You don`t have to wait on the "coyote hunts" to open. You can kill yotes anytime during small game seasons on WMAs that are open for small game. You can use small game weapons which include .22mags, .17s. For a few years we were allowed centerfires during small game seasons(for furbearers), but...
TSS is awesome in some of the guns, but not worth the cost, in my opinion. Heck, when I first started turkey hunting, I killed some with 12 ga. 2 3/4"inch field loads.(lost a couple, also), Later, went to a 3" gun, then a 3.5"(835), then to a 20 ga 3". The 20 is all I neeed. I sold the 835, but...
I tested Longbeards and TSS in my gun. Longbeards patterned the best at 35 yards. This was with the ACCU choke. Going to a Longbeard choke now, made by Carlsons.
I will be glad to if I go. I am going to call first, after I check Adventure Outdoors. Thinking maybe a closer Academy might have them, I stopped at Academy in Cartersville while ago. They had plenty of Winchester 20 ga. "Double X" turkey loads but no "Longbeard XR". I ordered a Carlson...
After years of a 3.5 inch 12 gage, I went to a 20 gage half way through last season. I bought a camo Mossberg 500, accu-choke. It put same amount of shot in turkey target at 35 yards as the 12 ga. 3.5 did. Killed a bird with it. This season the 20 will be used with a Longbeard XR(Carlson) and...
Some good info here. Warmer days, after cold or windy days, are better this time of year. I see more the last hour before dark. Yesterday, in the 60s temp, they were everywhere.
I received a birthday gift two years ago to Southfork. I really enjoyed it, pen-raised quail and all. I grew up on wild quail hunting, but was not disappointed at all. Good folks there. I`m sure they will work out a deal for those who can`t walk far. Fortunately, I can still walk the fields at...
Wife washes hunting clothes with the other clothes in whatever detergent is on sale. I hunt in same clothes for days or more, smelling like wood smoke and whatever Old Spice deoderant was on sale. I pee and spit snuff outa the stand. Some camo, some whatever. Orange vest which smells like smoke...
I went to Mackentire VPA this morning before dawn. When sun came up, no birds, no crop to speak of. Then went on Coosawattee, fields didn't make a crop except for weeds. Then went to Berry College. Gate was closed. Decided to not walk in and look. I don`t trust gate to be open in the morning...
I agree. I dont use bait, trail cameras, or scents, and have managed to kill a couple hundred deer in the past 55+ years of deer hunting. Some good racks, too. More of these came off of WMAs than came off private land. The quality of woodsmanship these days is way down. Too many kids are being...
I don`t believe in luck. "Luck" comes from the name "Lucifer". Most of us know who that is. I read the 91st Psalm most mornings before I hunt. That is all-day protection.
You can`t judge all public land by one or two bad experiences. Some WMAs have way less pressure than others. I hunt private and public land. Have killed more deer on WMAs than private land. I have hunted public for 50 years with no horror stories. I know a few guys who won`t hunt WMAs due to a...