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Title: Start dates?
Post by: dirt road ninja on January 30, 2015, 11:41:38 AM
We get an extra day down here (MS). Starting on March 14th - youth on the 7th. How about y'all?
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Post by: WNY Bowhunter on January 30, 2015, 12:31:07 PM
Here in NY...

Youth = 4/25 and 4/26
Reg = 5/1 through 5/31
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Post by: trkehunr93 on January 31, 2015, 08:10:59 AM
Youth is 4/4, regular season is 4/11-5/16 here in VA.
Title: Start dates?
Post by: boomer on January 31, 2015, 06:23:17 PM
Here in Ne archery starts 3/25 - 5/31. Not sure about shotgun usually mid April.
Title: Start dates?
Post by: okiegobblers on January 31, 2015, 06:46:08 PM
April 6 to May 6 here in OK.
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Post by: land cruiser on January 31, 2015, 07:28:08 PM
March 28 here for regular season
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Post by: dirt road ninja on January 31, 2015, 08:01:37 PM
Quote from: land cruiser on January 31, 2015, 07:28:08 PM
March 28 here for regular season

Where is here?
Title: Start dates?
Post by: davisd9 on February 02, 2015, 08:53:11 AM
Hoping to hit MS for the opener and Fla March 26-29. My most definitive plan is April 1 here in SC. Cannot get here quick enough!


Sent from the Strut Zone
Title: Start dates?
Post by: ChiefBubba on February 02, 2015, 09:04:53 AM
March 7 here in South Fl on a small piece of private property and then a pretty good permit on a WMA down here. April 1 will find me in S.C. and the in TX. April 15. Chief
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Post by: davisd9 on February 02, 2015, 09:25:11 AM
Thanks for posting but this is the Spur Collector team board.
Title: Re: Start dates?
Post by: dirt road ninja on February 09, 2015, 05:21:01 PM
Under a month till youth. Going to have to shoot the turkey guns in the next couple weeks.
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Post by: davisd9 on February 10, 2015, 07:19:09 AM
Got a SumToy for my 11-87 in yesterday.  William is a great guy to work with.  I had that SumToy for the Hevi 7s but it did not perform like I wanted.  Had it for a while but decided to contact him to see if he would exchange it, worst he would say is he wouldn't and that would have been understandable because of the time that had elapsed.  He took it back and exchanged it.  Great customer service and I would recommend him to anyone.

Got the SumToy, Pure Gold, and RSF that I am going to test.  Hopefully one of them will give me what I am looking for.  Going to shoot the ole 835 to make sure her POA and POI are still good.  Going to feel good to shoulder that ole girl!
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Post by: trkehunr93 on February 10, 2015, 08:42:02 AM
Quote from: davisd9 on February 10, 2015, 07:19:09 AM
Got a SumToy for my 11-87 in yesterday.  William is a great guy to work with.  I had that SumToy for the Hevi 7s but it did not perform like I wanted.  Had it for a while but decided to contact him to see if he would exchange it, worst he would say is he wouldn't and that would have been understandable because of the time that had elapsed.  He took it back and exchanged it.  Great customer service and I would recommend him to anyone.

Got the SumToy, Pure Gold, and RSF that I am going to test.  Hopefully one of them will give me what I am looking for.  Going to shoot the ole 835 to make sure her POA and POI are still good.  Going to feel good to shoulder that ole girl!

Thats great to here.  Keep us posted on your results.  I got to make sure my POA and POI are still good as well.  I believe my patterning days are behind me, content with my chokes and my Win. 5's and how they perform.
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Post by: Bustabeak on March 01, 2015, 11:07:50 PM
March 21st here in Georgia!
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Post by: bigbird on March 02, 2015, 09:15:58 AM
Indiana is April 18-19 youth Regular season is April 22
Title: Start dates?
Post by: Turkeykiller12 on March 02, 2015, 05:30:01 PM
GA: Youth is open March 14 and 15. Regular season opens March 21 and goes thru May 15.
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Post by: WNY Bowhunter on March 02, 2015, 09:55:16 PM
Looks like I'm going to be starting my season on 4/18 for the opening weekend of the KY season... :z-guntootsmiley:
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Post by: dirt road ninja on March 02, 2015, 10:15:49 PM
Quote from: WNY Bowhunter on March 02, 2015, 09:55:16 PM
Looks like I'm going to be starting my season on 4/18 for the opening weekend of the KY season... :z-guntootsmiley:

Daniel Boone NF again? 
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Post by: WNY Bowhunter on March 02, 2015, 10:31:02 PM
Nope, private ground this time... :icon_thumright:
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Post by: davisd9 on March 03, 2015, 07:21:33 AM
Quote from: WNY Bowhunter on March 02, 2015, 09:55:16 PM
Looks like I'm going to be starting my season on 4/18 for the opening weekend of the KY season... :z-guntootsmiley:

