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Wet Stinky Turkeys

TrapLine

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Looks Like a wet opener in the San Diego turkey woods. The PTO has already been burned. How is hunting turkey in the rain? Better to come in after the rain passes? I have a week wed to wed to relocate them and hunt them and the rain falls right in the middle.
 
TrapLine said:
Looks Like a wet opener in the San Diego turkey woods. The PTO has already been burned. How is hunting turkey in the rain? Better to come in after the rain passes? I have a week wed to wed to relocate them and hunt them and the rain falls right in the middle.
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Turkey don't like wind, snow or rain (similar to humans)...If you have birds pinned and know their daily routine...You have a chance...Calling birds in these conditions isn't really effective (hens for the most part, don't call naturally)...Many times, if the weather is bad enough, they won't even leave the roost till really late.

This week end doesn't look good.... o_O
 
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Good heater in the truck works....problem is....the rain makes those roads pretty tuff to get around in ..rain birds...where we separate the hard core from the average ..come on Saturday!!
 
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I was wondering about hunting turkeys in the rain. One of my biggest problems is that I have to cross a stream to get into where I'm going. If that thing floods....

So @ilovesprig are you saying the birds will just stay in the roost all day if it's raining?
 
ilovesprig said:
Turkey don't like wind, snow or rain (similar to humans)...If you have birds pinned and know their daily routine...You have a chance...Calling birds in these conditions isn't really effective (hens for the most part, don't call naturally)...Many times, if the weather is bad enough, they won't even leave the roost till really late.

This week end doesn't look good.... o_O
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I’ve read before that if you get breaks in the rain, the turkeys like to get out and take advantage of it, sunning and eating bugs.

I don’t know if this is the right kind of storm though. May not have breaks.
 
The extended forcast showed the rain not starting till saturday afternoon, but that has moved to 5am now so that plan is out the window. Going to head out Monday right after it passes, Tuesday and Wednesday look like blue bird days.
 
YETI said:
I was wondering about hunting turkeys in the rain. One of my biggest problems is that I have to cross a stream to get into where I'm going. If that thing floods....

So @ilovesprig are you saying the birds will just stay in the roost all day if it's raining
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HATCHET1 said:
And solid wiper blades..a must!!
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I think i am going to run the RainX blades, i hear if you run them dry you can get a shock gobble.
 
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Man opener was wet. New to hunting and still getting gear for different conditions. Only camo I had was "water resistant" and rated for 45 degrees. It was a wet and cold Saturday to say the least. 10/10 would do again. Just hoping to even see a turkey next time :)



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I really like San Diego, except for no cell phone coverage anywhere. I have a Gobbler roost narrowed down to a about a 100 yards now. Not sure where he is going during the day yet. I tried calling him in for two days, moved closer in the afternoons and waited for him to start gobbling again in the evenings. Moved a little closer the next morning but still not close enough to get him to come in. a Couple of times he would get closer and then just be gone. I was getting a lot of cats though, Huge mountain lion crossing through the field yesterday morning and then bobcat checking out my decoys this morning, maybe just my bad calling. 11 hour days in the blind beats 12 at work.



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of all the crap i packed, this was all I really needed. Waiting out the storm and I just kept loading stuff. I am to fidgety so using a blind but need to find a quieter one, the crinkle sound this one makes in a breeze makes it hard to hear.

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If you like coffee I love this thing, going to order a single burner stove for it and let it sleep in the tent. I am trying to figure out how I can backpack hunt with one, thinking chest mount.

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MCC has a lot of nice land, The observation deck about sold me on a membership.

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Went back n forth with a tom for 2 hours this morning. Last time I was here I didn't move closer and thought I regretted it so this time I decided to try and get closer. Moved an additional 50 yards and blew him out. First time archery hunting out of a blind and there is no room in those blinds to draw without hitting the side walls unless your perfectly centered. Think i am going to ditch the blind in the future.

Went scouting around after and setup some cameras. I found a seep and looks like a jungle down there, couldn't see my feet for like a 1/4 mile.
10 am and the lizards started moving, followed by the rattle snakes. This one woke up as soon as I stepped off the log. I just walked though this area and missed him by a foot. Drove over another 2 on the road heading home.

End of turkey season, time to go fishing.




Nice colors this morning,

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Once the lizards start moving the snakes about an hour behind. That snake was sitting in the only patch of light coming through the canopy, was still charging his batteries for the day.
 
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