This spring I managed two fill both of my turkey tags with two very nice gobblers. The first one was 25 lbs 11 inch beard and one inch spurs, the second was a monster 27lbs, eleven and a half inch beard and one and a quate rinch spurs. The fellows at the check in station said it was the biggest turkey that they had ever checked in. Ther magazine fish and game finder took the photo hanging in the store and told the fellows that it would be in the July isssue possibly the cover. I did not make the cover but turkzilla and I are on page 10. The first turkey I sneaked on , I closed the distance of about fifty yards without him seeing me, his attention was on a hen. He fell grave yard dead at the boom of the shotgun. I stepped of the distance at seventy one steps , a great shot . The second was in full strut also and with two hens and I managed to close the distance once again about twenty yards and the giant fell again grave yard dead never even twitching a nice forty step shot.
Overall in six hunts two turkey's on the ground and heard 8 different gobblers in those six days , and was still hearing turkeys gobble around the farm up the third week of June. We had one even come to my calls as Tari and my mom and I were sitting on the porch drinking coffee. Tari even slipping up on them in the early mornings on her walks. My brother in law also took a nice twenty two pound gobbler.
I purchased two beagle young beagle hounds back in the spring and try to take them out ever other evening if I am not to tired from the days work. One shows promise Fisher has a lot of hunt in him not much hope for Doc though. Kenny Ray has been running turtle jugs since season came in and so far has only managed one, along with some frog gigging . I have not got go with him yet, but I will be carving out some time to go with him soon.
