Born4it

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About Born4it

  • Birthday 01/21/1986

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  • First Name
    Ryan
  • Last Name
    Riggins
  • Location
    Western Illinois
  • Gender
    Male
  • Occupation
    Banker
  • Interests
    Family, church, hunting, golf, basketball, baseball, running
  • Biography
    Midwestern, God-fearin' banker who's a country boy at heart. Born in '86, hunted since age 9. I shotgun and bow hunt for mostly deer and turkeys, but I'll get out for a dove or rabbit hunt periodically. Dad and I took our first trip to Colorado for an elk hunt in 2013, and it was absolutely fantastic!
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    Ryan Riggins

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  1. Born4it
    Nice!
  2. Born4it
    Well done!
  3. Born4it
    Wow, that's impressive! Here's to the next 100!
  4. Born4it

    ALOHA!!!!

    Born4it replied to 3seasons's topic in Turkey Hunting

    Pretty awesome! Congrats!
  5. Born4it
    Oh, man...too many to go through. One day I called in 12 different Toms/Jakes, but none would get close enough...just madness that morning. Then I went out the next morning, called one in to 20 yards, shot it, and went home. The previous morning was more fun than the day I killed one! Just last year I had two crazy ones...with a buddy and surrounded by four gobbling their heads off, each at 50-60 yards on four sides of us for probably 30 minutes...couldn't get it done on any of them. We named one of them Laryngitis because he sounded like a 50 year smoker. After they moved off, walked up the ridge to another gobbling bird that also hung up, so I held up a turkey fan my buddy had, crawled about 20 yards through some weeds, and killed that one. Later that year, I was hunting with my dad at separate parts of the farm. Heard a shot from over by Dad, and only one, so knew Dad killed. Worked my way toward him from behind and right of him only to see a strutter in the field right in front of his blind. As I'm game planning getting close enough to this bird to shoot him myself, BOOM! Turns out the shot was a neighbor, and got to see Pop blast a giant. Caught me off guard, and it really caught him off guard when I started running at it after he shot! Good question! Ryan
  6. Born4it
    That's hilarious, man. Thanks for sharing!
  7. Born4it
    Well done! I'm in Illinois as well...haven't been out yet, but figured they'd be going nuts yesterday. Congrats! God bless, Ryan
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  9. Born4it
    Good story...congrats!
  10. Born4it
    Pretty cool.
  11. Born4it
    Very cool. Makes me excited to get my kiddos their first birds in a few years! Congrats!
  12. Born4it
    Yep, I agree...been reducing the amount of stuff I carry every year, but end up covering quite a bit of ground, and our birds are ornery, so I still carry a pretty good handful of things to throw at em to see what works. Thanks for the replies!
  13. Born4it
    I hear ya!
  14. Born4it
    I've used the Primos Gobbler Vest for several years, and it's great for storage, but fairly bulky and not sure I need all the extra weight. I'll have 2 pot calls, 4 strikers, several mouth calls, couple locator calls, shells, tags, Kleenex, and a couple other small things. Thinking about a Knight & Hale Run & Gun. What do you all like? God bless, Ryan
  15. Born4it
    All the best, Man!
  16. Born4it
    Wow...very nice! Thanks for sharing.