Chris B

They are issuing them to residents of NY in Scranton, PA. I got mine in Montrose but soon after they stopped accepting them.

Left eye dominant but shoot right handed. always close my left eye

Nice... I've had a couple yfz's, I raced harescrambles for 7 years. Sold my last quad when I stopped racing and bought this bike to just have fun and trail ride around home.

2010 Kawasaki KX250F. Legitimately about 20 hours on this bike. Only ridden a couple times a year. Excellent condition. Factory connection suspension kit set up for a 200lb rider, skid plate, rotor guards, power madd hand guards/bark busters, Michelin S-12 tires with great rubber. Serious inquiries only, $3,400 OBO Willing to consider a trade for a KTM 250 or 300 of the same condition.

So a couple weeks ago I had a set of about 10 pics (my camera is set on 5 pic rapid fire with no delay) of a bear. As I spent more time looking at the pics, it looked to me that the bear looked smaller than the 2nd set of pics. Here are all the pics. you can look at the time stamps and see there is a 4 second delay between the last pic of set 1 and the first pic of set 2. I don't know that much about bears but I read that this is the time of year when the males are out seeking. Could this be a male trailing a female? Just curious for some feedback. EDIT: I posted the pictures in order but for some reason they showed up out of order, which makes it confusing. Can anyone help with this? Or is there nothing I can do?

Ya got that right!

Tried to get back on the bird from earlier this week. Same old story.... Not a peep until flydown, he gobbled about 10-15 times, I believe I heard a hen, and then he walked the other way, down the hill. All quiet by 5:45

Was all set to go back to where I busted them birds on the roost yesterday. 8:30pm last night my neighbor calls me and tells me there are 2 toms, 1 jake, and 3 hens just above my lower food plot, heading into my little patch of woods. Historically I can pick out the 5 different trees they will be roosted in the next morning when they come down to this area. Scrapped the original plan and slipped out to where the birds headed last night. Not a gobble, not a cluck, not even a flydown..... It's like they just disappeared.....

Also, let me add that this is maybe the 3rd or 4th time I've busted birds on the roost in my 16 years of turkey hunting

Thanks for the input everyone. Just to answer a couple things, I never use a light and this morning it was about 4:45 when I busted them birds. I wanted to be walking in there at 4:30, but it took me longer to walk across the property than I was planning for. It was actually a game-time decision that I walked where I did. I wanted to turn left about 75 yards short of where I busted them to slip down over the bank but there was a lot of branches and stuff so I decided to follow the ATV trail that extra 75 yards to where it curves left down the hill, thought it would've been stealthier. They were right above my head when they flew. I'm going to go back there in the morning but going to stop about 100 yards short of where I busted them and sit. If I hear them gobble on the roost down below the shelf like I expected today, Maybe I'll try to close the distance a little. If they are roosted in the same spot as this morning, I'll be about 100 yards away and not have risked busting them twice

Well as some of you have read this week in the "live from the turkey woods" thread, I found some hot birds Monday. Monday and Tuesday they have roosted in the same place. This morning I decided to try and set up where they are pitching down and heading to, to strut and gobble before getting henned up.... only problem is that instead of roosting below the shelf on this hillside, they roosted just above it. I walked right into them.... Gobbler #1 just packed up and flew away. I was in the worst spot possible so unable to just sit down. I took a few steps and gobbler #2 was right above me but I never saw him either. He putted for about 20 seconds and then flew away as well. Needless to say the rest of the morning was quiet and depressing. What is your guys' experience on this one? Any possible chance for these birds to roost close by tomorrow? and if so, will they be really hawky? I know all birds and scenarios are different, just looking for anyone's past experiences.

