Man the season has only been over for a day for me and I am feeling incredibly depressed. Can't believe I miss it this much already. I hope the next 11 months zoom past. Anybody else get like this?
Nope! I would never be depresses over turkey season ending. I love to hunt but life happens. I missed First, second, and third season without buying a tag. Forth came and I barely sneaked out. Life is good God is Great. Life is filled with so many wonderful opportunities I cant image being depressed that Turkey season ended. Move on to the next fun filled thing. The fish are biting!!
Quote from: chadly on June 01, 2018, 10:16:04 PM
Nope! I would never be depresses over turkey season ending. I love to hunt but life happens. I missed First, second, and third season without buying a tag. Forth came and I barely sneaked out. Life is good God is Great. Life is filled with so many wonderful opportunities I cant image being depressed that Turkey season ended. Move on to the next fun filled thing. The fish are biting!!
I like fishing, but I LOVE turkey hunting. :toothy12:
Feel your pain, but, pulled gator tags and have Dove, Duck, Deer, Quail, and Snipe to make the agony of waiting fly by a little quicker!
Quote from: chadly on June 01, 2018, 10:16:04 PM
Nope! I would never be depresses over turkey season ending. I love to hunt but life happens. I missed First, second, and third season without buying a tag. Forth came and I barely sneaked out. Life is good God is Great. Life is filled with so many wonderful opportunities I cant image being depressed that Turkey season ended. Move on to the next fun filled thing. The fish are biting!!
I like to fish but it has never held the place in my heart that turkey hunting and bow hunting do. That said I may do some fishing this Sunday.
Quote from: squidd on June 01, 2018, 10:19:19 PM
Feel your pain, but, pulled gator tags and have Dove, Duck, Deer, Quail, and Snipe to make the agony of waiting fly by a little quicker!
If I can get wheels by this fall I have friends that want to take me waterfowl hunting this year. could not go last year when they invited me due to shoulder surgery. Deer does not start until Oct. but is not the same as turkey hunting. I rode with a friend several years ago in a tractor trailer down South and we stopped at a truck stop so he could sleep overnight. I went into the diner and was sitting there eating my first chicken fried steak (They don't have them here in NY) and a few guys came in and I heard them talking one of them was basically saying he had gotten one and the other guys were giving their reports and it peaked my curiosity as it was the middle of Summer and I could not figure out what would be in season and why would they be hunting them at night? So I walked over and told the guy I had over heard their conversation and was wondering what they were hunting. The one guy looked at the other guy and kinda smiled and said "Come, let me show ya" so we went out back to his pickup truck and he opened it and a big old gator tail came crashing down and scared the crap out of me. lol It was dead but they way they had laid it in there when the tailgate came down it came down with smack. We all got a laugh out of it and I got to see my first gator and check out the scales that are kinda neat. We ended up talking all night until my friend woke up and we left. It is a fun memory. Maybe one day I will hunt them but I don't have the greatest balance on land because of my car accident so I am not so sure I want to be standing on the deck of a boat trying to shove a pole with a bullet in the top of their heads.
I feel your pain also. I hunt other animals and also fish a little,but nothing takes the place of turkeys. I hunt them in the fall also so i dont have to wait that long to get back after them. Also the older i get it seems like a year goes by faster..
I don't really get depressed but I do miss it a lot I don't work during Turkey season and hunt everyday for at least 2 months a year. I'm back working now everyday 12-14 hours a day so I've got plenty to keep me busy. I also use the off season to read everything I can about turkeys, plenty of good books with hunting stories or research about turkey habits etc.
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on June 02, 2018, 05:02:46 AM
I feel your pain also. I hunt other animals and also fish a little,but nothing takes the place of turkeys. I hunt them in the fall also so i dont have to wait that long to get back after them. Also the older i get it seems like a year goes by faster..
I have not fall hunted them, my understanding is you want to break up and flock and then get between them but I have just started walking within the year without a cane so I am not running into any flocks and if I sent my dog after them she would never come back!
Quote from: Phillipshunt on June 02, 2018, 09:39:50 AM
I don't really get depressed but I do miss it a lot I don't work during Turkey season and hunt everyday for at least 2 months a year. I'm back working now everyday 12-14 hours a day so I've got plenty to keep me busy. I also use the off season to read everything I can about turkeys, plenty of good books with hunting stories or research about turkey habits etc.
