Deep South Gobblers

Clay put down the Georgia limit again. One Saturday and one today (Monday.) Expert turkey hunter that knows how to stay with 'em!

I got lucky after 6 hrs on my butt this morning after struggling Saturday & Sunday.

Last week gobblers down here were gobbling a lot. This past weekend it was like a dimmer switch was activated.

This morning was a little better, but weak responses to calling.

We were blessed!!

Way to go guys!

Congrats

Nice work guys, way to get after em.

Congrats guys ,pretty birds.. We open this Saturday ...

Heck yeah! Way to go.

congrats

Couple weeks before we open but this has me fired up! Beautiful birds!

You guys must of found a strutting spot beautiful birds

Congrats to you both. I saw a small group of toms strutting as I came back from a tractor store which was early afternoon.

3 days of hunting.

2 different properties....8 miles apart.

Congrats, nice birds.

I don't give a flip about them ground buzzards but looks like a great place for a castor mound set behind you, lol.

Seed ticks are in full force already but you probably already figured that out.

Congratulations to all!!!

… you hunt with Don Williams?

That is awesome!!! Great pictures and thanks for sharing your hunts.

A month to go for Pa hunters......jk

Great job Swamp and Clay. Great pics also. Always look forward to this post in the spring.

…. Uncle Swamp … can you get Don Williams to autograph a snuff can for me ?

Was at the Post Office this afternoon...

Could have got one ..with my throwing knife.
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I never noticed the resemblance until now. Don't know for sure, but I don't think Clay can sing.

Thumbs up to the warden's, great pic's and beautiful bird's.

No snuff cans round here, just real, hairy chested men’s tobacco.
I can sign one of these or a bubble gum wrapper. That’s the same as a snuff can.

…. You got the wrong pouch ….Always get the one with tooth loss warning… I make them put the cancer ones back on the shelf

… or my favorite one that states the obvious… addictive lol

The knee saver...

…. Show us a pic of you poppin a wheelie on that bad boy uncle swamp

I couldn't get Clay to take the picture...he was laughing too hard...

… you mean Don right?

They keep trying to reintroduce turkeys here and they get killed off faster than missionaries in an African cannibal camp

Did you contribute to the unsuccessfulness of the reintroduction efforts?
Tell the truth. It’ll be easier that way. It will feel good to get it off your chest.
Statute of limitations are probably up by now anyway.

WTG, thanks for sharing,

Dandy Toms

Looking good! Sounds like some great hunting, congrats

Closed the season out this afternoon with another tight-lipped tom.

A man always wonders how many more seasons he's gonna get to enjoy. I hope many more.

And it's always a blessing to spend time with a good friend, especially when we're hunting!

Clay,
Hopefully I'll see ya in November.



This is a good advertisement for HJM e-bikes....lol

Congrats

Made it home this evening after a 16 hour drive from pert near Florida to North Missouri.
This makes 16 years in a row I’ve made that trek to Patrick’s. Each trip has been a goodun.
42 longbeards toted home in those years has made for a buncha memories and some dang good friendships. Made another trip down there and killed a fine black bear on an incredibly exciting hound hunt that Patrick lined up for me with friends of his. Throw in a wild hog one year and it’s been a mighty successful chance meeting at the NTA convention in Lima Ohio in 2009.

The whitetails will be waiting your return come November my friend.

Sweet nice birds. We had to stop on the road for a bunch of gobblers strutting to hens several more off the road at the same place. Still have a few weeks to go here,

Thanks all for the comments.

These gobblers here are acting like it's late season, not 1st week of season. A little tough to hunt.

Good luck to all of ya'll during your upcoming seasons. Be safe!

I been a Don Williams fan fer ever.
He had a buncha good tunes.
I’m betting old Don was a hunter.

That’s funny stuff.

“Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy” is a good one.

Good deal Swamp.. My bike should be here tomorrow.I hope.

Slipknot,
What brand e-bike did u buy?

I'd pay good money for a photo of you riding that bad boy with Clay sitting on the handlebars.

Himiway moped style step thru.My cousin just text me and said it was in.Our season starts Saturday morning.

Great pics and a great post. More of this stuff is needed.

Also nice to see the foliage down there (when we have snow on the ground here).

Honest question: What are you going to do with the bird now? I quit hunting turkeys because I didn't want to eat them anymore. Best I found was putting them in soup. What's your preferred way to choke these things down?

I understand the peace, solitude and comradery the hunt provides, however.

My neighbor has a Himiway. It's held up good for him and he uses his alot on WMA deer hunts.

…. Do you jump ramps with it uncle Swamp?

Calvin,
I love the breast meat cut into nuggets or strips and battered and fried.

The dark meat (thighs and legs) I give away to a local lady that cuts them up and uses the meat in turkey dressing.

… is it a colored lady uncle swamp ?

I would if my knees were better.

It'll run nearly 25 mph. And that's fast on a tight, sandy, muddy logging road with my 870 on the front rack...

Yes...it is. Us Southerners understand that...don't we? Lol

I have 2 of em. Bought one for the wife too.

But Clay is a walker....like I used to be.

Several miles turkey hunting is just a short stroll.

…. Got a couple that sell smoked turkey legs out of a big cooler on the side of the road around here lol

That bike has kept me in the game...

…. You sure take a lot of pictures of your bicycle

One day I'll look back at the pics and be glad I took em.

…. I think you ought to get one of those wheelchairs with tank tracks on it

… call it the swamp mobile

My cuz has one he uses in Kansas has a wagon attached to it.He has a. Video of him with a 225 lb deer in the wagon and he cruised down the rd with ease .

…. That Rambo wheelchair… or one of those bicycles

If it comes to that to keep me in the game...I hope I can afford that swamp mobile.

…. Just go on and get it now … surprised the state didn’t issue y’all ones when you were game law lol

Leaves too much sign.....couldn't be stealthy leaving dozer tracks.

…. Yeah but I know how yall don’t like walking too far from the ac and heated truck lol

Those track chairs are the ticket. We use them in the handicap hunt every year. My dads hunter shot 3 deer one evening and drug out all 3 at one time with the track chairs

…. Thinking about getting myself one with a built in beer cooler

Can ya get a cab on one, heated?

lol … and maybe mount a spotlight and machine gun on it

Us Georgia GWs don't mind walking. 10 miles a day was common.

…. That’s a big donut shop parking lot right there

I was known for a filthy truck and walking long distances lol.

lol

Got a buddy on his first buck and we put it on the chair to get it out. Unfortunately, sorry joker used a regular chair to shoot two does across a soggy cotton field a couple weeks later that I had to drag back to the truck. Those action tracks could definitely come in handy for me

…. Maybe the discretionary fund will send uncle swamps arthritic butt a Rambo wheelchair

Great idea!

…. If that happens you have to video yourself jumping a ramp on it

….. and get wolfdog to make a rap video out of it on his YouTube channel

Friend's daughter was able to wait a gobbler out yesterday....he came in following a couple hens...she killed him mid-morning.


This morning...she set up on another gobbler. This one gobbled and strutted all the way in to her gun from the roost.

Not a GW but am known for filthy trucks never wash or wax any of them new or not