2012 Spring Turkey Hunting Daily Hunting Reports

[mrbb]

OK, late joining in here

just got back from a weeks hunt up my cabin

had 8 guys up

had rain almost every day and heavy fogs

we killed only one bird a 9 inch beard 19.5 lb on thursday, and other wise
extremely slow week
few if any birds gobbling at all

I hunted 6 days didn't hear but one gobble the whole week
BUt I did manage to find several birds, all hens and jakes however!

had several of the jakes less than 20 yards but passed

lousy weather from cold temps at nite, 38-42 degrees to then up to 70 degrees a few days or stayed cold never breaking 50

crazy weather, heavy winds lots of rain and fog

lousy hunting weather!!

[hortontoter]

Hunted Monday, Tuesday and today this week. Saw birds every day, but no mature birds in range. Hunted from 10-3 today to try somthing different. Luck was on par with my season thus far.

[blackbeard]

Hunted hard the last weekend of the season with nothing to show for it. Definitely a turkey season to forget. Saturday my brother and i climbed Mt. Scioto County where we usually always find turkeys. We only make it up that hill a couple times per season because it involves a 1/2 mile walk through chest high grass, followed by a river crossing and waders, then a climb straight up a huge hill to get above where the turkeys roost. We got up there and never heard a single bird. Very disappointing.

Sunday we setup in a field corner in a neighboring property where we did hear a bird Saturday morning and.....the bird was gobbling. Gobbled good on roost, same down the hill to us, but wouldn't step into the field to join the decoys. He stood right on the edge in the brush (25-50 yds) and strutted back and forth for 30-45 intense minutes. We've killed several gobblers here but this old gobbler was having none of it.

End of season...I'm tired...too many 4:30 mornings....bring on bow season!