Is this a good turkey spot?

[mazzgolf]

Friends of mine (a husband and wife) recently moved. The wife was telling me what she's been seeing for weeks out her back window of the new home : "These turkeys are splashing dirt all over themselves. I hope they aren't nesting."

"What's the address to your new house again?", I ask her... Oh, and.. "pictures, please."

She sends me a picture....oO(WOW! Look at those Toms!) 

She is a little nervous for some reason having a flock of turkeys dusting themselves 20 feet behind her back door. After scouting over there today, I find out they have over 25 acres of legally huntable woods right behind their house. The turkeys are probably roosting in there somewhere. I did bump those Toms when I was over there; they had some girls with them.

I think I have a new South Jersey turkey spot for next month 

 

[jumpthestring]

Like shooting fish in a barrel.  basically hunting a domestic bird.

[Yobuck293]

Sounds like a good spot to me.  I wouldnt worry about what anyone else says.  It is never that easy.  Sometimes turkey hunting in the big woods is easy and most of the times it is not.  I would take the gift of a great spot and hunt it.  They always seem easy to kill until you put a shotgun and bow in your hand and try to kill one.  

Edited March 9 by Yobuck293

[Bond,James Bond]

59 minutes ago, mazzgolf said:

Friends of mine (a husband and wife) recently moved. The wife was telling me what she's been seeing for weeks out her back window of the new home : "These turkeys are splashing dirt all over themselves. I hope they aren't nesting."

"What's the address to your new house again?", I ask her... Oh, and.. "pictures, please."

She sends me a picture....oO(WOW! Look at those Toms!) 

She is a little nervous for some reason having a flock of turkeys dusting themselves 20 feet behind her back door. After scouting over there today, I find out they have over 25 acres of legally huntable woods right behind their house. The turkeys are probably roosting in there somewhere. I did bump those Toms when I was over there; they had some girls with them.

I think I have a new South Jersey turkey spot for next month 

 

  Good Luck With The New Spot!

[Nomad]

I think it will be a good spot but some of those birds may disperse by opening day.

[Nomad]

1 hour ago, jumpthestring said:

Like shooting fish in a barrel.  basically hunting a domestic bird.

It's called Good huntin!!

[Swamprat]

1 hour ago, mazzgolf said:

Friends of mine (a husband and wife) recently moved. The wife was telling me what she's been seeing for weeks out her back window of the new home : "These turkeys are splashing dirt all over themselves. I hope they aren't nesting."

"What's the address to your new house again?", I ask her... Oh, and.. "pictures, please."

She sends me a picture....oO(WOW! Look at those Toms!) 

She is a little nervous for some reason having a flock of turkeys dusting themselves 20 feet behind her back door. After scouting over there today, I find out they have over 25 acres of legally huntable woods right behind their house. The turkeys are probably roosting in there somewhere. I did bump those Toms when I was over there; they had some girls with them.

I think I have a new South Jersey turkey spot for next month 

 

Send address of the next door neighbor.  

[Recurve hntr]

Looks good to me. Good luck!

[Buck154]

 Nice. Good luck

[mazzgolf]

AAAAnnnd of course, the ONE time I walk in the woods without my permethrin-sprayed clothes, the ONE time I completely forget all about it and don't check myself or change clothes when I get home... I get a tick bite!! Found it attached in the middle of the night last night.

Reminder to everyone - spray your clothes!! The bastards are out and about.

(definitely a deer tick, but I think I got it in time -- about 14 hours and it wasn't engorged... gonna see if the dr. will give me a single dose of antibios today, but I probably don't need it).

[bucky]

Thats an ok spot,  this is a good spot..lol

[Bucksnbows]

2 hours ago, mazzgolf said:

AAAAnnnd of course, the ONE time I walk in the woods without my permethrin-sprayed clothes, the ONE time I completely forget all about it and don't check myself or change clothes when I get home... I get a tick bite!! Found it attached in the middle of the night last night.

Reminder to everyone - spray your clothes!! The bastards are out and about.

(definitely a deer tick, but I think I got it in time -- about 14 hours and it wasn't engorged... gonna see if the dr. will give me a single dose of antibios today, but I probably don't need it).

No chance you need it. I use 24 hours as my cutoff, but my doctor says 48 hours, so I lie and tell him 48+ so he gets me on doxy.  But that has been years since my last tick bite. 
Good luck with the new spot, mazz

Edited March 9 by Bucksnbows

[Bucndoe]

2 hours ago, mazzgolf said:

AAAAnnnd of course, the ONE time I walk in the woods without my permethrin-sprayed clothes, the ONE time I completely forget all about it and don't check myself or change clothes when I get home... I get a tick bite!! Found it attached in the middle of the night last night.

Reminder to everyone - spray your clothes!! The bastards are out and about.

(definitely a deer tick, but I think I got it in time -- about 14 hours and it wasn't engorged... gonna see if the dr. will give me a single dose of antibios today, but I probably don't need it).

Take it anyway. Not worth the risk. I took it after digging this one out myself

[chenrossi]

They’ll be miles away in a month 

[bushden]

They may be in the other back yards surrounding that 25 open acres with the rest of the neighborhood hunting there to.