Went back out to where I almost connected on a long beard yesterday, only planned my tree out a little better. Heard the bird fire up after he hit the ground on the shelf below me. He answered me twice but I could tell he was strutting. Had a hen come across my face, headed down to the tom so after I figured out she was alone, I purposely moved my head and got her to turn a 180 a walk away from me and the gobbler. After about 20 minutes the gobbling stopped and I can only assume a different hen snatched him up. I called sparingly and sat quiet til 6 and decided to give my new Haint Gobble call a try for the first time in a hunting scenario. Surprisingly had two jakes come in quiet but I decided to let them pass (For the last time). sat quiet until 6:35 and gave a sequence of some yelps on my slate and called two hens in but they came up over the bank and were acting pretty sketchy and headed back the way they came. They must not have been too scared though because I could hear them scratching over the bank after. By 6:50 I had to leave to get ready for work. I get home and as I'm getting changed, I swear I heard a gobble through my open bedroom window. I sat there and listened for 5 minutes and never heard another so I said screw it, gotta go to work. Get ready for work and head out the door. 7:30 I leave the house and 4 houses down are two long beards strutting for two hens in the yard... I guess I wasn't losing my mind when I thought I heard a gobble at the house! Tomorrow I'm going in extra early and going to try and sit on the shelf where I think these toms pitch down to, to strut and gobble til the hens grab 'em. Tick-tock Tick-tock... this tag is burning a hole in my pocket.

Was supposed to take my girlfriend out to try and get her a bird at my cousin's property but she was a little too sleepy to get up today..... So I decided to wing it and try on the property out back. All was quiet, I gave my flydown routine and a little soft yelping with some silence in between. About 5:50 I heard a distant gobble so I answered with a few yelps, paused for 30 seconds and gave couple more yelps, instant gobble back and a lot closer! I couldn't tell where it came from (had fields to my back and I was on a shelf with sloping terrain that curved around in front of me, down to another shelf). I waited 45 seconds or so and gave 3 yelps and another instant gobble, sounded like it was to my right. Problem is, I had a pine branch to my immediate right and knew if this bird swung hard right I woulda been caught with my pants down.... I shoulda known better than to sit where I did. I made a quick game-time decision and decided to move 15 yards to my right and face to the right where I knew I could get a shot. I moved, waited a minute and gave a few yelps... the gobble was so loud I almost jumped, problem is that it was over my left shoulder! If I didn't move, the gobble woulda been straight out in front of me. &*^%!!! rookie move! I got the gun up, clicked off the safety and watched for him. I caught a glimpse of him come into my view at about my 7-8 o'clock and he was looking hard. He was about 50 yards away and only problem was that there was a clump of trees between us. All he had to do was walk left or right and I coulda fired. I watched him for a minute and I heard another bird give a small "tut". Watched a hen walk right over to him and take him back down over the bank. Out of desperation I fired off some heavy cuts and yelps.... he gobbled 5-6 times in a row, to the point that he ran out of breath. I waited, heard him gobble again but he was further, then further, and eventually all was quiet. Dang.... got about as close to getting a bird as I could today without actually pulling the trigger. I will be in that general area tomorrow, but maybe 50-60 yards further into the woods. I'm praying he'll be roosted close by again.

hahaha gotta love it

I love the connection with the birds while spring turkey hunting. It's so fun and nerve racking to try and tell them what they want the hear. Turkeys can be so unpredictable that they could give you every sign that they are coming and yet walk in the complete opposite direction. The thing I love MOST though is hearing that thunderous gobble when they are just out of sight, that seems to just echo into your face. "oh man, he's coming!" gun up, ready to shoot, scanning that terrain for the red or white head, praying not to hear him gobble right behind you if he decides to circle. Gets my heart pounding so loud I can hear it. Not to mention the sight of a strutting tom. Can't beat it!

Saturday 05/14: Went to our "honey hole" on private land and found out that it's not the sanctuary it seemed to be. Ran into the landowner's son on the bordering property and later got in a calling match with another guy on that property. Good thing is that the landowner's son gave us permission to cross over on their land and hunt that as well, WHICH PAID OFF! Heard this bird randomly gobbling in the distance throughout the morning but he didn't seem to move his location much. At 9:00 we decided to pursue him. We closed the distance and gave a call and he hammered right back at us and was only 80-90 yards away. We set up quick and within a minute we heard another guy moving in from our left. He was cutting and calling like crazy but the gobbler was keyed in on us. every time we gave a couple clucks, he would answer. We spotted a hen slowly working her way to us, bringing the gobbler in. She got about 50 yards away and swung perpendicular and up the hill away from us and the anxious caller to our left. We were in horrible position as it was super thick but we didn't have a choice but to park our butts when we heard him gobble. I had one tiny opening and luck was on my side when the gobbler walked into it. At the perfect time my buddy gave two quick putts and the bird stopped, giving me just enough time to drop the hammer. 3/4" spurs and 8.5" beard but it sure was a paint brush! I have one tag left but plan on devoting the rest of my season getting a bird in front of my girlfriend.

