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BOWHUNT FOR THE RIO GRANDE

Grand Slam - Last Stand

Will A (Big) Snake Get Into The Blind ... With You?
Day 8 - Afternoon, Part 2
Learning new things happens a lot when you bowhunt. Some times you learn about something you'd rather not. GO...

Day 8 - Afternoon - Part 1

Some days you see wonderful things in nature and this afternoon began that way. GO...

Day 8 - Morning

Some hunts the turkeys aren't what you remember. And in case you're wondering, that is not the friendly Bossie the cow. GO...

Day 7 - Lets Do It One Mo' Gin

The big Tom locked up and I threw every trick I knew at him. GO...

Day 6 - Nice Day For A Grand Slam

How sweet it is when it all comes together for some super longbeard pictures and the Rio that makes it a Grand Slam Day...

Day 5 - CamTrakker Gobblers Back

It took 3 hours to pull the CamTrakker Longbeard trio from the river to my blind. GO...

Day 4 - The CamTrakker Longbeards

A CamTrakker finds me 3 longbeards who are daily commuters past the Gate. I go there today, and they do too. GO...

Day 3 - Out Sourcing
My bud Dickie Wicker invited me to hunt. GO,,,

Day 2 - Some gobblers never give up

Regardless of how close they get and how good things look it can always take an unexpected turn ... for us ... and the gobblers. GO...

Day 1 - Struttn' His Stuff 

The gobbles got closer and then a big, longbeard strutter popped out of the brush. GO...

Tennessee - Day 3 
Rain in the morning. But Fred trys a new set up for the afternoon and gets action. GO...

May 4 - Day 2 

Hunt Report and Pics for Day 2. GO...

May 3 - First Day In Tennessee 

So how do you find gobblers in a new place? Nothing to it. TO: Morning and Afternoon.

Apr 28 - Afternoon & Last Day At Billy Don's

More monster gobbler pictures and action. GO...

Apr 28 - Off To A Fast Start

Four hens stopped in front of me and the longbeard crossed the road to them. GO...

Apr 27 - Afternoon

A hen, walking at a steady pace, walked a half circle and passed me at 42 yards (on the Nikon rangefinder). A BIG Longbeard was in tow. GO...

Apr 27 - Fat Belly -- Long Beard

A big fan caught my attention 100 yards in front of the blind across the cactus patch. I yelped and he brought it on. GO...

Apr 26 - When he answered the phone

I said, "Hello Billy Don!" He answered "Hello Robert." I told him the turkey hunting was tough up here. He said to come on down. This afternoon I'll be at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch hunting with Billy Don. TO THE HUNT...

Apr 25 - At The Gate
The weather turned bad right after daybreak. Four hens later I gave it up at 11:00. That afternoon the gobblers started talking and I called in three into the "gimme 3 steps" zone. 

Apr 24 - I hunted the river and then set up at the "Gate" and hunted there in the afternoon. I saw a big bomber, slunger, longbeard at 256 yards and he was hooking it for the roost. Maybe he will come closer in the morning.

Apr 22 - How Many Gobblers?

As day broke gobbles sounded in the trees down the ridge from me and all along the river. GO... 

Apr 21 - Longbeards

I knelt down and peeked under the cedar limbs. Three longbeards were casually walking along. A hen gives us some cool video. And the last dance of the day holds a big surprise. GO...

Apr 20 - Here Comes "Super Jake"

He's tall, dark, and handsome, and has a weakness for Woodhaven yelps. GO...

Apr 19 - Decoys Bringing 'Em In

A gobbler comes to the call. Some hens interact with my decoys. And more, with pics. GO...

Live Broadcast ... Kinda
I can get a cell signal at the Point and here is what's happened so far this morning. GO...
Afternoon: A hen came through and I took a short web video of it. Video...

BOWHUNT FOR THE MERRIAM'S

Do Decoys Work?

Nothing's better than watching gobblers strut 5 yards from you. And you're about to Go There.

Nebraska - Fred's Double!

High Winds! Driving rain! And Fred finds where the gobblers hang out in bad weather. GO...

Nebraska - It Can't Be Happening!

That is NOT the fan of the Merriam's turkey I tagged 2 hours ago. It's an Eastern. And it rained longbeards beginning at 3:44, GO...

Nebraska - Come Up And See Me

The gobbler was worked up, even his face was red. I took a pic because I expected him to stop and look at my decoy. But he didn't. GO...

Nebraska - Over The Top

Fifteen minutes later we called and got gobbles from the ridge above us. GO...

Nebraska - Day 1: Luv Struck

Sometimes the things you see while bowhunting are absolutely amazing. Like the 1st morning in Nebraska, when a gobbler was luv struck by Fred's decoy! Pics & Video...

BOWHUNT FOR THE RIO GRANDE

Billy Don's: The Rest Of The Story
The Duck and I get into gobblers. GO...

Day 3 - Fred Gets A Rio

Billy Don and Fred drove to the "super secret" site. Soon gobbles sounded from 4 different directions. GO...

Day 3 - Bowhunting For Rio Grandes With Billy Don.

We drive to Wild Horse Prairie Ranch and Fred and I get good gobbler action today. GO... 

Day 2 - Search For The Rio Grande
Here are the field notes from the Day #2 turkey hunt. GO...

Bowhunting For Rio Grandes on Opening Day

Afternoon Hunt -  Just when I thought the day's hunt was over ... 3 longbeards walked around the tree I was hiding behind. GO...

