From KentuckyHunting.net DixieBoy22 which 30-06 bullet? What 30-06 bullet do you like best for deer? I’m thinking about 165 gr. nosler partitions this year, even though it is probably overkill. What will yall be shooting? I shoot 165 grain Hornady SP in all my .308 caliber rifles. It is absolutely … Continue reading →
Everything’s cool here. I have my food plots in. I hope the rain we had was enough to get them going. The new steering package arrived for my boat, The Floating Hole. We’ll probably have a shake down cruise on the Ohio River within the next few weeks. Mooseboy had … Continue reading →
FROM 24hourcampfire.com: whitkid22 New Member Registered: 11/20/07 Posts: 1 Hi guys, I am new to your forum and thanks for having me. I have a few questions about deer calls. I find it neat to try to call in a deer. I was wondering if anyone could tell me … Continue reading →
Posted By: Youper on the 24hourcampfire: “Now, after five deer, daughters have seen mothers die. Mothers have seen sons die. They know.” A little too much anthropomorphism for me. Your deer are smarter than ours shaman. Now mind you this didn’t happen to me, but to my dad. At a … Continue reading →
KevinDK asks: How do I make sure I get a blood trail? The higher you hit a deer, the longer it takes to have a blood trail. Basically, you’re putting a hole into a bucket and waiting for something to slosh out. If there are two holes, that’s better than … Continue reading →
“. . .So does this make me a Shooter? Am I a Method Man? I probably am. I am probably all these things. I probably am an old-fashioned troglodyte, and that is why I hunt. When I finish out the season with a tag or two still unfilled, call me a Sportsman. When I am up to my elbows in deer gore, you can call me a naked ape with a gun. It is all the same thing, and it is all the same to me. If I go out for the afternoon with my gun or my bow, and fall asleep in the blind and wake up after sundown, does that make me a Sportsman or just another lazy goof?”
Continue reading →Well, our season is over in KY. As usual, it ends with a wimper. It was warm and cloudless with a stiff east wind. Angus and I went out for one last try this morning. Nothing. We heard one far-off gobble around 8 AM that was definately off our property. … Continue reading →
From the Quaker Boy Forums [From cbbase34:] Hi there, you said something about Learn to take a turkey’s temperature, how do you do that? thank you Well you first have to get underneath the gobbler, this is usually done by first pushing his head down with your left hand and … Continue reading →
A perfect roosted gobbler tucked in the night before, just on the other side of a freshly tilled field. The rain had just left. A 3 decoy spread 10 yards out into the field. Worms slurping in the mud. One hour and fifteen minutes after our dance began, the game … Continue reading →
I realized this morning that turkey hunting and work are so similar as to be nearly interchangeable in my life. I get up early, trudge around in the cold, and then try to make myself comfortable while I sit on my rump and listen while those around me make obnoxious … Continue reading →
More from Quaker Boy Forums cbbase34: Hi there, I have a few questions to ask you. How do you understand the wild turkey vocabulary? Im buying some videos on how to use different type of calls now, but when im out turkey hunting the tom turkey hangs up or it … Continue reading →
0500 came and went. There were several small thunder bumpers coming up from Cynthiana. I had been watching them since the afternoon before—small and slow, but filled with lots of cloud-to-ground lightning. Something about walking around in one of those with what amounts to a large metal pole is not … Continue reading →
The bird’s in the freezer. The shotgun’s back up on the wall. There’s a stubborn gobbler out in the holler that won’t shut up. 2007 Gobbler season is looking good. It did not start that way. Opening weekend was abysmal. Saturday was constant rain from midnight to after sundown. Sunday … Continue reading →
(fromthe Quakerboy.com forums) Early in the morning at my place, I can usually rely on my owls to piss off the gobblers. The owl hoots, the gobbler responds, and I didn’t have to do squat. If you listen to what time that takes place, that’s a fair indication of when … Continue reading →
I’ve made a study of all this for well over 20 years. The shaman’s list of things that will get the turkey’s laughing at you: 1) Fancy new calls 2) $5/round ammo 3) Fancy new matching camo 4) $140 knee-hi snake boots where there ain’t no snakes, especially if the … Continue reading →
I’ve got us another member of the brotherhood, gentlemen. He may be more worried about getting warm right now, but I think he’s hooked. I’ve included a picture from earlier in the year. I think the temperature was in the low seventies when it was taken. Believe me, he was … Continue reading →
From the Quaker Boy Forum . . . but back to the original question: What’s in your vest? I’m ready to hunt Saturday with Angus, and what I’ve got in the bag is probably what I’m going to start with when my Opening Day starts on the next Saturday. Here’s … Continue reading →
Folks over at www.kentuckyhunting.net were asking what was in your vest. First off, I don’t carry a vest anymore. I carry one of these: I ran into a couple selling these at the Outdoor Show in Cincinnati. I bought one and I have been using it now since 2003. I … Continue reading →
This is from The Quaker Boy Forums: drum817 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Forest City, NC Posts: 21 Congrats shaman…you now carry a camo purse. just funnin’ : ) drum817 View Public Profile Send a private message to drum817 Send email to drum817 Find all posts by drum817 … Continue reading →
This morning was supposed to be a simple scouting trip, just Angus and I. I had packed some camo blinds, some string and some clothespins and figured we’d set three or four blinds up before we came in. Angus and I were a bit late getting out. Just as we … Continue reading →
For a number of years I was fortunate to count among my dearest friends a fellow by the name of Joe Taylor. Joe was a local folklorist down in McCreary County,KY and used to do a show on the radio as “Professor Nitwit.” The Nitwit segments were usually filled with … Continue reading →
Scouting for Spring Gobbler Season can be an arduous, thankless process of slogging through the cold woods looking for sign. Or then not. I have a system. I get up before sunrise and pour myself a cup of coffee and then step out onto the front porch. I owl a … Continue reading →
New for 2007! The Shamanic Signature Series Custom ScratchBoxes! Now don’t all go crowding each other. Somebody’s gonna get hurt. Yes, here they are, the bestest turkey calls the shaman’s has ever made. Actually they’re the first ones. See, I lost my glass call a few years ago. … Continue reading →
Will the early daylight savings time affect turkey breeding? I could not believe I was seeing this question in an online forum. However, I decided to take a stab at it anyway. Here in Kentucky, I suspect those old birds are probably looking forward to it for at least a … Continue reading →
Somebody was asking me the other day about Nitro shells. I said I’d shot Remington Nitro Buffered Magnums for years until switching to Federals. No, he didn’t mean that. He meant those new Nitro custom shells. They are custom built turkey loads that run you about $5 apiece. Nope, never … Continue reading →
