Turkey Report

Mike of the Mountain · 05-02-2018, 04:18 PM

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 · 05-02-2018, 11:00 PM

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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 · 05-03-2018, 09:27 AM

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 · 05-03-2018, 10:18 AM

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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 · 05-03-2018, 03:22 PM

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 · 05-03-2018, 03:54 PM

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.

J. A. EARLY · 05-04-2018, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, we have very few whistle pigs here in Northern Missouri, ... I wish we had woodchucks here.

Get your Missouri game department to bring some of the pests in just as we believe ours did with coyotes, which have taken over. Deer, turkey, rabbit, small dog, and cat populations are way down.

You'll like the holes under every building and extra holes in fields to break a leg in.