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Coalman
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:09 pm Posts: 1305 Location: Seacoast NH
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Busy in New Hampshire
Things have started on a very good note for the 2017 NH spring gobbler season. This was Nate's third year on the youth hunt. He got 'er done this year. 11" beard. Attachment:
Nate's First Gobbler 18 lbs 11 inch beard half inch spurs web.jpg [ 218.21 KiB | Viewed 2804 times ]
Went back to the same farm on our opening day 05-03. Called this tom's girlfriend in. She walked circles around the decoy in half strut saying very bad things. Took a few minutes for this tag along to catch up. At 0515 the red dot found the bullseye. My heaviest bird ever 23 pounds. Time to hunt with my son. Attachment:
Habitat Improvement Gobbler 23 pounds 10 beard 3-4 spurs web.jpg [ 251.48 KiB | Viewed 2804 times ]
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Fri May 05, 2017 10:27 am |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3802
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
excellent..and you have a month to go!!
_________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art."
- Archibald Rutledge
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Fri May 05, 2017 11:00 am |
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Bigmeat
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am Posts: 669 Location: Hagerstown, MD
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
A Northern Toad, the bird, not you , Congrats beaver trapper
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Fri May 05, 2017 3:33 pm |
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Way to start the season. Congratulations to you both.
Earl
_________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
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Vic
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 am Posts: 2706 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Awesome! Congrats to you both.
Great pics. Catches the colors well. V
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Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!
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Coalman
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:09 pm Posts: 1305 Location: Seacoast NH
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Rainy Day Jake 05-06-17 Even a soaking wet jake makes a man smile when it is the first turkey he ever got. Attachment:
Steven's jake 05-06-17 web.jpg [ 169.38 KiB | Viewed 2642 times ]
Still at it with my son.
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Thu May 11, 2017 1:16 pm |
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DoubleD
2 Year Old
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:34 pm Posts: 95 Location: central va
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Awesome Proud Papa! It's got to be a great feeling to be out there for your boy's first!
It's hard to believe our hay fields looked like that a month ago. It's thigh to hip high now (on me). What beautiful country!
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2649 Location: central Va
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Nice report, Congrats!
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Coalman
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:09 pm Posts: 1305 Location: Seacoast NH
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Sleepy Jakes
05-21-17 10:35 In the woods with Shawn at 0430 yesterday morning. Turkeys start gobbling 360 degrees. At least six. The bulk of them on private property across the street. Turkeys shut down after 6AM. Decide we are going to hike into the back side of the property across the street. Requires at least an hour walk on nice trails. We get there about 0800, call, nothing. Keep calling, nothing. That is turkey hunting. Continue on our journey to the powerlines. The only thing we see are two joggers and a mountain biker. All pleasant, interested in our hunt. Nothing at the powerlines so we walk back, call again where the turkeys were ripping at 0500, nothing. Skeeters were thick. Made the walk back unpleasant. Two coffees and bagels to go at Aroma Joes and we were back at our starting point about 10AM. We had heard one on our side of the road first thing in the morning from our hide. He would gobble but not come. Shawn heard hens. So we went back to the property line and after a couple series of calls, gobble gobble. We got set up and the next gobble was closer. Sounded like two. A couple clucks and the next gobbles were right on top of Shawn. I could not see the turkeys. At first he didn’t want to shoot. He said they laid down in front of him and he swears fell asleep. Having hunted since opening weekend with lots of early morning wake ups and long miles he waited until the closer one lifted its head up and his 2017 turkey season was over. 15 pounds. Attachment:
Shawn's jake 05-21-17 15 pounds web.jpg [ 243.41 KiB | Viewed 2496 times ]
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
looks like you are having a great season! Congrats!!
Doug
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3802
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Keep em coming. Congrats
_________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art."
- Archibald Rutledge
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Wed May 24, 2017 8:35 pm |
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: Busy in New Hampshire
Congratulation to Nate, Steven, Shawn and yourself on a great season so far. You are on a roll.
Earl
_________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
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