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Title: Good luck to all the PA hunters tomorrow.
Post by: captin_hook on April 26, 2013, 12:27:22 PM
Well it's finally our turn here in PA. Good luck to everyone. It looks like we're going to have some great weather!
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Post by: tomstopper on April 26, 2013, 02:25:10 PM
Good luck to everyone.........
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Post by: DirtNap647 on April 26, 2013, 02:41:08 PM
good luck to all
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Post by: strut2 on April 26, 2013, 03:29:25 PM
Good luck and be safe!
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Post by: dreis3 on April 26, 2013, 03:35:57 PM
Good luck tomorrow guys!
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Post by: TauntoHawk on April 26, 2013, 03:36:00 PM
I won't be shooting but I'll be out there, got a few birds scouted out should be a great day in the woods.
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Post by: M,Yingling on April 26, 2013, 05:51:23 PM
Good Luck  :fud:
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Post by: beagler on April 26, 2013, 06:30:51 PM
Good Luck but most of all be safe! :anim_25:
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Post by: WildSpur on April 26, 2013, 08:14:11 PM
Good luck! 

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Post by: albrubacker on April 26, 2013, 09:52:54 PM
Don' kill them all, I will be there Fri. Can't wait!
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Post by: Fullfan on April 28, 2013, 06:23:03 PM
Humm after 2 weeks in Missouri with no other hunters bothering me, sat morning had 3 other hunters walk up on  me and my daughters. We were on my 398 acers which is clearley posted. Arrested two of the trespassers and have a good lead on the third.

Hope it gets better, it is a true shame that so many hunters  are slobs.......
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Post by: DirtNap647 on April 29, 2013, 04:08:30 AM
Quote from: Fullfan on April 28, 2013, 06:23:03 PM
Humm after 2 weeks in Missouri with no other hunters bothering me, sat morning had 3 other hunters walk up on  me and my daughters. We were on my 398 acers which is clearley posted. Arrested two of the trespassers and have a good lead on the third.

Hope it gets better, it is a true shame that so many hunters  are slobs.......
agreed seems like we get this so much in pa people just have no respect the handful o slobs ruin it for everybody
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Post by: Steve on April 29, 2013, 10:11:20 AM
I hope all you PA guys had some good hunts for the opener. I didn't even get to make it out yet. I spent our opener working on calls all day so I could deliver them in Captin-Hooks stompin grounds on Sunday. One of my customers just sent me a picture this morning of a nice longbeard he harvested with the call he just bought yesterday. :fud: He didn't waste any time with that one!!

Good luck the rest of the season everybody. I'm going to try and get out in the next couple of days.

Steve
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Post by: VaTuRkStOmPeR on April 29, 2013, 11:22:47 AM
Worst hunting experience I've ever had in my extensive travels pursuing turkeys.

I've never been to a place where trespassing is so pervasive and culturally accepted.  I've never heard so many crappy callers and seen such a bastardized version of turkey hunting.

We were on 600 posted private acres. 5 people came in on my buddy at 5 different set ups (one guy was stalking his decoys by holding a strutter in front of him). Several turkeys on our
property were shot before I could get set-up on them.

It was insanity.  It was unsafe. It was lawlessness. The PA hunters in that area are a disgrace to hunting.
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Post by: WildTigerTrout on April 29, 2013, 11:59:43 AM
Sorry to hear about your bad experience in our state. Believe me that type of turkey hunter is a very small minority here. The vast majority obey our trespass laws and are ethical and legal. There are always a few who make it bad for all the rest as in everything. >:(
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Post by: teamkeystonecountry on April 29, 2013, 01:07:10 PM
saturday was unreal here, we arrived at 4 am to get in about 3 miles in 20,000 acre tract of game lands, shortly after 7 am a guy and 2 kids walked right into our setup, i made my presence known and he said its state land he could hunt wherever he wanted, then shortly after two more guys come into my calls, 16 cars in parking lot when we left, no gobbling of course, today rainy here in 4C and again guy comes walking in to my set up and says hes hunted this spot for 5 years and wanted to see who was here, unreal to me that common decency and respect mean nothing to people anymore, ive taken so many turkeys that this past 2 days is making me not want to hunt anymore this season people need to remember that safety and common courtesy were once what made our hunting heritage great, back in mckean county where i come from people dont do that to each other but here in lebanon county its terrible, and to boot some of the absolute worst calling ive ever heard.
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Post by: TauntoHawk on April 29, 2013, 01:40:24 PM
Quote from: teamkeystonecountry on April 29, 2013, 01:07:10 PM
saturday was unreal here, we arrived at 4 am to get in about 3 miles in 20,000 acre tract of game lands, shortly after 7 am a guy and 2 kids walked right into our setup, i made my presence known and he said its state land he could hunt wherever he wanted, then shortly after two more guys come into my calls, 16 cars in parking lot when we left, no gobbling of course, today rainy here in 4C and again guy comes walking in to my set up and says hes hunted this spot for 5 years and wanted to see who was here, unreal to me that common decency and respect mean nothing to people anymore, ive taken so many turkeys that this past 2 days is making me not want to hunt anymore this season people need to remember that safety and common courtesy were once what made our hunting heritage great, back in mckean county where i come from people dont do that to each other but here in lebanon county its terrible, and to boot some of the absolute worst calling ive ever heard.

What you described combined with not being able to hunt on Sundays is exactly why I drive clean through my home state to get to NY most weekends for hunting. I did have a good Saturday on Private land with the guys I took out but I won't touch public anymore
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Post by: teamkeystonecountry on April 29, 2013, 01:49:30 PM
its just disheartening, 200 miles away in the very same state, people go to a place and theres a vehicle they keep on driving, down here they just dont care, not to mention with all the slate scraping and box smacking these birds are soo tight lipped its amazing, no such thing as common decency to your fellow sportsmen anymore, then a guy tells me this morning that he hasnt heard a turkey yet, so i pointed to the 8 vehicles parked and all the less than impressive calling and i said thats why, down here in lebanon county its very bad, and of course im new to the area and only land i can hunt is public since i dont know anyone here, its rough really going to consider no hunting around here, sad sad thing
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Post by: WildTigerTrout on April 29, 2013, 04:13:14 PM
I'm glad I live in the NC part of the state. Not quite as much pressure here with all the public land available.