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About
IMB Outfitters...
For
a free brochure visit www.imbmonsterbucks.com
or phone toll free at 866-855-7063 or Email imb@adams.net.
A turkey hunt with an outfitter is,
of course, a number of things. Such as:
Did you see and hear gobblers?
Did other hunters see wild turkeys? Did other hunters harvest game? If
so, were their gobblers juvenile birds or adult longbeards? Did you harvest
game or at least get a chance to shoot?
Were the guides knowledgeable
about the hunt areas? Were they good hunters? How did the guide(s) treat
the hunters?
How about the owner of the
operation. Was it all about the money or about a quality hunt? Was he a
take charge type? Was the hunting operation well organized? What were their
facilities and equipment like?
IMB
Outfitters has been in business for 10 years and offers firearm
and bowhunts for wild turkey and trophy whitetail bucks. I had never met
Darrin Bradley before but I know hunters who told me he runs one of the
best whitetail operations in the country. So, frankly, I expected to see
a well organized turkey hunt.
I was not disappointed.
 Darrin
Bradley definitely has a top notch turkey hunt. He had new, roomy 4 door
pickups with full size truck beds. The trucks had IMB Outfitters logo on
the front doors, too -- a nice touch that smacks of extra quality. The
Polaris 4-wheelers were up to the task of hauling us and our turkey hunting
equipment through creeks, mud and hills.
The lodging was at a huge
yellow mansion! Seriously. My room was comfortable ... and very large.
I'm not really knowledgeable about periods in terms of housing but it must
have been made back in the 20's (possibly). It was kept up perfectly. The
food was excellent and the people that made and served food were always
helpful and friendly.
Ok, so what about Darrin,
you ask?
Darrin is an interesting
guy. He has built a significant hunting operation in the U.S.. When he
talks business he is professional and all business. Definitely a take charge
type. Plus, Darrin has a friendly personality and his quick wit and sense
of humor makes hanging out with him fun. He treats his guides with respect,
that's a positive quality in any outfitter.
What about the guides?
Tony May was my guide. I
can not say enough positive stuff about him. He was thoroughly familiar
with the areas we hunted. He knows gobblers and how to call them. Tony
loves guiding and he is good at it. His style of turkey calling is his
own. He didn't learn from other callers, he picked it up the "old school"
way, getting in the woods and listening to turkeys and learning how to
hunt them. I absolutely enjoyed hunting with Tony May.
What about the turkeys?
We hunted the time frame
in a turkey's Springtime life that is labeled the "Henned Up" period. That
is always a tough time because if a hen shows interest in a gobbler's attention
he is going to pass you up for the hen. And also, if a hen thinks your
calling is too convincing she may lead the gobbler(s) in the opposite direction.
But not every gobbler will be henned up and it is key to call in any that
are on the look out for hens.
All 3 mornings we heard a
bunch of different gobblers sounding off. The first day the gobblers blew
us off when some hens cut us off. The second day the trees were ringing
with gobblers. They hit the ground and followed some hens. The monster
gobbler we saw was intent on catching them and only gave us a glance as
he walked briskly along. On the last day we saw 26 turkeys by my count.
We were surrounded by gobbles. And the 4 huge longbeards were top trophies,
every one. This area has plenty of wild turkeys, plenty of gobblers, and
the big ones are huge trophy extra-longbeards with extra-long spurs.
How did the other hunters
do?
Two other people hunted and
they both got their Tom's within an hour on the first day. I definitely
had my chance but flubbed the shot. I phoned and the next group in had
gone 100%. So the hunting's good at IMB.
It was an enjoyable, fun,
well organized, quality hunt with an expert guide and turkey caller. If
a "10" would be a top score IMB Outfitters gets a "10" from me.
IMB
Outfitters
Darrin
Bradley's IMB Outfitters
hunts Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and has over 45,000 acres
located in Pike County, Illinois, Southeastern Iowa (Zone 5), Kansas, Nebraska
and Northern Missouri. IMB Outfitters is dedicated to maximizing the harvest
opportunities of today's trophy whitetail, and turkey hunter.
Darrin
provides quality portable treestands to hunt from, located in topographically
advantageous areas, such as rub lines, scrapes, funnels, food plots, and
bedding areas. IMB land tracts are privately owned and managed for trophy
buck production. With IMB a hunter may pursue trophy turkey of 3 species,
Merriam's, Eastern, and Rio or trophy whitetail deer across the Midwest.
For a free brochure visit www.imbmonsterbucks.com
or phone toll free at 866-855-7063 or Email imb@adams.net.
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