Tim Andrus Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Begins now!!!! Guys should be rolling in soon,I got here Tuesday hunted yesterday and got lucky tagged out in 3 hours ! A big thanks to Adam Bennett of HickoryCreek outfitter for hosting us . Btw Colorado Bob just rolled in....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Weather is awesome now.now, but rain is in the forcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) Yup Tim did well. Tagged out first day. First bird had a 10 3/4" beard and second a 9 1/2" beard. Edited April 17, 2015 by dbHunterNY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 In between the two toms Tim was waiting out the rain and had five jakes looking for rush outdoors fame. Sat in front of the camera for over an hour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 On another note the guys are going to get a surprise into camp. Turkey care pkg lol. Courtesy of Realtree,Hickory Creek outfitter and Keystone calls! Will post more updates as I get them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nice birds. Congratulations Tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Been following on Facebook. Great birds Tim!! Cannot wait to see what the others knock down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Boys are back in. Tstorm raineded out# Some close calls but no kills yet. It's now noon,rain has just about stopped. They are planning a afternoon attack now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 See more birds right after a rain here than any other time. Guess makes for easy bugging. Good luck to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Been sitting here like expecting father waiting on some good news, phone is quiet..Will update as I know more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 great job, tim. good luck to all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 The road to the hickory creek south lodge. Their home for the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Some views from the back porch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Tim and the guys are hanging out at the south lodge outside swapping stories. Tags still left to be filled but stuff like this is what it's all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted April 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 The gobblers are giving the guys a lesson this year! Everyone has been on birds with close calls...Just had awesome fried chicken dinner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Don't let Tim fool you guys. He also must be eating morel mushrooms. He's tagged out for turkeys so the only thing he can hunt is mushrooms. He's about tagged out with them too. They found 46. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Are guys are being dealt a hard blow mother nature must have thought I was still there they have had nasty T storms all day a lot of rain making it a tough hunt to say the least Let cross our fingers for them!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Yep...mother nature was not kind to us at all. Rain essentially ruined 2 morning hunts. Thursday afternoon shortly after I arrived, I hit the woods...weather was good. I heard 1 bird gobbling on my way in so I set up on the edge of a field SW of him. Never kheard him again but one cranked up close behind me in the timber. Had him gobbling pretty good till 10 jakes came through me going to the gobbling bird. The gobbler spent the rest of the time keeping the jakes off his hens & never gobbled again. Saw him at ~80 yards with his 3 hens & the jakes giving him a workout trying to cut in on the action. They all eventually went E...fun show...close but no cigar. 1st morning...bad weather...heard 2 birds gobble a total of 4 times on the roost sitting in the same spot I was at the prior afternoon. Also the same spot where I killed 2 gobblers last year. Saw one gobbler pitch down into the field ~125 yards away. He headed toward the other birds that had gobbled in the timber to the N. Rest of the morning was spent watching hens & calling them in with no more gobbler seen or heard. That afternoon I decided to stick to the woods since the gobblers appeared to be doing that. Called in a silent bird...twice to ~30 to 35 yards at ~4:00. All I could see of him was from a few inches below his red waddles to the top of his bright red head. With no clue if he was a jake or a gobbler for sure, I passed on pulling the trigger. Can't play catch & release with turkeys. About 5:25 a bird finally gobbled, worked him till 6:45 when he decided to head W. Moved in to close the distance and got a good look at him out of range. Turned out to be the bird Adam warned me about in the area that's a mature gobbler with NO beard. Big bird though. 2nd morning was a complete rain out with thunderstorms in the area. Went out after lunch when the rain quit ~1:30. Couldn't get too the field I had been on the prior day since the creek was way too high now. Set up where the gobbler had passed through yesterday near the edge of the S field. Didn't hear a bird gobble. Saw 1 hen on the move through the timber. Threw in the towel at 7:00. 3rd morning we woke to a light rain. Rained most of that evening too. Rain quit around daylight. Hit the woods & heard nothing. Saw a couple of soaked hens in the field across the swollen creek I couldn't cross by themselves. Tried to raise a bird till ~9:00 then threw in the towel. I left the lodge around 10:00 to drive to MO. All in all had a good time. Could have shot a bird if I didn't care if it was a jake or a gobbler. With all the jakes everyone was seeing it should be an outstanding hunt next year. Looking forward to next year in Kansas now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted April 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Yes Al your hunt was mirrored by everyone else you can plan everything out except mother nature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 That's right Tim. With all the jakes everyone was seeing, there's going to be a ton of 2 year old birds to hunt next year. Should be some GREAT action if mother nature is kind to us like last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Just got back home. It was hard hunting, weather was bad. My better half missed a gobbler. Saw birds everyday. I'm already signed up for next year. I gave Adam the $ before I left KS. Adam did his job, the birds were there, mother nature decided that we needed about 3 " of rain in 3 days. Al, good luck on those Mizzu gobblers. I'm headed out for a merriams on Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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