There is not a whole lot you can complain about when you finish off a season like this one. Angus had a good time. I had a good time. The turkeys had a good time. Nobody got hurt. I am starting to count down the number of KY Yute Seasons … Continue reading →
From Turkey and Turkey Hunting The hardest part for me? That’s changed over the years. It used to be just finding birds. Then it became finding the time in my life to get out and hunt. Then it became making sense of what the birds were doing. That right there … Continue reading →
I just sent SuperCore home. He was down this morning scouting with me. As you remember, SuperCore is the longtime friend that I coaxed into deer hunting turkey hunting. This is his first season. KY’s Spring Gobbler season doesn’t start until mid-April. I just wanted to take him out … Continue reading →
I originally wrote this last Monday after my first weekend of scouting for the KY Spring Gobbler Season. Since then, I’m hearing back from folks that the general consensus around these parts is that the turkeys are out there, just not up on the ridges and they’re not hot and … Continue reading →
From Turkey & Turkey Hunting flatrock9: I often wonder why I spend money on choke tubes and high dollar shells that are designed to be shot at extended ranges. I have decided this year that I am gonna get outside my comfort range some. I feel comfortable with what my … Continue reading →
From : The Right to Hunt Posted using ShareThis The Right to Hunt March 19, 2010 – 6:00 AM | by: Douglas Kennedy Turkey season opened in South Carolina this week, and like years past James Earl Kennamer, bagged a bird the first day. “Hunting is part of my life,” … Continue reading →
I lent all my turkey porn to SuperCore, and then I got had a this sudden and insatiable craving for some over the weekend. All my Drury Brothers were over the river at SuperCore, all my good DVD’s and VHS tapes. So I decided to go on YouTube and see … Continue reading →
From Turkey and Turkey Hunting We all have a comfort zone for distance in bagging turkeys. I don’t want to talk about ethics, but just personal comfort. It would be a question that would just hard to glean anything meaningful if I just asked you “What is your comfort zone?” … Continue reading →
From March, 2009 On the way back to the house, I didn’t know whether to write this up as a stunning success or a miserable failure. I guess any time the turkeys reveal something to you, it’s a victory. Back in early March, I had Angus out scouting the bottom … Continue reading →
This may be weird to y’all, but there is nothing that quite compares in my life to being away from camp for 2-3 months and then coming back in. I spend the whole winter fretting about the place. It’s weathered ice storms, tornado and so on, and it is always … Continue reading →
The Hole in the End of the Stump Turkey Camp officially reopened yesterday for the 2010 KY Spring Gobbler Season. Good news: The lights, the phone, and the water came back on without a hitch. I also got a cell signal on the first try. There were no dead mice … Continue reading →
Scat, feathers, dusting bowls, etc. are all icing on the cake for me. There are two signs that tell me there are turkeys around: tracks and scratches. I look in creek bottoms and along roads and tracks. If there are turkeys about, you’ll see tracks in the mud. If these … Continue reading →
I found two interesting thread on KYHunting.net regarding big bucks in KY and IN: http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91957 — Is Indiana going to overtake Kentucky as a trophy state? http://www.kentuckyhunting.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91941 — What single reason makes Kentucky a trophy state The general consensus is that KY’s rise in antler score can attributed to going … Continue reading →
