Old Sayings

• Mar 14, 2011

• #1

wingding

Senior Member

Curious To hear some old sayings about the turkey woods. The one that I always hear from the old timers is that when a hickory leaf gets as big as a squirrels ear that's the time to be in the woods. That's usually when it gets the best around my house. anybody else know of any?

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #2

Nicodemus

Old and Ornery

Staff member

Always carry your shotgun with you when your plowin` the field with your mule, in the spring of the year. That way when you hear a bird gobble, you can quit work, and go to him.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #3

mudpie82

Senior Member

a turkey can see u thinking and hear u when u change your mind

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #4

CoachEmUp

Member

"When the dogwoods are bloomin'...."

Probably pretty obvious though...

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #5

hoppie

Senior Member

When the red birds start singing.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #6

Paint Brush

Gone But Not Forgotten

Some where out there one wrapped his toes around a limb for the last time.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #7

J

Jody Hawk

Senior Member

"Every gobbler out there can be killed on a certain day".

Ole buddy of mine has told me that for years. By killed, I think he meant called to the gun.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #8

sman

Senior Member

Legless crickets don't hop as much and are legal to hunt over.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #9

Toddmann

Senior Member

Here are 2 old sayings I still hear all the time; I could have called him in if he wasn't all henned up or another classic one is, I haven't killed one cause them birds done gone and got call shy!

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #10

Killdee

Senior Member

Heres a classic, a deer see's a man sitting in the woods and thinks he's a stump, a gobbler see's every stump in the woods and thinks its a man.

 

• Mar 14, 2011

• #11

MCNASTY

Senior Member

This one pertains to the 15-20 mins before the turkey gobbles.......when the whippoorwill ends his song the bird will gobble

 

• Mar 15, 2011

• #12

jeremy1217

Senior Member

lol mcnasty as i was reading these i was thinking the same thing that when the whippoorwills are singing the turkeys are gobbling

 

• Mar 15, 2011

• #13

Jamey J

Senior Member

One things that is for sure about a gobbler is that nothings for sure about a gobbler. Another one is - Sometimes kill'n a gobbler is as easy as fallen off a bar stool drunk & sometimes there aint enough money in the world to make one do right.

 

• Mar 15, 2011

• #14

florida boy

Senior Member

As Will Primo's said " Roosted aint roasted " .

 

• Mar 15, 2011

• #15

Buckerama

Senior Member

As my Granddad used to say, When the crosses start appearing in the pines its time to hunt. Or my favorite that a guy i was turk huntin with said "It aint over until that Hen calls".

 

• Mar 16, 2011

• #16

GeorgeShu

Senior Member

"A turkey ain't gotta be no where, no when."

translation = They operate on their own time/space continuum, not ours.

 

• Mar 16, 2011

• #17

georgiabuckbuster

Senior Member

when the redbirds are singing
when the whipporwhills are calling
roosted aint roasted