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Bagged a Turkey opening morning..now with pic ( now Second turkey for the week )
4/25/2011 10:50:55 AM
17.5 lbs
6 in beard
stubs for what ever that claw is called.( spur as stated below in a post, thanks )
Took him without using a blind, just using the terrain and natural cover. Called them in with a box call and they came in gobbling and strutting spreading their feathers, all three of them. They were too close together for a while and had to wait until one was separated enough that I would only hit one. One put out his feathers when the other 2 stepped forward a couple of steps and that separated them. The one I shot fell behind about 2 turkey lengths spread his feathers and stuck his head up to look at the response from the 2 hen decoys I had on the hill and BOOM. Head Shot.
Took about a 30 yard shot.
2 of them looked right at me twice and didn't see me just sitting there.
after the shot, the other 2 started jumping on him, so I got up and had to scare them away. I could have shot all three but only allowed to take 1 per day for a total of 2.
6 in beard
stubs for what ever that claw is called.( spur as stated below in a post, thanks )
Took him without using a blind, just using the terrain and natural cover. Called them in with a box call and they came in gobbling and strutting spreading their feathers, all three of them. They were too close together for a while and had to wait until one was separated enough that I would only hit one. One put out his feathers when the other 2 stepped forward a couple of steps and that separated them. The one I shot fell behind about 2 turkey lengths spread his feathers and stuck his head up to look at the response from the 2 hen decoys I had on the hill and BOOM. Head Shot.
Took about a 30 yard shot.
2 of them looked right at me twice and didn't see me just sitting there.
after the shot, the other 2 started jumping on him, so I got up and had to scare them away. I could have shot all three but only allowed to take 1 per day for a total of 2.
4/25/2011 11:09:21 AM
Nice!
The claws sticking out of the back of their "ankles" are called spurs.
Where were you hunting at?
The claws sticking out of the back of their "ankles" are called spurs.
Where were you hunting at?
4/25/2011 11:12:41 AM
Hunting in the communist state of MA.
The cool part is without using a blind, just camo and sitting between 2 small pine trees, 2 of the 3 looked right at me and didn't see me.
The cool part is without using a blind, just camo and sitting between 2 small pine trees, 2 of the 3 looked right at me and didn't see me.
4/25/2011 11:20:41 AM
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
4/25/2011 2:01:31 PM
Originally Posted By rockriverhunter489:
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
I got called into work. I have pics but it's going to have to wait till I get time.
4/25/2011 8:36:13 PM
Good looking bird, Mach.
No blind hunting here, either.
Yep, it's finally over. The heat and the mosquitoes after that second week rain just killed it for me.
On the bright side, Rockriver that Tom will have a nicer beard and spurs next year
I lucked into an old bird on opening weekend out of Richloam.
No blind hunting here, either.
Originally Posted By rockriverhunter489:
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
Yep, it's finally over. The heat and the mosquitoes after that second week rain just killed it for me.
On the bright side, Rockriver that Tom will have a nicer beard and spurs next year
I lucked into an old bird on opening weekend out of Richloam.
4/25/2011 8:59:37 PM
That's the way to hunt them....blinds are for folks with mobility issues.
Congratulations on the jake.
Congratulations on the jake.
4/25/2011 9:21:39 PM
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me.
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place
2. Be there at the right time
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft
4. Have an immense amount of luck.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me.
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place
2. Be there at the right time
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft
4. Have an immense amount of luck.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
4/25/2011 10:07:32 PM
Originally Posted By FredMan:
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me. wear your hat backwards
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place set up an ambush using the available terrain and place the decoys up on a small hill so they can be seen a ways off
2. Be there at the right time. if they can see the decoys from far away and you do some calling, they will come to you.
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft. and use different calls, clucks, etc.
4. Have an immense amount of luck. and camo from head to toe, still and silent and an ambush where they can't see you from a distance.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me. wear your hat backwards
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place set up an ambush using the available terrain and place the decoys up on a small hill so they can be seen a ways off
2. Be there at the right time. if they can see the decoys from far away and you do some calling, they will come to you.
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft. and use different calls, clucks, etc.
4. Have an immense amount of luck. and camo from head to toe, still and silent and an ambush where they can't see you from a distance.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
my comments in red
of course the last 2 years ( this is my second year) I have only shot 18 lb jakes.
4/25/2011 10:50:53 PM
Originally Posted By Mach:
my comments in red
of course the last 2 years ( this is my second year) I have only shot 18 lb jakes.
