Good evening everyone. This topic was dropping a little too low on the list so I thought I would bump it up a bit. You would think it is hunting season or something as quiet as everyone is. Anybody else not hunting this weekend?

not me, to much crap going on for me. never really got into the turkey thing, though i hear its pretty exciting.

Well, I'm back from turkey camp. What a freakin' harsh dash of reality having to go back to work after living the good life for a while - need to hit a lottery and make my living from hunting. Any of ya'll have any luck with those easterns? From what I saw of the merriams, it might be a bit early to hunt em'. They were not really chasing the hens too much, and there were HUGE bachelor flocks.

AFTERNOON ALL, I STARTED A NEW SHIFT TODAY, OH JOY, WELL NOT MUCH HAPPEND THIS WEEKEND, DID SOME YARD WORK AND WATCHED A ROOSTER GET ATTACKED BY 4 HAWKS, FIRST TIME I'D EVER SEEN IT. THE ROOSTER MADE BUT IT LOOKED LIKE HE WASN'T GOING TO FOR A WHILE.

WANWTF, I'm sorry you didn't have any luck. BUT it sounds like I may be timing my trip on May 8 pretty well. Maybe me and Moose Eyes will tag out on some eager birds. He is going about 5 days earlier than me, so one of us should be timing it perfectly. I'm 0 for 1 so far on Easterns, and I don't know if I'll get to make another trip or not. I can't wait 'til May 8.

Hunt hard, live right, and tell your kids you love 'em!

well hello all i was wanting to tell ya know luck on our trip we followed a big merriam but he never got close enough for the shot. wayne i am very sorry that we didnt call i did not get your message until monday when i got back to work, hey slee if you want we can zip me a e-mail we could probably check out capitol forest since i want a bird your kettle falls trip will be good time. we came across every animal exept turkeys but the last night they started gobbeling but when we set up the next morning a hunter walked in to our setup still at dark and the tom flew down and was gone so two and a half weeks
p.s. hi to everyone else
matt

wow those birds are hened up never saw anything but jakes on opening day. managed to sneek in range and get a nice tom with my bow on tuesday. took 3 guys out this last weekend and they got 2 shots at big toms but missed.but they ended up getiing 4 jakes between the 3 of them. i just found out this morning that one of my friends shot a ton with a 8 1/2 inch beard. he shot it on the fly at 30 yards <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_approve.gif border=0 align=middle> havent gotten on here in so long took me forever to catch up<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

New to the site, Live on the west side by Tacoma Love to hunt Big game and birds!!!!

Welcome aboard Gator!... Slee, yeah, sounds like you may be hitting it just right... they haven't really henned up yet - The Saturday before opener saw a HUGE bachelor flock... 19 birds - 3 were hens the rest were jakes and one HUGE tom, tripping over his beard in the back.

Welcome aboard Gator99. I live down the road in South Hill. Give us a little info about ya. Do you bow or gun for elk and deer?

WANWTF, I hate that you early guys didn't have much luck. I was hoping to hear more exciting stories before I head over in 2 weeks. But I am glad to hear that they are getting the silent treatment crap out of the way before I head over. I dealt with that last year. I know it ain't any fun.

Matt, I don't know if I'm going to get to go any before I head over to the east side. If I do, I'll definitely give you a yell. I'd love to head east in good shape to for a slam, but that may just be wishful thinking.

Hunt hard, live right, and tell your kids you love 'em!