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I've pulled the trigger on a double 10 gauge. Brisk but tolerable as a double 10 usually has some mass to it. Very effective weapon.

Buddy of mine made & used one a very long time ago for archery hunting. Worked however it occasionally attracted the interest of a few range bulls which made the stalk somewhat unnerving.

Very nice. Good looking rifle too.

Drew unit 15 1st archery tag, totally unexpected. Looking forward to a great hunt. Congrats on your tags.

+1, I'd guess a 3-4 year old.

I do. 1st hunt.

No experience with snow. What I've observed when it's raining is that they roost early and leave the roost slightly later than normal in the morning. Talked less too.

Women generally have shorter draw lengths and don't pull mega weight. Modern compound bows lessen the issue. Likely, you'd be best off with a cut on contact fixed head (really, most would). As others have said, make sure your BH choice tunes well to your equipment. I like large fletching for stabilizing broadhead tipped arrows. In the past I used 5" vanes with as much helical as the arrow diameter would allow. That being said, last year I used a helical AZ EZ fletcher set up for Blazer type vanes. I was pleasantly surprised how well the little Blazers stabilized a fixed broadhead. Try to set up your equipment with "forgiveness" in mind. A critical set-up is not what most of us need at the moment of truth.

Good job! Smile on your youngest's face says it all.

Swarodur, Swarobright on the newer versions. Think 2005 was the year the upgrade occurred. It's fairly easy to find out what a particular optic has for upgraded coatings. Get the serial# & contact swarovski. Ask the questions you need answered via email. Takes a couple working days but they will get back to you.

Congrats to you & your son. Turkey hunting is the bomb.

Leica AP0 spotters are "alpha glass".

Always amazes me how acidic the anti's are. These people got some hate. Having taken a giraffe, I can tell you many people are shocked and dismayed that anyone would do such a thing. Africans have no issue with it, neither do I. Congrats to the lady with her giraffe.

Very nice catch. Personally, for table fare, I like grouper more than any other fish. How deep were you fishing?

Definitely a unique situation. I have no clue what your dissolution situation is. That being said, if your ex husbands perception of the proceedings is the he got "smoked" and you got the palace, alimony, sole custody, child support, your attorney fee's etc. AND your new boyfriend ran his 27' SeaRay aground at the lake last weekend. BTW, is he living with his parents to keep up with payments? If so, I recommend you pack an AR on your upcoming hunt should you insist on using your OOP to keep the ex out his former haunts. That's a mans perspective. LOL! Being serious now. Naturegirl, you opened this "can of worms" thread. Unwise IMO. An OOP is easily acquired, literally free for the asking. A real "kick in the gut" for the banned person. Your order may have merit, only you know that for sure. The fact that you want to utilize your OOP to keep your ex out of areas you KNOW he wants to hunt is telling. It would seem you'd want to be far away from any person you felt the need to serve an OOP on. To me, it seems you just want to inflict more pain on your ex in any manner possible. You might want to consider contacting Amanda about getting this thread removed from the site. JMHO

A few things elk have taught me over the years: Calling, yes I do call but sparingly. I have come to believe elk know each others voice and routine. Anything out of the ordinary raises suspicion. If elk are talking, I generally don't. Some hunters are exceptional callers and sound better than elk. Don't sweat getting "called in", happens to all of us eventually. Daytime elk like the thick stuff, shot opportunities tend to be fleeting. It is unusual to get a wide open shot in these conditions. When practicing, place your targets in thick cover and get used to shooting through relatively small openings. You'll learn to judge a legitimate opportunity vs. an unmakeable shot. Broadheads are less forgiving than field points when shooting through any kind of debris, with broadheads, you do need an opening. Practice extensively with broadheads. Never hunt a bad wind, it won't work. Chaps my hide to have a fellow hunter blow out bugling elk because he was too lazy to get the wind first. Pay attention to the wind at all times, note the time of day when thermal shifts occur each morning and evening. Often an unhuntable approach becomes viable if a front(or thunderstorm) disturbs the daily thermal action. Analyze failure, learn from it, then forget about it. Most of us fail often but remain relentless. In the end, win or lose, it's all about the effort.

Bill, good job on silencing her tirade.

I had 3b last year which I am so glad to have been exposed to as a first rut hunt. even though I didn't get one I learned enough to make this hunt even better. What did you hunt in Africa? Plains game & cape buffalo. Zimbabwe in 01 and 04, Save Conservancy and Lemco (which in now called Bubye). It was a blast but I'd still rather have a unit 1 or 27 EAB tag.

More than once I've had specific places I personally hunt blurted out on these and other forums. Think it's a bad deal. That's my beef with those trying to help e-scouters.

Likely they will be there. Start in areas you are familiar with, expand your search if necessary. Turkeys scratch for seed,acorns, etc. all winter. They'll switch to bugs (grasshoppers particularly) as soon as they are available. Caterpillars work too. You know the turkeys are on bugs when their dropping begin to look like tar. Find the bugs!

WOW! As good as I've ever seen. Who did it? Did you select the pose or let the artist "have at it". Either way, it's special.

That is one tough question! I've been fortunate to hunt Africa, Alaska and a few other western states. Overall, I think the hunt and the unit you are going to is likely the best in my experience. My brother and a few friends hunted 27 many times in the 70's & 80's. What a great time it was. Enjoy your upcoming hunt, it truly is as good as it gets.

Head/neck is definitely where you want to hit turkeys. They are tough birds. The hold on the target that Little Creek Calls posted is the proper aim point. Lead, I like #5 shot, Tungsten, #6 does the job well. I tend to be a tightwad but there really is no reason not to shoot the heavy shot. Other than patterning, we should only be shooting 1 round per hunt.

+1, Bows do not hold their value well at all. Top of the line bows sell for 40% of original cost, often set up with nice accessories. 2-3 year old bows retain some value. Older equipment is difficult to market. Most want the latest & greatest.

Somebody on this site made this target available for all to download. Here it is again: turkeytarget1.pdf