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Post by hunter7x on Mar 5, 2008 8:27:07 GMT -5
The smell of the spring woods, the first walk in the dark, the owl hoots hoping for a gobble, the first gobble itself when you've got a weapon in hand...
What is THE one thing that gets you on opening morning?
For me the smells of the woods at various times of the year have always kicked the rest of my senses into over drive. So I'm going with the smell of the dew damp spring woods.
What say you?
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Post by dbd870 on Mar 5, 2008 8:33:13 GMT -5
I want to get one of @%#@#! things for messing up my deer hunt!
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 5, 2008 8:37:56 GMT -5
The morning sky. Hopefuly a clear sky with lots of stars...
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Post by freedomhunter on Mar 5, 2008 8:48:34 GMT -5
Nothing like hearing the woods wake up in the spring with all the birds. I like the barred owls going nuts and whipporwills singing in Kentucky waiting for daylight, absolutely nothing like that.
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Post by firelt72 on Mar 5, 2008 9:01:01 GMT -5
This may sound funny, but it's the closeness I feel with God and the sounds of His creations. If I never took a bird it is worth every minute I spend there scouting and walking and meditating. I need this time for, well just me.
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Post by hornharvester on Mar 5, 2008 9:14:07 GMT -5
Its like being home! h.h.
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Post by Sleazy E on Mar 5, 2008 9:16:57 GMT -5
another vote for the sounds of the woods waking up....
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Post by fftce67 on Mar 5, 2008 9:34:58 GMT -5
sounds of the woods
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Post by turk2di on Mar 5, 2008 10:06:34 GMT -5
The smells of a new earth, the smells of the greenup, whipoorwills singing,& that first gobble!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 5, 2008 10:54:45 GMT -5
The sounds of the day coming alive are great, but throw in that first gobble and it just sends shivers up my spine. I love every minute of it.
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Post by larryhagmansliver on Mar 5, 2008 14:17:04 GMT -5
Stop!! You guys are driving me crazy!! All those things are great! Ok here's mine. Walk out in the pitch black, then the birds start to chirp. The sun comes up you notice a little fog, but not too much, then you hear a gobble. Best feeling in the world!
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Post by turkeyscout on Mar 5, 2008 18:50:22 GMT -5
..... hearing that close GOBBLE!!!!!!!! its' hard to pick just one!!!........turkey scout
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Post by oggie on Mar 5, 2008 19:06:09 GMT -5
A magnificent sunrise, the woods coming alive, communicating with an animal and speaking his language. PRICELESS!!!!!!
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Post by huxbux on Mar 5, 2008 20:21:08 GMT -5
Standing on the ridgetop in the perfect, starry stillness before first light, waiting for the birds to start rustling on their roosts
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Post by muzzyman on Mar 6, 2008 16:33:18 GMT -5
For me it's seeing the silhouette of a gobbler on the roost just hammering away and thinking i'm going to nail this guy! But of course he fly's down and heads in the opposite direction. The 15 minutes you get to yourself thinking about that bird on the roost and sayting to yourself- wow my season is going to end in 15 minutes(only happened to me once). That's a great rush to me. Also waking up with 30 degree temps and slowly feeling the temps rise with the day. Stars and the smells and all the sounds are great as well. Best sound in the woods is by far the hammering of a long beard! Gets my blood pumping everytime!
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 6, 2008 19:05:28 GMT -5
I'm with you, 7x. When you walk into the spring woods, there is a distinct smell. The woods smells damp, alive..... to some it might just smell like decaying leaves, but to me it's the smell of life itself. The woods are waking up.
Also, there is nothing like the mingled songs of all the birds during a spring dawn. I love it!
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Post by buster on Mar 6, 2008 23:14:36 GMT -5
All of you guys have hit it square on the head!!!!! It's everything you all have already said, but especially on opening morning....there's just something so incredibly magical about the smell of opening morning, the sound of whipporwhills on opening morning, the wakening of the woods on opening morning, but its THAT FIRST GOBBLE IN THE DARK on opening morning that gets me the most!!! They'll be sounding off real soon, they are already starting to strut here in Parke County....just a matter of time.....
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Post by oneshot on Mar 7, 2008 12:03:29 GMT -5
Anticipation
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Post by Ahawkeye on Mar 7, 2008 13:15:49 GMT -5
Well let's see, I enjoy the closeness to God's creation and watching the woods wake up I get that evry time I go into the woods. Thae part about turkey hunting that really gets my blood pumping is activly hunting an animal, not just sitting in a treestand or blind, if that's the way you hunt and you like it that's fine by me but I really enjoy hearing a gobble and trying to figure out how I'm going to get in range of that bird and make the whole thing happen. I enjoy deer hunting and the time alone with my thoughts but to hear, stalk, chase and fool a bird is a whole lot of fun too!
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Post by CORNBRED on Mar 11, 2008 9:54:50 GMT -5
the preparation...scouting in pre-dawn...chalking the boxes...sanding the slates...tuning my bow...that cup of coffee in your hand as you walk outside to load up in the truck...and the battle of wits against your opponent....
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