Here we go!!
I'll be hunting my local spots in South Texas and the Hill Country during March/April. Then in May I'll be spending 3 weeks chasing after them in Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Good luck to all.
Hoping for a great season this year, can’t wait to get out in the woods! I drew Muse WMA this year, so I’ll get an opportunity for a Rio this year, mid April needs to hurry up. As usual, we’ll be working hard for an Eastern too. The man child is itching to fill a tag, and will shoot the first legal bird we get a chance at. I’m still vying for a big Eastern long beard, hope the stars align.
In! Taking my daughter my daughter youth weekend to try and get her first bird, we are North zone though so we have a few weeks to go. Good luck to you and your little girl this weekend, we will be pulling for her.
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While it has been picking up lately, the birds seem to have been impacted by the winter storm and are running behind. I just recently started seeing/hearing gobblers. Heck…a few of our honey holes are birdless With the nice weather, I expect things to get back on track here pretty quick!
If I remember correctly you said last year was a slow start as well. Birds just weren't gobbling.
I'll be headed to New Mexico and hunting the Texas as well.
Anyone have any suggestions on seasons that run to the end of May? I know colorado does. I may be able to do another hunt mid to late May.
If I remember correctly you said last year was a slow start as well. Birds just weren't gobbling.
I'll be headed to New Mexico and hunting the Texas as well.
Anyone have any suggestions on seasons that run to the end of May? I know colorado does. I may be able to do another hunt mid to late May.
Yep...I read through my notes from last year. It was definitely a weird year. Looking back, it wasn't that they were late as much as sporadic. They were hit and miss most of the season.
I haven't done a lick of scouting or knocked the dust off my yelpers yet. DSD army is ready for action though. The gobbling I heard at the end of duck season in Medina county was bananas and means most of the jake cartel from last year lived. Hopefully they survived the ice storm. Got enough birds around some of the other places I hunt to keep things interesting anyways.
Heard some early gobbles and saw a few starting to puff up and strut around last Saturday in Medina county so hopefully the weather cooperates and my oldest will get a shot at one this year. It will be his first turn on the gun this year. He did good in practice with the .410 so we will see how it plays out. It’s a lot of fun not knowing who’s more excited, me or him!
I’m pretty mad at them this year! My little honey hole is looking very promising just south of San Antonio. Have a few other hunts lined up. Come on March 20
Good luck! Just picked up a new property for this year, excited to see how it turns out. Headed up this weekend for youth and then to the new place next weekend for the opener.
I am seeing more birds this year despite a cold winter. We must have had a good hatch last spring. The Coyote hunters have been doing a good job in this area also.
I video what I can when I'm hunting but typically don't bring out the big camera until all my tags are filled. They were all already filled when those pics were taken
My second Kansas bird was laying about 10 yards out of the camera frame on those Eastern pics. They would go back and forth from flogging the dead bird to beating or standing on that jake decoy. They did it for over an hour. Fun hunt.
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