Silent Saluda

[Rabbitman09]

Well last year must have been a decent hatch because ive seen more jakes this year than I have in several years!

[Jay]

I think strutter decoys are an issue. Make it way too easy.

[GobblerHntr]

[QUOTE=Ramblin Rooster;2468546]

Man something bust be wrong with you! I've already filled all 3 of my tags floating down the saluda in my kayak this year[/QUOTE

This thread isn’t about jakes

This thread like all others here is about whatever SCDucks decides it is about.

[LabLuvR]

Well last year must have been a decent hatch because ive seen more jakes this year than I have in several years!

Same here. From people I have talked with they seem to be seeing more jakes than usual. Hopefully that's a good sign overall.

[LabLuvR]

Unsustainably high. We had some really good hatches for several years in a row. We’ve had several back hatches recently and when you look at the lifespan of a turkey it’s not hard to see that back to back bad hatches is a damn near disaster.

Rodger that big dawg!!!

[Timsmith]

I noticed the last couple days the turkeys have split up and seeing singles in fields. I even heard a loud mouth gobbler this afternoon, a dog will bark and he’ll fire off. May be time to put some chair time in. FYI: got a crew thinning volunteer pines by hand and straw hat said they killed (3) rattlers today. So watch your step.


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[DoubleSprig]

Man it's been let down after let down this year. Nothing but hens around here.
Need some magic to make things happen.

Interested in some of that good good y'all boys been on lately.

Somebody shoot me a line on a TSS or some of that chuuf

[welltaut]

Same here. From people I have talked with they seem to be seeing more jakes than usual. Hopefully that's a good sign overall.

See’nt many many Jakes this season....Fairfield Co....promising.

[UPSTATEWATERFOWLER]

Ramblin Rooster, I'm a good ways north off you, but, not far off the Saluda. Our property has been void of gobbles all season except for 1 bird in 5 hunts. Until this year, I would almost guaranteed hear at least one bird every time I go. People may be baiting, but, our food plots are good enough to keep turkeys on our land, so, I don't think baiting is the primary problem. I'm hoping it's just a cycling thing and they just have moved around and aren't on our land. I personally think the population is way down and there are just a lot less turkeys in my neck of the woods. Around home, 20 minutes away, I used to see a big flock of turkeys regularly. It's been two years since I've seen anything bigger than 6 or 7 birds in that same area and it's rare to see them. I am getting a coyote(s) pretty regular on camera, so, I hope they've just pushed the birds off our tract and my theory of "less birds" is wrong. I've got to fix the coyote problem ASAP. Still, it's pretty discouraging to see a tract go from super productive to just nothing in a couple of years.

[LabLuvR]

It keeps getting worse on some public land I hunt. I just thought last year I didn't hear any, well this year is even worse. You used to could ride down a road and hear turks about every where you stopped. Now you lucky if you hear one. Hope it gets better cuz this is nasty!!

[LabLuvR]

It ain't just Saluda though, it's Newberry as well.

[youngjedi]

Everything's Right just hold tight.

Focus on today and you'll find a way

I may be the only one who understands these posts

[Gut_Pile]

Not the only one

[GobblerHntr]

[Tater]

I don’t get it either, but when I read it to my wife to see if she did she grabbed the vacuum cleaner so keep em coming

[Tater]

Oh, and y’all ain’t gotta worry about that longer season cuz that shit is over.

[loud1]

Peanut fields are about as good of bait as you will come across

[LabLuvR]

Oh, and y’all ain’t gotta worry about that longer season cuz that shit is over.

I'm hearing a rumor of the same.

[Duckman#1]

RR give me a shout. Dwayne