It has been a great season for me..
 

Hi all, This season has been a great one for me.. The very first day I was able to tag a nice tom. The second day I was able to watch a couple of deer feeding from my blind while trying to call in a turkey. Then after calling from my blind I had a big tom come into around 40 yards and he froze up on me. I decided to try and get him.. I blew it with a complete miss.. I shot to high I figured. I did see this tom the next day as he ran and flew off on me. So I was glad he was ok..

During the season I was able to see several deer, hawks, and moose.. But i also had very few gobbles from the toms. I did get to see a decent amount of toms to boot along with only 3 jakes.. I passed up on those jakes and then this week was debating on trying to get one of those.. That all changed this morning when I was blessed with the chance at another decent tom.. Now that I am tagged out I wish others out there success as well.

This year I had my 2 first.. Just this past Monday I had 3 moose walk by at around 10 feet of my blind.. That was very neat to have happened. Then I was able to get 2 decent toms which is a first as well. I have tagged out now for 4 years in a row! This time I had no jakes and never even saw another bearded hen.. So this year I concider myself blessed enjoying my time out in the great outdoors! Now it is time for fishing to take place.. Good luck everyone and enjoy your time out in the great outdoors we all enjoy!

I'm happy for ya Phil! You're a good dude and it makes me happy when my friends have a good season. I too had a really good season! Congrats again!

That is what makes turkey hunting so great, learning and experiencing different ways to hunt them...

And then a bird comes along that breaks the mold and you lay awake at night trying to figure out how to bring him in...

It's great!!! :)

Thanks guys..

It is great to be able to get just one of them even! those birds are smart and pretty wise.. But, they get like an old buck during rut and mess up from time to time..

Glad you had a great year Phil!!

Phil,

Congrats ,sounds like a banner year to me. I took most of
the middle of the season off to catch up on work. I'll be
out several times next week to try for a second bird.

You had a great season Phil.Congrats

Congrats on the awesome season !!

Yes it was and thanks! And good luck at getting your second tag filled. I have found that less people were hunting birds up here after those first couple of weeks. But, the birds were call shy and nothing really gobbled very well for me.

Thank you everyone! I had hunted hard to try and make it happen.. I have enjoyed every day of it as well..

Congrats Phil. I also have had a good season and shot my first spring turkey. A large Jake. Everyone else thinks its a small tom but by the length of tail feathers and spurs I think its a large jake . Again Congrats Phil.

Thanks croc2116 ,

I am glad you have gotten your first spring turkey! Jake or not getting a turkey behind you is surely a great start. It will get better for you now that you have gotten yourself one..

Congrats on a good season...

I'm glad that, despite winter being rough on your northern birds, you were able to have a great season. Congrats Phil!

Thanks again everyone!! Yes, it has been a real hard winter on the birds up here.. Some parts of the state was shut down completely to turkey hunting so they could get reestablished better.. It was surely a hard hunt and I was able to pull it off. there is still quite a few still looking for their first bird so I feel blessed with getting both of mine..

I had meant to add that you have a couple of nice birds yourself, xOEDragonx.. Congrats!.

Seeing how I had a great season this year I wanted to try something different with my last bird I shot.. I decided to try and make a cape.. The cape part is dry enough to take down and show how it is coming out.. Being my first attempt at it I feel it is coming out pretty decent.. What do you all think of it? Have any of you tried this before? Anyways here is a pic of it as I took it down to check it out..

Looks good. I did the same thing with mine this year, but I didn't get mine as long as you did. Put some legs and wings on that thing and you got a whole turkey.