They have been really hit or miss in Perry Co. as well.Turkeys on and around my farm in Montgomery County have not made a peep since two weeks before season came in.
Dirty Steve
Congratulations!Awesome morning for me. 24 lbs, 1.25" spurs, 11.5" beard.
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Thank you sir.Congratulations!
9 full days-that`s a LOT of time.Indiana is up to 11,662 birds checked in. I don't know if we will make last year's record at this point. We still have several days to go though.
12,703 this morning.11,955 birds checked in so far as of this morning. I have been guiding for my buddy Ray and we got on 2 Toms this morning. They ran us up and down hills until 10:15 or so and then all was quiet. We were close enough to hear the rattle in his chest at the end of the gobble and drumming, but never laid eyes on them.
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Today will be my last hunt of the season. I just won’t have any time to get out again in the next week.
It’s been a decent season so far. I worked some birds but haven’t been given a shot yet.
I`ve heard many property owners say that they spend as much time running trespassers off as they do hunting themselves. It is their responsibility to KNOW that they are on HNF property and not private property.Chased off some trespassers, their poor calling and the siren song of the cell phone gave away their position. They heard me coming on the ATV and ran across the border. Thousands of acres of HNF ground surrounding me and I still can't get people to stay off my ground.
Have not seen or heard any birds the times I've been out.
Thank you for being lawful and ethical.Saw more turkeys this year so far than any other year. Even saw an albino one.
Was doing some hiking yesterday. While bushwhacking, I heard a gobble that had to have been a few yards away. Outside of the tree line was a lone male in a field looking in the opposite direction with his feathers fanned out and everything. Must have been deaf or dumb because as I exited the tree line it didn't even acknowledge my presence. It was close enough to take out with a .38 snub nose. I obviously had no intention on shooting it, though if I was hunting, it would have been an easy hunt. Made me wish I brought my camera, though.
Always. When I hike, even when doing conditioning hikes at my uncle's where I carry a loaded AR-10, I never have any intentions of hunting. The only exception would be the groundhogs that keep destroying his property, however there's always a party going on when I see them, so I can't ever pull the trigger. That's also how I learned that they can climb trees.Thank you for being lawful and ethical.