God blessed me this morning on our opener with a crossbow Gobbler. 17 yards with a rage two blade slip cam 2” cut. I’ve never used Rage broadheads before. He didn’t go 40 yards. His buddy didn’t know what to do for a little while.
Congratulations! I had 3 around m e first thing however Henrietta lured them away in the wrong direction. I'm not done yet however we can only hunt until noon in NH.God blessed me this morning on our opener with a crossbow Gobbler. 17 yards with a rage two blade slip cam 2” cut. I’ve never used Rage broadheads before. He didn’t go 40 yards. His buddy didn’t know what to do for a little while.
South Carolina public land has been under constant attack from "controlled burning" for quite some time. They are doing the burn intentionally to massively reduce the amount of animals on public land to thereby reduce the amount of hunters on said public land. It is one of many tactics being used around the country to reduce overall hunter numbers in my opinion (which is based on discussions with fellow hunters all over the country that I hunt with and what they deal with annually).Fortunately, many are starting to understand why we are having the problems. The GA DNR has been burning more over the past few yrs. We can only kill 1 gobbler on a single WMA. If we want to kill a 2nd we have to find another WMA. They shortened seasons, eliminated coon, and possum season/limits. They have allowed you to hunt predators on public with centerfires and electronic calls during small game. It just takes time.
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Same in NY. Good luck! I heard all gobbling this morning and no hens.Congratulations! I had 3 around m e first thing however Henrietta lured them away in the wrong direction. I'm not done yet however we can only hunt until noon in NH.
Nice oneSecond to last morning of the season. 20#, 9.5 inch beard.
I had two coming from right in front of me but they were still 100yds or so out when this guy gobbled from about 50yds immediately to my left. I managed to swing over and saw him moving over the ridge I was set up on. At first I thought he'd busted me because he was walking fast over the ridge but a couple of clucks from the diaphragm and he stopped and went into full strut. Two steps later it was all over.
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Congrats!!Second to last morning of the season. 20#, 9.5 inch beard.
I had two coming from right in front of me but they were still 100yds or so out when this guy gobbled from about 50yds immediately to my left. I managed to swing over and saw him moving over the ridge I was set up on. At first I thought he'd busted me because he was walking fast over the ridge but a couple of clucks from the diaphragm and he stopped and went into full strut. Two steps later it was all over.
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Wow what is the sport in that. Disappointing. One thing you should not do; however is call whomever or whoever did that a hunter. They are not hunters. They are pure and simple GLV’s game law violators.To say my blood is boiling doesn't begin to adequately describe it. Seething with rage. I went out this morning to listen and owl hoot to get a bead on some birds for opening day tomorrow. This is the area I saw all those gobblers 3 weeks ago. Didn't hear a peep. I walked all along the ridges that was filled with birds just weeks ago. Quiet and the sign was kinda old. This is public by the way. As I got closer to some adjacent private I finally struck the birds and there was a pile of them. Sounded like 4 birds gobbling. I got a bit too close to them as they sounded further than they actually were and spooked them back onto the private. They were on the public maybe 50 yards from the private. As I looked at the location they were at it was crazy dug up. Down to the dirt. Wanted to see what they were snacking on.
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It is impossible to articulate how much illegal baiting grinds my gears.
Take it from me who did the same exact crap up to my early twenties. It ruins hunting. Instead of birds naturally and nomadically roaming around and hunting them down, they stay absolutely pinned to the bait. A private parcel doing it can drain all the surrounding public of birds ruining it for everyone else. I still get sick about doing that crap all those years ago.
Wardens were called and the coordinates were given. That turkey hunter is about to have a very bad season.
Thankfully I have back up locations that I have other birds to hunt. So so sick of this crap. Almost every turkey I have ever killed that was near a private parcel had a crop full of corn.
Seething man
One more night and it’s night night forever heheJust put 3 gobblers to bed. Very optimistic about tomorrow morning