gobble gobble! well, back to fishin

[sib]

haven't been fishin much lately. i've been consentrating on getting my turkey. looks like i'll be going fishin this weekend though.

I took my tom this morning! woo hoo! :D

9 1/2 inch beard

3/4 inch spurs

18 1/2 pounds

text book morning, anyone else trolling for turkeys? how'd ya do?
next goal, put my nephew on a 10 pound eye!

"go outside and play"
sib

[tbomn]

Congrats on the bird.

Hope you succeed on the 10 pound eye. ;-)
Remember CPR.......

"I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education."
Wilson Mizner

Good Fishin'
TBO/MN

[smiley]

Well, I have never turkey hunted but my house would be the place to do it. Last year we had 80 turkeys...in one group...that would come down into the yard. I have pictures of it. They would come down single file. When they left it looked like someone had raked the yard. This year there are 2 different groups. One has 20 and one had 30 in it. Amazing. I will never get tired of watching them strut.
Good job on the one you got.
Take care,
Lisa

[eyefisheyes]

I got mine 4/24/01 in northeast Iowa. 21.4 ibs., 10" beard,
1" spurs. I also found 5 deer and 4 turkeys that didn't make
the winter. First time I seen that in Iowa and I have been
hunting for 28 years.

[CJHughes]

My son and I will be going this weekend. I did have one fly across I 275 in Kentucky today windsheild height 6 lanes of traffic , I just about got him with my truck. He did make it to the other side .that hen sure must of sounded good to him !

[cisco]

I see lots of turkeys when I travel, but last weekend on I-94 in Wisconsin was the first time I saw turkey roadkill. A big one got nailed by something, but I don't know what or how.

Do turkeys avoid roadways, or are they road savvy like crows? No big deal, but I am curious.

Racoons, on the other hand, must reproduce like rabbits, given the frequency of coon roadkill.

Gobble and out.

[sib]

turkeys are said to have as good of, if not better vision as an eagle, that might explain the lower count.

eyefisheyes, nice bird! sorry for your winter losses. i have some friends that went out snow goose hunting in IA this past spring. they had a tough time as thing were still froze up on their trip. most of the birds stayed south longer.

CJ hope you and your son have a great time. i had a 2 way radio(legal in mich) and was hunting a forty and a half behind the house. when i was done i called my wife and told her, when i got home she met me at the door with a fresh cup of joe. now she wants to hunt next year!

the things i love about turkey hunting are the same things i love fishing for. in the end both come down to presentation.

"go outside and play"
sib

[AquaMan]

Really nice bird, sib. I'm jealous, I did'nt get drawn this year, but that's OK. I have a full plate right now and the wife would have hit the ceiling if I had added that to my list this year. 2 Grads to prepare for in 1 1/2 months. Yeah, I am happy for ya and will look forward to trying for one like that next year.

Good luck on the 'eyes this season.

AquaMan~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.·´¯° --- "It all begins and ends at the water's edge"

Eric@crowncomputerinc.com

[ET]

I nailed one last year on I-88 in New York. He was walking along the left shoulder as I approached at 70 mph in the left lane. There was a big rig alongside me in the right lane. That idiot turkey walked out onto the highway and continued right toward me. I hit the brakes and swerved what little I could considering the truck beside me, but I hit him anyway. He went flying through the air and landed in the median. I never felt or heard it, just saw him in the rear view mirror.

[sweetP]

I shot my first one in Nebraska at the end of march this year. It was a jake Merriams, very first turkey with a bow. The great part of hunting Nebraska with a bow is that it opens up before shotgun season. I leave for Missourri tomarrow, very excited.

[peetee]

SweetP, you haven't by chance lent a few turkey hunting items to a brother of yours have you? The turkey season in Indiana opened yesterday. Walking out of work in about 2 min to try my luck.

[ufda]

Weren't you aware? Racoons and possums are born dead in the middle of the road. :-)
ufda