April 1 - Morning:  This morning Fred Lutger is hunting the Gate area. Donald "Duck" Beckwith is with him and is running the video camera. And I'll be on the Rock Ledge in minutes.

Morning Hunt: When Fred called again the gobbler came into view down the fence by the Gate. Fred continued to call and the gobbler walked down the fence past the blind, looking at the decoys. GO...

BOWHUNT FOR THE FLORIDA OSCEOLA
 

In Florida we are hunting with David Mills of Zolfo Springs, Florida in Central Florida's Osceola wild turkey country. David is an easy going, likable guy with a good sense of humor. David has thousands of acres available to hunt Florida Osceolas. He understands this unique species of wild turkey and knows their habitat. David is now part of the Woodhaven Sting Team and is hosting Mike Pentecost and several members of the team on this hunt. To contact David about Osceola hunts, bow or shotgun, phone 1-863-990-9087.

Day 6 - Last Dance

A hen popped out of the woods and passed 15 yards from me. The gobbles behind her were getting closer. GO...

Day 6 - More Gobbler Action
Gobbles! A good ways off. I called pretty loud. The call was very raspy and gobblers sounded off as well as some hens. GO...

Day 5 - Is That What It Looks Like?

Gobbles sounded as dawn approached. I called and waited, hoping for a repeat of yesterday morning's meeting with the slunger longbeard. I got it, sort of. GO...

Woodhaven Custom Calls Team Hunt

The Woodhaven Team was hunting turkeys at the same time. Meet Mike Pentacost, his team and experience their hunts. They got real. Woodhaven Hunt...

Day 4 - The Shark Tooth Gobbler

Yesterday, when I returned from hunting, David Mills 6 year old daughter Faith gave me a good luck present, a shark tooth. It worked! GO...

Day 4 - Right Out Of The Box

Once I could see around me in the growing light I yelped and purred on the Woodhaven aluminum slate, dropping a hint on what direction they should go when they flew down. GO...

Day 3 - Continued - Doug Crabtree

Doug set up 150 yards from the timber where the gobblers were roosted and gobbling. His plan was to wait till the gobblers flew down and then start calling them. But that plan was quickly changed. To Doug's Hunt...

Day 3 - Continued - The Real Deal 

Behind the hen her was the real deal, a fat bellied longbeard. I called and he blew up into full strut. To The Pics & Hunt...

Day 3 - Bad Luck ... Good Luck 

An accident in the morning. But the afternoon was a whole different story. GO...

And I Was Hunting Too
Keeping up with the Woodhaven Sting Team's successful hunts got me behind on reporting on my own hunt. Here's What Happened...

A Woodhaven Triple Header

Ryan Prince, Mike Pentecost and Sam Huff bring a gobbler in from the afternoon's hunt. GO...

A Grand Slam For Bowhunter Eyad Yehyawi

Eyad needed an Osceola to get his Grand Slam with the bow. The hunt began Saturday morning on a wide open pasture in South Central Florida. Eyad's Bowhunt...

Moxey Bags & Tags #4

Before daylight Doug Crabtree led the way for Mike "Moxey" Spivey into a cypress head, grunting and walking on all fours to disguise themselves as hogs so the nearby roosting turkeys would not detect them.  To Moxey's Hunt...

 A Double For Kindell Keeton and Brett Berry

Kindell Keeton and Brett Berry with their opening day Double.
When Brett called 5 jakes came in. But it wasn't gonna be a jake hunt for these Woodhaven Sting Team members. Go... 

Opening Morning - Billy Yargus Talks To 'Em

David Mills looks around after our hunt. Billy Yargus with his first Osceola gobbler.

David Mills and I had been my ground blind long before daylight and the hens and gobblers started talking. It was very foggy and we didn't hear a bird fly down until just after 8:00. They talked to us some but didn't come in sight.
But Billy Yargus was busy seeing wild turkeys. To Billy's Hunt... 

Opening Day Eve

David Mill sent everybody out to look and listen for roosting gobblers. I think he sent me to a pretty good spot. Check out the Pics... I set up a ground blind and am ready for tomorrow's opener. A bunch of serious turkey hunters from the Woodhaven Sting Team are here for opening day. We might have stayed up kinda late shooting the breeze. But that's a part of the hunt, a good part too..

2006 Multi-State Gobbler Bowhunt ...
This year Bowhunting.net is hunting in several states and will follow Robert Hoague, Fred Lutger and Doug Crabtree, among others. 

1. The Florida Osceola:  Doug Crabtree starts the hunt in Florida on March 5 at in the Southern Zone. Fred Lutger & I go to the Central Zone on March 21.
2. Rio Grande:  April 1 Fred Lutger and I bowhunt in Texas on the Leon River and with Billy Don at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch.
3. The Merriam's:  On April 4 Fred and I hunt Merriam's in Nebraska.
4. Eastern:  It's off to Illinois, Tennessee, MIssouri, Ohio and more.

The heads of hens and gobblers are different and their overall appearance has a different purpose. GO

The Difference Between Wild & Domestic?

Webster’s Dictionary defines "turkey" as: a theatrical production that has failed, three successive strikes in bowling, a stupid or foolish person and a large North American bird that can either be domestic or wild.  The large bird is the turkey we're talking about and here is the difference between Domestic & Wild Turkeys

So What Is A Grand Slam, Anyway?
The Grand Slam consists of 1 each of all 4 of the North American wild turkey sub species. 

Eastern

Merriam's

Osceola

Rio Grande