3seasons

3seasons 31 Oct.1-Jan31

Looks like we had a heck of a hatch here in MS Ive seen several groups of 2 or 3 hens with 30+ little ones around them. So looks like we may be ok in a few years.

Great job congras to both of you.

Muzzy MX-3 They fly like a dart and leave a good blood trail.

Ruth, I’ve been there a few times. It doesn’t get any better the next time trust me you still get that sick feeling. At 20yds its not hard to miss with your setup. As far as the bird, it’s heartbreaking to hunt a bird hard all season only to mess up at the end. But it’s not the end of the world; chances are he will make it. Give him a couple days and go back after him. May be a little more call shy but will still be killable. I missed a bird and was able to call him back to the same tree four days later. I was so excited that I just about messed up the second time. I’ve been lucky enough to get all three of the birds that I have missed and been able to hunt the next week. So it can be done. I have missed a few that I never went back after. As hard as it is don’t beat yourself up to hard, just chalk it up as a learning experience. I’ve shot a red dot for years now and wouldn’t have anything else. i trust it 100% If I miss its always been my fault(jerking or looking up) because I get caught up in the moment. Heck a guy I work with called up a huge bird for his son and his son spooked him, two week later he called him up again and missed him with his 12ga, the next day he was gobbling again. He calls him up for the third time and cuts his leg with his bow. And he was blowing it out that afternoon. He said he made it by them three times; ill let him live another year, just wasn’t his day. Good luck; go back and get him, Scott

Hunter, congrats on a good looking bird. Ive been in an outage so i havent been on here in a while. Awesome, our team is doing good with three birds. Is anyone else still hunting?

Nice patterns, all you need is a live target.

Thats a nice bird, congrats

awesome congrats nice bird

Yea BBR i know you were feeling bad everytime you pulled the trigger and pushed send on your phone.LOL Ill have more time next year and we will have to stack a few up on a road trip or two.

Congrats, looks like a rope on that bird; I know your are proud.

Congrats on a great bird and welcome

Awesome job congrats on a true trophy.

Congrats, great bird

Great season Al Congrats

congrats nice bird

put my story on the turkey forum

To start off our season here in MS has been one of the strangest and hardest seasons to date.(for me and a lot of others that I know) The turkeys are not acting right at all. Some places they are gobbling most they are not for some reason. My dad quit hunting and started playing golf after 3 weeks of straight hunting without sitting down on a bird. Another guy I work with has hunted everyday this season and also gone to TX and still doesn’t have a bird to show for it and he is a dang good turkey hunter. That’s the season we have been having. Needless to say I have been in a small state of depression with the way the season has been going. Everywhere i hunt that is private I’m having to deal with poachers which doesn’t help matters. I get up sat morning (April 10) and wind up calling up 5 jakes, that’s been the highlight of my season, I was so happy that I called in a bird even though they weren’t legal. Seems like I’ve have things to do the whole season so I haven’t got to hunt like I normally do, I had to leave early on this day also. So sat night my wife said to go hunting Sunday morning and to stay. So I said I would think about it but I would be home for Church if I did go. This may sound crazy but I’m telling it anyway. Sat night I dreamed that I flipped a coin and it landed on tails twice which meant I was going to my south property. Not the north where I saw all the jakes. I turned the alarm clock off Sunday morning, basically sick of going with not even hearing a bird. I wake up a few minutes later and figured what the heck its a beautiful morning I’m going to give it a try. I get to a place where a bird has been roosting in the prior weeks well before daybreak, while sitting there in the dark I start to hear someone hooting on the east side of the property. As day breaks (6am) I’m still hearing him hoot and i hear a faint gobble as far as I can hear. While this is going on I haven’t heard a sound around me. This goes on till about 6:45 and I cant stand it any more, so I break and run to the east end of our land to see if I can hear the poacher or hear the bird gobbling. It was about 5min later the bird gobbled down in a bottom from me. So if figured what the heck I’m going after him. I made a semicircle and got on a ridge to the side of where I thought he was. I called and he gobbled. I hit the deck and got ready, I called again and then i heard another call to my left. It want a hen but it was another hunter that was set up about 70yds to my left. I was the only person that day hunting so i knew he was poaching. The bird kept gobbling and I started to cut, the other hunter called back, this goes on for 30min until I see the bird fly down off the roost at 4:40( he was roosted in a tree that was in the bottom so it sounded like he was on the next ridge) He lit 40yds from me, when he hit the ground the other hunter started to call more, i just started purring, the bird walked on a line to me and started to go into strut. I wanted to watch him for a little while but I didn’t want my intruder to mess me up either so I shot the bird. I broke and ran on the shot and as I ran up the next ridge I see a decoy and a hunter sitting beside a tree. BUSTED again. I caught him last year also. Some people. We had a nice long talk and I finally got him to understand that it is not a good thing to keep poaching. We will see, I don’t know what all the land owner is going to do to him. I got him to take a pic of me with the bird, that’s why it is a little blurry, he was shaking a little. The bitter sweet part is, While I was able to call in and take a truly beautiful Red barred bird First I’ve ever taken with these colors. My taxidermist said the colors were rare. Ill get some better pics with more detail later. I wasn’t able to fully enjoy the hunt because of some bonehead that crossed the line. And on the other hand I know that’s one less bird that ill be able to chase in the future. I love hunting these birds but they are getting harder and harder to find. God blessed me on this hunt and I am forever grateful I said my prayers and got home in time for Sunday School. HAHA after it was all said and done, the poacher asked if I thought he could get in our club. Yea right. 18lbs 9.5'beard 1"spurs bronze fan, red bars on half of his wing feathers. Ill get some more pics when i can.

