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Old 10-29-2005 | 12:14 AM
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Default RE: PA fall turkey season opens tomorrow

yep im pumped........2am now.....615 ill be up.....less then 4 hrs of sleep......and ill probably be chasin birds of one species or another till i pass out.......or the sun sets........im pumped......trucks all packed except for the guns...man going from turkey hunting to small game hunting can really fill a SUV quick!...i remember doing it out of my little plymouth duster...that thing was PACKED! lol......love it....im pumped for tomarow....got a new choke and loads for my gun...undertake HS tube...1 1/2oz of HS #6 rem high velocity loads...187 pellets on a sheet of computer paper at 30yds....im pumped......birds roosting in the SAME exzact tree as the spring.....up on an oak ridge.....thickets behind them and to the right...ravine and a hillside infront of them and a pasture....woods fields and pastures to the left of them...woods loaded with oaks.....niccccccccce oak flat...they flew down on the oak ridge and fed to the left to the fields and through the pastures....or across the ravine into the small patch of woods and pasture.....i got my buddy to set up across the ravine on the edge of the field....and ill take the hike and sneak up to the roost site and sit under them to the left.....they do what they normally did and they are doomed.......and the last week of spring with full leaves i could see them fly down any direction they went from the spot i will be........so if they do something out of the blue i should see them as long as they are in the same tree as normal..and can get after them....bust the flock in the direction of my buddy....or if they fly to him..he shoots and they fly back up to me.....man i got it all planned out......when i got it all planned out it NEVER works out........i hope lucks on my side tomarow....i think itll be my buddys first bird....i told him id kill mine early in the spring and take him the rest of the season...but i didnt tag mine in the spring! lol......i hunted THAT SAME SPOT...hunting one HUGE boss tom......HUGE bird....couple close calls but he always beat me..........or the hens beat me......tomarow ill settle for a hen...just for one less hen in that little patch next spring.....theres serious 30 some birds or so on a little...maybe 30acre farm....maybe 5-10 acres of woods.....not much at all.....but they are there!.....imagine hunting them in the spring.....sure they split up and cross roads ect in the spring....but last fall there was atleast 30 in the flock....cant wait for the morning....and i got a 2nd spot lined up.....and then we will pheasant/small game/turkey hunt after that.........good luck guys
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