Arkansas Bird Activity

Lung Blood · 04-23-2005, 05:22 AM

I drew a limited permit for a 3 day hunt at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock that starts next Tuesday morning and I was wonder how the Arkansas birds are acting. I'm hoping that the hens are starting to nest and the gobblers are getting fired up.

Any information that you could throw out there would be appreciated.

siro6999 · 04-23-2005, 09:52 AM

the birds are responding good right now where i live my land joins camp robinson ive got 2 birds my got one and a buddy of has got one on my land but as far as camp goes i have got the permits before and the birds dont talk much out there because there are onley 5 spots that hold most of the turkeys and each permit hunt alowes 50 hunters i have been hunting out there for about 9 years and my best chance for a turkey is bow season

Lung Blood · 04-23-2005, 12:37 PM

Thanks for the information. I have been doing work at CJTR for about 5 years and there always seems to be a high number of birds on post. Hopefully I can pull it off. This is the first time that I have put in for one of the permit hunts.

Thanks again.

siro6999 · 04-23-2005, 02:26 PM

the best places to start are on clifton mt and around the dud impact area good luck

Lung Blood · 04-23-2005, 04:14 PM

Thanks for the tip I will check it out, and let you know the results.

Lung Blood · 04-26-2005, 07:50 PM

Well, I sealed the deal on my first Arkansas Eastern this morning at 7:30. The bird gobbled about 8 times while still on the roost, but once he hit the ground he shut up. My buddy and I had moved in closer to his position before he hit the ground, and I purred and clucked a few times and he snuck in behind us as silent as a mouse. I shot him at about 20 yards through the brush. he weighed 23 lbs and sported 1 3/8" spurs. He had a severe case of beard rot, and only had a few hairs left. The longest of which was 9".