WHAT'S YOUR IDEA ?

[eggshell]

Give me cool dry weather. cool enough to stop skeeters and crunchy to hear em walking and scratching and leaves still on for cover. I have killed many a fall bird because I heard them scratching first, they won't always answer a call loud enough to hear. 

[mark hay]

Eggshell is right ,,,,The first fall bird I had answer a call , I thought was over 50 yards . Turned out to be about 10 . The lead hen caught me standing on one leg . Very faint cluck was all she did . She did that in answer to a gobbler cluck .
 
Like many I'll take about any type of weather . But I prefer clear cold mornings , no wind , no leaves on the timber , high temps reaching the low 50's in the afternoon . Clear frosty mornings , them birds can be heard a long distance from the roost. By afternoon the leaves on the ground will dry out and I can hug the cedar slopes for cover and move quietly , listening for the faintest of turkey talk or leaf scratching . Them ol' longbeards make a lot of racket in the deep , fresh fallen oak leaves , making their long strokes searching for mast and insects.
 I'm ready !!  Can have the necessities in the truck in under five minutes ,,,,Let's go!

[thunderchicken]

Man, I am getting pumped more and more with every post! Our season opens Sept. 15th so it is still a little warm midday so I will probably stick to early morning roost set ups and glassing fields for turkeys feeding on bugs and looking for water sources!

[mark hay]

SEPT. 15th ?  ,,,,,,,DA'GUMMIT! that's almost a month ahead of the Buckeye state .

[MAKEemQUIVER]

For a morning hunt I like it clear and cool, they just seem to be more vocal. Our first shotgun season is the last week of Oct. and I love how the leaves are, some off and all of them turning their beautiful colors. Now if I'm heading out for an afternoon hunt I dont mind to see some light rain, gets them out in the fields and it really helps out on locating a flock.

[thunderchicken]

Our season opens as an archery only either sex season and goes to Dec.15th! There is a short shotgun season from Oct. 12th to the 16th (Monday - Friday). 3 months to hunt turkeys!

[Turkeybuster]

ALL of the above!

[turkeydoghunter]

 


 

[turkeydoghunter]

anytime junior and dixie lou breaks em up....lol ...last years opening day of NY

[nhtrkybstr]

Mark,

Excellent thread!

I have to say a morning in the 30's with highs hitting 50 or so, slightly overcast. Calm winds, and the woods damp from an evening rain.
Essentially the same conditions I like for deer.
You guys are getting me pumped! Are we there yet, dad?

Mike