We have not hunted yet. Soon they will hear from us.

had one fly into the side of the skid steer today-hen.

It’s been rough around here most days nothing is gobbling only worked two birds so far this season. The one hung up at 60 yards the other one walked the other way. Getting frustrated for sure but I’m still plugging away. Hunted every day except 2. Being retired is fun!

I had to work for this one. I had to walk up and down so many ridges I think my legs are about to fall off. We dueled all morning from when he sounded off on the roost. He answered almost everything at through at him but kept going in the wrong direction. About 9 o’clock this morning he was at his strut zone which I had found a couple of days ago. I snuck within 50 yards, made a few soft calls and waited. I killed him at 9:40 at 27 yards. He has 1 inch spurs, an 8 1/2 inch beard and weighs 19 lbs. 12 oz.



Half his beard was missing.

nice job

Congratulations on a nice bird hope to get after bird #2 this weekend

Thanks PCR and Snyde. Snyde, I also have a second tag. I’ll be out after them again tomorrow. I have two days of camp time left before I got to go home and back to the real world. I’ve been buying the second tag ever since they created it but I can’t remember when that was. Does anybody remember when the PGC first issued the special spring gobbler tag?

Nice bird Lugnut. Good luck getting #2. I did not purchase a second tag this year cause of work, and really wish I did. Not sure when they started allowing the second tag to be purchased. Going with my cousin Saturday and call for him. He’s got two tags, and a new shotgun he needs to break in.

Nice bird congrats!!

Filled second tag today.

great job lugnut……………….almost regret filling my second tag with still so much time left in the season...……...

well played Mr.Longbeard,well played.tomorrow is another day though.

Hey Lugnut A beautiful looking bird Sounds like you had to earn it .My turn to congratulate you . After more than 50 years of hunting my first turkey came easy . You worked to get this one and that's why they all are special

and then you kill piles of em and get addicted to the one making you look like a fool.guilty but lots of time left.was surprised to see hens nesting today though.

Thanks for all the congrats guys. Hunting spring gobbler’s is about my favorite thing to do.

I stayed in camp until the heavy rain ended about 830 this morning then headed to an area where there are some crop fields, figured the turkeys didn’t want to be in the drippy woods anymore than I did. Sure enough two big gobblers and a hen. As I was circling above them the woods thinned out enough for the hen to spy me (Putt Putt). I backed off and called a little bit but the gig was up.

Later I moved to the far end of the fields and had three hens feed past in front of me about 30 yards out. I thought, “perfect, live decoys” and kept waiting for the gobbler that should’ve been following them to show up. He never did.

Tomorrow is another day.

Congrats ecam!

The best hunts are with the smart birds that take multiple hunts on multiple days to kill, if you ever do.

It’s interesting that you also have a second tag available to you in Canada. Can you harvest two turkeys with your regular license or do you have to buy a special second tag?

I’ve been buying the special second tag since it was first created. I don’t fill it all that often but, to me, it is well worth the price because it keeps me hunting on the many occasions that I’ve killed turkeys during the first couple of days of the season. Without that second tag I’d be done for the year.

pcr2 there are worse things to get addicted too than hunting and fishing .And another thing my grandfather was in his late 70's when I turned 12 and was able to go along .He had health problems with his lower back and legs .So he would find a squirrel den tree and he would sit by that tree waiting to see a squirrel .And it would become a personal vendetta between him and that squirrel that he assumed was living in that tree He was addicted to getting what he thought was a particular squirrel . Since he was my mentor and taught me a lot about hunting it should be natural that we get obsessed with be successful

i wasn't to interested other than kinda wanting to get one on my own property.now i feel its my job to kill this sum bum.if i can do it on my own property it would be the greatest.