Hey guys, I know we all kinda talked through PM's but thought I'd start a topic for us to tell a little about ourselves and our turkey hunting experience and where we are hunting this year.
I'll start off, my name is Joel and I'm from Iowa. I thought it was funny some of us were saying our name should be the baby makers because I have 5 kids under the age of 9 (two of those being step kids which to me, they are my kids). I will turn 30 this spring and have been turkey hunting since 2000, so this will be my 17th season. I consider myself a true turkey hunter, being that spring turkey hunting is absolutely my favorite activity to do and by far favorite thing to hunt. I've hunted and killed turkeys in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. This year I have a trip to Oklahoma planned that I am super excited about. I also had plans to go back to Kansas but looks like that fell through, so most likely I'll be hunting in just Oklahoma and Iowa this year although I might try and get to Missouri, time will tell on that. Anyways, welcome all to the team, I am excited to get to know each other and share our experiences throughout the spring.
My name is John, not real creative on the user name. Grew up in Pennsylvania hunting fall turkey only. I was never allowed by my father to hunt spring gobbler after a guy shot at him through a brush pile so I spent my springs trout fishing instead. I'm a self-taught gobbler Hunter and wouldn't have it any other way.
I have lived in Western North Carolina the last 17 years and have three kids who are too young to hunt but are ready as soon as I say so. They are my scouts. I also hunt on the coast of South Carolina. Deer fills my freezer and family's bellies but there's no comparison chasing gobblers. I only use slates and mouth calls out of habit but lately just the diaphragms.
Cool how they give us our own page etc...
I am Chris. I am blessed to be able to hunt every day of deer and turkey which keeps me busy for about half the year. I grew up hunting and fishing around Myrtle Beach, S.C. I moved to Hawaii when I was 25 and stayed there for 17 years. I still have a house there that is rented out. A lot of people don't know Hawaii has great hunting: Mouflon Sheep, Axis Deer, Wild Goats, Turkey, and great Upland Hunting as well.
I live in Alabama now and hunt on completely on about 200 acres at my house that backs up on 1,500 acres. God willing I will get a bird or two but will not limit out. I will mix it up between bow and shotgun.
Our Turkeys here are really quiet the last few years. Last year they were gobbling for the 1st 2 weeks and then went silent. Our season starts March 15th and goes to the end of May.
I actually love turkey hunting more than deer hunting. My favorite calls are a Tony Reynolds Lil Jenny Box, Woodhaven Toxic Orange Mouth Call, Tony Reynolds Carolina Assassin.
I talked to Lonnie Sneed Sr. and am excited to be getting a Hot Hen Slate soon.
Hey guys, my name is Matt. Im 36yo and live in Conway, AR. I have two daughters (Kai age 8 and Evie age 6) that take up most my time. I was born and raised here and started hunting turkeys with my father years ago. I hunted them hard as a kid then took a break due to school and living in areas where I didn't have access. Been back on them hard for the past 10 years. Turkey hunting here in Arkansas is very tough due to a poor population recently. Our season is pushed way back to April 15. That's a late start for down south. I usually am lucky enough to get one Arkansas public land bird. I'll be heading to Kansas in early May and will have a couple birds from there for sure. I hunt primarily with mouth calls and trumpets. I pull out the pot calls on windy days. Excited for a new season and best wishes and best of luck to you all.
On a side note: Chris, where is your house is Hawaii? A lot of my wife's family lived in Lahaina forever until a recent move.
Hello to my Team! My name is Marlon. I live in a farming community in SE North Carolina called Ash.
Been hunting turkeys ever since we had a season over 15 years. I'm truly blessed to have many farms to hunt and have always been able to scratch out my limit of Longbeards.
Married and have grown kids. Iv work in local government for nearly 20 years.
I'm looking forward in celebrating this win! Together as one,we can do it!
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My name is Bill. I live in upstate SC and will only be in SC this year, but may add Georgia next year (I live about 20 minutes from the border.) I'm a production supervisor at an automotive supplier, which takes up a lot of my time, but I do get 5 days off every 3 weeks and 2 days the other weeks, so I get time to hunt pretty regularly.
On top of work, I've been married to my wife for almost 8 years, we have 4 kids, a 7 year old boy, 5 and 3 year old girls, and a 3 month old boy, so you can imagine my time is stretched thin, but wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm brand new to turkey hunting so I will say that bow hunting whitetails is my passion (though that could always change.)
