Never done NE before and it was basically an itch I wanted to scratch. My cousin and I killed two each. Decided to come home instead of buying the last tag.
It was a fun trip, saw a lot of new country and made some new friends. Just might be back.
Here's my other Tom and one of Cuz's birds.
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Nice pictures. Congrats on a successful trip. Too much doom and gloom reports on here about the 2018 season.
Nice birds. Sounds like a good trip, congrats brother :drool:
I would like to add Nebraska next year. Did you go with an outfitter or was it DIY? Doesn't seem to be alot of public ground. I am just starting to look, any info or suggestions would be a appreciated. Nice Birds! Congrats!
Congrats!
Congratulations on a successful trip!
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Congratulations to the both of you.
CONGRATS on a successful trip !!!!
Well played !!
Nice.I didn't know you could get a brown bird in Nebraski.Good job.
They've been kicking my butt. It's been hot and windy and the birds have been shutting down by 9:30. Toms have been roosted with hens, but they start to break away an hour and a half after fly down. I finally got on one this morning and had him in to 40, but before I could put my red dot on him, he got into some brush and then flat out disappeared. Only gobbled one time on his way to me. The plan tomorrow is to get in well before daylight and set up in an area I saw a flock feeding and a couple of toms strutting. These plains birds are not fun to hunt. The only place with cover to setup in is the drainages they roost in.
Quote from: JMalin on May 27, 2018, 09:50:34 PM
They've been kicking my butt. It's been hot and windy and the birds have been shutting down by 9:30. Toms have been roosted with hens, but they start to break away an hour and a half after fly down. I finally got on one this morning and had him in to 40, but before I could put my red dot on him, he got into some brush and then flat out disappeared. Only gobbled one time on his way to me. The plan tomorrow is to get in well before daylight and set up in an area I saw a flock feeding and a couple of toms strutting. These plains birds are not fun to hunt. The only place with cover to setup in is the drainages they roost in.
. If you can, you move to the next drainage over, if it isn't too far.
We killed every bird between 1:00 on and 7:30 pm. Binoculars were our friends.
Nice job!
I ended up bushwhacking a jake yesterday afternoon. Saw a group of four with one tom as far as I could tell. I got in position laying on my belly just below the top of a hill and saw a red head moving from right to left. As tough as it's been for me out here, that red head at 20 yards was all I needed to see to pull the trigger. In all honesty, I may have knowingly shot a jake. It's an 11 hour drive back home. I elected to sleep in this morning. I think I'm done hunting these plains birds. I had a couple toms on the edge of a cut corn field 600 yards away. All I did was try to drop down and head them off to the ravine the appeared to be dropping down into. I moved 100 yards down the hill, glassed them again, and they were moving quickly away from me.
I've been in the Deep South,that's thick woods!! I've never hunted there, and would not no how.Probably hard to get permission.The plains is different country, and it takes time to get good at it.
Congrats on a great trip Sam!!
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