I did pick some books up about turkey and plan to get some more as time goes on.
My 29th Spring and it was the toughest! Cant count the first 5 turkeyless Springs when I was learning. Not much gobbling on most days in NY and NJ. Out 32 times. Jetta would not start at 3am of May 27th. Happy the Season was over---burned out ! Managed to take just 1 Gobbler in 32 days on the public lands. June 2nd now and I am thankfully getting all the sleep I need and into Hiking Mode. I am already thinking about Fall Turkey Season in both NY and NJ. Cant wait for Mid- October!!!
Quote from: quavers59 on June 02, 2018, 11:09:26 AM
My 29th Spring and it was the toughest! Cant count the first 5 turkeyless Springs when I was learning. Not much gobbling on most days in NY and NJ. Out 32 times. Jetta would not start at 3am of May 27th. Happy the Season was over---burned out ! Managed to take just 1 Gobbler in 32 days on the public lands. June 2nd now and I am thankfully getting all the sleep I need and into Hiking Mode. I am already thinking about Fall Turkey Season in both NY and NJ. Cant wait for Mid- October!!!
I know a lot of people were having a hard time in NY this year on both private and public land. I hear you on the sleep, every morning I was able to get out there I was up between 3-3:30 and out the door shortly after so I am catching up on sleep myself. Getting ready to buy a Camelbak so the dog and I can walk longer.
Not sure if I get depressed but I sure do miss it. The rush and the excitement is just amazing. I love deer hunting but nothing takes the place of walking a gobbler into range with your calls. During the transition time I clean and put away all my gear. Repair anything that needs repaired. Look for any new decoys for next year and look at the pictures and go through each hunt in my mind. Review the pictures I took. Have had a lot to do since the season ended so haven't started fishing yet but that will come soon. I will try the fall season this year as well.
Part of the enjoyment of turkey season is because it is only a small part of the year. There is plenty to do though in the meantime. For me staying in good shape, working around the house, baseball coaching, football,work and attending my wife and daughters volleyball games will keep me plenty busy. Then November will hit and it will be time to put some deer in the freezer and then new years will hit and it will be time to start gearing up to do it all over again. The whole time turkeys will be on my mind though.
Happens to me every year!
Sir-diealot sounds like you're lucky to be alive and make me realize how much I take for granted everyday. I miss it too my favorite season but have alot on my plate this year so don't have much time to be depressed. Wife has some health issues and problems with mobility, I have tentative left shoulder replacement scheduled for August 1. Oh yea plan on a few crabbing, flounder and cobia trips befor e the CUT plus have to start setting out some cams to see how the horns are growing.
I miss it already but that's why I hunt goose, ducks, archery for deer, bear season then rifle deer and flintlock keeps me hunt occupied for most of the year.
Quote from: Turkeyhunter on June 02, 2018, 12:54:48 PM
Not sure if I get depressed but I sure do miss it. The rush and the excitement is just amazing. I love deer hunting but nothing takes the place of walking a gobbler into range with your calls. During the transition time I clean and put away all my gear. Repair anything that needs repaired. Look for any new decoys for next year and look at the pictures and go through each hunt in my mind. Review the pictures I took. Have had a lot to do since the season ended so haven't started fishing yet but that will come soon. I will try the fall season this year as well.
I am working on getting stuff put away myself, trying to get some dry boxes to put my strikers in, have wiped the chalk off one box call and put it on the shelf and have to do the other and put the pot calls away. I did not get any pictures this year, kicking myself in the butt for not grabbing the camera out of the truck on opening day, that was by far my best opportunity for pictures. Just ordered Somewhere Along The Way by Andy Johnson and have some other books to read as well.
Quote from: Happy on June 02, 2018, 01:04:06 PM
Part of the enjoyment of turkey season is because it is only a small part of the year. There is plenty to do though in the meantime. For me staying in good shape, working around the house, baseball coaching, football,work and attending my wife and daughters volleyball games will keep me plenty busy. Then November will hit and it will be time to put some deer in the freezer and then new years will hit and it will be time to start gearing up to do it all over again. The whole time turkeys will be on my mind though.
Getting in better shape is on my mind for sure, I have been down to 226 but got back up to 335 after my surgeries and am now dropping again. Deer season will help some, but it is not the same, as you said, turkeys will always be on my mind.