I grew up in Ohio, lived in Michigan for 2.5 years, and then relocated here so I've hunted my fair share of different terrains and places. Looking forward to trying to get my first turkey this spring.
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My name's Lucas. I've got an almost 2 year old son, and another due in June, so I've been keeping busy. I live in southern Michigan at Devils Lake. Been turkey hunting for a while now, usually end up pulling the trigger within the first hour of opening weekend. Already itching to go out this year. Want to take a nice one out with the bow this year, so I'm probably going to be a little picky this season. Already pulled some of my calls out, I think I'll be running a Crystal Mistress, Lonnie Sneed Outlaw Hen glass and Hot Hen slate, and a Yingling copper. I've also got a Woodhaven Vision Crystal I just picked up, and a few new mouth calls. I can't wait to put out some trail cams in about a month to see what's out there!
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I'll be running a Ryan bonjour slate over glass with Purple Heart and cherry strikers. Also a primos jackpot glass call. I will also havea primos mini sonic dome mouth call.
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I'll post pictures of some of my calls later, but I'll tell you some of what I'll be running this year. I love my spring creek box call, enough that I also purchased a spring creek scratch box. I recently got a yingling copper pot call, also run pecker wrecker pot calls and have a Lonnie Sneed slate call ordered. Also just ordered a custom trough call that I'm really excited to get. And when it comes to diaphragm calls, you won't catch me in the woods without hooks mouth calls. I'll need to get some more of those ordered soon.
I've been looking at hooks as well. What guns and ammo is everyone going to run? I just finished up an sxp turkey and looking to shoot longbeard xr #5 or the new triple beard by hevi shot. Going to pattern in the next week or so. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/02/06/5e379dd07bbb6d5509c145cb140c70bf.jpg)
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Hello fellows my name is Jason Pyron, I live and hunt north central Mississippi and south central Missouri. I've been turkey hunting ever since I was 5 and been killing them since I was 8. I shoot a bps 10 ga. Nitro mega weight 4x5x7 only have about 5 more of those, guess I got to go back to nitro hevi shot after that. I love to bow hunt and duck hunt but that just gets me through till turkey season lol!! I'm glad to be on y'all's team i hope we win!! Fell free to message me at any time!!
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Hey fellas. My name is Nick Heffner. I am from PA and now live in NY (20min from the PA border). I have served in the Marines and am now a Senior Research Technician for a large glass company. I have been married for 14 years and have two great daughters ages 8 & 10. I have been hunting turkey's for about 20 years and am getting to the point where that is all I really care to hunt a lot (do like to hunt pheasants and coyotes). I look forward to being on this team and getting to know all of you.
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Hey guys, my name is Kraig. 28 years old and I live and hunt in Michigan.
Turkey hunting is my passion, but also love to deer hunt, ice fish, shoot pistols, archery, and play guitar. Also a huge Detroit Lions fan.
Have a 7 month old so this turkey season will add another challenge.
My weapon of choice is a Mossberg 835 with a Jellyhead choke shooting Nitro H517 4x5x7.
For calls I use a custom slate call I made a few years ago, but primarily use mouth calls. Mostly Woodhaven Red Wasp and Hooks Executioner 2, the Hooks being my favorite.
In Michigan it's a one bird limit. Where I hunt is somewhat challenging. They roost several hundred yards south of my property and it's pretty tough getting them over to me. But this has made me that much better at turkey hunting. I've hunted turkeys since 2000 and there's only been a couple years where I ate tag soup. Usually I put every single bit of effort into getting a bird. Two years ago I scored on a 28#, by far my best bird.
Glad to compete in this contest with you guys. Should be fun.
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Just put in an order for a box of the new triple beard loads to pattern as well. Should be here in the next few days. 3.5" 2.25 oz of 5,6,7. i want to see how they shoot out of my gun alongside the longbeard xr.
3.5" Longbeard XR 2oz #5. Great pattern at 40yds...a little tight at 10yds out of my Benelli Supernova with the XR choke.
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I'm going to try the xr's in 5 and 6 as well. I'm shooting the same choke, hoping for that kind of pattern.
I really liked the XR #6's out of my 12 gauge with an Indian Creek .665
I am working on a 20 gauge build right now, hoping for something that will drop a nice even pattern in the 150-175 range and not be TOO tight for those sub 20 yard shots. I probably have a full month before I even have everything assembled and ready to start patterning.
Oh I forgot this thread was for introductions.
