It has been a fun September hunting with good friend WSWAT. He puts a lot of time into setting stands and scouting for deer. With a number of good bucks on camera we were excited for season to open.
The first weekend of the reservation season was slow with warm weather and farmers still...
Congrats on the awesome sitka buck. Looks & sounds like a fun adventure.
Best of luck on the up coming hunts. The ND mule deer tag is a golden ticket this year.
Very jealous! Should be good year for horn growth. Very green out there again this year. My scouting has been slow. I think the amount of water that is around has the deer on different patterns from years past.
Congrats on the tags! Looking forward to the stories.
Could very well be a hybrid. Lots of merrium/eastern hybrids in ND. This is not one of those. There are no Merriums on this side of the lake. Possibly Rio/Eastern.
Tom,
I think he is a young bird, two year old possibly. In my mind he is a Rio even tho there are not supposed to be any in ND. Some Rio's were transplanted in this area a few years back. All the birds we get in this area have short spurs.
Thanks for the compliments.
When you finish the 5K just keep going another. Seems easier than driving to Little Falls.
What ever you decide, best of luck. Get ready for the 1/2, it is a fun experience.
Saturday found us set up just off the roost with archery tackle in hand. We could see four toms in the trees. These birds were dead silent. They did not gobble once in the tree nor when they flew down.
We landed an off day in the turkey world.
After picking up we headed to a new location...
Here is a shot of the beards. Beard 1 = 11 3/4", beard 2 = 5", beard 3 = 5 3/4", beard 4 = 4 1/2", beard 5 = 3 1/2", beard 6 = 1 1/2". Coming from a guy who loves to hunt turkeys I am amazed with the freakish nature of this bird.
Spent last weekend hunting with good friend WSWAT. The birds were holding tight with hens but we were still able to have a great weekend and we put some nice birds on the ground.
Friday morning found us set up waiting for gobbling toms to fly off the roost. When they finally came down they...
I would go with the small. Sounds like you have a short torso and longer legs. Give MR a call and they will help you out with the fit. If This helps at all I was told that a large will adjust down to a medium but a medium will not adjust up to a large. Same goes for a small/medium...
Nice bird, congrats. My new favorite way to cook a turkey is in the smoker. I just breast the bird. Rub breasts in olive oil. Season with your favorite rub, I use the same rub I would use on ribs. The put in large ziplock bag to marinate. Overnight is good.
Once the smoker is warmed up...
Yes, I care. Love hockey. I have my little guy playing now and I just played in a coaches game tonight.
If you don't like hockey that means you don't know how to skate or you don't understand the rules.