First light on the Saturday the 14th.....

[roundball]

...NC's Turkey season opener...it'll be a nice cool 42* and overcast/cloudy...perfect cool morning to hunt.
(showers and T-storms forcast but not until later in the afternoon)

I'll be the one just back inside the edge of the woods wearing historically correct camo pants, shirt and Gore-tex raingear, overlooking decoys in a small greenfield.

Good luck to everybody who's going!
:thumbsup:

 

[Rebel]

Ours starts Sun. the 15th. and forcast is for rain. I'll be the one in PC clothes shaking and shivering in the rain.:grin: Good luck to you and everyone else that is out.

 

[bob1961]

april 28th to may 26th fer us in PA....i'll be talking to um wit me bow in hand since me don't have a smoothbore, yet....good to all and don't ferget the pictures :thumbsup: :v ...........bob

 

[roundball]

Wish we could hunt on Sundays...NC is one of only 7 states left who still do not allow it.

 

[bob1961]

Wish we could hunt on Sundays...NC is one of only 7 states left who still do not allow it.

welcome to the club along with PA :cursing: :v ...............bob

 

Well with the pattern you have it shooting at you can't blame it on the gun! :haha:
Good luck and let us know how much fun you had . Heck just being out there is fun no matter if you get something or not.
Good Luck

 

[dlemaster]

I'm going to be in the woods early on the 14th in Smythe County, in SW Virgina. I'll hunt there for a week then be back in Ohio for the opener on the 23rd.

Regards, Dave

 

[fw707]

Good luck roundball!!
Shoot 'em in the face. :hatsoff:

 

[roundball]

I agree...I can only hunt four Saturday mornings, but if I don't get a Tom this year it won't because of the Flintlock.

I've hunted the past two spring seasons...never had to clean my smoothbore...got as close as 100yds to a Tom in full strut by himself out in a field but the woods were thinning out and I couldn't get any closer...could not call him off strut or towards me...when he finally stopped and went back into the woods he never got closer and I never heard from him again.

But just the experience of sitting there for 10 minutes and watching this guy go back and forth with little baby steps like he was on a little railroad track was very interesting...never saw that before in person and I agree, the hunt is everything...killing one would almost be anti-climatic...and dead turkeys don't even photograph very well.

Plus, my Wife of 40 years and I have an agreement:
I can't bring dead animals into the house and she doesn't cook them...sort of a one sided agreement but, 40 years is 40 years.
:thumbsup:

 

[bucktales]

Wish we could hunt on Sundays...NC is one of only 7 states left who still do not allow it.

welcome to the club along with PA :cursing: :v ...............bob

And Ct.
Anyways, Good Luck roundball.

 

[Trapper]

Well Roundball, you could come up north to Yankee country here in NY and I'll take you out hunting turkey's on any sunday morning in May

Wishin to get out Turkey huntin Trapper

 

[roundball]

I'll be back up there around Saratoga for a family reunion in September...but that'll be a little too late :grin:

PS:
Going to take a Flintlock and let my 86 year old Father shoot it out back a few times...(.440s & light 30grn target loads)

 

[shmrck1]

Dave,
Where you do your hunting in Ohio? I usually
spend my time in the Logan area South of Lancaster. Between my son and I we have taken 4
in the last 7 years.Good luck on your hunts.
snake-eyes:thumbsup:

 

[adkmountainken]

Bill,
Saratoga is just an hour away from me. could i interest you in a morning of hunting when you come up? squrriel & small game will be open. would really like to meet you.
Ken

 

[roundball]

A squirrel hunt would be fun but there's just zero slack in the schedule...we're driving up / visiting with family, having the reunion the next day, sleeping in and heading back the following day.