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Spring Turkey ‘21

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  1. J. Dirt

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    Hunting the PA season opener this morning.
    At least we thought it was Turkey season..... 547D4896-551D-4B83-9336-C82BDFBB4B95.jpeg
     
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    Nothing in PA, saw some and heard some with no shots available.
    Hunted a few days NY and took a shot yesterday. Slightly embarrassed at the size, but after watching a pair of jakes for an hour I decided to drop one. The trusty 10 gauge strikes again! F22D9738-7E51-4919-B6A7-68A2F02DB341.jpeg F8E04AA2-3DF2-417C-98BD-87E6ACFE69D8.jpeg C4AA6630-3919-4A2F-8154-4DD272DBF278.jpeg
     
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    My son took a double bearded Jake last weekend.
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    In all the years you been hunting Dad.:BrianK: Have you ever done that? :whistle: Good for Brad. :coldone:
     
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    Not yet ;)
     
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    SC season has come and gone

    I killed a bird on Good Friday, pretty chilly that afternoon in April by SC standards. Then I called one in the following week for a friend that had never killed one before
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  8. ole

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    My Wisconsin turkey permit starts tomorrow. I do not have high hopes as I have not spotted a mature tom in the last 10 days. There is a jake hanging around one of my spots but as of now am unsure if I will take him. We will see.
     
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    6 jakes and 2 hens in gun range. Guess I’m not shooting a jake!
    Can’t hunt tomorrow to much other stuff going on
     
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    Got the lawn mowed, 2 white oaks planted, dentist visit done, ran to the bank, I got ALL my stuff done. Alarm is set for 330am heading back to the turkey grounds Friday. My wife called me to see if I needed anything at the grocery I said 2 apples, 2 onions, and a small can low salt chicken broth. When she got home she said good luck hunting tomorrow. She knows that is what I put in the crock pot along with a fresh set of turkey breasts!

    I just jinxed myself cuz I told her I was shooting a jake tomorrow. That means I prolly won’t see a single turkey in gun range!
     
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    In this pic, which I took from our deck, I have shot 2 turkeys on that little knob where the green grass meets the woods. I sat there Wednesday morn but tomorrow I am going straight south to where the browner looking grass meets the woods. I found a spot where a bulldozer pushed in some stumps, earth, and huge rocks into a pile on the edge of the woods. So I have a 5 gal pail in amongst the piles of earth that is my blind!

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    Good luck. I am going to give it another go in the morning too. I got school by a big ol' Tom on Wednesday morning. :doh:
     
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    I have been taught many lessons from wily old toms. I would say the best lesson they taught is concealment behind you. I have been busted by not paying better attention to what is going on back here. All one hears is an alarm putt 5 yards away and leaves rustling as they flee.
     
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    Hunted til 10am. 3 hens is all I spotted. Much gobbling in the woods behind me where I do not have permission to hunt.

    Back at it Sunday. Family stuff tomorrow
     
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    Sounds you were set up near me because that pretty much how my morning went.
     
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    No turkey harvest for me. For some unknown reason I just wasn’t interested in a jake. I have harvested many jakes in the past they taste better than an old tom just sayin,,,
     
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