*sigh* Gonna be one of those seasons maybe...

[turkeygirl]

I haven't heard any gobbling here by home since last Friday evening. Went out a few evenings on the gravel pit...went out this morning on the gravel pit...saw and heard a hen but no gobbling. It was 20 degrees so that may be why, or he got shot during the youth season, though I haven't seen any sign of anyone up here, but who knows... Found a bunch of old and fresh scratchings on a ridge where I heard the bird gobble in the morning and evening last week.

What really gets me is missing the first two days of the opener....stuck at school...can't get out till Saturday. I'm keeping my hopes that like the last spring or two, haven't seen anyone up there when I've been hunting, maybe a truck or person one day out of the season.

I am going over to my boss' place tonight...he has about 60 acres bordering state land. Hunted there couple times last year, never ran into anyone, had one gobble there almost each time I went but he was off the state land and henned up. I was going to go there this morning but the garage door broke! lmbo! So I walked up to the gravel pit instead...the one thing I can laugh about this morning

I only got to go once to the land the guy from camp is letting me hunt, and he said I'll likely be the only one hunting it, so if there are birds there, they shouldn't be pressured.

I hate not having birds patterned or at least know where they are...I don't like to just go in blind.. I like having a slight advantage but oh well, I just try to think that is God is going to bless me with a turkey this year, he will, but I'll probably have to work my rear off, on top of school.

So good luck tomorrow and Friday everyone and appreciate the birds you have because around my area...seems like you have to work hard for em.

[ccwhitey]

I hate not having birds patterned or at least know where they are...I don't like to just go in blind.. I like having a slight advantage but oh well, I just try to think that is God is going to bless me with a turkey this year, he will, but I'll probably have to work my rear off, on top of school.

I feel the same way about patterning my bird. Good luck though!!

[earnhardts12000]

yea i'll be out early tommarow callin those birds

[western NY bowhunter]

So good luck tomorrow and Friday everyone and appreciate the birds you have because around my area...seems like you have to work hard for em.

I've logged quite a few miles on the truck during the past month driving around trying to get a fix on the local gobblers and accordingly, I've got a bunch of them scouted out. I'm lucky enough to have access to quite a bit of private land in the area. However, all of it is hunted extremely hard by many other people as well. The birds really get hammered hard for the first couple of weeks. If you aren't lucky enough to tag one early in the first couple of days you're gonna be in for a long, tough season.

My advice for next year is to try to expand your hunting area by gaining access to more properties. No offense, but...I can't imagine hinging the success of my entire season on a jake that I saw one time.

Hang in there. Good luck this weekend.

[huntinguide]

stay at it we had a bad bad start and now we are firing on all cylinders

[bluelund79]

Keep your head and spirits up. My first spot that I had scouted was a bust....Then went to new land and got my bird. You can do it, just keep on hunting! Good luck, Eric

[Bachflock]

Hang in there. You'll find the right bird! Missing the openner is a tough one but... You'll do fine.

[turkeygirl]

I don't know why I get so worried about getting ab irdb ut I'm going to try and chill and just enjoy being out there.

I went over to a piece of state land tonight...just one spot, no gobbles to the owl or crow calls, walked across the dirt road onto my boss' property, nothing there but heard an "owl" in the distance aka probably someone else but really far off.

I'll wait and see I guess but he said he'd heard birds so I emailed and asked him about where so maybe I'll have a clue on where to go.