Bitter Sweet Kinda long sorry. To start off our season here in MS has been one of the strangest and hardest seasons to date.(for me and a lot of others that I know) The turkeys are not acting right at all. Some places they are gobbling, most they are not for some reason. My dad quit hunting and started playing golf after 3 weeks of straight hunting without sitting down on a bird. Another guy I work with has hunted everyday this season and also gone to TX and still doesn’t have a bird to show for it and he is a dang good turkey hunter. That’s the season we have been having. Needless to say I have been in a small state of depression with the way the season has been going. Everywhere i hunt that is private I’m having to deal with poachers which doesn’t help matters. I get up sat morning (April 10) and wind up calling up 5 jakes, that’s been the highlight of my season, I was so happy that I called in a bird even though they weren’t legal. Seems like I’ve had things to do the whole season so I haven’t got to hunt like I normally do, I had to leave early on this day also. So sat night my wife said to go hunting Sunday morning and to stay. So I said I would think about it but I would be home for Church if I did go. This may sound crazy but I’m telling it anyway. Sat night I dreamed that I flipped a coin and it landed on tails twice which meant I was going to my south property. Not the north where I saw all the jakes. I turned the alarm clock off Sunday morning, basically sick of going with not even hearing a bird. I wake up a few minutes later and figured what the heck its a beautiful morning I’m going to give it a try. I get to a place where a bird has been roosting in the prior weeks well before daybreak, while sitting there in the dark I start to hear someone hooting on the east side of the property. As day breaks (6am) I’m still hearing him hoot and i hear a faint gobble as far as I can hear. While this is going on I haven’t heard a sound around me. This goes on till about 6:45 and I cant stand it any more, so I break and run to the east end of our land to see if I can hear the poacher or hear the bird gobbling. It was about 5min later the bird gobbled down in a bottom from me. So if figured what the heck I’m going after him. I made a semicircle and got on a ridge to the side of where I thought he was. I called and he gobbled. I hit the deck and got ready, I called again and then i heard another call to my left. It want a hen but it was another hunter that was set up about 70yds to my left. I was the only person that day hunting so i knew he was poaching. The bird kept gobbling and I started to cut, the other hunter called back, this goes on for 30min until I see the bird fly down off the roost at 4:40( he was roosted in a tree that was in the bottom so it sounded like he was on the next ridge) He lit 40yds from me, when he hit the ground the other hunter started to call more, i just started purring, the bird walked on a line to me and started to go into strut. I wanted to watch him for a little while but I didn’t want my intruder to mess me up either so I shot the bird. I broke and ran on the shot and as I ran up the next ridge I see a decoy and a hunter sitting beside a tree. BUSTED again. I caught him last year also. Some people. We had a nice long talk and I finally got him to understand that it is not a good thing to keep poaching. We will see, I don’t know what all the land owner is going to do to him. I got him to take a pic of me with the bird, that’s why it is a little blurry, he was shaking a little. The bitter sweet part is, While I was able to call in and take a truly beautiful Red barred bird First I’ve ever taken with these colors. My taxidermist said the colors were rare. Ill get some better pics with more detail later. I wasn’t able to fully enjoy the hunt because of some bonehead that crossed the line. And on the other hand I know that’s one less bird that ill be able to chase in the future. I love hunting these birds but they are getting harder and harder to find. God blessed me on this hunt and I am forever grateful I said my prayers and got home in time for Sunday School. HAHA after it was all said and done, the poacher asked if I thought he could get in our club. Yea right. 18lbs 9.5'beard 1"spurs Bronze fan red bars on half of his wing feathers.

3seasons Team 7 Spur Collectors 18lbs 9.5" beard 1" spurs Right Spur 1" Left Spur 1" Beard 9.5" Sub.Form

Here is another one for our team. Ill have to tell the story a little later. Its a good one. 9.5beard 1"Spurs 18lbs

Awesome Corngrats Griz heavy bird.

Congrats Al nice bird.

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Congrats on making some lasting memories with your little brother.