My name is Chris, I am from Florida but I currently reside in the North Eastern portion of Virginia pretty close to the DC area. I am active duty Navy, about to hit my 10 year mark in the service. I have 2 young boy's 4 & 6 that give me and my wife a run for our money every day. :help:
I will have somewhat limited opportunities this season as hunting on base is held to Saturday's only but I look to make the best of it and find some other opportunities in the area. This is only my second season hunting Turkey and I am basically completely self taught. My Dad was not much for hunting outside of Squirrel when he was younger. Last year I thought it seemed like fun, and after working my first Tom to about 50 yards and him letting loose a thundering gobble right in front of me I was totally hooked. So I am looking to build upon that this year.
I am an avid football fan, both college (FSU) and pro (Tampa Bay) and now that football season is officially over I am fully back to concentrating on Turkey season.
Chris, what's your MOS? Are you a 1st class or Chief? I was in the Marine Corps for 6 years. I was a mortarman. Spent 4 months with the USS Harpers Ferry on a Pac float. I'm new as well and just hoping I can get one to respond. lol. I'm taking the first legal turkey that comes my way probably. Then build on that.
Nothing wrong with that brother. That was my goal last year and if I was calmer I would have dropped a very nice first tom. I got a little too excited and moved to fast and old dude slip. Just remember, its not about calling loudly. Early morning all nice and soft.
I am a first class right now. So E6. I wont be up for Chief until next year. Glad to have some brothers on here with me! My rating is FC (Fire Controlman) Not to be confused with a fire fighter.
Turkey hunting is a live and learn type deal. Thanks to both of you for what yall do for this country and God bless!!
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Definitely not a fire fighter. Great to have you on the team. I got out as a Sergeant. Perm, no problem, honestly probably 6 of the best years of my life.
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Yes, definitely a huge thank you to you guys that have/are serving.
I'm shooting hevishot 3.5" magnum blends with a hevishot choke tube in my Remington 1187. It patterns awesome! I'll post some pics when I get out and shoot it again.
I'd like to try a Truglo SSX .670 shooting Hevi 7's. After being involved in a lot of discussions on OG I've really gained an interested in patterning different shells/chokes and this setup seems to have a great number of good reviews. Problem is, my setup has NEVER missed a bird, so i doubt ill really be gaining anything. Those 7's sure put up some wicked numbers though.
Did I read someone on this team starts their season in March??
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Nothing wrong with that brother. That was my goal last year and if I was calmer I would have dropped a very nice first tom. I got a little too excited and moved to fast and old dude slip. Just remember, its not about calling loudly. Early morning all nice and soft.
I am a first class right now. So E6. I wont be up for Chief until next year. Glad to have some brothers on here with me! My rating is FC (Fire Controlman) Not to be confused with a fire fighter.
357Magnole & wmn2: We have even more in common. I was in the Marines and got out in 2003 (My MOS was 1812, M1A1 Tank Gunner). I served in Iraq and was stopped loss for an extra 3months. I will say that minus the hell of Iraq, I miss being in everyday.
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I'd like to try a Truglo SSX .670 shooting Hevi 7's. After being involved in a lot of discussions on OG I've really gained an interested in patterning different shells/chokes and this setup seems to have a great number of good reviews. Problem is, my setup has NEVER missed a bird, so i doubt ill really be gaining anything. Those 7's sure put up some wicked numbers though.
Did I read someone on this team starts their season in March??
I'm still trying to find some private land to hunt. If i do, my season will start Mar 15th. If not, I'm at April 1st.
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I'd like to try a Truglo SSX .670 shooting Hevi 7's. After being involved in a lot of discussions on OG I've really gained an interested in patterning different shells/chokes and this setup seems to have a great number of good reviews. Problem is, my setup has NEVER missed a bird, so i doubt ill really be gaining anything. Those 7's sure put up some wicked numbers though.
Did I read someone on this team starts their season in March??
I'm still trying to find some private land to hunt. If i do, my season will start Mar 15th. If not, I'm at April 1st.
What state?
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South carolina
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Gotta love SC. Last year I got 2 the week of Easter. Hope I still have access this year...
My name is Tony. I live in central Illinois and in my we have only had a descent amount of turkeys for about the last 10 yrs and I have been hunting them for about the last 8 yrs. My wife, my son and me all get landowners permits to chase the turkeys so instead of getting a permit and only having 5 to 7 days to kill one we get the entire 5 weeks, I usually get a 4th season permit also so I can get 2 if the turkey numbers are good that year. I mainly hunt the weekends, but if they are talking good before I go to work I have been known to call in late. In Illinois we have to quite hunting turkeys at 1:00 pm, and I have killed one at 12:58 before.
