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  1. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    We were both feeling pretty optimistic for the next morning, although the wind shifted so I decided to set up on the other side of the woods, closer to my buddy. Again, I struggled with tree selection. I got up the tree and realized that I was hanging on the side that limited shots to my strong...
  2. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    The Ohio trip: This is the third trip to Ohio in as many years. It is part of a process that has been 5 years in the making. Back then, I was approached by an acquaintance I knew through our kids' schools and various community gatherings. He knew I hunted and started asking about it. We...
  3. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    I feel bad that I didn't post any pictures in my turkey hunt write up. Here's the as they lay photo of the hen when we found her. The head was gone. As was the breasts and one full leg. On Friday I made some venison kabobs. Should have cooked up twice as much meat. It was a big hit...
  4. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    Wednesday morning we reversed course and walked way south to come in from the other direction in hopes that the flock would be none the wiser. Sun came up, turkeys came down and then they walked right past us at about 65 yards. It was a slow parade with 4 toms fanning and strutting and 14 hens...
  5. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    That afternoon we headed back to the blind and slipped into place without any of the turkeys getting wise. Sadly we probably should have been about 50 yards north of where we were because we watched the Tom flock come through that spot and then the Hen flock came through. And we watched all of...
  6. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    I DID IT!!!!!! I finally got a turkey with a bow and arrow. It was also my first fall turkey. Now, as excited as I am about this accomplishment, it comes with. big dose of bittersweet disappointment. I'll start at the beginning. My brother and his son (my godson) hunted with me last Christmas...
  7. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    No pictures to post, but tomorrow I pick my brother and nephew at O'Hare. They are visiting for 10 days from Sweden and want to tag along on some hunting with me next week. I talked to a buddy and we can hunt his dad's woods and there are reports of15-20 turkeys hanging out in there. I'd be...
  8. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    Tis the reason for the season... Hunting season that is. Grilled up some venison teaks tonight.
  9. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    Couple things. I just made up some venison jerky. Kinda wish I had made a double batch. I am planning on sharing it with some friends and I think It will go pretty fast. Might have to make more before my brother and nephew come to hunt with me... Besides that I have had some fun game camera...
  10. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    When I was out in the public land a couple weeks ago I moved my game camera to a spot that just seemed deer to me even though there wasn't a lot of sign other Thant several trails crossing. I have had a ton of pictures of raccoons and squirrels and bunnies, but very few deer, until recently...
  11. TheBenHoyle

    2024 documenting hunts/somewhat live

    Welcome to the live hunt threads from another Ben. Looking forward to your adventures.
  12. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    I have been slowly but surely moving to saddle hunting. I have access to a couple of places where the stands are already set up, but even there I kinda feel like the deer and turkeys know that the stands are there, so I am thinking that setting up with my saddle on the new stand bypass route is...
  13. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    Great star show this morning as I hiked in to the spot I wanted to hunt. Getting there and up a tree took me longer than I anticipated and it was fully light out by the time I was set up. Turns out I was smack dab in the middle of a squirrel playground... Oh the fun and games they had, chasing...
  14. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    I'm headed out to my parents' house tonight so that I can get up and hunt in the morning. I don't expect to see much if anything, but I have a spot in some public that I think could be good to get to know. Hopefully I will hear some turkeys and maybe around 10-11 I'll do a little scouting on my...
  15. TheBenHoyle

    Archery coyote

    If it was a frontal shot and the arrow is still in him, it makes sense that there would be little to no blood trail. The arrow is plugging the hole where the blood could come out. Probably dead in the thick stuff where you heard it snarling.
  16. TheBenHoyle

    Stalking out turkey

    In my experience, turkeys live in a neighborhood not in a house. Which means that they will roam quite a bit from day to day based on pressure and where they happen to be when the sun is going down. I would try to figure out where they are roosting by observing from afar and then trying to get...
  17. TheBenHoyle

    Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

    Would we call this thread Potting Hunttalkers? Or is there a better word for it?
  18. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's semi-live 2024 hunt thread

    I just posted a little story about the plaque I made for my 2023 buck Euro mount to the woodworking hunt talkers thread. I just hung it up in my shed the other day. It is nice to have that project done. I got it done just before I got really busy with my daughters' marching band season...
  19. TheBenHoyle

    Woodworking Hunt Talkers?

    I like to make my Euro mount plaques out of wood that is somehow related to my hunt. Last November when I shot my buck, I was sitting in a Box Elder tree with a big downed trunk in front of me, but it was too big for me to take a piece off of it with the saw I keep in my backpack... But somehow...
  20. TheBenHoyle

    Gun vs bow

    I don't own a rifle and the few times I have had an opportunity to shoot one, I have not done very well. I would like to get one some day, but I also know that my dad has a nice .270 that I can probably borrow at any moment if I want to. But I don't really want to. Guns are scary and I haven't...
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