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04-19-2020, 08:16 AM
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Jerry, that was probably a late or second nesting because the first nesting had failed. It’s unfortunate but a fact of life.
We have a swan on the Shawsheen flats here that due to very high water, has had to make a new nest and lay more eggs a few times in the last several years. .
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04-19-2020, 10:34 AM
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Mich season opened yesterday. First time I've hunted turkey at 32 degrees. Grouse drumming, geese honking, cranes cackling, and pileated woodpeckers pecking. The spring woods are much more interesting than during deer season. Oh, BTW no turkeys heard
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04-19-2020, 01:30 PM
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but aint it nice just to be out and alive......charlie
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04-19-2020, 01:41 PM
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I went scouting this morning on a farm about an hour SW of us. The road to our Tree Farm is not passable, so I'll save it for the second week. I heard 2 or 3 gobblers this morning, all just on the edge of the property. I'll be ensconced in the brush overlooking a couple of decoys tomorrow morning. I just hope I get to "see a show" as Pop used to call a Tom's strutting. Elaine got me a Garmin watch to go with our dog tracking collars. It also gives me my heart rate. I can't wait to see just how high it goes if a big one strolls in to my calls.
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04-19-2020, 01:51 PM
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A body of mine shot one this AM with a 36" 10 gauge H&R 10 gauge. Charlie, you should have been there
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yes i should have been there maybe next time...them 36 inch barrel 10 ga s will reach out and touch them for sure....charlie
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Nice bird Harold.
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