My wife has never gotten turkey, she usually only goes a few times with me to try and if it wasn't for a tree last year she prob. would have gotten a nice one. My boy got his first last year and he is hooked and ready to go again this year. He will be out for our youth season, then also the full season.
My go to gun has been an old Remington 870 express, with a truglo ssx .643 choke shooting magnum blends. It's been a good shooting gun just had to adjust the POI with some adjustable sights when I went with the SSX choke. Got an Indian Creek choke that im going to test in it in weather permits.
Also been debating on getting another gun so me and my wife can both have one and been looking towards the Mossberg 935 but not sure yet.
My son used a borrowed gun last year, a Mossberg 500 youth model, but this year I got him a youth model Remington 870 20 gauge and also waiting on the weather to get it patterned for him. Hope to be shooting magnum blends in it also if not, will prob go with Federal HW #7.
I think this will be a good year for all of us and I'm glad to be on this team and lets go bust some beards..
Mississippi starts March 19
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I'll start hunting here in Iowa on April 9th taking my little brothers for youth season, then probably take my dad during 1st season in iowa. I'll start hunting and carrying a gun for myself on April 23rd in Oklahoma.
I have a rob Roberts slate call, I love the sound it puts out.. Any ideas on another good slate call?
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I love my Crystal Mistress from David Halloran matched up with a Jatoba one piece striker from Savduck.
Is there a web sit for them?
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www.davidhalloranturkeycalls.com/potcalls.aspx
Thanks bro!!
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I have heard a lot of good things about Halloran calls, although I have never ran one myself. I think Kevin Farr, who owns Pecker Wrecker turkey calls, makes some really good pot calls. I know I love mine. I cant wait to receive my Lonnie Sneed slate call that should be on its way. Honestly have heard more good about his calls than probably any others on this site. I am really excited for it to arrive, I'll let everyone here know what I think when it comes in.
Bottom line, there is a lot of really good call makers out there. A lot more than I can afford to have one from each, but no harm in trying. ;)
I wouldn't mind having 3 or 4 slates keep the opinions coming
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Also, I just recently got a Mike Yingling Copper pot call which I absolutely love. The copper is kind of a different sound, but I think it sounds awesome. He sells his calls on the pot call classifieds section on this forum a lot of times. And his calls look amazing too!
I had a Kaiser copper call.... Worst possible first call to learn on. Very hard to play, I gave it to a friend and he brought it by a few days ago and I still can barely play it now. I can run the Crystal Mistress pretty well, but that copper call is impossible for me to run well.
I've got both the Sneed slate and glass. They're solid calls. Very easy to play and they sound great. I picked up a Crystal Mistress last year after season, and I'm excited to see how the turkeys respond to it. I think I like it the best out of all my calls. I also picked up a Woodhaven Crystal Vision the other day at Cabelas. I haven't got to play with it much, but I still think I prefer the Halloran. Another call that I have, but you don't hear a lot about, is a Bully's pot call. It's the loudest out of any of my calls, I've pulled gobblers pretty far with it.
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I have a rob Roberts slate call, I love the sound it puts out.. Any ideas on another good slate call?
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Lights Out Custom Calls Ambrosia Maple by Wendell Rye. This call is my go to call and it wont break the bank either.....
http://lightsoutcalls.com/products/slatecalls.html
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I have a rob Roberts slate call, I love the sound it puts out.. Any ideas on another good slate call?
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Lights Out Custom Calls Ambrosia Maple by Wendell Rye. This call is my go to call and it wont break the bank either.....
http://lightsoutcalls.com/products/slatecalls.html
You are doing yourself a favor to purchase one of Mr. Rye's Cedar strikers for any slate you buy or already own.
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I will check into those also thanks a lot bros!!
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I'm looking in to picking up a cedar striker for my slate as well. Hear great things about them
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Any guys on our team shoot 10gauge beside me. I know it's a lot of gun , but I love it??
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Quote from: Big perm2 on February 11, 2016, 03:28:28 PM
Any guys on our team shoot 10gauge beside me. I know it's a lot of gun , but I love it??
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Hell no your crazy!
Funny story... Let me preface by saying I have shot just about everything there is at this point and there is not much I shy away from.
I had a winchester SX3 with the 3 1/2" chamber. So I thought to myself, whats all this noise about 3 1/2" loads. I got 1 box of turkey shells, I believe they where the Remington nitros. Fired one shot.... Gave the rest of the box to a friend and said good luck.
