Northern Ontario Turkey hunt

[smokin'stoegie]

Good job, sure is tough travelling to a new area and figuring it out. I shot my first Turkey on St-Jos on buddy’s property.

Glad to hear the birds have fared well in that area.
I know further south of Sudbury in the French River area it wasn't quite successful. I remember when the MNR transplanted them just off Hwy 69 where we deer hunted and they were never seen again. I have heard of birds in the Alban/Noelville area but not for a few years.

[Articcat]

Congrats on you first Ontario turkey sounds like it was a good trip for you.

[LiveBates]

Great job pal......sounds like you had a great hunting experience....

[Deer Hunter]

Glad to hear the birds have fared well in that area.
I know further south of Sudbury in the French River area it wasn't quite successful. I remember when the MNR transplanted them just off Hwy 69 where we deer hunted and they were never seen again. I have heard of birds in the Alban/Noelville area but not for a few years.

This was many years ago, I hunted there 3 or 4 years. I know my buddy mentioned a very hard winter could wipe out half the population.
My buddy and his family did really good again this year.

[ihunt]

Congrats! Any pictures?

Did you try going back to that spot on crown lane where you called in the rooster bird?

[millingabout]

Thanks everyone!
I got lots of cool pictures of but I can't figure out how to attach them. Whenever I try it says it just failed to upload. I'll keep trying

We did go back to the spot on crown land the next morning but the birds hadn't roosted in the same area and didn't hear any gobbles

[Deer Hunter]

Thanks everyone!
I got lots of cool pictures of but I can't figure out how to attach them. Whenever I try it says it just failed to upload. I'll keep trying

We did go back to the spot on crown land the next morning but the birds hadn't roosted in the same area and didn't hear any gobbles

I think you need to downsize your pics from actual size to large for it to upload.

[Bowjob]

We got back from our hunt last week, and I thought I'd give a recap of what we learned.
First of all, it seemed like any birds we found were in the bush. That was a big surprise as I expected to scout farmers fields in the area and see birds in fields. We found most of the birds just by luck as they were crossing the road in areas of bush. Our first night there we went to look for roosted birds, and sure enough we found a tom roosted next to the road on crown land. The next morning we set up ~150m away in the bush in the largest open spot we could find and sure enough we called him into within 10yrds of us but just on the wrong side and couldn't get a shot. He came in gobbling, strutting and drumming which was very cool to experience.
Next few days we did a lot of driving and hiking down roads hoping to strike up a bird with no luck. No responses ever from my crow call. Maybe the birds are just used to crows and don't shock gobble to them? We also had no luck in roosting birds at night, other than the one we stumbled upon the first day. I need to figure out how to find roosted birds for next year.
On the last day of the trip, we were set up in a field in the morning, and heard some gobbles in the field next to us up on a ridge as the sun was coming up. We decided to go towards the calls rather than sit and hope the bird comes to us. Good thing, because as we go to the base of this ridge, the tom answered my hen calls and started coming down the hill FAST. We had to quickly get hidden, and 5 mins later we had a gorgeous tom on the ground! It was a fantastic trip and this was my first Ontario turkey, I cant wait to go again next year already!

Awesome [emoji108]

As for the talkative turkeys I too experienced the same thing. We've been going up every week and I've only heard 2 gobbles on separate occasions. Seems like they don't want to talk that much this year or something else is up.

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[millingabout]

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There we go, looks like that worked.
It was a great trip!

[tom gobble]

Nice bird congrats