First of all I must say that I honestly believe that success is not determined by the number of kills or the size. Its a good thing as this year I only pulled the trigger once and it was a miss on opening day. Max told me to write a book on what can go wrong in the turkey woods and this year I could have filled most of the chapters. I spent the remainder of the season filming and calling for others most of the time. I had a few opportunites at a kill for myself the last week but it never materialized.Even three toes himself could not help me seal the deal. I kept telling folks that I used all of my good JU JU last year while completing my slam, so this year the kill JU JU was not on my side. I had one of the best years of my life calling in 11 birds to shotgun range and another handful close to range. In hunting twenty some days I heard a bird all but 2 and worked a bird on at least 15 hunts. I hunted with so many people this year and really enjoyed the time afield. I must say (not naming names) that so many things went awry this year with 5 misses(only one by me ) I dont think I have ever watched so many Turkeys run or fly away than this year. One of my best hunts was an evening hunt with my 6 yr old daughter. We did not hear a gobble but saw lots of game and enjoyed the time afield. I spent the last day hunting with most of the BTD crew and we had a blast even thought we only heard a few gobbles and never were really in the game. I think the closest we got was about 78 yards to a turkey(LOL inside Joke ). Most of the season I hunted with Dixie and I will let him tell you about our awesome season from his view. Thanks to all of you that hunted with me this year as I truely enjoyed every hunt even the misses This was the first year in many that I hunted all in VA in 6 different counties with no out of state trips.
I may actually have one last chance if I head to WV next weekend to hunt with a friend.
I hope to see everyone at the cookout. Congrats to all that scored this year. I enjoyed reading all of your posts and looking at some pics of great kills. I hope we have a good hatch so that two years will bring another great crop of 2 year olds gobbling their heads off.

One year of unintentional caosting is ok(but no more!!!)...next year will probably be the other way around and you and friends will be stacking them.

Well it's not quite over yet.. I'm gonna do my best to beat that Monkey off his back this weekend..

As for me I had a great last day .. no bird but I had one hammering away pretty good and thought he was coming but alas the Turkey gods saw fit that he should live another day and I went home with a smile on my face for a pretty good season in VA .. I took two birds and called another one in that rode in the truck in VA .. had three more within range but no shots were fired for one reason or another..

In WV I called in 11 birds into range in only 3 days of hunting so far, and three of them rode in the truck from friends and family..

My season was successful, I took two mature toms with a call I made.
Keep em Gobblin!
Struttinbird