I swear I tore something in my shoulder from that one shot. Hell the Longbeard XR's in a 3" load I can only fire about 10 before I am done with that shoulder and have to swap over.
That's why I have an on going thread about a 20 gauge build. If I can get the accuracy/power/pattern I need from a 20 why the hell not :) If it makes me a wuss than I am the biggest damn wuss you will see. My beef right now is the costs of shells. I was spoiled by getting 10 of the XR's for less than the price of 5 heavy weights in 20g.
No 10 gauges here either, that's got to be a lot of kick. I will stick with my 12 gauge.
II hear 357 mag!! Nothing at all wrong with a 20ga!! And yes those 3oz nitros pack a little punch!! I love every bit of it tho!!
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12ga Ithaca Turkeyslayer for me
Have a youth 870 20ga as well but usually grab the 12
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I have never shot a 10, but woul love to. I'm a glutton for punishment I think.
My wife asked this morning if I wanted to go to cabelas. This is a rare question, so I jumped at the chance. Came home with a .17hmr and 200 rounds of ammo and two boxes of longbeards. Hot home and my triple beards were on the porch waiting for me. Can't wait for warmer weather now. (http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/02/11/14de44b7a7ecc9b987a742825af78cd9.jpg)
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When I was younger, my uncles said that to turkey hunt you needed to use a 10 gauge. I shot one at a paper target when I was 13 & I won't lie, I cried like a wimp (used to be a skinny runt at that age). I really thought I broke my shoulder and can still remember him saying that I wasn't a man until I could handle that gun. Well I guess I am not a man because I never touched that damn thing again....lol
Ha ha that is funny!!
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I'll never forget when I was about 10, I had hunted with a 20-gauge pump. Shot slugs through it and all, but I wanted a slug gun like my dad's. He has a marlin 512 bolt action. He bought me an H&R single shot 20 for christmas that year. We went to sight it in and he told me that I needed to brace myself because it wasn't like my other 20. Threw a 3" slug in there and to say that gun rocked my world is an understatement. We had a saw horse set up as my rest and I was firing with one knee down and that gun knocked me flat on butt. No crying, but it took me a minute and my dad and his friend laughing for me to get up and try it again. I held on and braced myself the second time. Killed my first deer with that gun 2 years later.
I will say, the worst gun I've shot thus far is a smith .500 magnum that my dad has. I've broken my left thumb multiple times from being a catcher in baseball. I've dislocated my right thumb a couple times as well. To say shooting that gun hurt would be an understatement. I was 16 and almost cried because my hands hurt so bad. I've shot it since, but with gloves on from a rest. No more free handing that one for me.
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Ha ha that is funny!!
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You say funny I say painful.....lol
Just make sure you got a good grip when patterning! I tend to over grip when shooting paper so in order to not interfere with the pattern I stayed loose. Big mistake. Pump ripped a chunk of my thumb nearly off.
Ouch... I've been reading how people have done the same with the sxp I have. Makes me hope I don't forget when I'm shooting at a bird..
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I have a rob Roberts slate call, I love the sound it puts out.. Any ideas on another good slate call?
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Sup big Perm! I mean big worm!
Sorry, love that movie (Friday)
I'd highly recommend Supreme Turkey Calls "Strut Buster". My wife got it for me a few years ago, one of the best if not the best sounding crystal call I've ever used.
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Ha ha yes that was a super funny movie!! I will check into that one!!
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Went to my farm today and found a surprise!!(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160213/5e992d0463d5466c2facc775682221c6.jpg)
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I like surprises like that.......
That looks very promising! I'm excited for you!
That's s very nice surprise
Yes it was!! Got my blood bolling just a bit!!
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I've been seeing a flock of about 10 on my way home from work each morning. Can't wait to get out there and try my hand at one. Supposed to be warm tho weekend so I'm hoping to make it out to the range to pattern. I'm off thurs-mon so I should find time.
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Got a new puppy coming home in April. Golden retriever female. Photo shows her a lot lighter than she is, she's actually more of a red tint.
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Thats awesome man! My wife has been hammering me about getting another dog. We dont do the bigger dogs though I dont hunt with dogs and I live in a small house without any property for them to run around in. So medium sized pups for me. I have a Schnauzer that is my baby girl man. lol
Dont know what I want next, we already tried another Schnauzer and that dog was dumber than a wet sack of manure.
Probably going to look for something mixed over pure bread. I had $1500 worth of medical bills from my pup this past year, high price tag of owning a "pure" bred.
