Turkey Report

[Mills]

Excellent, John!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Got out yesterday for day 1 that actually started on Saturday here in PA. I usually miss the first 2 days due to being at the Southern, so, it began as usual. Smoked a slammer Tom at 8:15 AM. 24 lbs, 9 1/4" paintbrush beard, total spurs 2 5/16". Now for filling tag #2!!

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Got out yesterday for day 1 that actually started on Saturday here in PA. I usually miss the first 2 days due to being at the Southern, so, it began as usual. Smoked a slammer Tom at 8:15 AM. 24 lbs, 9 1/4" paintbrush beard, total spurs 2 5/16". Now for filling tag #2!!

Well you told me you were going to do it on the first day. You're like Babe Ruth calling your shots. What a bird!

[Mike of the Mountain]

Well, bird #2 went down on my day 3 at 6:58 AM. The bearded hen has a 6 1/4" beard and came in with 3 gobblers and she was taken left handed at 15 yards. Nothin' to it!! Now it's time to move on to woodchucks.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Well, bird #2 went down on my day 3 at 6:58 AM. The bearded hen has a 6 1/4" beard and came in with 3 gobblers and she was taken left handed at 15 yards. Nothin' to it!! Now it's time to move on to woodchucks.

Looks like you had a great (albeit short) season. And what are you taking woodchucks with, if I may ask?

[Mike of the Mountain]

I use multiple chuck guns. .223, .22-250, .308 and the newest is 6.5 Creedmore. That one is scary accurate. All of them are dialed in at 200 yards. Shot 70 here 2 years ago. That never gets old.

[mobirdhunter]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, we have very few whistle pigs here in Northern Missouri, but the squirrel season opens at the end of the month. It's a good time to break out the vintage .22s. I also like to shoot them with light loads out of an old hammer gun or two. I wish we had woodchucks here.