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03-22-2017, 01:38 PM
#44
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Location: Wisconsin
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03-23-2017, 08:25 AM
#46
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I even sit and watch him smile......thank God for a semi auto shotgun!
Now Team Business
For Captain -shemp has 2 votes mine and jrbsr
For Team Name
There have been several suggestions
We need to pick soon.
AND HOW THIS WILL WORK.
Some of us are more active here and others are not. Even tho they have checked in. They know we are here.
So vote on a name. We don't need a majority.
Last edited by JW; 03-23-2017 at 10:53 AM.
03-23-2017, 11:27 AM
#48
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Wisconsin
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Good luck in Georgia.
I hunted by Abbeville GA for a few yrs with a guy whom I met here! It was thru this contest we developed a very strong friendship. He always argued his Eastern strain was tougher than the Northern eastern strain. So I came down and whacked my share. Altho dressed in a suit of armor. I hate snakes. He hated snow. And couldn't believe I drive on frozen lakes to fish.
☆R.I.P. Dog1.......I miss you buddy.
So good luck to you Uncle Nicky.... I'll whisper in the old dog's ear and surely he will be there to help. He was a very good turkey hunter.
JW
03-23-2017, 04:53 PM
#49
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 470
Thanks for the words of encouragement J.W.
I have a couple buddies that live in Albany, I head down to turkey hunt every year, some years are better than others. I wouldn't say the birds I've hunted down there were particularly tough, IMHO toughest birds are public land Osceolas, followed very closely by PA or NY public land mountain birds. We always squeeze in a hog hunt the last 2 days, I have actually hog hunted in Abbeville, but this year will be hog hunting near Vidalia.
I have a couple buddies that live in Albany, I head down to turkey hunt every year, some years are better than others. I wouldn't say the birds I've hunted down there were particularly tough, IMHO toughest birds are public land Osceolas, followed very closely by PA or NY public land mountain birds. We always squeeze in a hog hunt the last 2 days, I have actually hog hunted in Abbeville, but this year will be hog hunting near Vidalia.
03-24-2017, 05:13 AM
#50
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 71
I've always heard Osceolas are more inclined to come in to you, and Easterns are more inclined to gobble to you but never move.
The only Easterns I've ever hunted are probably Osceola hybrids in North Florida. The onyl other Easterns I've seen much are in western MN in the summer. They are big birds, and don't seem overly shy of people. Probably the difference beteen living on crop farms vs. public swamp / timber / cattle operations. No idea if they'd come to a call well in turkey season, but they still gobble from a 1/2 mile off in June when we're there to fish. Was hoping to go this year; family travel intervened. Maybe next year.
I will say Osceolas def. sneak in on you, often quiet, and do what I call the 'Osceola Circle' to come in behind you. Always a good idea to be back in the woods a bit and if you haven't heard him in a while just yelp once or cut twice and scratch some leaves. BUT, if they're in a pasture, they probably hunt the same as pasture birds anywhere humid and flat
The only Easterns I've ever hunted are probably Osceola hybrids in North Florida. The onyl other Easterns I've seen much are in western MN in the summer. They are big birds, and don't seem overly shy of people. Probably the difference beteen living on crop farms vs. public swamp / timber / cattle operations. No idea if they'd come to a call well in turkey season, but they still gobble from a 1/2 mile off in June when we're there to fish. Was hoping to go this year; family travel intervened. Maybe next year.
I will say Osceolas def. sneak in on you, often quiet, and do what I call the 'Osceola Circle' to come in behind you. Always a good idea to be back in the woods a bit and if you haven't heard him in a while just yelp once or cut twice and scratch some leaves. BUT, if they're in a pasture, they probably hunt the same as pasture birds anywhere humid and flat