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Well, this has already been an exciting season for me.
My season started on March 25th, 2010. I had a spring turkey tag for unit 091 in NV on the Utah border.
I was not able to hunt opening day, but was able to get out on the 27th and 28th to find a bird. On the 27th, I was not so fortunate to find any birds, but did find some sign. I talked to a local person, who was able to point me in the right direction. With only two days to hunt total, I was pressed for time, or I would have to come up for another trip.
On the 28th, I got up real early, broke camp, and pulled the trailer about 10 miles to an area a couple miles below where I wanted to hunt. I drove the truck in from there.
When I say this was on the Utah border, I mean it was ON THE UTAH BORDER!!
I took the truck into Utah to a spot that I knew was where I could count back from. I then turned around and went back about 200 yards, which just barely put me into NV.
I parked the truck, got out and waited a few minutes. I then lightly let out a purr on my slate call, and immediately got a response from at least one gobbler, who, as far as I could tell, was not far away. I grabbed my gun, a mouth call, the slate call, and a face mask and took off. I slowly worked into the junipers and purred a couple times getting responses each time. Then all was quiet!!
After a couple minutes of wandering around, I caught movement to my left! There went a bird running away from me!!
In trying to get set up, I actually walked past the bird.
No problem. I walked back towards the truck, let some things settle down, and called again. I immediately got another response from what I was sure were two gobblers. This time I didn't go quite so far or so fast. As I was walking in to get set up, I noticed one bird walking away at about 75 yards.
I then got set up and let out another purr on the slate call. This time I got another response from a bird about 50 yards beyond my sight. I had a clean shooting lane for about 35 yards and figured I was good.
I put the slate away, and popped in my mouth call. About 10 minutes of talking with this gobbler got him to come in. I could hear him close, and saw him working behind a tree about 45 yards off. He worked to his left, turned, and then worked behind another tree closer to me! As he cleared the tree in full strut, my bead was already on him!!
BOOM!!!
Dead bird.
This was my first turkey hunt, and came 6 years after my previous turkey tag. When I had that tag, I had a kidney transplant two days before opening day and was not able to hunt the whole season.
How sweet this hunt was!!
After taking a few pictures, I went to a friend?s house and measured the bird. He weighed 16 lbs, had a 5/8? spur and a 1? spur, and an 8.5? beard.
To my knowledge, this was also the first legally harvested bird from this unit, which made it even sweeter!
Now on to lion hunting, and getting ready for the fall hunts.
Here are some pictures of the bird, and camp where I was at.
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Well, this has already been an exciting season for me.
My season started on March 25th, 2010. I had a spring turkey tag for unit 091 in NV on the Utah border.
I was not able to hunt opening day, but was able to get out on the 27th and 28th to find a bird. On the 27th, I was not so fortunate to find any birds, but did find some sign. I talked to a local person, who was able to point me in the right direction. With only two days to hunt total, I was pressed for time, or I would have to come up for another trip.
On the 28th, I got up real early, broke camp, and pulled the trailer about 10 miles to an area a couple miles below where I wanted to hunt. I drove the truck in from there.
When I say this was on the Utah border, I mean it was ON THE UTAH BORDER!!
I took the truck into Utah to a spot that I knew was where I could count back from. I then turned around and went back about 200 yards, which just barely put me into NV.
I parked the truck, got out and waited a few minutes. I then lightly let out a purr on my slate call, and immediately got a response from at least one gobbler, who, as far as I could tell, was not far away. I grabbed my gun, a mouth call, the slate call, and a face mask and took off. I slowly worked into the junipers and purred a couple times getting responses each time. Then all was quiet!!
After a couple minutes of wandering around, I caught movement to my left! There went a bird running away from me!!
In trying to get set up, I actually walked past the bird.
No problem. I walked back towards the truck, let some things settle down, and called again. I immediately got another response from what I was sure were two gobblers. This time I didn't go quite so far or so fast. As I was walking in to get set up, I noticed one bird walking away at about 75 yards.
I then got set up and let out another purr on the slate call. This time I got another response from a bird about 50 yards beyond my sight. I had a clean shooting lane for about 35 yards and figured I was good.
I put the slate away, and popped in my mouth call. About 10 minutes of talking with this gobbler got him to come in. I could hear him close, and saw him working behind a tree about 45 yards off. He worked to his left, turned, and then worked behind another tree closer to me! As he cleared the tree in full strut, my bead was already on him!!
BOOM!!!
Dead bird.
This was my first turkey hunt, and came 6 years after my previous turkey tag. When I had that tag, I had a kidney transplant two days before opening day and was not able to hunt the whole season.
How sweet this hunt was!!
After taking a few pictures, I went to a friend?s house and measured the bird. He weighed 16 lbs, had a 5/8? spur and a 1? spur, and an 8.5? beard.
To my knowledge, this was also the first legally harvested bird from this unit, which made it even sweeter!
Now on to lion hunting, and getting ready for the fall hunts.
Here are some pictures of the bird, and camp where I was at.
[[IMG]http://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/8270sany0033.jpg]
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