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Wednesday night we heard a few toms going ballistic by one of the corn fields where we were hunting. We slipped into the spot at about 4:45am and set up some decoys and got settled in for first light. At around 5:20 we hit the caller and all hell broke loose with about 4 different birds firing off. We saw them fly down about 15 minutes later and knew they were fired up and gonna charge in. After some back and forth, two birds committed and we were able to capitalize. First bird with my new Franchi and a beauty at that! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was fortunate to shoot this guy this morning. He weighed in at 23 1/2 pounds with a 10" beard and 1 1/4" spurs. When I got home , I took him out of my truck and was walking to the side of my garage. I was just getting ready to breast out the meat. At this time , there was a gobbler walking on my lawn watching what I was doing. As soon as I put my turkey down , he came running over looking for a fight. He then began strutting , drumming and putting at his fallen comrade. He then proceeded to mount him and began pecking his head. All this commotion attracted another gobbler that was in my back yard and now it was a 2 on1 brawl. A few jakes walked over to watch but didn't get involved. It was pretty cool to watch. Unfortunately , I can't figure out how to post the video I shot of it.

A few years ago a gobbler caught me off guard while I was out shooting photos pre season. I stuck a deek in the dirt and shot up a ladder stand that just so happened to be right behind me where I took this shot. That bird came in and was oblivious to me being up there. For some reason it doesn't always work out like that for me in the fall while I'm hunting deer. Most likely the decoy held this guys attention, but in the fall with all the extra eyeballs in the flock they always seem to pick me off up there. There's no way I could spring hunt from a stand but I'm sure it would be quite effective. Some days it drives me nuts just being locked up in a ground blind compared to the way I used to hunt at the base of a tree. Here's a shot from above...

I took my buddy out this morning on his first turkey hunt. So far we have seen 10 birds. 5 of which were good Toms! I called 2 in but they stayed just out of range. We still have a hen in the field. Great morning so far. I just hope he can knock one down! Good luck to everyone! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Of my first ever bird. Walking in had gobbles. Located then on the roost. Not enough time to set up close enough and call them. We crawled up to top of a hill in the field. About 80-100yards off them. They flew down. We layed down on either side behind a tom decoy. At the top of the hill in the field. Took the pair at 30 yards Doubled up. Almost 21lbs. Inch spurs. 9inch beard Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

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You guys are just mean. I look nothing like Devito.

I'm picturing this......lol

I got home from work tonight, and was working on one of my mowers. Saw a chipmunk chase a field mouse in the back door, heard some rustling around and then some loud squeeks! Next thing I see is the chipmunk with the mouse in it's mouth! I have never seen this before! Had no idea a chipmunk could be a killer! Anyone else ever see this before?

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Exactly! This idea of using isolated incidences like these to wage a full scale war on predators does not speak well for so called sportsmen. For those that tout themselves as sportsmen who care about wildlife conservation this kind of thinking only reinforces my opinion that you are not!

2 whole chicken with BBQ rub; 2 chicken marinated in a vinegar brine; potato salad(with wild leeks) and fried wild leeks - all cooked on an open pit Fire. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Its a big night around here tonite. The walleye/pike opener at midnight. In my younger days i would be out there at midnight., Many nights came home with a limit by 2 am and my limit of beers too! But the lake will be busy this weekend. I actually will be fishing for northerns in the Dacks tomorrow even though i live right on Oneida lake. Too many people opening weekend and i have a secret northern spot I am headed for early am - two hour drive but its usually worth it. Never see another boat there and can only get the rowboat with a 4hp on the lake. It was always a neat event though , all the people fishing the banks/wading and the creeks for the spawners that are left. The fire department is usually out selling hot coffee and cocoa and hot dogs etc... Best of luck if your going out. its always fun to drop a 40" + northern in this little boat with 2 guys! lol ( not the lake we are fishing this weekend in pic but I use this boat in the dacks a lot and some local ponds)