Quote from: MDSTRUTNRUT on June 02, 2018, 01:25:27 PM
Sir-diealot sounds like you're lucky to be alive and make me realize how much I take for granted everyday. I miss it too my favorite season but have alot on my plate this year so don't have much time to be depressed. Wife has some health issues and problems with mobility, I have tentative left shoulder replacement scheduled for August 1. Oh yea plan on a few crabbing, flounder and cobia trips befor e the CUT plus have to start setting out some cams to see how the horns are growing.
Yes I am very lucky and thank God for giving me a second chance, I would have never found hunting had I died that day. Sorry to hear about your wife's health issues, I used to have to use a power wheelchair but I have got where I walk on my own again, was able to give up the cane in the past year so I feel for anybody I see with those kinds of issues. I have never been on the ocean before, closest I came was Rt. 10 out of Louisiana in a tractor trailer riding with a friend 20 some odd years ago. Crabbing sounds fun.
Quote from: pabossie255 on June 02, 2018, 01:41:01 PM
I miss it already but that's why I hunt goose, ducks, archery for deer, bear season then rifle deer and flintlock keeps me hunt occupied for most of the year.
I hope to do some waterfowl hunting this year, never have but have some people online that have offered to take me. Hoping my shoulder will be strong enough to bow hunt this year, had surgery on Jan. 26 and it is coming along but the strength will take time.
Like others have said, the season being over does not depress me but I sure do miss it. Already counting the weeks until next year. I do have Fall and Winter steelhead fishing to look forward to and Summer trout fishing. I used to do a lot of pheasant hunting but after my Lab died last year I have just not had the desire to get and train another pup. The interim time does give me plenty of time to practice calling, that is if my wife does not kick me out of the house...LOL
Quote from: NCL on June 02, 2018, 02:28:21 PM
Like others have said, the season being over does not depress me but I sure do miss it. Already counting the weeks until next year. I do have Fall and Winter steelhead fishing to look forward to and Summer trout fishing. I used to do a lot of pheasant hunting but after my Lab died last year I have just not had the desire to get and train another pup. The interim time does give me plenty of time to practice calling, that is if my wife does not kick me out of the house...LOL
Sorry to hear about your dog. Mine is not a hunting dog but I do love her dearly and can't imagine life without her. I will be a mess when she finally goes, she is my constant companion. Yes my calling needs lots of work, I am working on a wingbone and intend to get a trumpet as well. Hoping to get some fishing in.
I bow hunted for 38 years with a vertical bow now after 2 back operations I am forced to hunt with a crossbow but at least I'm still in the woods hunting deer. I just took up waterfoul two years ago always wanted to do it but had no friends who did it then I met a retired game warden said to me get my license and I'm hooked.
Quote from: pabossie255 on June 02, 2018, 03:01:17 PM
I bow hunted for 38 years with a vertical bow now after 2 back operations I am forced to hunt with a crossbow but at least I'm still in the woods hunting deer. I just took up waterfoul two years ago always wanted to do it but had no friends who did it then I met a retired game warden said to me get my license and I'm hooked.
I am not in any way anti crossbow, I am just anti ME using a crossbow if that makes any sense. I know where my body is going and I know that someday that may be my only choice, I have just had to many injuries and they will catch me in time. It is something that will be a hard choice for me. That is one of the reasons that if my shoulder is strong enough I want to try some recurve hunting this year if I am accurate enough. If not I have a compound but the weight may be to much for me, it is a 70 lb. bow turned down to 63 lbs. but if recurve winds up being a no I really want to get a 45-55 lbs bow, more than likely 50 # 29" draw.
Waterfowl is my passion... By the end of the season, I am usually looking forward to turkey season... At the end of turkey season, I am looking forward to fishing or dove hunting, by the end of dove hunting, I am looking forward to duck season, and round and round it goes.
Between seasons, (on the way to go fishing) I will stop and ask permission for places to hunt. I will likely go out to shoot either pigeons or clays next weekend... I need to do some serious dog training with my young dog as well...
Honestly, sometimes, the year is not long enough, and they go by so quickly.
I go through the same thing every year also
Hey I never thought I would go crossbow but with the bad back there was no other option and after a while it's not so bad with a good crossbow and I could not see myself not being in the woods during archery season.
Quote from: Marc on June 02, 2018, 03:57:13 PM
Waterfowl is my passion... By the end of the season, I am usually looking forward to turkey season... At the end of turkey season, I am looking forward to fishing or dove hunting, by the end of dove hunting, I am looking forward to duck season, and round and round it goes.
