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Post by mullis56 on Apr 9, 2008 20:24:20 GMT -5
Not looking too hot from the weather side of things, however, I got a good report of a lot of birds where I am going this weekend.....with friends, gobbler hunting and out in the woods, who needs the best conditions?
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Post by swat1018 on Apr 10, 2008 0:37:12 GMT -5
I kind of like the rainy forecast. Same as opener last year. I'll be in my double bull in the same spot with the ole Mathews. Only took an hour last year.
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Post by freedomhunter on Apr 10, 2008 6:08:09 GMT -5
Forget that noise, not two years in row. Opener just got moved to Thursday of next week for me.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 10, 2008 7:40:14 GMT -5
I'll be hunting in a blind, but I don't knwo if I'll go or not. Woodmaster has to work, so I might put off until Monday when he is off work.
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Post by mullis56 on Apr 10, 2008 9:30:34 GMT -5
Will be going in the Double Bull, but man why can't it just be nice? Rainy day field birds are good, though
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Post by buster on Apr 10, 2008 13:55:21 GMT -5
Yeah, got long undies packed too. Not supposed to be too terribly warm either. I too, like rainy day field birds, pretty predictible a lot of times. Good luck. Hopefully we'll all have good pictures to post next week!
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 11, 2008 11:20:57 GMT -5
I was looking at their license for non residents and if Im not mistaking didnt it go up quite a bit from last year? This year its 190.00 to hunt turkey and wasn't it 125.00 last year? h.h.
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Post by hoosierwilk on Apr 12, 2008 17:01:18 GMT -5
Good luck to all. Those Kentucky birds can be tough!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 13, 2008 18:46:45 GMT -5
I was looking at their license for non residents and if Im not mistaking didnt it go up quite a bit from last year? This year its 190.00 to hunt turkey and wasn't it 125.00 last year? h.h. I just bit the bullet and bought my NR KY license and spring turkey tags. Yepper - $190 - ouch... but the consolation is I can kill two birds and my NR deer tags will only cost $60 come fall. So for $250 I can kill two turkeys and two deer. Bonus tags after that are cheap over the counter. MUCH cheaper than a Kentuckian coming here to hunt the same amount of animals. In fact he cant hunt two spring turkeys here at all. It would be $375 for him to hunt one spring turkey and two deer. KY is still bargain.. Cold, rain/snow showers is predicted for early Monday morning. Glad I'll be in a blind..
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 13, 2008 20:37:21 GMT -5
Good luck tomorrow Woody! h.h.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 14, 2008 14:12:48 GMT -5
Well, I heard a rumor that Woodmaster got one down there this morning..
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Post by mullis56 on Apr 14, 2008 14:16:03 GMT -5
CONGRATS WOODMASTER! Much better weather, then we had this past weekend....can't wait for pics and story! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2008 15:23:33 GMT -5
Me too.......killed one, one to go. Spitting snow the whole time.
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Post by woodmaster on Apr 14, 2008 17:38:45 GMT -5
Around 7am I had a bird gobble to my right about 300 yards away. He closed the gap to 80 yards quickly. He hung up out of sight and gobbled around 30 times. I had quit calling when another bird started up to my left and he was around 300 yards. Within a couple a minutes he was in sight. He ran up to my new mounted decoy but was reluctant to get within 5 yards of it. With all the stories I had heard about gobblers attacking the submissive jake decoys , I was surprised. I ended up shooting him at 8 yards. The Nitros and Rhino choke tube sure did a job on his head but then again at that distance a B.B. gun would have done the trick! When I looked closely at my bird I found out why he wouldn't get close to my decoy. He had a big tear in his breast area that looks like a spur wound. After getting skunked in Kentucky and Indiana last year, I'm glad to get the monkey off my back.
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Post by Hood on Apr 14, 2008 17:43:26 GMT -5
Congrats WoodMaster!!!
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Post by jackc99 on Apr 14, 2008 18:32:43 GMT -5
FYI - the state taxidermy associatioin has petioned IDNR to allow hunters to donate turkey heads to taxidermists so birds that get shot up like this can be mounted using another head. Pretty much a no-brainer. (Did I say that out loud?)
Jack
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Post by turk2di on Apr 14, 2008 18:38:46 GMT -5
Around 7am I had a bird gobble to my right about 300 yards away. He closed the gap to 80 yards quickly. He hung up out of sight and gobbled around 30 times. I had quit calling when another bird started up to my left and he was around 300 yards. Within a couple a minutes he was in sight. He ran up to my new mounted decoy but was reluctant to get within 5 yards of it. With all the stories I had heard about gobblers attacking the submissive jake decoys , I was surprised. I ended up shooting him at 8 yards. The Nitros and Rhino choke tube sure did a job on his head but then again at that distance a B.B. gun would have done the trick! When I looked closely at my bird I found out why he wouldn't get close to my decoy. He had a big tear in his breast area that looks like a spur wound. After getting skunked in Kentucky and Indiana last year, I'm glad to get the monkey off my back. Congrats! Looks like you smoked his noggin purty good!
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Post by huxbux on Apr 14, 2008 19:43:27 GMT -5
Congrats Woodmaster. LOL...... Doesn't look like that head will be a candidate for freeze drying eh?
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Post by bbarth on Apr 14, 2008 19:52:09 GMT -5
I'd say you put the smack down on him!
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Post by hornharvester on Apr 14, 2008 20:47:02 GMT -5
Woodmaster,
I'll bet he didnt flop much! ;D h.h.
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