Youth Turkey Hunts

[HD]

Well, I haven't been on that much this weekend because we had the youth turkey hunts .

This year was a little tuff for us. The opening day we had snow, cold, high winds and overcast. All of the things that turn turkeys off. We set up on a edge of a picked corn field in a corner, just in the woods. The first day, we heard some gobblers up on roost, but when the came down, they were silent the rest of the day...not seeing one bird. Then that afternoon we had a luch in at the lutheran church for all the kids. Only one boy, out of 20 some odd kids had harvested a turkey. Everyone of the mentors said the same thing....it was a tuff hunt. The next day we set up in a different location that we had blinds set up in, we had put some birds to bed the night before, so we knew they were around. When daylight came, not a gobble was heard...absolutly nothing. We hunted till 11:00 with only a hen coming in to check out our spread. I think the late spring kinda put the kabosh to the luck of the hunters.

That's hunting...But, the kids had a great time anyway, and that's what counts!

HD

[HD]

Here's a pic of the snow we hunted in........

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[lentz]

was this in south mn?

my friend got a jake and he said he could of went to a church with the group but they left early

[HD]

Nope, this was area 225

Peliminary reports on success rates for this year show 28% of youth hunters bagged birds, down from last year of 49%

[lentz]

well im going to try hunting WI and hope to be part of this statistic