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Went to my farm today and found a surprise!!(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160213/5e992d0463d5466c2facc775682221c6.jpg)
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you motivated me to take a long , and steep, hike to my hunting area today. Glad I did. Saw 5 toms, 4 jakes and tons of hens. That's what I needed to see.
This is going to be our first big dog. We had a boston terrier that is the dumbest dog I've ever had. We stayed with the in laws when we moved here until we found a house and they wanted to keep him so I gladly let them have him.
I grew up having boxers my whole life. Great dogs. I had a beagle for rabbits and then an English springer spaniel for pheasants and I just love hunting breeds. Goldens are great with kids too. We have a half acre so she will have plenty of room.
Friends of ours is who we are getting her from. Pure bred and only costing us 400 so I couldn't pass her up. I go to michigan for work in April and then I've gotta go through ohio to pick up a trailer and my utv at my parents and the friends live 10 minutes from parents so it couldn't have worked out better.
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Haha you know whats funny..... The puppy my wife is barking up the tree about is a Springer Spaniel/Beagle mix. They look adorable, just wonder how that dog will turn out.
That's hilarious. My beagle was so-so. Decent hunter, but not the smartest. My springer was the second best dog I've ever owned, just because he wasn't a family pet like my favorite boxer and he wouldn't listen to anyone but myself pretty much. I am the one that spent all my time with him. He was very smart, always listened to commands and man could he find the birds and get them to flush. I loved hunting over that dog.
Monday or Tuesday I'll be headed to the range to pattern. As long as the rain holds off. May stop by a farm this weekend and try to get permission. Been seeing a flock with two longbeards strutting every morning the past week on my way home from work.
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Already seeing them strutting in the fields?
Pretty awesome, I haven't seen the Toms with the Hens yet. They are still separate here from what I have seen.
Yea. Today was the first day strutting. The rest of the times they were feeding. It's nice seeing them that's for sure
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Sorry for neglecting the team lately. Been super busy. I havent seen any strutting here in MI yet, although its a tad early. The other day though we got teased with a 51 degree day and the sun shining, made me feel like i should be in the turkey woods. And now were back to 20 degree weather and expecting 10" of snow on thursday.
I did just find me an unopened original Star Dot choke though, so that brightened my day.
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Sorry for neglecting the team lately. Been super busy. I havent seen any strutting here in MI yet, although its a tad early. The other day though we got teased with a 51 degree day and the sun shining, made me feel like i should be in the turkey woods. And now were back to 20 degree weather and expecting 10" of snow on thursday.
I did just find me an unopened original Star Dot choke though, so that brightened my day.
Same here man, I've just been super busy. I promise to be more active.
Went out driving around and saw a few the other day, nothing strutting yet. We still have quite a bit of snow on the ground, although some of it is slowly starting to melt away.
I did a 3 hour round trip today through the country and lots of AG fields. Looked the entire time and didn't see anything yet. Ready for the activity to start up!
I've been see a few groups here and there in the ag fields around home. Haven't been back in to check my honey hole yet. It is half mile from any roads so u got to walk to get to it. Last year I went and checked it out 2 weeks before youth season and was surprised with 72 turkeys, 3 toms, 20 jakes and rest were hens. Hope they are still all around this year.
Was out hoofing for quail last night in some brush fields. I sat down to take a break and heard some yelping and within 15 mins had about 25-30 birds within 40-50 yards. Mix of hens jakes and toms. why is it always so easy to get close to turkeys out of season ....
Going to shoot (hopefully) some of those white sky rats...aka snow geese next weekend. The weekend after I will be putting out 2 or 3 trail cameras (maybe more) and begin scouting.
I've got 3 trail cams out right now. Going tuesday to pull them. They will have been out for 2 months so hopefully I have something good to show.
Quote from: wmn2 on February 23, 2016, 08:57:35 PM
I've got 3 trail cams out right now. Going tuesday to pull them. They will have been out for 2 months so hopefully I have something good to show.
well....where are the bird pics?
Didn't make it out unfortunately. Busy with kids doctor's and dentist appointments on my days off. I'm off again thursday-monday next week so I will be going out then to get them. They've been out since the beginning of january so I should have some good pics for you guys.
Hopefully any way. Reminds me of my first attempt at a trail camera. Left it out 2 months, picked it up to discover that the motion sensor didn't work. I was pissed to say the least
I've been running these same 3 for about 3 years now so I'm confident they will be fine. All 3 are in brand new spots though so who knows, maybe I picked a bad spot. We'll see in about a week.