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Tagged out this morning. Good bird. 9" beard. 19 1/2 lbs. He flew off roost and walked off with hen last weekend. I heard him gobble on roost last night. Snuck into his woods at 5am. He gobbled at 60 yards away. Perfect. Then a hen that I didn't know was there yelped right in between us. He flew down and she flew down to him. Shut up and walked away. Kept a eye on him all morning in the field. He'd answer but not leaving hens. About 11am I heard him gobble at other end of the field,back I go. Field had a crown to it. I called once in he came. Long morning and great hunt. Otsego County. Leatherstocking country.

Hay was just cut and I was headed down to the pond for a cookout. Thought I saw a grouse in the cut field. Drove my quad within 5 feet of this WoodCock. Hope it didn't have a nest in the Hay field??? He or she flew off after a couple of picts.

It was time to retire the old farm truck and update a bit. Before and After.

#2 and #1

I received this in the mail yesterday.

These Toms have made their annual Roost shift over to our property now, our small 12 acres. They roost up on the ridge we have. They come and roost seldom before Mid May. But fairly regularly once Mid May hits.. They' toms usually stay and at least be vocal into Early Mid June.. We also have 3/4 acres of Clovers in our plot that they'll feast in once the sun hits them. Any who after successfully roosting a bird on our lease, we got back to camp at last light and a bird gobbled to the slam of the truck door.. letting us know he was up on our ridge, Roosted was Roasted.. Bird pitched down, and met his demise a few moments later.. My brother in Law tagged his first ever Longbeard by 545am

Last weekend of Turkey Season . Good luck to those going out to get a bird . I usually get my turkey at Tops or Aldi's .

Missed him at fifteen yards. Got him at 55 yds after he bred a hen. Love the new turkey choke... At a distance lol Sent from my Pixel 4 XL using Tapatalk

Got a couple quick pics of a few 2yr olds starting June off in the right direction.

Let us all remember the true meaning of Memorial Day. A picture is worth a thousand words. God bless our Gold Star families.

I checked the other site . A crybaby on that site that still checks in here was whining about getting a warning point for language from me . Apparently I let what little authority I have on here went to my head . Shame on me ! Mea culpa , mea culpa , mea maxima culpa ........... Just don't post their link on here ........

I'm really cozy hear right now. Yes I miss some of the guys who left but it is what it is and now we make it what it is! You guys rock let's keep it going!

Passed up a handful of 2 year old birds early on in the ny season. Last Friday morning I was able to get in tight on a 3 year old bird as daylight broke I had a hen pitch out from the tree I was leaning against and the gobbler rips off a gobble 70 yards out. He pitched down up on the flat. The hen was in the field behind me which allowed me to give a few soft clucks on the bomber longbox. The hen went ballistic yelping and cutting and coming towards me. He gobbled 1 time as he is full strut coming to me and the hen is getting close but its too late He is at 40 yds and closing in the open woods. The hen is so close I can hear her soft purrs. The gobbler stopped at 25 yards and periscoped to look at the hen I slid the safety off and lights out. Yesterday morning I walked way back to the back pasture and it was well after light before I heard the first gobble.... way back towards the truck.. off I go, trolled my way just in case, finally got within 200 yards of the field and he starts cutting me off but not moving my way so I eased up and set up. Finally he broke and started coming in but when. He was in the fresh planted part of the field 80 yards out I was able to put the binos on him ànd see he had short spurs. He came in to 30 yards but I never moved the gun his direction. He eventually walked back out in the field and continued to gobble. I hear something walking from behind me and a hen walks by at 5 yards. Gets to the field and runs out 30 yards and plops down like she is sliding into 2nd base. Lays there for a few minutes the gobbler paid her no attention. I hear more walking and another hen walks by me the path as the first one. The other hen in the field laid down 3 more times and no response from the gobbler. The drift into a pasture but return 15 minutes later and finally after 2 more laying attempts the gobbler finally steps up on her back. They come towards my side but go out the gas line, he starts gobbling again so I get up ease back 100 yards call and here he comes gobbling like crazy again. Then he turns and heads back to the original field. So I ease back to my original tree just before I get there a bird gobbles out front to the right in the woods, I was midstep when he gobbled but was almost sure it was hooks. I got set up and he rips a gobble just at the woods edge and I know its Hooks, I catch movement to my left and when I look over there is the 2 yr old running across the field like the roadrunner lol. I see 2 birds come out into the field and when I put the binos on them I see the twisted tail feather confirming its Hooks and he has a jake with him. I call and the jake starts yelping and Hooks gobbles a few times. I do 3 more series of calls cutting off the jake and here they come. The jake came in the woods to my left and got to about 10 yards but I couldn't see Hooks one he walked behind a big locust tree. Finally I see him step out to the right but now my brain said make sure its him just as he fans up and I see the twisted tail feather. He breaks strut and periscoped, eased the safety off and at 25 yards it was over. Now to finish off PA. And starting to really think about running to Maine. Sent from my SM-S536DL using Tapatalk

What's with Canada burning up and sending their smoke all over us? That damn north wind doesn't seem to be turning direction at all. Yesterday, was a stinking orange day all over the Northeast. What is it like up in Canada....Has anyone heard? By the way, we have to be darned careful around here too. The leaves in the woods are dry like tissue paper. I worry because our house is kind of in the woods. If anything got started here, we would be in a pretty tough position. Yeah, I have insurance, but who would want to rebuild in a stinky black burned out woods? We need rain!

