Youth Turkey 2025 whos going?

[Flatlander]

1 hour ago, couesdeerhntr said:

This late snow reminds me of a time when i was hunting turkey in the manzano mountains in nm. They stayed quiet until about 9am and then it seems like they finally warmed up and they were on fire. My cousin shot a double that day with one shot.

🤞 

[wildwoody]

Track them. 

[Flatlander]

8” in Heber, probably a fair amount more in the woods. I’m not really sure what to expect tomorrow.

[PRDATR]

4 minutes ago, Flatlander said:

8” in Heber, probably a fair amount more in the woods. I’m not really sure what to expect tomorrow.

Still raining here in the Valley. Made for a very wet Santana concert.

[couesdeerhntr]

Got my daughter up in this cold weather and headed to finds some birds. Woods are dead silent no birds crows anything making noise. Opened the utv doors and wont close so we had to tie closed and came back to place. Going to let it defrost a little including the turkey and head out in a few. Got over 10 inches of snow i am pretty sure

[wish2hunt]

31 minutes ago, couesdeerhntr said:

Got my daughter up in this cold weather and headed to finds some birds. Woods are dead silent no birds crows anything making noise. Opened the utv doors and wont close so we had to tie closed and came back to place. Going to let it defrost a little including the turkey and head out in a few. Got over 10 inches of snow i am pretty sure

Where at?

[wildwoody]

Woods canyon to Heber 10"

[thegunsmith2506]

4 hours ago, couesdeerhntr said:

Got my daughter up in this cold weather and headed to finds some birds. Woods are dead silent no birds crows anything making noise. Opened the utv doors and wont close so we had to tie closed and came back to place. Going to let it defrost a little including the turkey and head out in a few. Got over 10 inches of snow i am pretty sure

Pretty much our experience.  Everything on the jeep was frozen, birds were not talking.  Walked 2 miles looking for tracks and calling. Not a peep. Now the roads are a disaster.  

[twistzz]

We go 6” in Show Low, these were in my backyard around 11:00 this a.m.   Not very sporting like lol…

[Couzer]

Well we had a blast. The night before opener we found some birds roosted on a easy access point. We woke up at 4am and and we frooze a little opening morning waiting for these birds to fly down. When they hit the ground I wasn't able to call them back. I fought with one bird for 15 minutes or so but he walked off. 
We next headed to our plan B spot. I was able to call a single hen in, and then a flock up the hill came to check out my live decoy. Hens and Jake's, no long beards. My older 12 year old boy could have easily taken a shot at a Jake but he waited for his little brother who just took hunters ED/Field day last week. The 10 year old shot and nailed a Jake, but unfortunately my 12 year old had no shot on the other Jakes due to couple hens not giving him a clear shot.
Few hours later we had called in 11 Jake's off in a Canyon, they all came into my bad calling and my 12 year old was able to make a 20 yard shot on one. We were done opening day, we were extremely lucky I would say. Saw some long beards but for the life of me they kept hanging up. Watching my boys reactions and working together was priceless. 

EDIT: and thanks to Ammon for your calls, i used your mouth reed, pot, and box calls. 

 

 

[PRDATR]

On 4/19/2025 at 7:56 AM, couesdeerhntr said:

Got my daughter up in this cold weather and headed to finds some birds. Woods are dead silent no birds crows anything making noise. Opened the utv doors and wont close so we had to tie closed and came back to place. Going to let it defrost a little including the turkey and head out in a few. Got over 10 inches of snow i am pretty sure

Good Luck. That snow helps to keep the woods quiet but makes the hunt harder.

[couesdeerhntr]

Got it done! what a experience to have with my daughter. Cant believe it happened! Short story in the youth thread. And also thank you ammon for your calls. Box call fired them up.

[couesdeerhntr]

21 hours ago, Couzer said:

Well we had a blast. The night before opener we found some birds roosted on a easy access point. We woke up at 4am and and we frooze a little opening morning waiting for these birds to fly down. When they hit the ground I wasn't able to call them back. I fought with one bird for 15 minutes or so but he walked off. 
We next headed to our plan B spot. I was able to call a single hen in, and then a flock up the hill came to check out my live decoy. Hens and Jake's, no long beards. My older 12 year old boy could have easily taken a shot at a Jake but he waited for his little brother who just took hunters ED/Field day last week. The 10 year old shot and nailed a Jake, but unfortunately my 12 year old had no shot on the other Jakes due to couple hens not giving him a clear shot.
Few hours later we had called in 11 Jake's off in a Canyon, they all came into my bad calling and my 12 year old was able to make a 20 yard shot on one. We were done opening day, we were extremely lucky I would say. Saw some long beards but for the life of me they kept hanging up. Watching my boys reactions and working together was priceless. 

EDIT: and thanks to Ammon for your calls, i used your mouth reed, pot, and box calls. 

 

 

So cool on the double up for both kids. Congrats man great memories 

[twistzz]

Yup congrats way cool!!!

[Mog]

How late will they call from the roost in the evening, I seem to only have luck for the first 30-45 mins usually.