2015. What a year. As I sit here typing this, I can't help but remember back to when I was knee high to a grass hopper, sitting at a camp fire in South Carolina, surrounded by old master turkey hunters. I was in heaven listening to all the turkey talk. As everyone eventually went off to bed, I was left sitting by the fire with one of the guys from camp, a friend of my fathers. I remember him saying, "Son, I can see youre like your father. You got it bad" "Got what?" I asked. "You've been hooked", he smiled letting me know the pun was intentional. I most certainly have been "hooked". I can honestly say I've never burned the candles at both ends, more then I did this year. There was a stretch of 2 weeks where I only saw my house for 20 hours each week, and slept about the same. In a month and a half I put over 7000 miles on my truck. I had a really good but tough season. Lady luck seemed to either be all over me, or throwing all her anger at me. When the birds worked, they did it right. I was on birds all season, but like Derek, they seemed to be really hened up. Unlike Derek, I shot more 2 year olds this year then I have in a long time. I tried some new tricks, saw some new places and got to see quite a few sunrises with my back to a tree. What more is there to ask for?
Heres my first bird of the year, the one I scored
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This bird was pretty special. It was shot on my family's farm in Va. A farm my great grandfather owned. To my knowledge, this is one of the first birds ever shot on this property. The lake in the background is a lake my great grandfather built.
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A cool looking piece of property I'll be spending more time at in future years, also in VA.
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This guy had some cool looking wings and tail fan. These pics don't do it justice showing just how yellow they are. I found this bird earlier in the year and finally got him about half way through the year.
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This poor guy almost got saved by the tree limb in the pic, but not quite. Hevishot is nasty stuff at 15 yards.
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Finally my first good set of hooks for the year!
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Ended the season with a double beard. Had this guy at about 8 steps that morning. Awesome hunt.
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Who's ready for the 2016 season??