I went from a manhatten made with Crown Royal to just pouring a glass of Crown and waving the vermouth over the glass. I'm a straight whiskey on the rocks guy now with a 4 glass limit. Whiskey is like women's breasts... one is not enough and three is too many

The old zig when I should have zagged happened this morning. The long beards I have been chasing all week have done the same thing everyday roost in the corner of my property fly down and head onto neighbors where I can’t hunt. 3 days in a row I got busted trying to draw on them but I don’t have any good cover to set up in. This morning my plan was to set in the corner and try to bust the flock up and push them back on my property. Hens came through the hedge row I scared them they all took of running. I got up and ran around them thinking they would go back to where they came from. I get tucked in and 2 minutes later here then gobbling where I started my morning. Heading to look for new customers now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah....., but you shoulda seen the other guy,lol! There are isolated incidences of just about every animal attacking humans and their furry friends somewhere out there. You can't base a general overview of a critters behavior solely on an over dramatized FB post that is most likely lacking in some of the finer details that may have provoked or initiated the attack in the first place. Precautions should always be taken around ANY wild animal, but too many guys just go over the top and let their fear and imaginations get in the way of logical thinking when it comes to some species.

Time for a story....Opening day I stopped at a friend's house after hunting and a young fellow (20) there had shot a hog of a gobbler, 23 pounds.... He said the gobbler came in and he shot it, and 2 jakes were following it, and when the big bird went down and started flopping, the jakes rushed up to it He told me that one jake started strutting around it, and the other started beating it up...he had it on video on his phone and when he showed me the video, I told him..." Jon....That jake isn't beating up your gobbler, he's ****ing it ! " Sure enough, that jake was humping the daylights out of the dead gobbler !! Gay, necrophiliac turkey porn !! Probably the jake was getting even for the thumpings that the big bird had given... " Take THAT !! Who's the tough guy NOW ??"......

This doesn't seem right. Someone call Darwin!

Follow it back to its den and plant the explosives tonight under the cover of darkness! Just a matter of time before it starts snatching up the grand kids like fresh fallen acorns,lol

Crawfish boudin fresh from Morgan City LA.

not as Wolc would simply understand it but my answer is antlers. i've never gone a season without harvesting deer and putting meat in the freezer, but if i don't take a good buck i feel the season was a bit unfulfilled. i won't take a small buck just for meat. there's somewhere in this state that doe need to be taken. I've gone some years without any antlers and can still be happy and call it a success. still, more would be left to desire i guess. if it weren't for antlers i wouldn't be driven to fill the freezer so soon. i also probably wouldn't be as proficient as i am at filling the freezer if i didn't hunt for antlers, but instead took advantage of the easiest opportunity for meat that presents itself. also our hunting industry, that i'm thankful for to give me abundant options, is largely driven by antlers. also antlers give me time shared with others in the form of camp fire stories to tell and to listen to. tag me with whatever label you'd like, but those are reasons that come to mind.

I know it’s not beer. Just finished my boards. Wife is working on her margarita game for our Cinco de mayo Kentucky derby party tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My wife washes my uniforms pants without checking them , flashlight, knife, pad ,pen, ems gloves , Can’t believe she doesn’t feel that weight . Its really fun when a knife opens up on spin cycle .....

It could turn out like a cartoon when you pull the trigger and bubbles come out.

Use them for target practice/pattering would hate to have one not go off on a bird

Wait bigvals name is nick? Now I am confused.

