Good luck to all of the Ontario turkey hunters in the morning!

[Runningfool]

I'm looking forward to forgetting about politics for a while and listening to the sounds of the spring turkey woods in the morning. Good luck to all!

 

[punkkinen]

Oh man I hear you there, I wont make it out till Saturday but I'm looking forward to hopefully finnaly bagging one

 

[hawkmp9]

Thank you sir I am prepped. Took the night shift off and am very excited

 

[Slug870]

It’s gonna be a great morning! Good luck to all!

 

[Runningfool]

The morning sure started off slow but like so many hunts it can turn exciting on a dime! That is a hen decoy he is laying a beating on so either he mistook it for a jake or he likes his lovin' kinda rough

 

[Longstud]

Beauty bird and congrats. Just an FYI but when a dominant mature Tom comes knockin and you dont become submissive, YAH get a beatin as in WING layed on yah. He knew exactly what it was and concentrated on that unsubmissive hen. Notice he didnt even approach the other SUBMISSIVE hen.

 

[wheelin_ca]

Worked today, working tomorrow.. there's currently a tom strutting in the field behind my house, and has been for 2 hours (no permission on property)

hope to get out next weekend, or at least before the mosquitoes show up

 

[Runningfool]

Just an FYI but when a dominant mature Tom comes knockin and you dont become submissive, YAH get a beatin as in WING layed on yah. He knew exactly what it was and concentrated on that unsubmissive hen. Notice he didnt even approach the other SUBMISSIVE hen.

Interesting...I've used those decoys for a decade now and have never got that kind of reaction from a tom before. I've had hens peck and badger the living daylights out of them but that seemed more of a jealousy thing...this was more of a "b'tch where's my money?" thing.

 

[Longstud]

He came in for one reason and that was to breed and when she didn’t submit he was teaching her a lesson. I have had them jump the decoy off the stake and try humping the flattened out layin on the ground decoy. A low mounted feeder looks a lot like a hen ready to breed. That’s what maybe fired him up so much or maybe you’re calling. Fighting purrs from hens can drive them wild.

 

[farmer47]

thanks for the video. in my area i am not seeing turkeys. it has been a long tough winter. my son thinks the coyotes have got them . i am not so sure and believe the weather is to blame.

 

[FLHTCUI]

The morning sure started off slow but like so many hunts it can turn exciting on a dime! That is a hen decoy he is laying a beating on so either he mistook it for a jake or he likes his lovin' kinda rough

Out-Standing.

 

[4n2t0]

Beauty bird and congrats. Just an FYI but when a dominant mature Tom comes knockin and you dont become submissive, YAH get a beatin as in WING layed on yah. He knew exactly what it was and concentrated on that unsubmissive hen. Notice he didnt even approach the other SUBMISSIVE hen.

Interesting...I've used those decoys for a decade now and have never got that kind of reaction from a tom before. I've had hens peck and badger the living daylights out of them but that seemed more of a jealousy thing...this was more of a "b'tch where's my money?" thing.

Having used a 1 jake/2 hen decoy setup for many years, I too have never witnessed that type of behaviour towards a hen. I think the tom mistook the hen for a jake. I'm not calling Longstud a liar, I've just never seen that type of aggression towards a hen (unsubmissive or otherwise). Usually, it's the hens that, at times, show aggression towards a tom, either when they're new (hens establishing hierarchy among themselves), or a young/weak jake.

Anywho, good video, nice bird. Congrats!