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My most memorable day of the spring season was April 7th as the birds were gobbling strong all day long.  I was able to take two birds on two separate set-ups that day while hunting at Fort Campbell and also took one on a piece of public ground.  A special Thank You to Richard Hudson for all his help and tips on the areas and places I hunted.  I had the opportunity to meet up with him at the National convention and again while at Fort Campbell.

Looks like you had an AWSOME season!
Congrats on killing a ton of longbeards! :icon_thumright:

I have read and listened to a lot of comments from a few turkey hunters in the last couple of years saying how hunting with a blind was easier and cheating.  I am humbled at these comments as I hunt both open run-n-gun & bow methods.  I find that all methods are rewarding in their own special way but it takes packing a blind, bow, decoys and camera equipment to appreciate a self filmed bow hunt..   Here are some pictures from a few of the bow hunts..

Had an encounter while working a bird in MO this year that I will never forget.  
The bird was gobbling good and went silent on me so I had the gun up and ready for what seemed like forever!  All of a sudden I heard a bunch of splashing and commotion of a wood duck down the hill in a small creek that runs through a pasture.  As I come out of the woods I seen a coyote chasing the wood duck hen who would not leave the area as she had a bunch of little ones following her up and down the creek.
The coyote seen me a split second later than I seen him and lets just say he had a bad day.

I followed the hen woody up the creek as her little chicks caught up to her trying to get a close up pic with the iPhone.  She cut up the bank one way and the chicks split up into the fescue pasture to hide.  I could not resist and followed to where I took the following picture.  Them little boogers are quick on the feet but hide in nothing when you get up on them.

I looked down and had one of them run right into the side of my shoe and stop like he was going to hide under the arch of my boot.  I picked him up, took the picture below and quickly released him with the others as they were all now running and swimming to catch back up to mom..

Here is a Jake that thought he was the area stud service for the morning but that all changed about two hrs later when his grandpa showed up..
He opened a can of whoop rear end on my DSD Jake and turned gay for a little bit.  He later decided to climb up on top my DSD hen :D

Awesome season.

Very, very well done.

Congrats

Man that was a great season!!!!  Looks like you hunted some beautiful places too.

Bill

WOW ! Awesome Season ! Congrats ! Great Pics !  :icon_thumright:



   vaturkey   :newmascot:

Outstanding story and pics, sounds like a load of fun.

Congrats on the great season!! :happy0064:

Congrats on a great season!!

Outstanding!

Great season GS. I want to do that one of these years. Just take off and hunt as you go.

TRKYHTR

Great season congrat!  The linseed oil is rubbed into the spur?  I have a problem with them get them getting dis colored in sunlight.  Turn a little white?

Quote from: 1tiogabowhunter on May 14, 2012, 07:26:51 PM
Great season congrat!  The linseed oil is rubbed into the spur?  I have a problem with them get them getting dis colored in sunlight.  Turn a little white?

You will find that the boiled linseed oil will bring that color back and prevent them from turning that dry flakey white.  I put two coats on them and after the 2nd coat dries I take a dremel tool with a buffing wheel and hit them lightly.  Once you do this you will never have to touch them again...

 :icon_thumright: Congrats

Awesome season and story! Thanks for a great read.


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awesome season. Congrats. I must say I am a bit jealous of a season like that.

That was a great year for anyone. Congrats.



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Great pics.
Thanks for taking us along!
Greg

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VERY impressive. Congrats on an awesome season!

Man that is great. Though I had a great season of travel hunts too, I'm truly jealous of yours mainly of how you documented your journey with photos. I have a great time on my trips but I always seem to be rushed and never really slow down for photos anymore. It ends up being a big blur. Thank you so much for sharing and a great big congrats!

a season i am sure you will not soon forget. those are memories that last a lifetime. Bob

Congrats on a great year  :icon_thumright:

Impressive. Thanks for sharing with us.

Awesome!! :o :o

WOOOOEEEEE!!

Great pics and a memorable season.

Congrats on some mighty fine hunts, and birds!!!



God Bless,

David B.

That is incredible!!!  Great job!

Thanks for sharing the pictures and the read.  Looks like you had a hunt of a lifetime.

bird

WOW.   :happy0064: I dream of a hunt like that!  Living out of the truck and chasing longbeards all over - doesn't get much better than that.  Great pics.  Thanks for sharing

Congrats on a great season and many beautiful gobblers

Wow what a pile of birds. Congrats on a great season. I am truly jealous.

It is to bad you didn't know what those mushrooms were because next to the morel they are some of the best eating you will find. They are called chicken mushrooms or sulfur shelf mushrooms. No lying they taste like chicken. If you look them up on-line you will find there are no mistakable look alikes so you can't go wrong. They usually don't grow on the ground like that so there must be a log just under the surface they are feeding off of.

Quote from: GSLAM95 on May 14, 2012, 03:54:16 PM

What kind of Mushroom is this?
(http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h248/gslam95/IMG_0108.jpg)

Congrats on a great spring season.Great point on the ground blind.That is NOT easy to pack all the needed gear in to turkey hunt out of one.

That's livin' the dream!
Congrats!

 :o WoW! That's a great season for sure... Congrats  :icon_thumright:

Awesome pics and greatstories to go along! Just wish I had the gumption to tackle something like that!

Awesome!  Stacked them up like cordwood!!

I got a good chuckle out of that duckling photo  :laugh:

Try out Stewart forest also in TN close to FT Campbell.  Great post...