That's a very good question...one I have no answers to but would also like to know

guess you're going to need a bigger yeti!

last year, we had a tom hung up so my buddy slid back 50 yards and called. after about 45 minutes, I let two jakes walk right past me at 10 yards and they gobbled as they got close to my buddy and that was enough to get the tom to break free. He came in, I dropped the hammer at 35 yards and he turned around and ran. I had a wide open shot and my elbow on my knee...no clue what happened. I walked over to where he was standing at the shot and I didn't see any feathers or anything. We spent a fair amount of time looking for him anyway just to be sure but it was obvious I missed. Thanks for the reminder lol

http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4002650 Here is the kayak I use. Dicks Sporting Goods has them on sale right now, great price. It has a dihedral hull and from experience, it is super stable. It has pole holders and even comes with a little tackle box (as seen in the pics) that straps in right in front of you which is very convenient. As stated above, you sit pretty low in a 'yak but I have had great luck fishing out of it. It was welllllll worth the money in my opinion, and I have never had any desire to own one. Last spring my buddy bought this kayak and talked me into buying one too....so glad I did.

I have the travel mug, the cuzi, and the Hopper 30.... All are super impressive. I'd love to save up for the Tundra 75 or larger. The pricing is crazy but they are legit!

If it's a risk to my dog, it gets the lead. Any other time, I let them do their thing. Fingers crossed, so far I haven't had to worry about them.

i see a red fox

Hunted a new property a buddy and myself got permission to hunt on Saturday for the PA opener. Hopes were high, as the birds were right on the ridge of this small property and shown to be roosted in a great spot for us to get setup when we scouted it out 2 Saturdays before. We got set up and unfortunately, all the birds we heard were across the road and sounded like they were a longggg ways off. We repositioned about 6:30 to try and project our calls across the road. After a long morning of distant answers we gave some calls and I about jumped off my seat when we heard a gobble that sounded like it was right in front of us. a couple soft yelps and we heard him close the distance. We catch a glimpse about 80 yards out and he was headed right up the logging road like we planned. He got about 40 yards out and we confirmed it was a jake. He came up on the left (my buddy's shot opportunity) and he goes "you'll have to kill him, I cant get my gun up". lol.... so it was up to me to decide whether or not I wanted to take a jake. I let him come to about 25 yards and was really weighing the options and decided a bird in the hand was worth it, especially with 2 NY tags in my pocket. Took him right there, just off the logging road, 9:00am. We sat there for about 35 minutes and then started with a couple more calls since we knew there were more birds across the road, and we were convinced that is where the jake came from. At one point, I thought I heard a gobble on our side of the road but couldn't be sure and he didn't answer again....for a little while anyway. He finally gobbled again and although he sounded like he was ways off, he was on our side of the road. So we beat feet across the small property to at least close the distance. We got moved, sat down, and as soon as we called, he gobbled just over the knoll in front of us, probably 80 yards away. we got quiet and sure enough, he popped out above some car-sized boulders, in half strut. a couple purrs and he hopped down on a boulder and worked his way to another logging road. He popped out at 45 and my buddy drilled him right there, 10:35am. What a morning! We started the day off feeling like not much was going to happen, to both getting a bird and filling our PA tags.

If 2-3 of us plan to hunt the same smaller parcel, we will just sit together. Who calls and who sets up for the shot depends on a few things. Does hunter #1 only have a couple days to hunt this season? Has hunter #2 already shot a bird and the other 2 guys haven't yet? etc.... From there we usually let the best caller do the calling. But it is always discussed that no matter who calls and who shoots, if things get hairy, SOMEONE needs to take the bird. I hunt with great guys that are very un-selfish. a bird down is a win for all of us!