Getting right

[megalomaniac]

For those of you with a tag in your pocket, we are just about to the point in the season where the 1.5in spurs birds will be falling. Most hunters tagged out already on the 2 yos... but the old toms are about to get lonely and make mistakes. May is the month to kill the limbhangers.

 

[Harold Money jr]

I hope you're right!

 

[SEC]

So we can age em by there spurs again?

 

[rem270]

I killed 2 in April last year and 2 in May. Have yet to kill one this year yet so hoping they'll be on fire and looking this weekend. Me and a buddy were just talking about this today.

 

[Hduke86]

This is "normally" the week they are really fired up on the mountain at home. The last few years the last 8-10 days of April is ALMOST like cheating. They sound off and are on a death wise mission MOST of the time about right now.

 

[Kevin Snook]

For those of you with a tag in your pocket, we are just about to the point in the season where the 1.5in spurs birds will be falling. Most hunters tagged out already on the 2 yos... but the old toms are about to get lonely and make mistakes. May is the month to kill the limbhangers.

I've killed many bigguns that I'd fooled with early during the first week of May..

 

[MickThompson]

Yep, that's why I haven't killed one yet... holding out for them big ole spurs...

 

[knightrider]

So we can age em by there spurs again?

NO!

 

[Carlos]

I missed what should have been an easy shot on Saturday morning, and then again on Saturday evening.
Since then, I haven't heard any gobbling, or had much action at all.

I hope you're right as well.

 

[MickThompson]

NO!

It's kinda like deer- 1 year per point, right?

 

[Harold Money jr]

I went to my farm today at about 11am. I heard one gobble 3-4 times where I was gonna go, I sat down and slow called and he never answered me back so I'm betting he was still henned up. I moved to try him from a different angle and ended up running a bunch of deer right through where he was. I did some chores and when I left at 3:00 there was two freshly single gobblers coming out of the woods to feed and strut. I think you're correct, they'll be better earlier as each day goes by.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Not sure why, but ours have always been deathly quiet end of April on. They appear to leave

 

[MidTennFisher]

You are absolutely correct. Early season really just has more enjoyable weather. But it also has a lot of unbred hens you can't compete with and a lot of hunting pressure that can ruin your hunt.

Late season has fewer hunters because they either tagged out or give up, and most of the hens are bred. Those gobblers are going to get lonely and be more receptive to your calling. They may not gobble 50 times but they'll come check you out.

 

[Gravey]

Hoping to get #2 sooner rather than later to avoid the 85+ temps.

 

[knightrider]

Hoping to get #2 sooner rather than later to avoid the 85+ temps.

Ticks, chiggers,snakes, 100 degrees be damned, we got atleast 8 more tags to fill!! War is hell and we about to enter war with them, unlike the rest of my bunch i filled my tags early now im gonna have to suffer with the slackers

 

[30-06 type of guy]

lady I work with killed one yesterday that's every bit of 1 3/4.

 

[megalomaniac]

lady I work with killed one yesterday that's every bit of 1 3/4.

you get some pics? I love to see hooks that size!

 

[30-06 type of guy]

you get some pics? I love to see hooks that size!

I'll see she'll let me get em

 

[30-06 type of guy]

you get some pics? I love to see hooks that size!

 

[megalomaniac]

Whew, those are NICE!