Ohio Spring Scouting

[OHhunter]

Anyone been out yet?
 
I've been out looking for sheds, coyote hunting and shooting groundhogs the last few weeks and haven't herd or seen anything execept for a group of longbeards out scratching around in a cow pasture a few weeks ago. 

[mark hay]

just got in from a little scouting in my favorite area. saw three groups totalling 27 birds . saw no strutters , heard no gobbles .
6 hens , 2 longbeards
12 gobblers ; 1 , 2 and older
7 longbeards

[OHhunter]

Just got in from a daylong scouting trip to some new ground my buddy thinks will payoff, saw nothing and heard nothing.  Talked to someone else at a nearby road they had been out doing the same and gave the same report.  Going out in the morning to check out another area, hope it shows more promise than todays.

[OHhunter]

Went out this morning to do a little scouting, several were gobbling from the tree and continued to gobble once on the ground, could hear several hens not to far from the gobbling.  Went down the road to check another area about 9 am and got to watch 4 longbeards strutting for 11 or 12 hens. Going try a different spot tommorrow, hope it's as good as todays.

[mark hay]

1 more month

[trkyklr]

ORIGINAL: mark hay

1 more month

 
3 1/2 days & its on....OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!

[OHhunter]

Took my youngest daughter ( 5 years old)  out this morning to listen to em gobble, the look on her face when that first bird fired up, just out the rigde from us was priceless.  We ended up checking several spots all but 2 had birds gobbling, they were vocal until almost 8:30, I think the heavy fog  must have kept them in the tree longer than usuall.  It worked out good for us it was her first time hearing  them gobble that close and often.

[mark hay]

well done OHhunter !

[mark hay]

down at the public land,,,just getting light. they were hammering up on the break ridge . on my way out saw one small flock of all hens , and another flock of 23 , mostly jakes and longbeards , with a few hens . two were strutting , but not for the hens . looked like they were strutting for each other . face to face for a long time . the other longbeards in the bunch were picking on the jakes . they all sure looked odd with big balls of mud and wet corn fodder stuck to their feet .
 
  ''old school turkey tactics''

[mark hay]

same area as yesterday ,,,most likely the same bunch of birds .
 
one strutter ,,no gobbling