Sheltowee
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Have a deep-seated hatred for chickens as the result of a run-in with a banty rooster when I was about 5.
Gobble gobble Spring Turkey 2025
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Nick87
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Haha same. Right down to the breed of the rooster.
Gellar
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My brother had red sweat pants on and was leaning up against the fence at a petting zoo and the turkey bit him in the ass.
Nick87
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@Sheltowee I know you will appreciate this. I've watched it probably 300 times and I still laugh my ass off.
WildWill
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My kinda parenting.
Sheltowee
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Where did you find this video of me as a child.
The rooster in question shared a farm with an old English setter that he messed with one too many times. One day, the owner found a puff of feathers across the front yard and an avenged bird dog relaxing in the shade. Never saw that damn bird again.
Matthew57
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My plan is to hunt around home here in WA. Last couple years I’ve taken one so going to see if I can bag a couple this season.
I’m looking forward to hunting with my adult son, maybe to have him get his first turkey with a bow. And I will mentor ( https://outdoormentors.org/ ) several kids as well. Last year my personal season lasted less than 90 minutes in the field as the old boy crossed the road and strutted along the top of the watershed dam to meet his destiny.
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Chad Gus
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I have a 1st season tag for Iowa and I'll pick up a 5th and 6th season leftover tags here in Wisconsin, I somehow forgot to apply this year.
Gellar
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No turkeys in Iowa, you’d best be tryin elsewhere.
Chad Gus
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Well damn my bad luck. Guess I'll just fill a couple of coolers with beer and cheese and road trip around Iowa for 4 days and look at all the fields.
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Gellar
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I’ll message you my address.
Kentucky Jack
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You ain't lying! 75 degrees here today and saw 3 stutters on the way home from work. My trigger finger is getting mighty itchy! Still have over 4 more weeks to wait for opener!
johnp
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These 7 amigos have been keeping me company most of the winter, I know they will scatter when the big flocks breakup . Hopefully a couple will hang around.
Gellar
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I heard some hens yelping right before dark tonight, but no gobbles. I was at a taxidermist this afternoon and he was working on a turkey from last year. It got me fired up! I also ate the last of my turkey breast for lunch. Smoked then seared until about 155!
WildWill
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Drove by a couple spots this morning to do some glassing only saw 2 birds but both longbeards. They were just entering the field as I pulled up at about 100 yards and we surprised each other. They waddled of like overweight velociraptors to the other end of the field. Tried to get them to gobble but they weren't having any of it.