Between seasons, (on the way to go fishing) I will stop and ask permission for places to hunt. I will likely go out to shoot either pigeons or clays next weekend... I need to do some serious dog training with my young dog as well...
Honestly, sometimes, the year is not long enough, and they go by so quickly.
As I have told some others I do have the chance to go waterfowl hunting this year IF I can get a vehicle on the road by then. I should be able to, the plan is to get a 2 year vehicle for the GF that we will share, more than likely a minivan as we have both had injuries that make it hard and painful to get in and out of cars and then by next year we will get me a 4x4 of some sort. All I know is it will be MOPAR or no car.
Quote from: pabossie255 on June 02, 2018, 04:39:35 PM
Hey I never thought I would go crossbow but with the bad back there was no other option and after a while it's not so bad with a good crossbow and I could not see myself not being in the woods during archery season.
I may be there one day myself. As it is in NY you have to have special permits and I am not sure you can use them during the early (Fall) Archery season, just the late one I think but don't quote me on that.
So NY doesn't have chicken fried steak? It's funny how different parts of the country have different foods.
Not anywhere I have ever been here.
I can not imagine not being able to get chicken fried steak. One of the best breakfasts you can eat. The best one I ever ate was at the Big Texan, in Amarillo Texas.
Quote from: pabossie255 on June 02, 2018, 04:39:35 PM
Hey I never thought I would go crossbow but with the bad back there was no other option and after a while it's not so bad with a good crossbow and I could not see myself not being in the woods during archery season.
I'm in the same boat, went from using a homemade selfbow to an excaliber crossbow after my back blew apart. It's not the same but it's still great to be able to hunt the rut.
[/quote]I am working on getting stuff put away myself, trying to get some dry boxes to put my strikers in, have wiped the chalk off one box call and put it on the shelf and have to do the other and put the pot calls away. I did not get any pictures this year, kicking myself in the butt for not grabbing the camera out of the truck on opening day, that was by far my best opportunity for pictures. Just ordered Somewhere Along The Way by Andy Johnson and have some other books to read as well.
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put the chalk back on that longbox and try to practice several times a week if not daily, work on soft calling for purrs and clucks and soft yelps as quiet as you can make them, I had one of Russels longboxs and there are a lot of turkey in them, somewhere on those rails are quiet little turkey talk
same with your wingbone, put a lanyard on it, wear it and practice daily, just do it for a few minutes at a time thru out the day. once you are getting consistent with it, practice yelps and clucks as quiet as you can make them.
play these calls all year, it takes some of the sting out of the season being over.
both of these types of calls are much more than just loud locator calls, they just take dedicated practice like any musical instrument.
if you get any grief over the noise, just tell whoever it's either this or your taking up the bagpipes.
Do you know why bagpipers walk around while they play?----their trying to get away from the noise.
Quote from: NCL on June 03, 2018, 08:19:40 AM
I can not imagine not being able to get chicken fried steak. One of the best breakfasts you can eat. The best one I ever ate was at the Big Texan, in Amarillo Texas.
I grew up very Italian though I am mostly Irish and we had such great Italian deli's where I grew up and always had great Italian sausage and Italian bread but around here you can't get good either and it breaks my heart because it was such a part of growing up and having friends and family over every Sunday for spaghetti or lasagna and there was always Italian sausage and bread involved with both. If we can get a decent enough vehicle I am going to travel the 150 miles to get some of each this winter and some riggolta cheese which is made out of ricotta cheese. My dad made it homemade every year and it was incredible.
Quote from: crow on June 03, 2018, 09:37:13 AM
I am working on getting stuff put away myself, trying to get some dry boxes to put my strikers in, have wiped the chalk off one box call and put it on the shelf and have to do the other and put the pot calls away. I did not get any pictures this year, kicking myself in the butt for not grabbing the camera out of the truck on opening day, that was by far my best opportunity for pictures. Just ordered Somewhere Along The Way by Andy Johnson and have some other books to read as well.
