HOW MANY HAD TAG SOUP AFTER TURKEY SEASON/

[strait-aero]

#4839

For the first time I hunted all of turkey season with my bow and not a scatter gun. Hope you’all did better than me…:roll:

Didn’t really get out that much. Wayne

[tombow]

#34348

WAYNE!! Got to say it–got to get out as much as you can to kill birds.

If it weren’t for tag soup some years, why, I’d STARVE!

Some times it seems easy to kill a turkey, other times they will drive you nuts, hanging up just out of range, or they see your decoys from 1/2 mile away and are gone, or they see your eyeballs move and, SKEEdaddle. From my experience, it ain’t easy but durned if it ain’t fun, too!

Better luck next time. Were you hunting out of a blind (commercial or “natural material” blind)? A ground blind makes it much easier to get them close.

Look at it this way, you may not have gotten a bird but you supported your state’s wildlife managers.

[Jason Wesbrock]

#34482

This year I had a double helping of spring turkey tag soup—both third and fourth seasons. During third season I was hunting with my daughter, and the only bird within range was a hen (no beard, not legal). In the fourth season a friend of mine and I were hunting my property, and the closest we got was hearing a tom gobble his way through a woodlot two properties south of us.

Last weekend was sixth (and final) season, and I decided not to buy a $15 over-the-counter tag. Sunday morning I stepped outside our camper around sunrise with a cup of coffee, and my peace and quiet was rudely interrupted by a huge tom not 100 yards away in full strut gobbling his fool head off in our stand of red pines. I couldn’t tell if he was looking for a girlfriend, or just laughing at me. Knowing my history with turkeys, I tend to believe the latter. Oh well, fall archery season is less than four months away. Hopefully our paths cross again

[David Petersen]

#34543

I also plead guilty. Worst turkey year here in SW CO in 25 years or so and very first season (which is still on but hot and windy and pointless) that I didn’t even see a tom, didn’t hear a single gobble, and didn’t even find a mature tom dropping or track … while in the woods hunting. We had a lone hen almost in the yard, and I’ve seen dozens and dozens alongside the roads morning and evening. All the formerly good public lands spots are overrun with shotgunners, all the birds have deserted my hunting territory and moved to private land where very few get access and I’m not one of them. Along the same line, I found just one morel (and left it alone) and zero antler sheds. Only thing that’s been productive so far this spring is bear pics on the trail cam,and it’s the same big young male that keeps showing up and I’ve posted pics of here before. Bottom line, I could have been packing a full-auto comba shotgun and still not gotten a shot at a bird this year. And my Shrew is a whole lot lighter to lug around. 😀

[tombow]

#34567

And I’m sure a lot more satisfying to shoot (the shrew). When it comes to turkeys, you just don’t know what kind of mood they’ll be in, one year they are running in to your sets, the next year, it’s like the live in another country! C’est la Vie, I guess! But travelling through the spring woods is a journey worth while, no doubt about it in my mind.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#34586

Dave could have been easily describing my season as well. Though work commitments meant I couldn’t get out as much as I had hoped this season, I never even heard a gobble or saw sign when I was out.

Unseasonably warm and dry conditions are probably also why the morel report has been pretty grim so far.

On the other hand the fishing has been good!

[strait-aero]

#35422

Guys,

Just used my ghillie and no blind. Had my hen decoy out…and had one gobbling back at me,but wouldn’t come in. I don’t have a commercial blind as my Elk River is 70″ and it’s hard to find a blind to accomodate it….And unlikely I’d pay the money for one.

Spent a week in the Smoky Mtns. with our son and his family during season just enjoying life,so I lost that week. It got real hot here too and they just shut up. Enjoyed the time I got to hunt when I could. Wayne

[rwbowman]

#35553

I’ve got one weekend left and 1/2 a mind to spend the night with the birds! I’ve taken two shots on birds and missed like a pro! I hope to at least stir in some turkey breast meat with my tag soup before it’s done, but if not I’ve still got some venison in the freezer:wink:….

[fattony77]

#36607

I’m so used to tag soup that I’m thinking of writing a recipe book! Lol

[strait-aero]

#36643

I atleast wanted a chance to see what these ‘no mercy’ broadheads would do on a turkey…..

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#36670

fattony77 wrote: I’m so used to tag soup that I’m thinking of writing a recipe book! Lol

[strait-aero]

#36991

Bruce,which bow do you use for turkey,your Savannah or your Kanati? My Elk River is also a hybrid longbow,but I always like the way the Martin Savannah shot….tried one out at Cabella’s at their range. Couldn’t get that good of an idea as they only had two feathered shafts. Just wonderin’:roll: Wayne

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#37063

Strait-Aero wrote: Bruce,which bow do you use for turkey,your Savannah or your Kanati? My Elk River is also a hybrid longbow,but I always like the way the Martin Savannah shot….tried one out at Cabella’s at their range. Couldn’t get that good of an idea as they only had two feathered shafts. Just wonderin’:roll: Wayne

Wayne –

This season I used my Kanati, which is a fine shooting hunter. It’s quite a bit shorter than my Savannah, which is nicer for tight spots, shooting sitting down, etc. I also have a ’70 Bear K-Mag that I pull out now and then, and is also a nice turkey bow for the same reasons. But the Savannah is one of the best production longbows available, imo. A pleasure to draw, quick and great-looking to boot. My only reservation on the Savannah is that I’m increasingly a fan of bows that are shorter than 60.”

However, despite all of the above, I keep coming back to my beloved Robertson…

[Jeremy Holden]

#40443

I slow cooked my two tags in a crock pot all day. I added some cut up humility and diced some arrogance to go with it. A pinch of envy and a few cups of frustration finished it off. I let it simmer for a few hours and it was ready to go. I tried some, tasted horrible. I buried the rest in my garden, hopefully it will help my determination to grow for next year.

-Jeremy:)

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#40505

C’est tagnifique!

[rwbowman]

#40568

I like the sound of that recipe so much, I think I may give it a whirl! Season’s over this Thursday and I doubt I’ll be able to get back out before then. I had a good time sitting in the spring time woods, besides the ticks, but it was worth being out there.

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