| 2007
Triple Double Grand Slam Bowhunt
Bowhunts
In: Florida
Hunt | Nebraska
Hunt
| Missouri
Hunt
|
Rio
Grande Bowhunt
Last Two Weeks
With only 2
weeks left for
the home season I start at a tried and true "good place", the Gate. GO...
Lets
Take A Break
In Nebraska I
lucked out
and got some swell pictures of an Eastern longbeard putting on a show
for
the ladies ... and you and me. Enjoy. GO...
Greg Ballard Goes For A
Rio
Greg Ballard
(chat name
aBowhunr) joins us on the quest for a 2007 Grand Slam. GO...
NICE
DAY FOR A GRAND SLAM !!!
The weather
gets grim but
Fred does what he does best and hangs tough. It pays off. GO...
The
Hunt With Rick Philippi
Last Gobbler Day With
Rick
Another day,
another big
gobbler, or two. GO...
The Gobbler Flys Away !!!
Some times not
calling is
a good call. GO...
Here Come Da Longbeards
We set up side
by side blinds
in the dark. When daylight came so did the gobblers. GO...
MISSOURI BOWHUNT
at
IMB Outfitters
Click HOME
PAGE to go to the IMB
Outfitters
hunt.
Hunt
Review for
IMB
How
well did the hunt really go? Here is my take on IMB Outfitters and
my Missouri turkey hunt. GO...
May
Day !!!
Robert
Hoague and Tony
May (of IMB Outfitters)
"That's what
we're looking
for," whispered Tony and he picked up his "lucky call." GO...
I
Mess Up
Gobbles rang
from the tree
tops. Suddenly the first gobbler down was in our field. Woops! GO..
Darrin's
Monster
 
Tony May and I
hunted on
the Salt River and got into birds. But Darrin and Scott out did us. GO...
NEBRASKA BOWHUNT
Florida
Hunt | Nebraska
Hunt
| Missouri
Hunt
|
5
Longbeards All In A Row
The cold,
rainy, sleety,
windy Nebraska turkey hunt was good to us. GO...
Last
Day - Morning
Hunt
Hunt report
and pics from
the last morning. GO...
More
Gobbler Luck:
A Triple!
On the way
back to the blind
with my gobbler I noticed some red heads coming out of the corn field
200
yards away. They were walking in our direction. Can Fred get the 3rd
gobbler
of the day. GO...
Gobbler
Luck Part
2 - the Eastern
 
Sometimes I
want to take
a gobblers picture so bad I wind up not getting a shot. This was almost
one of those time, almost. GO...
Gobbler
Coffee
= Gobbler Luck
 
A hen fights
with our hen
decoy (see it on VIDEO) bringing in a big gobbler and a distance
problem.
But my back up plan pays off. Fred's
Merriam's Gobbler...
Rain,
Wind, Cold
& Gobblers
Global
warming? Not here.
But the gobblers are out. Morning
and Afternoon
hunts
& pics.
Hunt
3 - They're
back !!!
 
The longbeards
return with
a horde and we get 45 minutes of gobbler interaction. I got great
pictures as Fred waited for a shot. Part
#1... and Part
#2...
Back
To The Morning
We digress and
report
on the morning's hunt. GO...
Hunt
2 - Minutes
Later...
A couple of
yelps and
2 longbeard Merriam's come down the hill to us. It's Fred's turn. GO...
Hunt
1 ... I Get
Lucky
 
Three
longbeard Merriam's
gobblers come in to push my jake decoy around. I got some super
close
up pictures and a chance at a longbeard. 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 7 - Friday
A bobcat tried
to get my
decoys an hour after daylight. When he got right to them, only inches
from
the gobbler, he realized something was wrong and scooted straight out
of
Dodge. But no turkey luck for me this morning. When Fred picked me up
he
had zipped too. Both of us heard some distant, early gobbles.
I phoned
David Mills for
permission to goo back to the first area we hunted. It was ok and he
said
he would have us a new area tomorrow. We went out at 3:30 and I set up
where we saw all the hens the first morning. Fred and Sean Keleher went
a different area that Sean said was a good afternoon spot.
Day 6 - Thursday
  
Fred
and I get a little gobbler action. And "aBowhunter" Greg
Ballard tells his tale of his own successful gobbler hunt.
Keith
Beam and
Brodie Swisher
 
Keith
Beam brings in a "sore footed stomp" gobbler and Brodie
Swisher meets the Second Chance gobbler.
Days
3 & 4
Fred
gets into longbeard gobblers on both days. GO...
Day
2 - Sunday
Fred
and I returned to the same place we hunted yesterday. Hunt
Report & Pics...
Day
1 - Florida Central Zone Opener
Jim & Sam Get Their
Osceolas
 
Pennsylvanians
Jim Panaro
& Sam McCartney report on their Osceola hunts and gobblers.Jim...
| Sam...
Day 1 - The decoys bring
'em in ...
and In
Fred Lutger
and I had a
turkey busy opening morning near Zolfo Springs. Hunt
& PIcs...
Mike Pentecost Brings In
The First Longbeard
 
My cell phone
vibrated and
I looked to see who it was. David Mills. He asked about Fred and my
hunt
and told me Mike Pentecost was the first one in with a longbeard and
soon
to be pan fried turkey breast. To
Mike's Hunt...
2007
Double Grand Slam Bowhunt ...
This
year Bowhunting.net is hunting in several states and will follow Robert
Hoague, Fred Lutger and Doug Crabtree, among others. Fred, Doug and
Robert
are trying for 2 Grand Slams each, all during this Spring's turkey
seasons.
-
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 17.
-
The
Merriam's: On March 27 Fred and I hunt Merriam's in Nebraska.
-
Rio
Grande: April 2 Fred Lutger and I bowhunt in Texas on as the
guest of Rick Philippi in Jack county. Also we will hunt the Leon River
and with Billy Don at Wild Horse Prairie Ranch in Burnet, Texas.
-
Eastern:
It's off to Illinois, Tennessee and MIssouri. And possibly more.
Recognizing
Hens
& Gobblers
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 |
|
