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April 16th, here in OK.
I’m leaving at 0 dark thirty in the morning for my place in Oklahoma to try to get in the first hunt tomorrow evening.April 16th, here in OK.
My stuff is all ready. I'll most likely hunt at the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area up in Clayton. Hopefully the weather will be good.I’m leaving at 0 dark thirty in the morning for my place in Oklahoma to try to get in the first hunt tomorrow evening.
When I’m not turkey hunting, I’ll be looking for morel mushrooms this trip too.
Good luck to you, sir!!!My stuff is all ready. I'll most likely hunt at the Pushmataha Wildlife Management Area up in Clayton. Hopefully the weather will be good.
Likewise my friend.Good luck to you, sir!!!
Congrats on a fun hunt & a find gobblerBlind hogs do find acorns…
I gambled on where to set up this afternoon, and it paid off. I was about 400 yards northwest at the opposite end of a grove of tree along the river from my camera where I’ve been seeing turkeys, because I know they hang out in those tree. The wind was blowing pretty hard so I was up wind to hopefully get the sound to carry into the tree. I called a few times and after a while got a glimpse of something moving in the shade about 50 yards away. When he came out into the light, I could see it was a tom I’ve been watching that has something wrong with his beard (maybe beard rot), so I just sat still and watched him for about 30 minutes as he milled around my decoys (which I set up way too close). All of a sudden I hear a gobble south of me, but I was afraid to call back because of getting busted. Well, the other tom acted as my live decoy and coaxed this tom within 10 yards. It was a bang and no flop. The 1 1/4 oz #7.5 load dropped him like a hot rock even out of a modified choke.
He has a 9 1/4” beard and 1” and 1 1/8” spurs.
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I'm glad to hear that you had a good time hunting with your friends.Well, 5 of us went out for opening day (4/13). Two scored, one missed and me and my best bud only saw hens. Had a great time and it was good to be with friends I hadn't seen since November. View attachment 43478
After the hunt I had to deal with fixing my trailer roof. Leaked through my antenna (its gone now!). The whole roof will be getting a new rubber coating this spring/summer.
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Congrats to all. Too bad you gotta fix that roof.Well, 5 of us went out for opening day (4/13). Two scored, one missed and me and my best bud only saw hens. Had a great time and it was good to be with friends I hadn't seen since November. View attachment 43478
After the hunt I had to deal with fixing my trailer roof. Leaked through my antenna (its gone now!). The whole roof will be getting a new rubber coating this spring/summer.
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Congrats, that's a great bird. Happy for you.Blind hogs do find acorns…
I gambled on where to set up this afternoon, and it paid off. I was about 400 yards northwest at the opposite end of a grove of tree along the river from my camera where I’ve been seeing turkeys, because I know they hang out in those tree. The wind was blowing pretty hard so I was up wind to hopefully get the sound to carry into the tree. I called a few times and after a while got a glimpse of something moving in the shade about 50 yards away. When he came out into the light, I could see it was a tom I’ve been watching that has something wrong with his beard (maybe beard rot), so I just sat still and watched him for about 30 minutes as he milled around my decoys (which I set up way too close). All of a sudden I hear a gobble south of me, but I was afraid to call back because of getting busted. Well, the other tom acted as my live decoy and coaxed this tom within 10 yards. It was a bang and no flop. The 1 1/4 oz #7.5 load dropped him like a hot rock even out of a modified choke.
He has a 9 1/4” beard and 1” and 1 1/8” spurs.
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Learned that off the utube too.I like how you incorporated the spurs with the beard and shotgun shell brass.
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