Gobbler Nation

WHO: Me DATE: 5/3/2018 TIME: 9:50am STATE: IA SPECIES: Eastern WEAPON: Benelli M2 AMMO: H13 3/2/6 CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum BEARD 1: 12" BEARD 2: BEARD 3: RIGHT SPUR: 7/8" LEFT SPUR: 15/16" WEIGHT: 26lbs, 10oz #1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: He came in behind me all si...

WHO: Me DATE: 4/23/2018 TIME: 9:00am STATE: MO SPECIES: Eastern WEAPON: Benelli M2 AMMO: H13 3/2/6 CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum, Champion's Choice Judge and Jury BEARD 1: 10" BEARD 2: BEARD 3: RIGHT SPUR: 7/8" LEFT SPUR: 7/8" WEIGHT: 23lbs, 6oz #1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL H...

WHO: Me DATE: 4/17/2018 TIME: 9:05am STATE: MO SPECIES: Eastern WEAPON: Benelli M2 AMMO: H13 3/2/6 CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum, Champion's Choice Judge and Jury and purr pot BEARD 1: 10" BEARD 2: BEARD 3: RIGHT SPUR: 1 1/8" LEFT SPUR: 1 9/16" WEIGHT: 23lbs, 6oz #1 REASON FOR...

WHO: Me DATE: 4/16/2018 TIME: 7:55am STATE: IA SPECIES: Eastern WEAPON: Benelli M2 AMMO: H13 3/2/6 CALL & MAKER: Lights Out Aluminum, Champion's Choice Judge and Jury BEARD 1: 9" BEARD 2: BEARD 3: RIGHT SPUR: 1" LEFT SPUR: 1" WEIGHT: 26lbs, 7oz #1 REASON FOR THIS SUCCESSFUL HUNT: ...

I hunted near Salina Wednesday and Thursday. I didn't hear anything on Wednesday until about 7:30pm, and that what was just a few gobbles before flyup. On Thursday morning, I heard a few roost gobbles and worked a strutter all morning. He stayed glued to three hens and followed them off to what I'm ...

I've walked back to my truck on multiple occasions to find birds strutting beside it. I wouldn't even bother covering it.

Nice!

deerhunt1988 wrote: ↑April 26th, 2018, 8:00 am They didnt do much research into that 'vast amounts of public land' in Texas. Also had Missouri's license cost wrong.

Agreed on both.

Populations in southern Iowa and northern Missouri (where I usually hunt) appear steady for the last few years, but still not quite up their peak from '90s.

I would probably stick with my BPS. I like playing around with other guns, though. I'm trying out a new M2 this year, but I wouldn't complain if I HAD TO switch back to my BPS.

Currently using Burris Fastfire IIIs and Vortex Sparc 2s.

Cool story! I have a 500 that's had a similar life for the last 30+ years, but I was too lazy to document much of it.

Good choice! Enjoy.

I can check off 3 out of those 4 and blast 'em right outta the roost.

I think my closest one is about 40 miles away.

I don't think my Marlin 336 mount will hold it.

ICDEDTURKES wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2018, 2:28 pm Head color, only thing that matters

This ^^^

I wish they would put the 3/2/6's on sale like that.

Wait....decoys have genitalia???

1011 - 1020

I haven't had as much luck decoying in thick cover as in the open/fields...but maybe that's just coincidence.

I've heard nothing but good things about them, especially for the price.

hobbes wrote: ↑June 23rd, 2017, 1:00 pm ...When these birds set their mind to traveling, there's not a lot of opportunity to turn them around...

100% this^^^

I submerge my beard bases in borax and leave them that way for 6+ months, even up to a year. So far, that's all they've needed.

Whatever it was that made hangover recoveries so much faster.