Awesome! KY is one of the states near the top of my list of places I want to hunt!  Hope you give us a good run down of the trip and I cannot wait to see the gobblers you knock down!
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Post by: turkeykiller22 on March 03, 2015, 12:34:49 PM
I will be starting in AL on March 14th this spring. The last weekend of March I am headed South Carolina for a few days. Then in Tennessee for a few weeks. I will either finish up in Kentucky or Missouri I am not sure yet... Would like to hit Kentucky since I have never been but we shall see. Good luck to all this spring!
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Post by: dirt road ninja on March 12, 2015, 02:20:02 PM
Looks like turkeykiller 12, turkeykiller 22, and myself start this weekend. I know ya'll are looking forward to it as much as I. With a little luck maybe we will have a couple to post up. The weather is looking good for my neck of the woods and all signs are pointing toward hearing a few birds. All went well with my practice run for youth season and I'm confident of some action this weekend. I would love to shoot one, but as I texted Donald, what I'm truly looking forward to the most is a "spirited pursuit". I happy if only to talk with one for awhile. Good luck, be safe, and hunt smart.
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Post by: trkehunr93 on March 12, 2015, 03:16:41 PM
Good luck everyone!  Watched one strutting from my kitchen window for about 7-8 hens in my neighbors yard on Sunday AM.  Bad part is we live within city limits so no hunting.  Listening officially started this AM, none heard.  Looking forward to some dead turkey pics.
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Post by: WNY Bowhunter on March 13, 2015, 10:04:13 AM
I was out doing some shed hunting / scouting yesterday and came across the track of two gobblers that were cruising bare spots.  I ended up spooking them down the field aways.  Glad to see that they made it...

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A lot of snow has melted off...some bare spots in the fields...but the drifts along the hedgerows are still several feet deep and will be here in to April for sure. We've got several more days of temps in the upper 40's ahead...hopefully, it'll melt a bunch more of it.
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Post by: C J Stahly on March 23, 2015, 09:36:20 PM
Quote from: bigbird on March 02, 2015, 09:15:58 AM
Indiana is April 18-19 youth Regular season is April 22

Where at in Indiana are you from and/or where do you hunt?
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Post by: davisd9 on April 09, 2015, 11:10:41 AM
Looks like trkehunr93 will start on Saturday and WNY Bowhunter is not far behind on the following Saturday.  Good luck guys!
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Post by: trkehunr93 on April 09, 2015, 12:30:52 PM
Fingers are crossed!  I have been out listening every morning since Saturday.  Prior to that I have been out at least 3-4 times a week since mid-March, I wake up before daylight really well now ;D.  I've located 5-6 birds at the place I hunt, spotted two of them (mature birds) in a field Tuesday AM with two hens.  Last two mornings gobbling has been sparse and nothing this morning.  There is a larger flock with two gobblers that have been hanging out in a cowfield next to the farm I hunt and they have been roosted on or close to it several times so hopefully the hens will keep bringing them over the boundary line.  One more morning to listen and a roosting session tomorrow evening and it's game on Sat. 
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Post by: davisd9 on April 09, 2015, 01:08:54 PM
Quote from: trkehunr93 on April 09, 2015, 12:30:52 PM
Fingers are crossed!  I have been out listening every morning since Saturday.  Prior to that I have been out at least 3-4 times a week since mid-March, I wake up before daylight really well now ;D.  I've located 5-6 birds at the place I hunt, spotted two of them (mature birds) in a field Tuesday AM with two hens.  Last two mornings gobbling has been sparse and nothing this morning.  There is a larger flock with two gobblers that have been hanging out in a cowfield next to the farm I hunt and they have been roosted on or close to it several times so hopefully the hens will keep bringing them over the boundary line.  One more morning to listen and a roosting session tomorrow evening and it's game on Sat.

Good luck my friend!  I am going back after some birds that I tried yesterday with no luck.  I will be checking the board periodically to see if one is down.
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Post by: dirt road ninja on April 09, 2015, 05:01:26 PM
Good luck to you. Hope they're fired up ready to die.
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Post by: WNY Bowhunter on April 09, 2015, 09:36:50 PM
Leaving for KY next friday to hunt for the first 3 days...then the NY youth season opens the following saturday and then our regular season opens the friday after that (5/1). It finally looks/feels like spring here in the northeast. I can't wait!!!
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Post by: davisd9 on April 16, 2015, 10:30:14 AM
Good luck DRN in Texas!  I am green with envy!  Going to be watching my phone hard the next few days for pictures!

CJ Stahly is going to get going after some Missouri longbeards he has been scouting Monday!  Good luck my friend!  That ol boat anchor will knock them down the way you have it set up!  ;)

Be careful traveling to Kentucky WNY BH.  I know you will give them birds trouble!

bigbird is up next on the 22nd.  Looks like all the Spur Collectors will have been in the woods by this time.

Good luck everyone and remember to give it to them, have fun, and most importantly be safe!
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Post by: trkehunr93 on April 16, 2015, 11:39:25 AM
Good luck guys, looking forward to lots of dead turkey pics!
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Post by: WNY Bowhunter on April 16, 2015, 08:23:24 PM
The car is all packed up...my wife gets home from work at midnight...then we plan on heading out around 2:00AM which will have us arriving in KY in the early afternoon tomorrow.  The landowner is going to show us around the farm and hopefully we can roost some prospects for saturday morning.  :z-guntootsmiley: