Gobbler Nation

Hognutz wrote: ↑February 10th, 2019, 11:10 pm I'm thinkin' a 15# BAG OF tss would be the real ticket for holding that sled down.
I'd go with #9's...

That’ll work if you’re out of osmium.

I pattern my shotguns with red dots on a Caldwell Lead Sled using 2 full bags of lead as ballast. Won’t do it any other way. Together, those bags must weigh at least 50 lbs. Never had a problem of any kind doing so.

Lots of stuff here, including gobbling activity on a hunted area and average date of nest initiation. The most relevant info to what is being discussed in this thread is in fig. 4-2, page 18. It may make your head hurt! :dontknow: https://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/wrd/pdf/management/G...

PCP’s second point about hunting impacts on poult recruitment is at the crux of this. The authors of the SC report presuppose the timing of the hunt is having a negative impact. They don’t come close to supporting their supposition with research data. But...let’s say their hunch is correct, as it co...

SwampDrummin wrote: ↑February 6th, 2019, 7:14 pm I’ve solved it.

20 day, nationwide season. No daily limit. No season limit.

I believe this one has a little something for everyone.

SwampDrummin for Prez 2020. Make turkey hunting great again!

I forgot...what are they trying to fix?

Where you’ve got to get to support this is faith or belief that there would be more turkeys—not just gobblers—in S.C. if hunters there killed fewer gobblers and/or killed them later in the season. Could be. Could be not. Their data—at least what they reported—doesn’t really speak to that one way or ...

I bothered to only skim the report and may have missed something, but it seems their recommendations are based more on hope and a hunch as opposed to good science. Lots of observations that are suggestive at best. Correlation ain’t the same as causation. When you peel it back, they are concerned abo...

Snow goose (immature gander) in flight?

Tang for turkeys, provided it’s quiet.

Front of trigger for wing shooting.

All of mine are as far forward as possible. Blocks less of my peripheral vision that way...

Gratifying when you finally kill ‘em. Exasperating until then...

After a few days, will make you long for a suicidal two year-old tom.

Only got one. It’s a Neil Cost. If I knew what it was worth, I’d consider selling it.

... 20). Coral snakes 21). Constipated crocogators 22). A fish that camps out in your urethra 23). Rat lung worms 24). Brain-eatin’ Amoebas 25). Heavy hail 26). Land sharks (Insurance companies) 27). Pacu fish 28). Tarantulas 29). Black windows I was considering a trip until I got to insurance compa...

hoobilly wrote: ↑July 6th, 2018, 8:58 pm

guesswho wrote: ↑July 6th, 2018, 8:42 pm Fighting/aggressive purr?

yelping beagle?

I reckon I am gonna have to try this technique next spring (or this fall)

I’m going with raccoon in distress. Hey, if it works...

I've passed on everyone I've ever seen. Do you have to use two tags or just one. If its just one I think I'll shoot the next one I see. Did you kill him/them in Green Swamp? Me too, I’ll pass from now on. They’re hard to kill. I shot the left head first as it seemed to be the dominant side. Boom! H...

Had a first this year. Shot a conjoined gobbler. This ever happen to you?

Prayers lifted for Kevin.

Has anybody mentioned brain-eating amoebas? Well...they’re there too. According to WebMD, you should be just fine if you avoid “mud puddles” and “soil.” That shouldn’t be difficult.

Then there’s the dreaded rat lung worm that’s spreading throughout the state and causing meningitis. Google it for yourself and decide.

Next installment...neural parasites that can turn you into a zombie.

And for Pete’s sake, keep your under britches on! Don’t go “commando”, especially if you have to wade waist deep or more. The dreaded candiro fish has found Florida. If you’re not familiar...it has a perverse preference for entering a swimmer’s uretha where it spreads its catfish-like spines causing...

Good luck Brandon! I can’t see what could possibly go wrong...

The numbers for “Green Swamp West” don’t look so bad. I’m guessing it’s a smaller and/or less heavily hunted area. But it may require a limited entry permit. Worth exploring.

Fatmo wrote: ↑June 29th, 2018, 9:42 pm Alabama - Mississippi back in the mid 80's!!!!

Interesting you say that. I don’t know a thing about MS, but that was the heyday of turkeys in the southern half of AL. I miss them days.

I’ll pick the mtns of northern GA just for the terrain. I hate steep hills...

The Green Swamp sounds like a tough place to kill a gobbler and the numbers don't lie. If I read the 2018 harvest report correctly there were 44 turkeys killed. The swamp consists of 50,000 acres. Again I could be wrong but those are the numbers I saw. I couldn't tell how many hunters there were th...