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drew in for either sex gun hunt at canton...

I buddy of mine had a friend shoot a Jake in Ohio with a (I think) guillotine. Pretty destructive no matter what type of broadhead. Check it out! Now that is one stone cold dead bird.

I would eat it. I have shot several deer in 60-70 degree weather and not found it until the next day. By the time I have it completely cut up it has been out for 24 hours or so. I know it ain't the same as sitting in the sink, but I think it should be ok.

Both for me, just gotta see em first

ditto, just wish she would go away for good.

yup. 22.5" is one heck of a rope

Thanks for the help there Shaun. Yup, 2 3/4 is plenty of boom when you get them in close. I have used #4's before, but the 6's seem to up the count of vital hits.

Yeah he almost had a full fan, but he didn't have any spurs and his beard was only about 4.5" long. Plus he only weighed in at 12lbs. Definetly a Jake, and he will be great eatin.

Not too sure on reworking box calls. However, I do give each box call a very light sanding at the beginning of each season and try to keep an adequate amount of chalk on them. I really don't like to use the rubber bands, as I think they add too much pressure and that makes the call harder to use . I have an older knight and hale box call that weighs nearly a pound that I have rubberbands on for gobbling. I have replaced the rubberbands probably five times over the last ten years. I like to use the rubberbands that girls use to hold their pony tails. Don't really know why, other than they seem to last longer for me. It takes them about two years to dry rot on me. Hope this helps. Dave

Well as all of you Okies can attest, opening weekend in Oklahoma was way short of perfect weather. With the temperature hovering around the freze point, I hunted all day Friday without hearing a single bird. Sunday morning I did manage to call in a hen, but still no gobbles were heard. On my way back to the truck my father and I noticed two birds in the middle of a road that runs right along the top of a very steep ridge with 5 year old pines covered in briars on both sides of the road. We managed to sneak to within 100 yards of the birds without being seen. A few clucks and yelps on the Ol' Yeller was all it took to bring the birds into range. An additional jake and hen joined the two we were watching. The trio of jakes and the hen cautiously proceed to within 20 yards of our hideout. After two days of the hardest turkey hunting I have ever endured, I let the Remington 1100 & 2 3/4" #6's roar. I know he isn't the biggest bird in the woods, but it has been 3 years since I have taken a bird and even longer since my dad has called one in for me. http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s100/3whunt/07jake3.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s100/3whunt/07jake2.jpg http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s100/3whunt/07jake.jpg

Well I did kill a Jake Saturday the 7th. However, I was only able to take two pictures of him. He was 12 lb's and had a 4.5 inch beard. I'll have to talk to the mod to see if I can enter him. We had to put my grandfather in the hospital that same day. He has been in the ICU since. I will let you guys know when I hear if he qualifies or not. I'll post pics once i get them on my computer. Dave

Re: TURKEY TEAM #14 Well I am heading to Oklahoma tonight. Going to be there for about a week. Plenty of time. You won't be the first to check one in....I hope!!!! I'll check in sometime Sunday.

Re: How Big Of An Ole Girl Are Ya? hahahahaha

Re: Baseball Card Collectors... according to the book values listed on actual ebay auctions, none of the cards are worth more than $5-10. At that price I'd hold on to them.

Re: Baseball Card Collectors... you might try looking on ebay. they have a ton of cards on there.

Re: Walmart Decoys nope not feather flex

Re: Charlie Horse By Redbeard awesome story.... my only complaint is that it left me wanting more....congrats to you

Re: Ferall Hogs? They taste great to me... The sows anyways. The boars stink to bad to clean.

Re: MONSTER SHED !!!!!! you're killing us. this anticipation stuff is for someone else.

Re: No sheds Saturday... by the looks of it, he has been dead for quite some time.

Re: Feeling the blues Yup, I'd be feeling blue too. Hate to hear that.

Re: TURKEY TEAM #14 Well guys opening weekend in Texass was a little slow. I only got to hunt Saturday due to some chores I needed to do around the house Sunday. I did manage to call up a hen first thing Saturday morning. She came running in right after fly down. But I didn't even hear a gobble on that piece of land. After playing with her for nearly on hour, she kept leaving and coming back, I decided to try a different place about a mile away. Before I could get everything unloaded at the next spot, I heard two birds gobbling about three hundreds yard from the truck. I got pretty excited and snuck to within 150 yards of the birds. I set up right between a wheat field and a CRP field. It was a perfect strut zone right on the top of a small ridge. I called up another lone hen from the opposite direction of the toms. She must have been at her nest because she came up silently and headed right back after a minute or two. The toms answered every call for about an hour, but after that they shut down only gobbling every 15-20 minutes. We decided to give them the rest of the day off. We drove by the open draw they where in and sure enough, they were wer strutting with about five hens. They will get lonely in a few days and hopefully I will be there gun in hand.

Re: Cabella\'s around Dallas? Yup it is about 20 miles north of Ft Worth and the east side of I-35 W. And yes, those folks around DFW do drive crazy.

Re: Weekend plans???? Dodging thunderstorms and chasing Rios. Man I love thundering toms. BBBOOOOOOMMMMMM! Gobble, gobble gobble.

Has anyone esle purchased the jake/hen pair of decoys at walmart? The pair is only $23 and they are awesome. They are made by a brand I have never heard of (and can't remember right now). The top of the box is red. The decoys are made of rubber and the paint job is perfect. Just letting you all know. (they aren't listed on the walmart website and they aren't the flambeau, but look a lot like the flambeau pair)