling more etc???you have to have thoeries..
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:14 am |
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Shaggy
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:06 am Posts: 186 Location: Lancaster, PA
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Way to go GN!!! I think you're going to need a final post after the seasons end with a brief recap of all your hunts this year... simply awesome!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:52 am |
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only 1 tag left now. GN, Good mast year here no doubt. I think we have several year classes of gobblers out there too, and they are gobbling. Only one of the 7 kills I've been involved with was a 2-year old. Won't last forever. I haven't talked with anyone who's even seen a jake. I think hens were in better condition due to mast, plus we had an early spring and they are setting earlier. I dunno all the combination, but I do know it has been sweet. Good to hear you've seen similar results.
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:47 pm |
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tp
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only 1 tag left now. GN, Good mast year here no doubt. I think we have several year classes of gobblers out there too, and they are gobbling. Only one of the 7 kills I've been involved with was a 2-year old. Won't last forever. I haven't talked with anyone who's even seen a jake. I think hens were in better condition due to mast, plus we had an early spring and they are setting earlier. I dunno all the combination, but I do know it has been sweet. Good to hear you've seen similar results.
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Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:48 pm |
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