...verify sight in on my guns, practice calling and spray my hunting clothes with permethrin.
The trip money is in the safe, and everything else is set on go. Even the vest is packed! I still have almost a month to wait. :-\
What turkey hunting preparations do you still have to do before your first hunt this season?
Sight in the red dot, scout one more time
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I'll take a couple shots to make sure my scope is on at various distances but other than that... I'm ready to roll! I'm hunting WV this year on some private land so I'm going to make a trip down there in a couple weeks just to check out the property.
To much!
I mentioned in another thread that I got a new gun a few days ago so I need to shoot some patterns when I get the chance and I'll start scouting as soon as It's worthwhile to do so here. I do some calling year round, but I'll really get at it over the next several weeks. The scouting does as much to help get me back in as good a shape as my worn out body gets, as it does to let me know what the birds are up to.
Bob
Get a choke / shell combo ready in my son's new turkey gun, sort out starting line up of calls, etc. etc.
But hey, starting tomorrow - the clock in my truck will be right again! So, there's that done... ;D
Quote from: SteelerFan on March 12, 2016, 11:53:46 AM
Get a choke / shell combo ready in my son's new turkey gun, sort out starting line up of calls, etc. etc.
But hey, starting tomorrow - the clock in my truck will be right again! So, there's that done... ;D
Lol. Thanks for the reminder on the time change, I forgot about it. :icon_thumright:
Bob
Scouting! How could I forget that!?!?!
I'm goin to keep practicing my calling. I have two more doors to knock on to see if I can seal the deal in some private land. (Both I've been seeing flocks almost daily.) if not I'll be on public land. Vest is ready, gun is ready, just need to spray with permethrin.
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Just took a little four mile jaunt this morning checking out a new chunk of public land this morning. Have to still get a new dot scope on my gun and sight it in, practice calling more and donate $165 dollars to the state of West Virginia for my license. Have a month to get it all done. Plus I have some more calls coming thanks to my darling wife. It's good to have a March birthday.!And I am going to have to get with my buddy on how we are gonna get together for some hunts. Between work and two boys plating baseball and a daughter playing volleyball I shouldn't be bored.
Quote from: Happy on March 12, 2016, 02:29:14 PM
Just took a little four mile jaunt this morning checking out a new chunk of public land this morning. Have to still get a new dot scope on my gun and sight it in, practice calling more and donate $165 dollars to the state of West Virginia for my license. Have a month to get it all done. Plus I have some more calls coming thanks to my darling wife. It's good to have a March birthday.!And I am going to have to get with my buddy on how we are gonna get together for some hunts. Between work and two boys plating baseball and a daughter playing volleyball I shouldn't be bored.
The getting together won't be hard so long as everyone is healthy. Remember, we can hunt Sunday's here so there's that. We should probably go check out the deer property back home one morning to see if that's a go or a no but I can do that myself really. Might not hurt to see what the club has had timbered since our last trip. Sure don't want to get to a spot one morning to find the entire valley clear cut.
Other than that, I'll need to check the poi of my shotgun once the TSS shows up and I get some loads made up. It that doesn't happen in time, I'll be using the standard loads from last year. No worries either way.
Vacation time is all approved reservations all made for west trip guns shells all ready calls all conditioned now nothing to do but scout till April 9th
I still need to learn how to call a turkey...
Confirm zero on my red dot and treat hunting clothes with permethrin, otherwise I could be ready to go in about 3 minutes.
Jim
Starts in a couple of days here so I have to convince my boss how sick I am Tuesday. :turkey2:
Finish sighting in my gun with new TSS loads, spray clothes with permethrin, scout several pieces of land. All of which I hope to have completed this week.
Shoot my bow.
Treat clothes. Then load truck and go. All else is ready and packed. Even got my fishing gear organized today, ready for my trip so I can fish after tagging out!
I need to start by cleaning out my truck. The remnants of bow season,duck season, snow goose,and trapping season are spilling out of the back seat. Not to mention that smell...............
Everything. That being said, some of you guys start soon. We start May first here. I've got a little bit, but it will get here fast and it just started getting warmish enough to do a patterning session. I still have a couple loads from last year I haven't shot yet. I'd like to see if I can get the 3.5" Federal HWT 7's to work in an 835 or M3500.
Our season starts tomorrow! I hope my list is completed when I walk into the woods in the morning!
Quote from: Haypatch on March 14, 2016, 11:43:36 AM
Our season starts tomorrow! I hope my list is completed when I walk into the woods in the morning!
Good luck in the morning....
Had to buy a new gun this year. I got it all sighted in now the only thing left to do is go listen Saturday night and then wake up Sunday and it's on!
Find a gobbler to hunt...still looking and season opens tomorrow! :'(
Way to much, Got to get busy
Permethrin........I knew I have been forgetting something.