Her first year ended. She did well and became fluent in Russian. She was in the first wave of Cadet field training which ends on June 11th. I will pick her up for a week at my house then down to her Moms house. After that off to Fort Benning for Air Born then back to West Point for Air assault. Kid likes to take advantage of time so be it!

The Cat strikes again. This time there's no doubt about it.

https://youtu.be/P4QqA5JIe30 I had the honor to join McKenzie Turner and Jim Brown of Wildlife Encounters Taxidermy for the morning! McKenzie shared information about taxidermy school, future plans for the business and what she loves about it. The best part was that I got to watch my 2022 buck being mounted! Please check them out for your taxidermy needs. Thanks for watching!

They all still check in here. Belo got tossed because he came back just to do what he was best at… Stirring the pot! The biggest noise maker that said this site sucked and new people could not join and this site was going to disappear still finds the need to post here. Those that stayed here are those that do not need to live on an internet hunting site. Maybe quieter here but much more enjoyable.

Forgot to add my Xbow deer. Nothing to brag about but it ate well.

Maybe because people are out enjoying the season instead of living on some hunting site. Some people don’t have to brag or throw their kills all over the internet. But if it’s turkeys you need to see here in Number 2 for the season with a couple beards as a kicker. Enjoy!!!

Woke up 4:11 and said to self close eyes for a minute. Looked at clock and was 5:53. Long blink! Now sitting at the base of a tree overlooking the creek bottom where I missed on a few years ago when it popped up just a few feet from me. That one was so close the pattern must have been like a slug going past its head. It sure is pretty in the Springtime woods. I just seemed to have lost a step along the way, or the fire I once had in my belly for chasing these birds. And, now it starts. i sit here and worry every tickle I feel is another tic! Lol One gobble gobble way off in the distance.

Update: I'm settled on dwelling and property loss. Still waiting for property loss check. So many neighbors reached out to help it was nice. Demo and removal of the shed is complete. I resided the house and installed 1 new window. Just waiting for the other two windows to come in. Today I'll do the fake stone on the bottom skirting. One step at a time. Thanks for everyones support! PS that bright green thing hanging from the eve is a bee trap bought at TS. It does an awesome job on the carpenter bees!

Dick's Sporting Goods in Watertown has 12 boxes of LeveRevolution .35 Rem. for $37.97 and 20% off. If you own one like I do, you know how hard it is to find. Thought I would share my discovery.

All of that is in the past now though. I prefer to assess the site we now have for what it's worth and concentrate on what goes on here. Let's keep this one going as much as we can and forget about what was and who is, by choice, gone.

Not everyone ran away, some of us had stopped posting much here before the new forum was even created. Something to consider, and I've said this on the other forum as well: Stop all the hen pecking. This silly forum war is like those movies and TV shows with all the old ladies sitting around the hair salon with those things on their head worrying about and gossiping about the shop across the road. It's not making either site look good. The bottom line is if you don't care what's up "over there" then stop going over there (said that "over there" about ripping on "here" too ). It's pretty petty. Let it go people, just let it go! Go outside and do something worthy of posting here and maybe people will reply. The hunting posts bottomed out when the other forum started, something else to think about.. << Lightbulb Meme>>

Same here !

For what it's worth I read and enjoy both sites

Bigfoot !

To pause and give a moment of silence for all those who served and gave their life for this country.

Amen!

and also not to forget those that came back physically and mentally shattered.

It's been a slow turkey season for me this year. I passed on a jake , got out flanked by another hunter on a turkey I was working for 2 hours. Not hearing much gobbling either. Last night around 7 pm , I just happened to look out my kitchen window when I saw these love birds. It was pretty cool. Good luck to those who are still trying to fill a tag like me.

Had a hour to fish this evening. Nice smallie. Ultra light tackle and 2 lb test line. Nice fight.

Jake tag and Gobbler tag. Doesn't matter. They all end up like this.

As long as members keep posting on this site , it will remain . It has slowed down quite a bit and if you notice , no arguing . The sky isn't falling !

As the old Mark Twain saying goes "this site's demise has been greatly exaggerated." I believe it was nothing but a big fat lie, one blowhard dissenter found the annual renewal date of this site for the payment to the hosting company and twisted it as the Mayan doomsday date of this site, his and a few others wishful thinking. The owner of this site has paid his hosting site for the last dozen years it has been up on the internet and I have seen no evidence that he is not going to pay it again this year. As for the chance the site may someday shutdown sure it can happen and if it does so be it, I got along just fine before joining and will continue to do so if the site is here or not here. Personally right now I think this site's content is the best it has ever been. Al

This Fund just went over 2 Million !

As most know, I'm not one that has to pull the trigger every year, if I can put someone else behind the gun I will.. I just want to be part of it.. I called in another bird for my brother and he was tagged out opening week.