Originally Posted By FredMan:
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me. wear your hat backwards
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place set up an ambush using the available terrain and place the decoys up on a small hill so they can be seen a ways off
2. Be there at the right time. if they can see the decoys from far away and you do some calling, they will come to you.
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft. and use different calls, clucks, etc.
4. Have an immense amount of luck. and camo from head to toe, still and silent and an ambush where they can't see you from a distance.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me. wear your hat backwards
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place set up an ambush using the available terrain and place the decoys up on a small hill so they can be seen a ways off
2. Be there at the right time. if they can see the decoys from far away and you do some calling, they will come to you.
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft. and use different calls, clucks, etc.
4. Have an immense amount of luck. and camo from head to toe, still and silent and an ambush where they can't see you from a distance.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
my comments in red
of course the last 2 years ( this is my second year) I have only shot 18 lb jakes.
Here in Fla we don't kill 18 lb three-four year old toms most of the time. ;)
Because I didn't state it earlier, congratulations on the turkey, Mach.
4/26/2011 8:14:42 AM
Originally Posted By Hunterex:
Good looking bird, Mach.
No blind hunting here, either.
Yep, it's finally over. The heat and the mosquitoes after that second week rain just killed it for me.
On the bright side, Rockriver that Tom will have a nicer beard and spurs next year
I lucked into an old bird on opening weekend out of Richloam.
Good looking bird, Mach.
No blind hunting here, either.
Originally Posted By rockriverhunter489:
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
Sweet! thats always fun.
Season just ended here in FL.
I hunt without a blind too. Had a few jakes and hens come in but never could get that TOM!
You got picks?
Yep, it's finally over. The heat and the mosquitoes after that second week rain just killed it for me.
On the bright side, Rockriver that Tom will have a nicer beard and spurs next year
I lucked into an old bird on opening weekend out of Richloam.
Haha, trust me i was tempted. It'd be a lot easier to pop one in the head at 75-100 yards with the AR...but...
4/26/2011 6:54:05 PM
Originally Posted By Hunterex:
Here in Fla we don't kill 18 lb three-four year old toms most of the time. ;)
Because I didn't state it earlier, congratulations on the turkey, Mach.
Originally Posted By Mach:
my comments in red
of course the last 2 years ( this is my second year) I have only shot 18 lb jakes.
Originally Posted By FredMan:
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me. wear your hat backwards
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place set up an ambush using the available terrain and place the decoys up on a small hill so they can be seen a ways off
2. Be there at the right time. if they can see the decoys from far away and you do some calling, they will come to you.
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft. and use different calls, clucks, etc.
4. Have an immense amount of luck. and camo from head to toe, still and silent and an ambush where they can't see you from a distance.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
Nice!
Birds have been making a monkey out of me this season. THREE times I've had Toms walk up silently behind me. wear your hat backwards
There's four things you need for a successful turkey hunt:
1. Be in the right place set up an ambush using the available terrain and place the decoys up on a small hill so they can be seen a ways off
2. Be there at the right time. if they can see the decoys from far away and you do some calling, they will come to you.
3. Don't screw up your calling. Not too much, not to little, not to loud, not too soft. and use different calls, clucks, etc.
4. Have an immense amount of luck. and camo from head to toe, still and silent and an ambush where they can't see you from a distance.
I've had hens literally walk within arms reach of me and not get spooked. The key is to think like a rock. Don't move, don't blink, don't breathe. You keep perfectly silent and perfectly still, and they'll likely ignore you.
my comments in red
of course the last 2 years ( this is my second year) I have only shot 18 lb jakes.
Here in Fla we don't kill 18 lb three-four year old toms most of the time. ;)
Because I didn't state it earlier, congratulations on the turkey, Mach.
Thanks, it's only my second turkey season ans the beginning of my third year hunting.
About Jakes vs. Toms, here is my theory.
Jakes are much harder to hunt. They are young, energetic, smart, and fast. toms on the other hand are old, slow, bald and senile. The toms are much easier to fool.
That is my story and I'm stickin to it
4/27/2011 8:40:51 AM
congrats dude. Nice bird. NY season opens this Sunday. I took Monday off too just in case
4/27/2011 12:59:37 PM
The continuing saga of my turkey hunting.
Dateline this morning. Nothing happening where I shot the bird on Monday.
I pick up and go on the hunt down an old no longer used dirt road I have never been down before.
I get to an intersection and hear gobbles to my left and to my right.
I start to set up my decoys looking for an ambush spot. The gobbling on the left is getting very close, he is just around the small hill. Gobbling on the right isn't getting any closer.
In my misguided attempt to get decoys up and find a good hiding spot I probably made too much noise or he saw me. By the time I am set up, I no longer hear gobbles on the left. He is no longer answering my calls.
