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Tapatalk doesn't seem to want to work anymore with my phone.. or actually its probably just me navigating it wrong lol.. Yesterday A.M. My first morning out.. (Found out how much Turkeys and Owls get along..) Got setup on a typical roost ridge, lucky for me there was a Tom there,2 minutes After a soft tree yelp, followed by fly down cackle and my hat flapping.. he pitched into my setup, 20 yards left, but no clear shot. I let him walk away with his hen as he was heading the direction i did not want him to go..so I sat quiet and I let him be to try a roost attempt in another day or two.. After checking the rest of that property for a tom that wanted to be play, and then another property, followed by 2 more other properties with zero luck..I decided to go get some work done, On my last attempt to strike a bird I figured I would try my 12 acre camp, and as I had a feeling might happen, I strike a bird, sounds like a good one at that.. I got around on him and started reeling him in.. Just as i can make him out coming through the woods at 75 yards.. an owl comes in fast and lands on a limb between us and let out some noises Ive never heard before staring in my direction with intent.. lol as well as the Tom's.. The owls approach quickly sent the Tom the other direction and he never made a peep the rest of the day.. I Gave my brother some MRI of the days adventures.. and he went in after the same Roost setup but not a bird was there, and the hill was silent minus light hen talk.. He packed up after a bit to find the bird the Owl bumped on me.. He found him in close to the same spot as I did.. Called him in to 40 steps and the gun went click.. he quickly racked a second shell only to hear that one go click also... By now the bird is alert and walks off quick.. He knew where he was headed and got around on him and sat quietly.. 20 minutes later.. the bird lost his soul.. 1.5" spurs 24# 10" Beard

I have enjoyed hunting turkeys this year emensly. I made it a point to focus all of my energy into public land. I can hunt my lease anytime but I like tax free meat, lol. I have done 1o/11 days(went to syracuse mets game for mothers day), only left the woods before noon twice, one day I had to be responsible, and today I filled tag #1 @730am. I have seen and heard so many amazing things this spring. I feel so fortunate. Today it culminated in a double with my best friend. Our kills happened 1.5 hours apart but it couldn't be more of a double.

Another of my Sudduths: This is kind of cool. A carved German shop sign about 300 years old.

Jimmy Lee Sudduth. Been wanting one of his dog paintings for a while.

Kids Fishing Joe Biden was out jogging one morning along the parkway when he tripped, fell over the bridge railing and landed in the creek below. Before the Secret Service guys could get to him, 3 kids who were fishing pulled him out of the water. He was so grateful he offered the kids whatever they wanted. The first kid said, 'I want to go to Disneyland '. Biden said, 'No problem, I'll take you there on Airforce One.' The second kid said, 'I want a new pair of Nike Air Jordan's shoes. Biden said, 'I'll get them for you and even have Michael Jordan sign them! The third kid said, ' I want a motorized wheelchair with a built in TV and stereo headset! Biden was a little perplexed by this and said, 'But you don't look like you're handicapped. The kid said, 'I will be after my dad finds out I saved you from drowning

This early season has been great. Birds are starting to get vocal, I've made some Rookie mistakes but I'm having a blast. Have been near Gobblers 7 out of 10 mornings, have heard more gobbling on public than I have on private. Set up under a Jake who told on me, I never saw him there until after daylight. He busted me, and sent 5 gobs gliding off. They did give me a show when he started putting. (I hunted those birds again today they seem to be spreading out.) Had a stud come in silent, I saw all the sign around and I just rushed through and bumped him. He busted me. Today I Called a hen in, she had 2 red heads with her, at daylight, and when she got in the logging road she just didn't like something and putted off with her studs. I did a monster circle and came in from another direction i did get to have some back and forth with 1 of the birds but they walked off with thier grumpy girl. I feel fortunate to have this many birds to hunt, it's been a great early season. Scouting is so worth it. We all want to be under the roost, but sometimes you just have to sit in a tall spot and listen. It's paid off for me this year especially. Ps. Those eggs are from a mallard, it was on top of a ridge and the only water around d is spring fed diversion ditches.

If you want to identify a certain plant , tree or flower Take pic, go to camera roll, find said pic, slide up and you'll see "look up plant'. Hit look up and boom ! Yes that’s turkey dropping in pic

Last regular season baseball game for school today. My kids on the bump trying to finish off a pretty strong pitching season: 6-0, 2.27 ERA, 55 strikeouts and only 6 walks(my favorite stat). They are currently the 1 seed so should grab a bye Monday. I haven’t seen him pitch in weeks due to my golf coaching schedule- 5:15 start today and I have a local match…hoping to catch some of this one today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Check out artist Tom Mansanarez, he does some nice wildlife and hunting art. I have a small collection of his stuff depictions of hunting various big game with Hounds. Philip Goodwin is another. Al

Me too. We have an eclectic collection of art and curios. Some two-thousand-year-old sculpture, primitive art and modern.

Appreciate everyone's input. Mitutoyo off ebay for $60. Thanks again.

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Crossbows have taken off mainstream also, look at the rapid increase of muzzleloader privileges purchased since crossbows were added. In my opinion compounds took off mainstream as the hunting culture changed and guys are after larger bucks. If compound were not added do you think more would have gone to traditional with the current culture? I believe more would have. Would you be willing to push back 2 weeks the season you participate in to give the true traditional guy the same opportunity you enjoy?

