thanx guys...i hear you rybo, they can be as annoying as tree rats....but, of all the animals in the woods, i enjoy watching, seeing, listening to turkeys the most. they are amazing animals and i love how vocal they are. i have no problem doing what i did...and im sure theres going to be many more fall turkey deaths due to the ole 870 shooting them just that same way...still fun and rewarding...and i like to take a hen in the fall just to keep the population in check and keep my competition lowered in the spring one day, i'll try to take em with the bow in the spring...one day. i dont hunt fields and dont use decoys and never used a blind...not opposed to it...just havent and im a woods hunter...with my tactics and technics now, id be hard pressed to take one with a bow. i usually have a couple seconds to shoot or not...when i see them they are generally in range and close to being on my lap...just how i learned to hunt em...make em look for me and be within range to look for that hen...then i shoot or pass...

Germ, if i had the time, id be there....hectic year as far as school and training goes...and important for my career...im suffering that i gotta go sight the MAUSER in tomorrow or wed...i'll have fun rifle hunting the few days i get to rifle hunt....but love bowhunting.

Coug, as you know, ive found that to be my "limiting factor" this season more than ever. i knew last year when about 10 bucks were shot in the area of my honey hole hill, that id suffer this year. spotting, and what others tell me, i feel GOOD about seeing what i seen this season....i might not be a GREAT hunter...but i strive to get better and learn from every hunt. i feel that better properties is going to be critical now that i feel ive platued. the honey hole hill is really the only spot i have faith in. if i lived at home, id over hunt it and be up a creek after week 1 no doubt about it. the only reason it works is because i only get to hunt it a few times a season...just gotta be a shooter buck using that hill for me to have a shot at filling my tag there...


heading home for Thanksgiving break here after i gather my stuff up....rifle season opens Monday. i just dont have the spunk...i know im gunna have fun and maybe drop a buck through the rifle season..but i dont have that same spunk i had counting down for bow season....