But all is not lost, still getting gobbles on the right. For the next 2 hours the gobbles on the right don't get any closer and I start hearing chickens? WTF wild chickens or what.
Turns out it was what. After 2 hours of the gobbles on the right not getting any closer but still there and the definite noise of chickens, I get up and go over the small hill. to my right.
There in someone's back yard is a chicken coup with chickens and yep, fucking turkeys, both white ones and brown wild looking ones, that answered my calls for 2 hours and had no intent of leaving their cage and their large amount of chow.
What a waist of time. Most likely the turkey on the left would have kept coming if I just got down and stayed quiet. i think he was marching on the turkey pen, just like me until I scared him off setting up decoys.
Live and learn
Dateline this morning. Nothing happening where I shot the bird on Monday.
I pick up and go on the hunt down an old no longer used dirt road I have never been down before.
I get to an intersection and hear gobbles to my left and to my right.
I start to set up my decoys looking for an ambush spot. The gobbling on the left is getting very close, he is just around the small hill. Gobbling on the right isn't getting any closer.
In my misguided attempt to get decoys up and find a good hiding spot I probably made too much noise or he saw me. By the time I am set up, I no longer hear gobbles on the left. He is no longer answering my calls.
But all is not lost, still getting gobbles on the right. For the next 2 hours the gobbles on the right don't get any closer and I start hearing chickens? WTF wild chickens or what.
Turns out it was what. After 2 hours of the gobbles on the right not getting any closer but still there and the definite noise of chickens, I get up and go over the small hill. to my right.
There in someone's back yard is a chicken coup with chickens and yep, fucking turkeys, both white ones and brown wild looking ones, that answered my calls for 2 hours and had no intent of leaving their cage and their large amount of chow.
What a waist of time. Most likely the turkey on the left would have kept coming if I just got down and stayed quiet. i think he was marching on the turkey pen, just like me until I scared him off setting up decoys.
Live and learn
4/27/2011 3:02:11 PM
I'd have loved to have seen your face when you saw those caged birds! 
Sounds like the time I belly crawled to get close to my buddy's bow hunting gobbler target. Hunted a few hours and had to leave so on my way back I spotted this tom and I immediately dropped down. I called for a while, but with no response I decided to see how close I could get. I crawled over the rise and through the brush until I finally realized the thing wasn't moving. Felt pretty dumb, but at least I didn't shoot the damn thing
Sounds like the time I belly crawled to get close to my buddy's bow hunting gobbler target. Hunted a few hours and had to leave so on my way back I spotted this tom and I immediately dropped down. I called for a while, but with no response I decided to see how close I could get. I crawled over the rise and through the brush until I finally realized the thing wasn't moving. Felt pretty dumb, but at least I didn't shoot the damn thing 4/27/2011 8:00:20 PM
Originally Posted By Mach:
In my misguided attempt to get decoys up and find a good hiding spot I probably made too much noise or he saw me. By the time I am set up, I no longer hear gobbles on the left. He is no longer answering my calls.
In my misguided attempt to get decoys up and find a good hiding spot I probably made too much noise or he saw me. By the time I am set up, I no longer hear gobbles on the left. He is no longer answering my calls.
Were you calling during set-up? Once I hear a gobble, I refrain from calling until the decoys are out and I've got my back up against a large tree. All it takes is a single call to get them to come running, and sometimes a hunter doesn't have enough time to set up when that occurs. It's happened to me twice in the past. Once, I hiked 45 minutes from the road in dim light, got to the area I figured might hold a roosted tom, and let out a couple of yelps. A tom responded just over the hill from me, and I staked the decoys and ran for a tree. No sooner than my butt hit the ground, a big tom crested the wooded hill, saw me, and took off flying. Nothing like blowing a 30-second hunt after a 45-minute hike.
The other instance was similar, but I was guiding a friend. He fired a shot at his then flying tom and missed.
4/27/2011 8:21:03 PM
Originally Posted By M4Madness:
Were you calling during set-up? Once I hear a gobble, I refrain from calling until the decoys are out and I've got my back up against a large tree. All it takes is a single call to get them to come running, and sometimes a hunter doesn't have enough time to set up when that occurs. It's happened to me twice in the past. Once, I hiked 45 minutes from the road in dim light, got to the area I figured might hold a roosted tom, and let out a couple of yelps. A tom responded just over the hill from me, and I staked the decoys and ran for a tree. No sooner than my butt hit the ground, a big tom crested the wooded hill, saw me, and took off flying. Nothing like blowing a 30-second hunt after a 45-minute hike. The other instance was similar, but I was guiding a friend. He fired a shot at his then flying tom and missed.
