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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 26 days . . .
Always wait for a clean-kill shot. Know your gun's pattern & kill range, and wait until you know your trigger pull will quickly & humanely kill. A choice to shoot to under questionable circumstances could simply wound a bird, causing him a painful & slow death--perhaps over several days. Respect the majestic creature we all love to pursue so much, and wait for a clean-kill shot.
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:04 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 23 days . . .
Today's tip: Buy a Strike King striker from Max!! Whatever slate-style call you use it on, it sounds fantastic!
Thanks Dale!
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:41 am |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 19 days to go . . . we're under 20!!
"Every day is opening day during spring gobbler season. A bird might ignore you 16 straight days but then run right to you the 17th morning."
-Ernie Calandrelli (taken from an article by Brian Lovett in T&TH, April '06)
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:51 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 15 days to go . . .
Never call too much to a rooted gobbler. He's more likely to stay roosted longer, waiting for the hen he hears to appear under his tree. You also risk getting him really cranked up, which could attract an actual hen, or worse, another hunter.
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:23 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 12 days left . . .
"Throughout much of North America, turkeys are easier to pattern than white-tailed deer. By learning where they go--and where they return to later--your hunting success will skyrocket."
---Mark Kayser (3/'06 "North American Hunter")
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:07 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 10 days to go . . .
"A turkey that comes to the conclusion he may have made an error does not remain in place while he puzzles the matter out. He goes off into the woods a hundred yards or so to conduct his deliberations."
--Tom Kelly
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:09 am |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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PM... now you're getting to the numbers we've all been waiting for!!! Thanks!
_________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:05 am |
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am Posts: 1907 Location: Roanoke, VA
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Go PM, Go!
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:55 am |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 8 days left . . .
Two-year-old gobblers are usually in their first year of active breeding and are therefore a hunter's ideal mix of youthful eagerness & mature confidence. These guys usually account for the bulk of the season's harvest. A gobbler that survives three years or longer becomes increasingly wary & more difficult to hunt.
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:19 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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Go get 'em!
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Fri Mar 31, 2006 11:20 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 6 DAYS!!
Man, this week is gonna be DRAG BY!!
"Creeks and rivers are turkey highways, especially in the spring, and it's always a good idea to give them special attention."
--Eddie Salter (Virginia Game & Fish, 3/06)
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:42 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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. . . 5 . . .
As the season progresses, consider how the changing amount of foliage affects your strategy. Early on when the trees are still bare, visibility is very high; a turkey could spot you from 200 yards in open forest and you'd never know it. Later on, when the woods have fully leafed out, turkey sounds are closer than they appear--the foliage dampens the sound.
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:53 am |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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"The first week or two of a typical spring season is a time of notable transition in the wild turkey's world. Winter flocks start breaking up at this time. An unattached tom that wants to breed and hasn't yet accepted a subordinate role is ripe for your bogus hen sounds."
--John Higley
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:47 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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"Based on the 2004 recruitment data, I am expecting an increase in the spring 2006 kill for a change."
--Gary Norman (VA Game & Fish, March '06)
Man, I hope so!!
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:20 pm |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2650 Location: central Va
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You da Man PM!
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Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:23 pm |
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