Turkey
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Jason......If you have a slate, get a glass, or visa versa.
Josh' calls are glass over slate (makes slate & aluminum as well)......Great sound and I think the holes in the bottom give it a ringing yelp.
Josh' calls are glass over slate (makes slate & aluminum as well)......Great sound and I think the holes in the bottom give it a ringing yelp.
I can't wait till turkey season. Seeing a lot more birds on public land this year. Especially in areas I haven't seen them in the last few years. Went out looking for pigs and found one flock of 23 hens and a mile down the trail, I saw a mixed group of 15 jakes and tons together. Three of them had some ropes and one had gnarly Spurs.
As long as we as hunters limit the number of jakes being taken to JR hunters and first time hunters, we should be good.
I love my Fly down junkie slate. Great sound.
As long as we as hunters limit the number of jakes being taken to JR hunters and first time hunters, we should be good.
I love my Fly down junkie slate. Great sound.
It's really sad how it went from several toms on every roost tree to not hearing a single gobble. I hope the turkeys come back to the number they used to be, Fred.
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Reeds for me. I can make sounds on a mouth call you can't do on anything else.
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I make diaphragm calls as well
Nice! Do you use a dial indicator to measure latex stretch? I need to get with you to make some calls.
Gen,
I'll be raffling off a couple of his slate calls at the tune-up.....Money goes towards the J.A.K.E.S event.....Sweet sounding too.
I'll be raffling off a couple of his slate calls at the tune-up.....Money goes towards the J.A.K.E.S event.....Sweet sounding too.
I just recently got stationed in Camp Pendelton and I'm not familiar with the area but I was wondering if there were any good public land hunting for the spring turkey season. I'm gonna miss turkey season back in Kentucky where I'm from and I was just wanting to know about the area and how the birds are up here and all the hunting opportunities that are up here. If you could get back with me i would appreciate it. Thanks
I love gobblers........From today.........
Oh, and be careful out there, when it's windy.....Lots of dead oaks, especially black oak.....Also from today......
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Oh, and be careful out there, when it's windy.....Lots of dead oaks, especially black oak.....Also from today......
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I love gobblers........From today.........
Oh, and be careful out there, when it's windy.....Lots of dead oaks, especially black oak.....Also from today......
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Are birds more on private than public around here?
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Definitely.. but with the spring dispersal they will venture onto nearby public lands. A couple of the public spots I hunt I don't see birds at any time other than Feb-Apr. So like others have mentioned, if you can figure out what private areas they congregate, and then scout adjacent public lands from now until opener, you may luck into a good opportunity.
Much much more on private......And the reason is, they many times don't get hunted, they get better food (both natural & unnatural), and there's almost always permanent water......This is not unlike most places I hunt out of state.
Like has been mentioned, when spring dispersal starts, there will be birds thru-out our county......One day there's no turkeys, next day there's gobbles.....When I hunted nothing but public, I would hunt almost every morning.....Would finally get a bird (normally a jake), then would shoot nothing but longs.....1st few seasons meant 1 turkey.
Again, scouting is the key.....I have been out every day this week (even if it's only an hour or two) and will be out again tomorrow.....I love it!
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Much much more on private......And the reason is, they many times don't get hunted, they get better food (both natural & unnatural), and there's almost always permanent water......This is not unlike most places I hunt out of state.
Like has been mentioned, when spring dispersal starts, there will be birds thru-out our county......One day there's no turkeys, next day there's gobbles.....When I hunted nothing but public, I would hunt almost every morning.....Would finally get a bird (normally a jake), then would shoot nothing but longs.....1st few seasons meant 1 turkey.
Again, scouting is the key.....I have been out every day this week (even if it's only an hour or two) and will be out again tomorrow.....I love it!
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Yeah I've called the California fish and wildlife and they can't tell me public hunting lands or anything related to it. They act like its a big secret. I've called everybody on that website. I just want to shoot ducks and turkeys they are making this too difficult
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Griff,
You're asking the wrong guys (or gals).....Half the folks that work for DFW are desk people. And have no idea about hunting or fishing.....If I talked to anyone there, it would be a biologist.
At the turkey tune-up on Saturday, Cleveland NF personnel were circling areas where they've seen turkeys.....Check out the state wildlife areas in SoCal.....The 2 main ones, San Jacinto WA & Wister (Imperial WA) both have duck hunting.....Pretty easy to get info about both on the DFW website.
Then like Mark mentioned above.....You could get involved in one or more of our local conservation groups.....California Waterfowl or National Wild Turkey Federation would be the two I would suggest.
Sorry to get back to you late. Someone I know at the base saw a small flock of birds there a month ago. I know several years ago there were a decent number of turkeys there. I would check with the base warden and see if there's any good spots at pendalton. Also get a Cleveland national forest map and concentrate on areas where public land butts up against private land. The years I hunted public land, most of my success came from calling the birds off of private land onto public land.