Originally Posted By Mach:
In my misguided attempt to get decoys up and find a good hiding spot I probably made too much noise or he saw me. By the time I am set up, I no longer hear gobbles on the left. He is no longer answering my calls.
In my misguided attempt to get decoys up and find a good hiding spot I probably made too much noise or he saw me. By the time I am set up, I no longer hear gobbles on the left. He is no longer answering my calls.
Were you calling during set-up? Once I hear a gobble, I refrain from calling until the decoys are out and I've got my back up against a large tree. All it takes is a single call to get them to come running, and sometimes a hunter doesn't have enough time to set up when that occurs. It's happened to me twice in the past. Once, I hiked 45 minutes from the road in dim light, got to the area I figured might hold a roosted tom, and let out a couple of yelps. A tom responded just over the hill from me, and I staked the decoys and ran for a tree. No sooner than my butt hit the ground, a big tom crested the wooded hill, saw me, and took off flying. Nothing like blowing a 30-second hunt after a 45-minute hike.
The other instance was similar, but I was guiding a friend. He fired a shot at his then flying tom and missed.
Not calling while setting up. I was hiking quietly and was stopping ( without setting up )every hundred yards or so to call. At this spot he gobbled back and was very very close, probably 100 feet on the other side of a small rise. I could not see him, but he was coming toward me as I was trying to set up. I should have just stopped behind a big tree and waited for him to peek around the corner of that rise. I blew it. and he kept gobbling while I was setting up.
We just ate Monday's turkey tonight for dinner. Hard to believe something that tasty is just walking around the woods.
4/27/2011 8:23:01 PM
Originally Posted By Hulka73:
I'd have loved to have seen your face when you saw those caged birds! Sounds like the time I belly crawled to get close to my buddy's bow hunting gobbler target. Hunted a few hours and had to leave so on my way back I spotted this tom and I immediately dropped down. I called for a while, but with no response I decided to see how close I could get. I crawled over the rise and through the brush until I finally realized the thing wasn't moving. Felt pretty dumb, but at least I didn't shoot the damn thing
I'd have loved to have seen your face when you saw those caged birds!
Sounds like the time I belly crawled to get close to my buddy's bow hunting gobbler target. Hunted a few hours and had to leave so on my way back I spotted this tom and I immediately dropped down. I called for a while, but with no response I decided to see how close I could get. I crawled over the rise and through the brush until I finally realized the thing wasn't moving. Felt pretty dumb, but at least I didn't shoot the damn thing By the time I had walked up on it, I had figured it had to be caged chickens and turkeys. There was no other explanation. But yea, I was like WTF? That was a waist of time.
4/30/2011 10:39:43 AM
I filled my second tag yesterday mornng.
It's a long story, but I screwed up a 12 yard shot by mostly putting the 4 shot over his head. I thought it was a bigger turkey at 30 yards.
He rolled over twice on the shot, got up and flew not very well, 300+ yards. I then had to track the wounded bird down and put him out of his misery
I felt bad that I screwed up the shot and he suffered, but at least I found him. He was injured and would have suffered a long time if I had not found him.
Small 13 lb bird. I am now done for the year, in this state anyway. I may go up to ME and hunt turkey in 2 weeks.
12 yards away and he had no clue I was there, no blind, just me and the terrain.
It's a long story, but I screwed up a 12 yard shot by mostly putting the 4 shot over his head. I thought it was a bigger turkey at 30 yards.
He rolled over twice on the shot, got up and flew not very well, 300+ yards. I then had to track the wounded bird down and put him out of his misery
I felt bad that I screwed up the shot and he suffered, but at least I found him. He was injured and would have suffered a long time if I had not found him.
Small 13 lb bird. I am now done for the year, in this state anyway. I may go up to ME and hunt turkey in 2 weeks.
12 yards away and he had no clue I was there, no blind, just me and the terrain.
5/1/2011 11:50:31 AM
Check your own laws, but in many states if you are hunting where you can hear the calls of captive birds you are in violation.
Your aiming point should be where the feathers meet the neck...not the eyeball. Also, your barrel should have two beads at a minimum. Iron sights or a dot optic are better. You can get into some pretty contorted positions shooting turkey and you want to make sure you are "aiming" and not pointing. It's real easy to shoot over a bird, especially of your shotgun has a short length of pull.
Now next year, wait for the boss with the paint brush hanging off of his chest. Even if you have to have to eat your tag for a couple of years, it's worth it. You're going to get tired of killing them little ones pretty quick now that you've figured it out.
