Kansas 2010 Turkey Hunts
 

I will be offering a limited number of nearly fully guided Spring Turkey hunts for units 2 and 3
I have numerous properties from which to hunt Rios, spread out across the county.

Youth & Disability April 1-7, 2019
Archery-only April 8-16, 2019
Archery/Shotgun April 17 - May 31, 2019

We have Rio Grande's in our area.

All KDWP rules and regulations will apply, they can be viewed here,..

Most of my property is in Unit 2 with some in unit 3, Minneapolis is located on the border of 2 and 3.

State fees were raised in 2016
http://ksoutdoors.com/Hunting/Applic...nd-Fees/Turkey

State costs are $87.50 (non-resident)for a combo tag, (2 birds) and $97.50 for a non-resident hunting license.

http://ksoutdoors.com/Hunting/Applic...d-Fees/General

4 nights of lodging, 3 full days of hunting plus possibly a partial day on the afternoon of arrival if time allows.

A typical 3 day hunt would be,.
Day 1, arrive 2p or later, check in, go hunt if time allows.
Day 2, hunt all day
Day 3, hunt all day
Day 4, hunt all day
Day 5, depart by 9am
Lodging will be provided by www.millstreetinn.net

$1200 per person.
does not include tags, license, or food/meals
The hunts will be nearly fully guided, it really works best to just roll in my truck. We try to hunt roosted birds in the morning, then start searching for birds on numerous other properties..just get in, hang on, and be ready to run n gun for over 100miles.

Thank You in advance for your interest, Brian

Please call me with any questions, 785-392-7230

Rios have been hitting the feeder location about every day.

I have many nice properties for hunting turkeys, here are some of my latest trail cam photos, thanks for looking!

Openings still available

I have recently acquired another 1200 continuous acres for turkey hunting. There are alot of birds in the area. The area features a river running thru the property with various crops planted in the fields.

We had some excellent success this past week. Another hunter killed 2 birds, 1 in the morning and the other that evening from the same location, unfortunately, I failed to get his photos.

This is the Kansas Rio my daughter killed with her bow recently!

Tim killed this awesome Kansas Rio. Approx. 78 points with nearly 2" spurs. His friend Scott sat about 40 yards away and witnessed the kill.

Same prices for 2011, season dates are the same as well. I have a few openings left.

With shotgun season underway here are some success photos, I have 2 more kill photos to download and some video as well.

I still have open dates available from April 29th thru May 31st, We typ. hear 15 to 20 Toms gobblin on the roost in the mornings, yesterday, I counted 11 Toms which i could see on my property, and I counted 18 struttin Toms on the drive home.






I killed this Bearded Hen and have seen another.

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I'm lookin for a place to hunt. If u have any opening let mr know email me at duckhuntercv@ yahoo. Com thanks an it's me an a buddy wanting to hunt

More birds eatin arrows and lead,.....

Tim killed his 1st bird about 8:10a and his second by 12:10p


Dave killed this nice Tom

Scott killed this bird


Larry killed his 1st with the scatter gun and his 2nd with his bow, Rage to the head



LuAnn killed her 1st with a bow, and a dbl beard!

Here are a couple of videos I took with my Playsport

The 1st video is of a Crazy Hen just after LuAnn shot her Tom.
http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=crazyhen.mp4

this video is just a few of the birds gobblin,...
http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=100_0035.mp4

This is a video of a coyote that came thru
http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=100_0046.mp4

And here is a video of a bowhunters miss, just clipped some feathers
http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=100_0036.mp4

While Turkey hunting, we had a nice 5 buck bachelor group come strolling by our blind, you can see the birds in the background.

http://s111.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=100_0059.mp4

ZMAX, thanks for posting your pics and videos.

Your welcome,..Thank you!

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I am one of the turkey hunters who hunted with brian this past spring.If your looking for a good priced hunt with lots of birds and a guide who works hard for you give him a call its a outstanding hunt.I saw more birds on my hunt then I ever have in my life.

Better get your dates booked soon for some awesome bird hunting

Bump for a top notch guy

Its been awhile since i updated this thread, I backed off from the Turkeys for the past couple of years to allow for the Toms to get some age, I counted over 250 birds this past winter on one property, and another 200 birds on another, I counted 22 Strutters in a bachelor group of Toms near the 200. It should be a very good year for mature Toms.

2014 Rios, as they lay



This was a doublel kill with a friend, we both fired at the count of 3, he is shooting a 12ga with the new Winchester Long Beard XR shells

my new H&R 10ga turkey gun, i adorned it with a Truglo "Gobble Stopper" sight, Kicks .690 "Gobblin Thunder" choke and a set of Harris bipods. The Toms were standing still at 52yards.Both dropped in there tracks about 2 feet apart.

Scott and Tim returned for a succesful hunt

Scott filled his second tag the next day.