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Came home to beer mail. Good this these were properly packed. Sitting out in this heat Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I load TSS now, really only for the fact of trying new things, and actually loading my own shell. Vs just buying a box off the shelf. ITs fun, I am just getting into loading rifle and shotgun shells and to me its just more enjoyable. But I also will load a turkey shell, set it up and use it to its max ability. if i was to load 6s in lead. I want a good evenly spread out pattern at 40, since to me 6s in lead are no good after that. The energy in a 6 lead to me, is not enough to consistently take birds. Load a heavy TSS pellet or a #4 in lead. I want to be able to use it at its maximum range(energy/penetration wise) with a pattern that will make that happen everytime. I have several turkey guns and they are all intended for different ranges/situations.. Depending on if im going with someone, taking someone out or what not.. I just enjoy trying new things every once in awhile. Plus i can tote a super lightweight, non kicking 410 now and take birds that most 12ga can, and cant do.. Just neat lol

Over the past 30 years or so my area has seen a barrage of new houses go up and many large acreage properties cut up into small saleable building lots. Most of our new neighbors have migrated here from the suburban areas around the metro area. With this increase of human traffic and occupancy will come more conflict between humans and wild critters no doubt as they continue to infringe on local wildlife habitat. For those who are contemplating moving out to the country from their castles in the city, but fear for their families safety living amongst the native wild residents..., stay right where you are so those of us who have learned to co-exist with these creatures can continue to enjoy them as we have for so long before you ever even arrived on the scene here. Please don't move to the country just to disrupt our lifestyle with your city boy concerns and F'ed up ways of dealing with them. Thanks!

pics of this gf. or it didn't happen

There ya go... you made a decision to live with democrats without shooting them on sight. We should give predators the same respect.

Every now and then I'll fill the whirlpool tub with the hottest water I can stand and enjoy a good cold beer. Only thing to top that is the gf bringing me a second cold brew wearing nothing but a smile.

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No rain, but FOGGY! Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

Apparently the problem is that the Boy Scouts membership has been seriously slipping as more and more boys lose interest in all things masculine. The constant campaign to stamp out masculinity apparently is working here. So what is the solution? .....Steal members from the Girls Scouts.......lol. Not a very gentlemanly thing to do, is it? I guess that is the way everyone wants it. Everyone knows that masculinity is a disease....Ha-ha-ha-ha.

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Never seen or heard of that before. Interesting to say the least. At least now we know who would win a fight between Alvin and Stuart Little.

Eradicate em all! Wildlife gone crazy! Gotta get me some bunker busters!. ....hehehe Had my phone out in the garage with me. But wasn't fast enough to get a pic. I honestly thought to myself, dang even wooly doesn't have a pic like that!!!!

Must have been one of those saber toothed dog man chipmunks... I've heard that they are all over down North Carolina way...Perhaps they are moving north <<cringe>>....

Better call the news, and the national guard! This is the beginning of the end they will rise against us!

Oh yea, If you’ve never had a shower beer you’re missing out, problem is if I have a shower beer after a night shift I’m up to pee by 10 so I fill my was yeti now my Rtic cup with ice and half vodka half lemonade or cranberry and get in a hot shower with it, your first one will be life changing! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hard time deciding, to, many damn ipa’s.....chose a harmless one .

That’s Crazy , never heard of such a thing. After reading this I’m not so enthused about the chipmunk sitting on the side of my boot the other morning.

Stuffed artichokes

Bingo!! Just like the other 95%. Hell even Wolc wishes he could kill a real buck every morning but that love of that 30lbs of milk saturated button buck meat overpowers him. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some of you are missing the bigger issue: it's about destroying the entire concept of gender difference. Girls want to join the Boy Scouts? No problem, within certain limits, of course. I grew up with farm girls who could whoop my butt or give me a kiss depending entirely on their feelings at the time. I never knew whether it was gonna be a punch or a smooch on the cheek. It kept me on my toes. But when people want to to destroy an American institution in order to prevent boys from becoming men, as appears to be the case here, I have a big problem!!! It's not about the girls joining the boys, it's about not letting the boys be boys and the girls be girls. FWIW, I never had time to be a boy scout. I was driving tractors, mowing silage, and baling hay. And learning from my WWI veteran Grandfather how to be a man at that age.

If a gobbler is gobbling his a** off and suddenly goes silent, it usually means one of two things...he has either gobbled in a hen (which dramatically reduces your chances of killing him) or he is COMING.... It is time to get your gun ready, be still and start watching intently...