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put the chalk back on that longbox and try to practice several times a week if not daily, work on soft calling for purrs and clucks and soft yelps as quiet as you can make them, I had one of Russels longboxs and there are a lot of turkey in them, somewhere on those rails are quiet little turkey talk
same with your wingbone, put a lanyard on it, wear it and practice daily, just do it for a few minutes at a time thru out the day. once you are getting consistent with it, practice yelps and clucks as quiet as you can make them.
play these calls all year, it takes some of the sting out of the season being over.
both of these types of calls are much more than just loud locator calls, they just take dedicated practice like any musical instrument.
if you get any grief over the noise, just tell whoever it's either this or your taking up the bagpipes.
Do you know why bagpipers walk around while they play?----their trying to get away from the noise.
[/quote]The wingbone sits next to my recliner because I really need work on that. The GF does not complain to much about the noise but I get the feeling that the dog is less than impressed. I will put the Ninja Hen away and rechalk the Russle Beard then, the Ninja Hen is easy to play right out of the package but the longbox has taken time. I am still not great with it but did get some response to it mostly on opening day, called one back that had gone to another field a few hundred yards away with it, just could not get him to come close enough. I think I heard spitting and drumming behind me one day last week, but and not 100% sure as I have only heard it on video before but it sure did sound like it to me. If I had been in one of my larger blinds I could have turned to see but this one was a chair blind and I could not turn to look behind me. If Nomad still has sale going next month I may try to pick up a vest, I was able to sit on the ground on the last day and did better than 2 years ago where I could not even make it much more than a minute without moving. That or maybe an RNG-300 I think it is called by Knight and Hale I don't know though, depends greatly on funds, vehicle is much more important at this time.
Quote from: Sir-diealot on June 03, 2018, 09:48:41 AM
Quote from: NCL on June 03, 2018, 08:19:40 AM
I can not imagine not being able to get chicken fried steak. One of the best breakfasts you can eat. The best one I ever ate was at the Big Texan, in Amarillo Texas.
I grew up very Italian though I am mostly Irish and we had such great Italian deli's where I grew up and always had great Italian sausage and Italian bread but around here you can't get good either and it breaks my heart because it was such a part of growing up and having friends and family over every Sunday for spaghetti or lasagna and there was always Italian sausage and bread involved with both. If we can get a decent enough vehicle I am going to travel the 150 miles to get some of each this winter and some riggolta cheese which is made out of ricotta cheese. My dad made it homemade every year and it was incredible.
You are making me hungry.......LOL
I'm right there with ya brother.April,may, October, November.All the rest is just time trying to get through!
Quote from: NCL on June 03, 2018, 12:45:08 PM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on June 03, 2018, 09:48:41 AM
Quote from: NCL on June 03, 2018, 08:19:40 AM
I can not imagine not being able to get chicken fried steak. One of the best breakfasts you can eat. The best one I ever ate was at the Big Texan, in Amarillo Texas.
I grew up very Italian though I am mostly Irish and we had such great Italian deli's where I grew up and always had great Italian sausage and Italian bread but around here you can't get good either and it breaks my heart because it was such a part of growing up and having friends and family over every Sunday for spaghetti or lasagna and there was always Italian sausage and bread involved with both. If we can get a decent enough vehicle I am going to travel the 150 miles to get some of each this winter and some riggolta cheese which is made out of ricotta cheese. My dad made it homemade every year and it was incredible.
You are making me hungry.......LOL
Oh then I should tell you about all the Italian cookies every CHRISTmas!
Quote from: rooster on June 03, 2018, 06:57:58 PM
I'm right there with ya brother.April,may, October, November.All the rest is just time trying to get through!
I hear that.
Yes I miss it bad.... This was my first year hunting public in MS. I didn't hear many birds.... Didn't get to work any.... Heart breaking....
Went home to VA. Hunting three days. Heard one the first trip out and he was HOT.... However it was on private land.... Then went with my best friend from high school... We had a good time.
Then I went by myself and missed two birds within 15 minutes of the hunt... Scope mount was stripped and my it was way off.... LOL...
I'm hoping I'll have more luck and get in on some WMA's early draw hunts......
I enjoy this website....
Y'all have fun...