5/1/2011 8:25:49 PM
Originally Posted By SevenMaryThree:
Check your own laws, but in many states if you are hunting where you can hear the calls of captive birds you are in violation.
Your aiming point should be where the feathers meet the neck...not the eyeball. Also, your barrel should have two beads at a minimum. Iron sights or a dot optic are better. You can get into some pretty contorted positions shooting turkey and you want to make sure you are "aiming" and not pointing. It's real easy to shoot over a bird, especially of your shotgun has a short length of pull.
Now next year, wait for the boss with the paint brush hanging off of his chest. Even if you have to have to eat your tag for a couple of years, it's worth it. You're going to get tired of killing them little ones pretty quick now that you've figured it out.
Check your own laws, but in many states if you are hunting where you can hear the calls of captive birds you are in violation.
Your aiming point should be where the feathers meet the neck...not the eyeball. Also, your barrel should have two beads at a minimum. Iron sights or a dot optic are better. You can get into some pretty contorted positions shooting turkey and you want to make sure you are "aiming" and not pointing. It's real easy to shoot over a bird, especially of your shotgun has a short length of pull.
Now next year, wait for the boss with the paint brush hanging off of his chest. Even if you have to have to eat your tag for a couple of years, it's worth it. You're going to get tired of killing them little ones pretty quick now that you've figured it out.
On a Jake, I'm pretty sure the feathers meet the neck at the head, no?
Barrel only has a bead on the end. I need to put a rear sight on it. I was in a very contorted position. Sitting down, half laying down. I was not able to sit all the way up or he would have seen me. You should see the 3 inch purple and black spot on my arm.
Already tired of killing small birds, although they still have a lot of meat on them. I would like to get a trophy, but I am primarily hunting for meat and experience so I know how to, I have a feeling it will come in handy in the future, plus it's much better meat than anything in the grocery store. I wish I could eat exclusively game, but that is a lot of hunting for 4 people. It;'s been a quick 2 year learning curve and I am enjoying it.
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
The only thing I know about turkey hunting is calling and blending with the environment setting up a good ambush.
5/1/2011 9:27:06 PM
Originally Posted By Mach:
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
Oh yeah, a jake will infuriate a tom and cause him to make mistakes that will cost him his life. I always use a jake decoy in conjunction with a hen decoy.
5/1/2011 10:09:01 PM
Originally Posted By M4Madness:
Oh yeah, a jake will infuriate a tom and cause him to make mistakes that will cost him his life. I always use a jake decoy in conjunction with a hen decoy.
Originally Posted By Mach:
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
Oh yeah, a jake will infuriate a tom and cause him to make mistakes that will cost him his life. I always use a jake decoy in conjunction with a hen decoy.
so by not shooting the jake, I am using him as bait to lure in a Tom to my decoy.
Damn. I wish I knew that 2 weeks ago.
How long will a Jake hang around a hen decoy? minutes or hours before he figures out she is just a blow up doll?
5/2/2011 4:14:33 PM
Originally Posted By Mach:
so by not shooting the jake, I am using him as bait to lure in a Tom to my decoy.
Damn. I wish I knew that 2 weeks ago.
How long will a Jake hang around a hen decoy? minutes or hours before he figures out she is just a blow up doll?
Originally Posted By M4Madness:
Oh yeah, a jake will infuriate a tom and cause him to make mistakes that will cost him his life. I always use a jake decoy in conjunction with a hen decoy.
Originally Posted By Mach:
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
So if you are waiting for Mr. Tom with the painbrush, what do you do when a jake starts circling your decoys? Will a big Tom still come in with a Jake there?
Oh yeah, a jake will infuriate a tom and cause him to make mistakes that will cost him his life. I always use a jake decoy in conjunction with a hen decoy.
so by not shooting the jake, I am using him as bait to lure in a Tom to my decoy.
Damn. I wish I knew that 2 weeks ago.
How long will a Jake hang around a hen decoy? minutes or hours before he figures out she is just a blow up doll?
No way to say for sure. Regardless, if you'd rather have a tom than a jake, let the jake walk away when he chooses to.
5/3/2011 5:20:10 PM
Originally Posted By Mach:
How long will a Jake hang around a hen decoy? minutes or hours before he figures out she is just a blow up doll?
How long will a Jake hang around a hen decoy? minutes or hours before he figures out she is just a blow up doll?
Two years ago I had four jakes with 4-6 inch beards tend my decoys for several hours. They ended up taking a nap with the closest one being about 6 yards away from my toes.
They don't care that it's a blow up doll.