A husband and wife arrived yest. afternoon from Michigan. We went for a drive in the evening, spotted some birds and made a plan for this morning. We walked in about 200y, I set the Avian feeder, breeder, and jake decoys about 15 yards out. We listened to about 20 Toms and Jakes gobble in the predawn darkness, to the NW, N, NE, E, SE, and South of our position.
Three Toms flew down into our field along with a lone hen, then 5 hens and 9 Jakes joined them in the field. Two Jakes came to strut and dance with the dekes for a few minutes, then the lone hen started to move across, parallel to us and the 3 Toms started our way, with a small quiet call, they were running to us. Both birds were down just before sunrise!
Linda killed her first turkey ever and Tony took another, the 3rd Tom was missing several fan feathers so they let him go.
Its been a very succesful season!

Zmax - sent you a pm.

Spent a good part of Saturday in Topeka for the Kansas Monster Buck Classic. Came across an interesting new product for hunting turkeys. I bought one to try out this spring.

http://www.turkeyfan.com/

Turkey fan
 

Brian, would really like to know if that idea works. Might come in handy in those large alfalfa feeds.

Have had a great start to the season. I helped my nephew and his 8yo son get his 1st turkey, called in a nice pair of Toms.

Then I had 4 hunters here from the east coast. Two of them killed 2 Toms each and the other two each killed 1. They had a very good chance to also tag out but a heavy thunderstorm with lightning, quarter to half dollar hail, and driving rain in the 60mph winds rolled in forcing the hunters to seek shelter,..with Toms slowly moving their way!
We have seen a lot of Toms and dozens of Jakes as well.

I will have to get some photos posted, just finished a hunt with 2 young men from Iowa. One of them killed a nice Tom on Thurs. and another Friday morning. His partner had a couple close calls but couldnt get the birds into the open for a shot.
Until this morning! We had a big Tom on one farm cruise past us at 70y and avoid our dekes. We switched properties, spotted birds about 600y out.
The 3 of us were able to slip in on the birds to about 80y, they were henned up tight,..so we didnt even try to call. The hunter belly crawled to a fenceline and lay waiting,..after several tense moments with a hen about 10' away,..the Toms made their way towards him and hit his shooting lane. He fired killing one, stood up and killed the other! It was so awesome to watch it all unfold!

Its been a great season, all 10 hunters have tagged a bird with a long beard. The last 4 have been killed with me watching the hunters go straight at them with a fan.
6 of 10 hunters tagged 2 birds
2 of 10 hunters were only here for 1 bird
2 of 10 had their 2nd bird located, were between them and their roost, when a spring storm rolled in and they had to quit the hunt.

















A couple pics are out of order, the 2 birds on the truck were actually tagged just this morning. 5/8/15

Turkey season will be here before long, i have several spots available. Updates have been made to the 1st post to reflect state pricing changes, links, and other info.

Should have updated in 2016..currently booked solid for 2017..about to get after them in a couple weeks.

Pic of 13 Toms having a drink at their local bar

2017 has been awesome. 4 archery kills and 16 shotgun kills..2 more hunters will complete the season.

Very nice. You have a website?

Don't think he has one RPD63 but I will vouch for him. Has a ton of birds, is a great guide but better that that he is a better person.

Thank you Kelly
No, i have no website, have never seen the need.

Finished my 2017 season, watching birds 21 thru 24 fall. Will get pics posted, along with a couple videos

This Tom was with 3 hens, once he saw the decoy fan, he slowly started to strut our way. From about 50y out, he started running to us, gobbling on the run.


This 2nd video was a bow kill. Using a Knight & Hale Pretty Boy with Pretty Girl decoy and an original Doublebull Recurve Matrix 360 blind. Post 32 has a photo of the set up.

Helped a 9yo youth get his 1st Tom
Next up was a family from Tx.
I took their 12yo son with me, killed his 1st Tom in the morning and another that afternoon.
His dad was filming his mom, using a Mathews Jewel...oops, they forgot her release..by the time they returned for the morning hunt, birds were visible and they had to run them off to get in the blind..they came home for an early lunch and went back out. She killed her 1st animal with a bow that afternoon. So we killed 3 on friday..they left that evening as a bad winter storm was approaching.

2018 Summary
100% filled 1 tag
77% filled their 2nd tag.
15 total hunters
28 total tags
25 total kills
2 missed shots
1 Jake was killed & tagged by accident.
all other birds were Toms
Best bird scored 74+ nwtf
longest spurs 1 3/8"
heaviest bird 26lb 4oz
longest beard 10 1/2"

Spring 2019 was another highly successful season.
10 total hunters
100% success with their 1st tag
70% filled their 2nd.

Spring of 2020 will bring changes to the Ks Turkey units. The state currently plans to limit unit 3, 5, & 6 too 1 tag per person.. unit 2.. which is where i do most of my hunting will remain a 2 bird limit. I have 1 property with over 300 birds.. several other properties where i am seeing and hearing birds.

You got allot of birds running around!

-Jake

I see you shoot a 10 gauge. What ammo do you use and where do you order it? None of my local shops carry 10 gauge turkey loads.

-Jake