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Title: It is all over for the year.
Post by: wisconsinteacher on May 22, 2011, 10:02:52 AM
It is done for another year >:(but it was a good one.  Other than Neal, most people I talked to had a hard spring with fewer birds seen or heard.  My goal for the year was met so I am very happy.  I wanted to have fun, take a kid hunting, hunt with my dad and wife, and see a bird drop.  Well I took two kids out and had birds at 10 yards for both, but no toms.  Dad and I hunted 3 mornings and he got a nice 3 year old.  I got a nice bird on my own, and my wife got her first long beard after a good sneak on the flock.  After my wife's season my world got busy with job interviews and being told we have 30 days to move due to the house selling.  I did eat one tag because the guys I was going to hunt with in a different zone backed out.  This week, I hunted once due to work and this morning, I crashed hard when I saw lightning and heard thunder.  So we had 3 tags and got 3 birds.  My two extra tags did not get filled, but I did not hunt hard at all.  The kids I took saw birds and had fun.  I learned a lot and got my 870SM ready for a long time and now I know what calls I would like to invest in to replace the calls I made that don't sound the greatest.  Now it is time to go fishing!!!

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Title: Re: It is all over for the year.
Post by: PALongspur on May 22, 2011, 10:05:51 AM
Congrats on a great season! Your bird is really neat looking!
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Post by: M,Yingling on May 22, 2011, 10:09:15 AM
Looks like you had a great season  :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
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Post by: stone road turkey calls on May 22, 2011, 11:32:04 AM
thats what i call a grand slam
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Post by: Hognutz on May 22, 2011, 11:53:52 AM
Congrats. Nice to be able to hunt with the wife and father. Way to go, guys and gal..Mike :you_rock:
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Post by: vaturkey on May 22, 2011, 11:57:08 AM
Congrats on a great season !!    :newmascot:
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Post by: barry on May 22, 2011, 01:26:18 PM
Sounds like a great season to me.
Was wondering if you had decided on that custom call you were gonna get.
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Post by: magicman on May 22, 2011, 01:56:06 PM
Sounds awesome.
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Post by: neal on May 22, 2011, 02:02:25 PM
Matt it seems like a week ago you where sitting at my house playing calls and talking about the up coming season and now it's done! Dang it!
Title: Re: It is all over for the year.
Post by: carp84 on May 22, 2011, 06:32:36 PM
Congrats on a great year.....It did seem like a lot of guys here in WI had a hard year. The farm I hunt on was loaded with birds this year and I filled all 4 of my tags well some guys that I know that hunt just down the road couldnt find a bird to save their life.
Title: Re: It is all over for the year.
Post by: wisconsinteacher on May 22, 2011, 07:09:07 PM
Carp, that was the same thing here.  A few of my better spots still had a few birds but my second rate places from the last few years did not have any birds on them.  I hope we get a good hatch.
Title: Re: It is all over for the year.
Post by: WyoHunter on May 22, 2011, 07:53:19 PM
Quote from: PALongspur on May 22, 2011, 10:05:51 AM
Congrats on a great season! Your bird is really neat looking!
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