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Post by: hunter399 on April 24, 2022, 05:53:21 AM
He still has some time to work on turkey #2.
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Post by: bucksbearsbeers on April 24, 2022, 05:55:55 PM
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Post by: jrebel on April 24, 2022, 07:02:08 PM
Weird thing about this guy.....I hammered him in the low neck. Clearly did not break his neck so he flopped, rolled, jumped and then ran like the wind. Well, CRAPPPP!!! I take off after him to notice a blood trail that a blind man could follow. Approx 100 yards later, I find him piled up. Never had to track a turkey before.... :chuckle: :chuckle: Super grateful to have recovered him and still cannot believe a turkey can loose that much blood that fast and still cover 100 yards.
Post by: ridgefire on April 25, 2022, 08:44:31 AM
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Post by: Wetwoodshunter on April 25, 2022, 10:07:23 AM
Rotate pics if you can.
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Post by: bearclaw_guajolote on April 25, 2022, 12:25:19 PM
Did some midday chores and took a nap, then decided to go looking for an evening bird at a different spot for Dad. Narrow strip of public land that we had some intel on from a friend who owns a cabin across the road. We showed up around 3 and got out to look...didn't even grab the guns :bash:. Got to the edge of the public land and let out a few yelps to an immediate response from a gobbler. I told dad to keep him talking and jetted back to the truck to grab guns and shells. Made it back to dad sweating like a pig and out of breath. Dad hid out in a brush patch just at the edge of the clearing and I took a vantage point higher up the hill. From there it played out like an episode of a hunting show. Over the next ten minutes, that tom responded to every call and came in on a string, gobbling and flashing his fan all over the place. The combo of Dad's yelps and my slate calls brought him right into range and Dad smoked him. Awesome way to start the season! Time to start trying out some of my new recipes!
Post by: tgomez on April 25, 2022, 06:45:40 PM
Post by: Mfowl on April 25, 2022, 07:03:07 PM
Little Pathfinder's biggest bird yet. 11" beard. Haven't been able to get out since 3rd day of Youth Season to fill my tag or his second. Too much baseball...
:tup: Rio's are my fav! Congrats!
Congrats all!
Post by: ljsommer on April 25, 2022, 09:50:59 PM
After a couple of close calls with some quiet jakes, we decided to head over to my buddies house nearby and hunt his property. Day one of that involved a couple of close calls for me, including a miss (fired from too far away) on a big tom, and then a comical attempt by myself to run down a tom, shotgun in hand with the safety engaged. I snuck as close as I could but once I saw the turkey realizing my presence, I went full speed sprint but he won the race.
Later that afternoon I was able to spot a couple of jakes slowly approaching through a narrow draw, and I snuck around behind them and put a very slow, very cautious stalk on them, only moving through the brush when they were heads-down feeding. I got close enough to make an ethical shot and fired, successfully securing my first turkey.
After that we celebrated by going for a quick spin in the woods on some quads, and drove around in camo just being hooligans.
The remainder of that evening and the next morning we worked on securing my fiance a bird. We started off on my buddies property and then got a call from a neighbor about some birds on his 160 acres of beautiful woodland property. We drove over pronto and snuck into a barn near a field but had no sightings, aside from a rare albino turkey which was a real treat.
The next, and last morning, we spent the morning with some near misses on some beautiful birds including a scenario where an enormous tom came into my decoys (one hen and one jake) and attacked my jake decoy but we weren't able to capitalize.
I am pretty thrilled to have found success after years of attempts and will be going back in a few weeks to try to fill my other tag.
Big thank you to some forums members here who have offered input, suggestions, and in particular forums user Machias who once drove all the way over from Idaho to help call for me. We weren't successful but it was a pleasure spending time with him.
Post by: Threewolves on April 25, 2022, 09:51:51 PM
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on April 26, 2022, 08:16:05 AM
Got out to hunt today for the first time this season, lasted about 25 minutes, two others were with him. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220426/cbe34b8a2333a3ecfcedc3a8ef1085ba.jpg)
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:yeah:I had a girlfriend like this once... :chuckle:
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Post by: tvandy45 on April 26, 2022, 01:06:58 PM
Wow, lots of really nice birds on here. :tup:
slayers everywhere! I love it! So fun to see
Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 27, 2022, 09:01:37 PM
Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 27, 2022, 09:02:52 PM
April 18th Northeast Washington:tup:
Post by: ThurstonCokid on May 01, 2022, 08:28:48 AM
Filled one tag Friday and one Saturday this weekend. Wasn’t really the easiest hunting but had a few opportunities. Now i wait till august to chase bears.
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Post by: th3rug25 on June 02, 2022, 03:10:54 PM
May 12th Spokane County. Tagged out in Washington.
Wasnt it 3 in Spokane County this year? ;)
Post by: Russ McDonald on June 02, 2022, 03:12:36 PM
YesMay 12th Spokane County. Tagged out in Washington.
Wasnt it 3 in Spokane County this year? ;)
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Post by: Mfowl on July 27, 2022, 07:34:38 AM
Gotta share this unique mountain bird! Killed Easter weekend after hunting it for 3 days, in the snow. Won’t be forgetting this bird!
Thats awesome! Congrats! Get a mount or cape done?
Post by: wannabhntr on July 27, 2022, 07:44:12 AM
Gotta share this unique mountain bird! Killed Easter weekend after hunting it for 3 days, in the snow. Won’t be forgetting this bird!Beautiful bird. Well done sir. Any pictures with him fanned out?
Post by: tvandy45 on July 27, 2022, 08:20:18 AM
Gotta share this unique mountain bird! Killed Easter weekend after hunting it for 3 days, in the snow. Won’t be forgetting this bird!
Once in a lifetime bird! So awesome congrats
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Post by: zwickeyman on April 23, 2024, 05:46:40 AM
My beautiful wife of 38 years next month got er done opening morning.
Great pic
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