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8 am this morning.
# 3 Tn bird.
1 Tn tag left.
Be nice if they opened up Ft Campbell from this overblown C19 scare .....
Would have 2 more Fed tags then.

Did your dog slobber all over him or what? Looks all wet.

Nice bird. We can only shoot one bird in eastern Kansas. Population way down due to several years of flooding in a row.

Carrying him out thru wet field grass.
Shotgun 1 hand , turkey other.
I dont carry em over the shoulder.
Especially on public lands.

Got my Missouri bird today. 20 gauge tristar raptor. 33 yards Old school Federal premiums 3" #6. Hunted for other stuff too.....

Nice Bobby!

One Oregon Rio so far.....limit is three.
9 10/16” beard.
Fell to a load of #6’s from a 20ga muzzleloader shotgun.
I missed the first Tom I shot at. Two jakes came into my setup and a big Tom ran in from behind.
He saw me raise the shotgun and started jinking and dodging..... I shot right over his head at 10 yards!

Print that last picture in a large format or canvas or something.

Might do that cheesy......Preciate it.

Thanks Joe

Nubby buck.




SBE2 w/ 3.5"/#5 Longbeard

Late afternoon the boss bird returned to the morning strutting zone following a hen who had called him in for me:

Trophy pic here:



































At least MN allows me to try again in the last season.
Hope to score around Memorial day time.

Success this AM.

Pretty uneventful hunt. Birds really didn't gobble much. I set up calling to a bird I felt was across a creek and a couple hundred yards away on another farm but nothing else going on so I thought what the hell.

Called once, this joker gobbled less than 100 yards away. Gave him a minute and he gobbled even closer, called once and he gobbled about 40 yards. Came another 15 or so and the 10 bore roared.

About 3-4 minutes from first call sequence til I dropped the hammer.

Love the photo. Rick looks like your another Lefty !! What semi is that?

Thanks Colorado. Actually I'm a righty, picture somehow got reversed. It's a Stoeger 3500. Opening morning here in PA. Had an eventful morning. Had one longbeard come in to 100 yards and strut off for no reason I could figure. Moved toward another bird that gobbled. Got set up and a coyote came trotting by, again too far to shoot. Bird went quiet for a while. Finally gobbled again, so I moved. About 45 minutes and this one came in with 2 Jake's. Dropped at about 25 yards. It was a fun morning.

By the way, pretty bird in your avatar.

The "Serb" and I went out this morning and he brought in this jake.....Took him with an old school Model 59 Winchester......

Nice birds fellas! I always enjoy hearing how hunts unfold. It’s never what you’d expect. Good stuff!