nh number 2

[Dean Romig]

And sooo…

After three days at “turkey camp” without a sighting or hearing dawn gobbling or even hens muttering among themselves, we left camp for home… when 300 yards down the dirt road from camp and just 40 yards off the side these two big ol’ longbeards sat huddled against the rain. I laughed my a$$ off at the irony but swore out the open window “I’LL BE BACK!!”


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[10 bore]

Here in nh we have had a bobcat population getting a lot bigger , i think that has a lot to do with the turkey population drop. You know how cats and birds get along.

[Bob K]

Originally Posted by scott kittredge

Here in nh we have had a bobcat population getting a lot bigger , i think that has a lot to do with the turkey population drop. You know how cats and birds get along.

Scott, my friend in Littleton was told by the Game Dept. that Fishers are becoming a problem in that area. I'm sure they take their toll!

[J. A. EARLY]

Not as lucky as last year with three birds in three days, but I defeated the V.T. Gobblers again. They get one point for every day they win. I get seven points for each successful day. I won 21-9. Hunted hard twelve of thirteen days. I know y'all do not like big guns but I come from the Charlie Cleveland School of Hunting; carry enough gun. This year I used three different big guns. Shot them all well. Two forty-five step shots on moving birds. Winchester, Franchi, Beretta.

[Mike Franzen]

We love big guns …. Big Parker guns.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Mike Franzen

We love big guns …. Big Parker guns.

I love them also. If I could find and afford a 3.5" 10 gauge Parker I would use it. I got tired of using 12 gauge 2 3/4" guns and afraid to shoot for fear of losing a bird, so I would not shoot. It takes a lot to get these birds in close. Not like on TV where they come running in. Coyotes, pre-season callers fooling with them, and hunting competition make it difficult enough.

[Mike Franzen]

I use a short ten with hand loads and black powder loaded into brass cartridges. Either are big medicine for very long kill shots.