Tough hunt today!

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

They opened season way too early. Did battle Fri-Sun with the same turkey. But he got a whole pile of hens with him. Sux.

If you remember the past few seasons opened ~ a week later.

And lots of hunter complained that the season opened too late so the opening date got moved up.

Last year at Clear Creek, the Tom's were gobbling in early March, up until the Youth weekend hunt........and hardly any gobbling after that weekend.

This spring has been unusual. The late cold weather, has delayed the plant growth ~ a month. I think the cold spring is the reason there has not been much gobbling and most likely.....the turkey breeding is just starting now.

The best hunting may not start until next week.

Friday, I heard some gobbling at first light. The Toms gobbled 3 or 4 times and then......nothing for the rest of the day.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Gerald

If you remember the past few seasons opened ~ a week later.

And lots of hunter complained that the season opened too late so the opening date got moved up.

Last year at Clear Creek, the Tom's were gobbling in early March, up until the Youth weekend hunt........and hardly any gobbling after that weekend.

This spring has been unusual. The late cold weather, has delayed the plant growth ~ a month. I think the cold spring is the reason there has not been much gobbling and most likely.....the turkey breeding is just starting now.

The best hunting may not start until next week.

Friday, I heard some gobbling at first light. The Toms gobbled 3 or 4 times and then......nothing for the rest of the day.

Just because they are gobbling don't mean we need to be hunting them. I say open it up later, let the turkeys do some breeding without all the ding-a-lings harassing them and by the time the hens start to nest it will be prime time to be hunting. Win win for us and the turkeys. Start at very end of March and let us go to end of April at least. Last year and this year the Gobblers have been henned up all day until like the last week of season. And next year the season opens on March 19th. Crazy.

[specktator]

Originally Posted by Gerald

If you remember the past few seasons opened ~ a week later.

And lots of hunter complained that the season opened too late so the opening date got moved up.

Last year at Clear Creek, the Tom's were gobbling in early March, up until the Youth weekend hunt........and hardly any gobbling after that weekend.

This spring has been unusual. The late cold weather, has delayed the plant growth ~ a month. I think the cold spring is the reason there has not been much gobbling and most likely.....the turkey breeding is just starting now.

The best hunting may not start until next week.

Friday, I heard some gobbling at first light. The Toms gobbled 3 or 4 times and then......nothing for the rest of the day.

Im with Gerald on this one. Last year everyone was griping about it opening up too late. i think just the cold weather and delayed plant growth. from 3-21 to yesterday i noticed a tremendous diff in the growth of leaves and canopy. i think i am gonna give up till next week.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by specktator

Im with Gerald on this one. Last year everyone was griping about it opening up too late. i think just the cold weather and delayed plant growth. from 3-21 to yesterday i noticed a tremendous diff in the growth of leaves and canopy. i think i am gonna give up till next week.

Yes, they were griping it was too late, but it was not. Again, just because they are gobbling don't mean we are late. They have been gobbling as of late, but they are still with hens all day long. How you gonna kill a bird like dat? You won't get a chance until those hens start nesting. They typically don't start until April and that is when the hunting gets much easier.