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<blockquote data-quote="dave300" data-source="post: 2786448" data-attributes="member: 60488"><p>Good evening all, finally getting a minute to update the thread and again thank everyone for their input along with a few of my observations.</p><p> I was succesful in harvesting a mature Tom, however it was with my shotgun and I'm ok with that. Pretty consistent and heavy winds thwarted my archery attempts along unseasonably cold weather and a over average amount of precipitation, all this weather is very unseasonable for being 1 hour north of Las Vegas.</p><p> Observation 1;</p><p>In both instances of setting up a pop up ground blind, one being in place for 5 days and one for 3 days, both proved to be a deterring factor. The blind that was in place for 5 days was well brushed in and 20 yards off of a well traveled roost to field trail that had a concrete pad that proved to be helpful in recognizing Turkeys were using that trail due to the amount of droppings that were not being left behind soon after the blind was placed and as such the amount of droppings left behind significantly picked up after the second day of the blind being removed. The other example was a blind being in place on a section of property we gained permission for and patterned a group of turkeys on. It was tucked into the trees and no other brush was placed simply as none was available but set as far off of the path they used and to still provide a shooting lane, approx 20 yards. We sat it 3 times and they just moved to and from, well outside of the shooting range of my bow or shotgun with a clear view of the decoys and very limited to no calling. It was clearly obvious the group that included 3 Toms had zero interest in getting near the blind.</p><p> Interesting enough, there is a elevated area that allowed us to look down upon the fields from 1000 yards away and we watched the fields pretty much daily and after day one of the blind being down, timing must've been just right as we looked from our vantage point 3 hens slow fed right out of the very area the blind was set up, however we did not see the Toms in this instance.</p><p> Observation 2;</p><p> They do not like the wind. I am convinced as with many animals the wind limits their senses and makes them a bit more vulnerable as their movement was significantly reduced when the winds were around the 25-30 mph range and unfortunately that was fairly often. It did seem the few calm moments after the winds elevated their daily activities as if to be they didn't get to feed or water as they would normally? The light rains seemed to have no affect.</p><p> Observation 3;</p><p> Although the Toms strutted with one and another, very little fighting or challenging was viewed until the evening that my Tom came in as I got to watch a magnificent flock of turkeys 30 or so strong with several Toms go at it. Straight up in the air and down on one and another and the sounds they made was incredible to witness.</p><p> This morning started as a strange morning with big winds, hardly any roost gobbling and only saw 2 turkeys in the morning.</p><p> The fighting started that evening in the field just north of the field we were set up in, lasting 5-7 minutes. Just prior to that was a ton of ruckus going on west of me in the no hunt area. I presume they were fighting then as well?</p><p> I was lightly and very limited in my purr calling and apparently a Tom broke away from the flock out of my view, as the entire flock headed west back into their roost area near sunset, but I had my friend Ced tucked in SW corner glassing back to me, when he texted one coming down the road directly to you. I would've blown it thinking they all had stayed way north, and went to roost for the night with just 5 minutes to go til shooting time ended.</p><p> As he came into my field of view, he stopped, looked at my Jake and hen decoy, did a 360, then fanned/strutted and walked over, pecked my jake once, and that was that. I suspect he may have been one if not the only one of the dominant Toms and he just couldn't let the Jake have one of his girls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave300, post: 2786448, member: 60488"] Good evening all, finally getting a minute to update the thread and again thank everyone for their input along with a few of my observations. I was succesful in harvesting a mature Tom, however it was with my shotgun and I’m ok with that. Pretty consistent and heavy winds thwarted my archery attempts along unseasonably cold weather and a over average amount of precipitation, all this weather is very unseasonable for being 1 hour north of Las Vegas. Observation 1; In both instances of setting up a pop up ground blind, one being in place for 5 days and one for 3 days, both proved to be a deterring factor. The blind that was in place for 5 days was well brushed in and 20 yards off of a well traveled roost to field trail that had a concrete pad that proved to be helpful in recognizing Turkeys were using that trail due to the amount of droppings that were not being left behind soon after the blind was placed and as such the amount of droppings left behind significantly picked up after the second day of the blind being removed. The other example was a blind being in place on a section of property we gained permission for and patterned a group of turkeys on. It was tucked into the trees and no other brush was placed simply as none was available but set as far off of the path they used and to still provide a shooting lane, approx 20 yards. We sat it 3 times and they just moved to and from, well outside of the shooting range of my bow or shotgun with a clear view of the decoys and very limited to no calling. It was clearly obvious the group that included 3 Toms had zero interest in getting near the blind. Interesting enough, there is a elevated area that allowed us to look down upon the fields from 1000 yards away and we watched the fields pretty much daily and after day one of the blind being down, timing must’ve been just right as we looked from our vantage point 3 hens slow fed right out of the very area the blind was set up, however we did not see the Toms in this instance. Observation 2; They do not like the wind. I am convinced as with many animals the wind limits their senses and makes them a bit more vulnerable as their movement was significantly reduced when the winds were around the 25-30 mph range and unfortunately that was fairly often. It did seem the few calm moments after the winds elevated their daily activities as if to be they didn’t get to feed or water as they would normally? The light rains seemed to have no affect. Observation 3; Although the Toms strutted with one and another, very little fighting or challenging was viewed until the evening that my Tom came in as I got to watch a magnificent flock of turkeys 30 or so strong with several Toms go at it. Straight up in the air and down on one and another and the sounds they made was incredible to witness. This morning started as a strange morning with big winds, hardly any roost gobbling and only saw 2 turkeys in the morning. The fighting started that evening in the field just north of the field we were set up in, lasting 5-7 minutes. Just prior to that was a ton of ruckus going on west of me in the no hunt area. I presume they were fighting then as well? I was lightly and very limited in my purr calling and apparently a Tom broke away from the flock out of my view, as the entire flock headed west back into their roost area near sunset, but I had my friend Ced tucked in SW corner glassing back to me, when he texted one coming down the road directly to you. I would've blown it thinking they all had stayed way north, and went to roost for the night with just 5 minutes to go til shooting time ended. As he came into my field of view, he stopped, looked at my Jake and hen decoy, did a 360, then fanned/strutted and walked over, pecked my jake once, and that was that. I suspect he may have been one if not the only one of the dominant Toms and he just couldn’t let the Jake have one of his girls. [/QUOTE]
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