It's been tough to get fired up this year bc I'm working a new job and have no vacation time built up to take off. I'm thinking about trying Bankhead NF out after work one day here soon. Never been there, don't even know how to get there, but I may check it out and give it a shot. I hate getting off work and having 4 hours of daylight and nowhere to hunt. I've gotta move back toward my dang land, this 3 hour drive aint gonna cut it for much longer.

had 4 gobbling in my father's yard again this am... late april can't get here soon enough!

I can feel the rush coming. :)

Crooked Beard :wave: :fighting0007:Arrowmaster

(Picture the smiley as Crooked Beard standing out 60 yds from you waving at you from behind the briar bushes!) LOL

If your team doesn't know about Crooked Beard.... They WILL!!!

REVENGE 2011 .... KILL HIM!!!


Kim :)

Here is one of the toms that has been at my folks... he just took the pic aroun 1pm today!

Nice one!! Looks like you got him all penned up!! Haha

Good lookin bird westernMA!!!!

I got on another bird this morning. Nothing gobbled at daylight, and I sat at the edge of a cornfield till 8:30. Not even a hen showed up. I had to go to work so I decided to hunt my way back to the truck. After getting about 60 or so yards back in the woodline, I decided to do some excited cutting ( I hadn't called because that's were I peppered the bird opening day and soy my second bird with another Tom). I heard a gobble abbot 150yds and was deciding were to setup. I cut again to check his direction and he was abbot 80yds! I got ready, he was hot and I could hear him drumming! Then I heard a cackle, thought he was flying a ditch to get to me. After about a hour with no show I had to leave. When I started walking he flew out of a tree!!! Guess coyotes or something stirred him up? Well he's around, but that could be my 3rd crack at the same bird! Think he's educated? LOL!!!!!

Hey Western, I did notice something strange about your gobbler. I was on my iPhone and couldn't really tell, but when I got home and zoomed in and checked, i was right! He's got team 4 written all over him!! Hahaha!! Good Luck

I have faith in ya SS. I know you will bust a few :)

EFH, I thought that said "I got another bird this morning", you got me excited! It's been a slow start this year all across the state from what I hear. Last weekend we didn't hear a sound from the roost. The handful of gobbles we heard came during the normal silent period around 8:30 or 9:00. They shut up from about 9:30 til around 12 then they started back up a little. We even heard a few way off around 1 or 1:30. They just haven't been fired up at all around here, but I'm expecting em to start up over the next week. I'm heading back to the woods in the morning so hopefully I can get on one. Gonna be storming all weekend so I'm gonna set my blind up Friday afternoon to sit in it all day Saturday and probably Sunday too. Maybe we'll all score one this weekend.