WTH are you talking about ..... Nothing you said here was said in any of my comments. You should go easy on the day drinking. First of all it's not 55 it's 35. And my ex wife struggled with it when she got into target shooting. Secondly there are guys here that can't draw 55 lbs so no idea what your talking about for sure. And my point was a 14 year old ( which is youth hunting age not 16) girl or boy for that matter is likely to struggle pulling back a bow but might get interested if they could use an xbow. Then once they turn 16 they are no longer a youth and would switch to using a bow because they are now hooked on hunting. But whatever......pour another one and enjoy the day. It's beautiful out. Lol Sent from my motorola edge 5G UW (2021) using Tapatalk

Today starts a stretch of 7 straight days of softball between the two kids. 12U is 3-0 8U is 1-0 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've been shooting bows since before you were born. And now can't draw 55lbs. On a real good day, I can draw 50lbs!!

I had a fun hunt today. Bird gobbled a dozen or so times on the roost and maybe three times on the ground. I thought he was coming but two hens came out first and both busted me. The first just ran past me and out of sight but the second putted and slowly went back in towards him. I got him to gobble one more time but I think she took him away Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

That's so specific that it may be easier to find an artist you like and commision something. Or an old Outdoor Life cover: Or this Frazetta piece. Thanks. I've let a lot of things - art wise - get away. I passed on a Hambleton Marlboro Man for 17K about 15 years ago. Now the definitive ones are well over 100K. I did get lucky on this Beatrice Helg, which typically sells for 20K and I bought for 700 at auction. Cost me 4K to frame it though. But I love it. My biggest regret was not buying every piece of Paul Evans furniture I could when they were only a few thousand dollars. Now they're hitting 300K. So it goes.

You sure know a lot of people.......

Don’t hold your breath on art values. I have a friend who’s a pretty well know artist in the sporting art field. Thomas Aquinas Daly. The secondary market on art can be sketchy.

It's near mid-May.....Nothing unusual for deer to be dropping fawns anytime in May...

Is this really true? My now 14 year old never had any trouble drawing 35 pounds when he was 12 (he's up to 50 pounds now). My almost 12 year old draw 40 pounds and my 10 year old is drawing 35 pounds. I know this is a rather small sample size - I'm just surprised to hear that drawing the 35 pound minimum weight is a barrier to entry into bow hunting.

This is our final year of travel and I'm not ready for it to be over Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I haven’t seen one around in a few years. That’s the best crossing on my property. He actually walk through last year’s food plot. I’d love to get one with a weapon or trap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

At first I thought you were talking about the guy. “Cat” lol

So I figured my two hours I put in so far was plenty , with the warm weather I’ve switched to the yard work, pool opening, power washing , mulch spreading ( 14 yards ) stuff . Along with festivals and camping . Then just now my buddy who lives behind my woods and took a long bread the first day, just texted to say there’s a bird gobbling in my woods right now . I told him to go shoot it . ( tomorrow of course …)

The Bitch !!....

Voted!

I have a a pair i used everyday for 15 years at work ,they still work fine .

well played sir , well played.

The pics really don't do it justice. It's great in real life. My wife found it at an antique store in Paris. These are 2500-year-old horse heads from China. They would have sat in wooden bodies. Picked these up in Hong Kong. Along with a girl named Suzie Kwan.

Thanks, It is a pretty impressive bird no doubt!!

we're in full swing

Son had first practice of town ball Monday. Also little league minors on Tuesday. My wife talked him into it. Didn't waste my $95. Not to hate but both teams have bad news bears written all over them lol. Little leagues first game is Saturday after only three practices. Should be fun to watch. He's hesitant about little league he doesn't know anyone and nobody talked to him. Town ball are all the same kids he played with last year and knows them from school. I told him get out there and introduce yourself either they want to talk to you or they don't. Let the traveling begin lol practicing 4 times a week and game Saturday.

Happy for ya. I gotta admit I don't get that painting either,but that doesn't matter as long as you like it!

Ive seen them the first week of turkey season and it was strong enough to run away when I got too close

Your kid is obviously a genius. Twenty-Three Colors of Dirt Jimmy Lee Sudduth was a prominent and beloved self-taught artist, often regarded as among the great Southern outsider/folk artists of the 20th century. Sudduth was the son of a medicine woman and would accompany his mother into the woods, searching for berries and herbs; it was on these walks that he began drawing on trees with mud and sticks. "Brushes wear out and my fingers don't. When I die, the brush dies too." He’d return the next day to see that the drawings had washed away until, by happenstance, he mixed the mud with a little syrup and found that this "sweet mud," helped the drawings stick. This early intimacy with his surroundings led him to create paintings of his everyday life with mud, berries, soot, rocks, iron, sand, chalk and house paint, using his fingers instead of brushes. "It was all there in the ground, every color of dirt and mud," he once said, "I got twenty-three colors of dirt in my own yard." Sudduth depicted his small rural town of Caines Ridge, Alabama, the people that lived there, his successive dogs (all named Toto), animals, plants and self-portraits. Later, when he began traveling to cities to exhibit his work, he also started painting buildings, skyscrapers and urban scenes. His treatment of his subjects is direct, immediate and expressive, full of affection for the world he lived in, with its many stories and colorful inhabitants. Better?

WTF ,it looks like something my son brings home from school every day. Art people are a unique breed.Congrats on the new painting.

Apparently that camo isn’t all that good …..

I bet only a minute amount of people would pick up a bow after using the X-Bow . Most archers started with a gun and then went hunting with a bow because the archery season gave them more weeks to deer hunt . That's what I did . I wanted a longer time to hunt .

Well....? I like it but does have a slight chemical aftertaste. The original perhaps a bit more to my liking