Two of my favorite days of the year.... opening day of turkey season and the day it goes out. We have a long spring season in Georgia and by the time it's over, I am pretty much used up. Our season lasts almost two months. Season comes in the first Saturday after March 20 and stays in until May 15, so that's more than 50 days. By May it's hot, the mosquitoes are bad and the snakes are crawling and even worse than that is my wife has had enough of being woken up at five A.M. every morning and is about ready to shoot me by then. I finally stop feeling guilty if I sleep in a morning, or about the work I am missing when season is over. During season it's crazy how a 54 year old man that's hunted over 30 seasons can still get just as excited when a gobblers coming in as he did when he just starting out turkey hunting. I fill the next 310 or so days reading about turkeys, playing calls, making calls, studying maps and scouting for next season. I have found that the best time to check out public land is right after turkey season is over. I can spend days scouting new areas and never see another soul. Most people that turkey hunt will forget all about it until about two weeks before season comes in, but not me. Turkey season is pretty much in at my house 365 days a year, I just don't have to get up as early, or get to carry a gun, but I think about calls or hunting every single day of the year. I know, I'm sick, can't help it and don't apologize for it. Turkeys are my thing, plain and simple. Can't wait till next March when I go out and hear the first gobble of the season, then it's on again......Good Lord willing.
I miss it bad, but part of why I love turkey hunting is the anticipation every spring. I try to stay as active outside during the winter as possible, but every year you eventually get a mild case of cabin fever. Day dreaming about spring and all that comes with it is what gets me through those tough days. I'd hunt turkeys every day if I could, but until then you just gotta grind it out and find other things to keep your mind happy. Shed hunting, bow hunting, and artifact hunting keep me sane while I pass time until spring.
Quote from: ShootingABN! on June 12, 2018, 09:17:23 PM
Yes I miss it bad.... This was my first year hunting public in MS. I didn't hear many birds.... Didn't get to work any.... Heart breaking....
Went home to VA. Hunting three days. Heard one the first trip out and he was HOT.... However it was on private land.... Then went with my best friend from high school... We had a good time.
Then I went by myself and missed two birds within 15 minutes of the hunt... Scope mount was stripped and my it was way off.... LOL...
I'm hoping I'll have more luck and get in on some WMA's early draw hunts......
I enjoy this website....
Y'all have fun...
Always good to spend time with friends hunting for sure. I don't have any that turkey hunt but several that deer hunt. This is an excellent and very informative website. A lot of good people here.
Quote from: larry9988 on June 12, 2018, 09:55:26 PM
Two of my favorite days of the year.... opening day of turkey season and the day it goes out. We have a long spring season in Georgia and by the time it's over, I am pretty much used up. Our season lasts almost two months. Season comes in the first Saturday after March 20 and stays in until May 15, so that's more than 50 days. By May it's hot, the mosquitoes are bad and the snakes are crawling and even worse than that is my wife has had enough of being woken up at five A.M. every morning and is about ready to shoot me by then. I finally stop feeling guilty if I sleep in a morning, or about the work I am missing when season is over. During season it's crazy how a 54 year old man that's hunted over 30 seasons can still get just as excited when a gobblers coming in as he did when he just starting out turkey hunting. I fill the next 310 or so days reading about turkeys, playing calls, making calls, studying maps and scouting for next season. I have found that the best time to check out public land is right after turkey season is over. I can spend days scouting new areas and never see another soul. Most people that turkey hunt will forget all about it until about two weeks before season comes in, but not me. Turkey season is pretty much in at my house 365 days a year, I just don't have to get up as early, or get to carry a gun, but I think about calls or hunting every single day of the year. I know, I'm sick, can't help it and don't apologize for it. Turkeys are my thing, plain and simple. Can't wait till next March when I go out and hear the first gobble of the season, then it's on again
I wish ours was that long, it starts May first and ends May thirty-first and we can only hunt till noon. Yea I think about it all year myself and still get excited about it for sure. I have to lay off buying calls after the next 3 I have ordered, have to get a car van before winter then have to buy CHRISTmas stuff for the nephews but then I will buy myself another for my birthday in January. I have a few turkey books to read and will try to get a few more as well as other books I am reading. I can't wait to go after them again in May as you say......Good Lord willing.
Quote from: Bolandstrutters on June 13, 2018, 08:04:00 AM
I miss it bad, but part of why I love turkey hunting is the anticipation every spring. I try to stay as active outside during the winter as possible, but every year you eventually get a mild case of cabin fever. Day dreaming about spring and all that comes with it is what gets me through those tough days. I'd hunt turkeys every day if I could, but until then you just gotta grind it out and find other things to keep your mind happy. Shed hunting, bow hunting, and artifact hunting keep me sane while I pass time until spring.
Not much for shed hunting, but want to do more with picture taking for sure.