peteherbst
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Awesome. Good luck!I start tomorrow in SE WI. ThermaCELL and permethrin treated clothes are ready to go!
Awesome. Good luck!I start tomorrow in SE WI. ThermaCELL and permethrin treated clothes are ready to go!
No webs late October to nowAre you sayin part of the year you dont have spiders and webs to deal with? You already dont have snakes, gators and hogs. I wouldnt know how to act walkin through woods with no webs.
Im with you on the spiders. Almost jumped out of my 20ft hang on, years ago, one afternoon when I lowered my seat & saw a wolf spider as big as my fist. Dont quit man, green up offers a lil more cover. Good luck.Nice didnt know there was a turkey thread going. Getting my butt whooped so far. 1st day I missed a gobbler. I have used a red dot on my SBE 2 for nearly 15 years now. But for nostalgia sake and because of extremely fond memories it brings back, my dad let me take out his SP-10 ga. It has truglo sights on it. I'm used to a red dot being parallax free, sooooo in the heat of the moment I only had the red dot on his head and not in alignment with the back two green dots. Shot about 3 feet over his head lol.
Second day I worked a bird right off the roost. I was in full camo, back against a wide tree, frozen like a statue. And the first hen that looked my way putted and that was that. Not two hours later I was able to get onto a different bird. He kept pulling that game of getting closer, stop gobbling, wait 15 minutes, then gobble again but 150 yards further away. He was henned up and couldn't pull him in so that was over. Third day I didn't hear a gobble. Went out today to try a new spot and didn't hear a gobble or see sign.
Already want to throw in the towel as I absolutely, positively cannot stand being in the woods for green up. I hate, HATE spiders and cobwebs lol
We’ve had a few show up here in GA lately too. Hybrid? No one on the GON forum really knew either….crazyQuestion for any of you turkey sub-specie experts. This picture below is from a video I took in northern Michigan this 2023 turkey season. He's a jake that I could have shot on 3 separate occasions and saw a fourth time. In 30 years of hunting turkeys in Michigan I've never encountered a turkey with white rimmed tail feathers like this. Our local turkeys are supposed to be strictly Easterns but this has a slight appearance of a Merriam. Is this possible or is it most likely just an odd color phased eastern?
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Good luck!My next tag becomes legal tomorrow morning. I’ll probably be up all night in anticipation, but the alarm is set for 4am. Will report back.
Welp. Swing and a miss at about 10 yards. Brutal.My next tag becomes legal tomorrow morning. I’ll probably be up all night in anticipation, but the alarm is set for 4am. Will report back.
I want to kill another turkey. That is all good people.
Similar to you. But ends closer to oct 1. I detest the heat with all my soul. You couldnt possibly pay me enough money to live in the south because of it.My seasonal depression is always opposite of everyone else's. It starts at the end of turkey season and ends on September 1st.
Oh it's still hot Sept 1, but at least I get to dove hunt. Then Sept teal.Similar to you. But ends closer to oct 1. I detest the heat with all my soul. You couldnt possibly pay me enough money to live in the south because of it.
Yea buddy, had the best season I’ve had. Put the most effort into it though. I’m crashing hard off the high. I’ve been in love with Turkey hunting but it just keeps getting deeper man.My seasonal depression is always opposite of everyone else's. It starts at the end of turkey season and ends on September 1st.
Looks like same bird to me. First pic has a sprig of grass between the cam and the bird.View attachment 85039View attachment 85040View attachment 85041
What is up with that turkey in the top two pictures? The third one could be the same bird? Similar same spot
Good call, I'm not observant it seems. Can they stick thier neck out to make that kind of hump on top of a flat chest? Like in the second picture, where in 3 it's normal lookingLooks like same bird to me. First pic has a sprig of grass between the cam and the bird.
Looks normal to me.Good call, I'm not observant it seems. Can they stick thier neck out to make that kind of hump on top of a flat chest? Like in the second picture, where in 3 it's normal looking
Awesome work!!! Congrats to both!!! Nice bird!!!My sons first! He’s a deer magnet but the struggle has been real with turkeys. Little man earned this one!
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It happens. Atleast you shot. I passed about a 9" up opening 2 days n havent had one close since.Welp. Swing and a miss at about 10 yards. Brutal.