Spring of 2014 (picture heavy)
- HartClemson99
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Spring of 2014 (picture heavy)
Well, my season ended the week before last on the last day of Colorado's season. I watched my buddy miss two big Merriam's to end the season. I posted these pictures on SCDucks.com the week before last, but I figured I'd share it on here as well. My season began back on February 22nd during the Florida youth season. I hunted every weekend but one for 3 months and many days in between. I'm excited to get back to civilized life, but sad to see another season in the books. I had a great season with lots of non turkey related life dealings which kept me out of the woods: spending a week in Germany, resigning from my job, moving and starting a new company in the middle of chasing turkeys. Regardless, my season was pretty terrific and it took me to 8 states and 1 western Indian Reservation where I tagged out in 5 of those states (and the Rez) and ate tag soup in 2 of them.
The highlights of my season were a Double Single Season Slam using my late buddy J. Guthrie's turkey gun: His gun ended up taking 11 birds (by 4 of his friends) this spring and I hope it was a fitting tribute to my hunting buddy. http://www.petersenshunting.com/2013/04 ... s-guthrie/
I ended up killing 14 turkeys, saw 25 die, saw 9 misses/wounded (including two of my own) and made boot tracks across some of the pretiest country I have seen with some great friends (new and old). I finished my 16ga Grand Slam with a great Texas Rio, began my bearded hen slam with a 8" bearded hen in Texas and started my .410 grand slam with a long spurred SC bird. With the help of Hal and other folks on this site, I killed my first bird with a shell I handloaded and about 5 of my buddies killed a pile of birds with TSS shells I built.
I don't have pictures of every bird, but here are some of my favorites. I'm already planning for 2015, God willing, I'll be starting in Florida, heading to Mexico to try to finish my World Slam and hopefully adding a few new states to my US Slam list.
Thanks again to everyone for the guidance on teaching me the world of handloading!
Samantha Simonton, FL Youth Season shooting Guthrie's gun
Florida Sunset
My best spurs of the year 1 3/8" spurred Osceola
Shot at 53 yards through a cattle gate:
Image of video taken before my buddy shot this Kansas bird:
First bird with a .410 taken in SC, 1 1/4" spurs
We called this bird from above this rock. Bird in next pic to complete Double Single Season Slam
Montana
Bird off of Indian Reservation with black primary wing feather:
Colorado Sunrise
Colorado jakes not being gentlemen to my Avian X hen:
Last bird of the season, my first in Colorado:
The highlights of my season were a Double Single Season Slam using my late buddy J. Guthrie's turkey gun: His gun ended up taking 11 birds (by 4 of his friends) this spring and I hope it was a fitting tribute to my hunting buddy. http://www.petersenshunting.com/2013/04 ... s-guthrie/
I ended up killing 14 turkeys, saw 25 die, saw 9 misses/wounded (including two of my own) and made boot tracks across some of the pretiest country I have seen with some great friends (new and old). I finished my 16ga Grand Slam with a great Texas Rio, began my bearded hen slam with a 8" bearded hen in Texas and started my .410 grand slam with a long spurred SC bird. With the help of Hal and other folks on this site, I killed my first bird with a shell I handloaded and about 5 of my buddies killed a pile of birds with TSS shells I built.
I don't have pictures of every bird, but here are some of my favorites. I'm already planning for 2015, God willing, I'll be starting in Florida, heading to Mexico to try to finish my World Slam and hopefully adding a few new states to my US Slam list.
Thanks again to everyone for the guidance on teaching me the world of handloading!
Samantha Simonton, FL Youth Season shooting Guthrie's gun
Florida Sunset
My best spurs of the year 1 3/8" spurred Osceola
Shot at 53 yards through a cattle gate:
Image of video taken before my buddy shot this Kansas bird:
First bird with a .410 taken in SC, 1 1/4" spurs
We called this bird from above this rock. Bird in next pic to complete Double Single Season Slam
Montana
Bird off of Indian Reservation with black primary wing feather:
Colorado Sunrise
Colorado jakes not being gentlemen to my Avian X hen:
Last bird of the season, my first in Colorado:
- GOLD HUNTER
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LET'S GO TROUT FISHING
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Awesome....
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Great season Man!
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Great season and pics!
- hookedspur
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Super Season !!!
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Looks like you did well.
I was not his father but he was my son,,MAK IV, 10-15-1993 - 4-22-2007
"Rest in Peace my Little Buddy"
"Rest in Peace my Little Buddy"
- Shooter
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Congrats Hart,... way too cool!!!
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Congrats on one heck of a season and great tribute!
Holla me up....Adams
Holla me up....Adams
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Congrats on a great year!
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Then there are us that can only get one bird per year in our home states, two if you live in the area where 2 are legal but when you live 400 miles from that area it just doesn't make a lot of sense to travel that far for 1 more bird.
I was not his father but he was my son,,MAK IV, 10-15-1993 - 4-22-2007
"Rest in Peace my Little Buddy"
"Rest in Peace my Little Buddy"
Re: Spring of 2014 (picture heavy)
Awesome..your old school bottomland gun is one of the sharpest looking shotguns i've seen.
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Nice work!
- Waddle Whacker
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Congrats! Great tribute to your buddy.
Feel, don't think. Trust your instincts.
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Congrats Hart ! You had an awesome season ! Great Pics & Gobblers !
vaturkey
vaturkey
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Congrats! Awesome year.
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awesomeness, pure awesomeness.......loved the pics and all those gobblers
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Awesome tribute to you friend J. Guthrie. Nuff to make a grown man cry. Awesome season as well. Congrats.
Put you plans in the nail scarred hands.
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Amazing spring Hart! Congrats!
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One heck of a season!!! WTG
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Re: Spring of 2014 (picture heavy)
thanks for posting!
congrats on a tremendous season!
congrats on a tremendous season!