Turkey Time in WI

The WI turkey season has been open for a few wks now.  We get to apply for a time period via a drawing.  The hunting period consists of 5 days beginning on Wed-Sunday for each of the several periods (begining in early April)......thus giving the turkeys time off from pursuit on Mon-Tuesday each week.......this gives the turkeys time to "recoup" between hunting periods so say the DNR. 

Anyway I drew a late season again this year beginning May 5-9.....I opted to buy a leftover tag for the next season May 12-16 so I can get in more time this year.  Late seasons sometimes are not so great...nearly all the foilage is out and makes seeing them a bit harder and they have been chased and "called" and even the love life may be on the wane.....so gotta get the turkey gear out and ready for next week.

NY has a 4 week season and so does PA.  I'll be hunting both, only till 12 noon daily (no Sunday hunting in PA).  I have 2 tom tags for each state.

Spent today scouting, looks poor due to heavy snow and cold winter (Feb-Mar.).

Will miss tomorrow as I have a charity trout fly fishing event, I must attend.  Brown trout,  over 22" count.

It is a tough life, but we retirees must keep up our end.

Good luck guys, gobble Gobble  GOBBLE.

RD....it rained here today mostly, some this evening and some last nite.....hopefully next week will be dry.  I only get to hunt w-th then go north to Jason & his wifes Church wedding on the 8th.  They only had a judge last year in El Paso before he mobilized to Iraq with his brigade. So this is a formality so the family can get in on it.  My luck to get the wrong turkey week....but then I that's why I got the extra tag for the following week.  My "old" gun for turkey is my M97 Win w/#6 factory loads.  A full choke 30" bbl.  My regular is a Mossberg M500 w/3" Rem #5's.  It has the old camo pattern that is reminisient of the old WWII Marine camo.  Good Luck!

Well RD....I don't think I will use a boat for my turkey hunting this year so no danger of sinking the boat with the 'ol M97....I do use it for pheasants also but not DUCKs anymore cuz I don't want to put steel shot down the bbl.  Anyway the ol' M500 w/"plastic" stock/forearm is more better for the wet envrionment.  It has a 24" ported ribbed bbl that's good for turkey hunting with the x-full choke BUT I have a 28" bbl. w/IC choke (steel) to use for the ducks....I think you get a better "swing"/follow thru for passing ducks with a longer bbl.  Water.....That's why I have retired my M870 from duck hunting....it has nice walnut circa 1972 on a field gun and water raises hell with wood.

Sunny here today but really windy yesterday and today.  Don't need the wind for Turkey time come Wed AM. 

ps...where at is your cabin????

These are the local birds around here.

IBD, Actually that's an alfalfa field. The discbine takes a 12 foot swath at about 5 1/2 MPH. The cabin is about 4 miles east of Seneca. Land belongs to my buddy. The cabin is kind of a community thing. He's got the bulk of the $ in it. But we all contributed labor, materials etc. for the initial build. Sleeps 6 comfortably for about 4 days at a time. Then things start to get a little tight.  We've had 8 for a couple of nights a time or two. Morels should be just about perfect by Thursday or so. There have been years when the pounds of morels outweighed the pounds of turkey and we didn't get skunked on the Turkey either. RD

well bear you get an "E" for effort........around here the gobblers generally quit gobblin' about 0930 or so for the day.  I too will be out on Wednesday waiting for the elusive bearded gobbler to come to my plaintive, seductive like a hen in need calls........

tried a new one tonite, new for me anyway......set up a trail camera to see if the birds are in the area I selected to hunt in Wed.  They have been there the past 3 yrs but not much sightings reported this spring in this area.....so here's hoping they will be on camera when I check tomorrow....found out tonite the neighboring 40 to my area is being hunted by the owner and 3 others....normally I get to hunt there too but this yr we both drew the same time period....rats!