Turkey Season Right Around the Corner!
Well, I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’m ready for a break from the discussion about the lead ammunition ban. Not that this isn’t an important topic, and a discussion that needs to be carried on… but if we let ourselves get bogged down in political issues, we start to lose sight of why we’re here… and that is, to HUNT!
I’m fortunate in CA, because I can hog hunt all year long. I break up the hog hunts with deer hunting, a little waterfowl, and, come springtime, turkey hunting! And that time is almost on us!
The hills are alive with the sounds of locator calls, as hopeful and eager hunters hit the field in search of roost trees, dusting grounds and strut zones. The greening countryside is starting to wake up with gobbling, and the big toms are starting to bully the jakes.
Soon, the show will begin in earnest (especially if this weather holds), and the fighting and gobbling will intensify. Camo-clad nimrods will filter through the oaks and field edges in search of the horny long-beard, hoping to lure them to a sudden demise with the lusty calls of lovelorn hens.
OK, enough of the attempt at artistry…
Holly, the NorCal Cazadora put it into words a lot better in a great piece she just did for the Sacramento Bee newspaper. Get yourselves on over there and give it a read.
And, when you’re done, make sure you post up a supportive comment or two… let the editors know that hunters read the Bee, and appreciate positive stories about our sport.
Thanks, Phillip!
March 12th, 2009 at 9:18 am
I am so ready for turkey season. I’m hoping, with this being my third year, that I finally bag my first bird.
If not, it will still be some time well spent.
March 12th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Holly’s article rocked! I posted about it on the Community Round-Up post today, so hopefully some people will go over and comment.
Is it scary that you and I think alike Phillip?
March 12th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Kristine, it’s scary… but I’m not sure which of us should be frightened.
Seriously, it was a good article and I was really glad to see it in a major daily.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Phillip,
Me and birds have never really gotten along so well.
Remember in the movie Forest Gump where Lawrence Fishburn? Bubba! is naming off all of the ways to fix shrimp: Shrimp gumbo, Fried Shrimp, Boiled Shrimp, etc. etc.
Well. I have had every imaginable concoction of chicken,guinea fowl,crow,quail, dove, etc. etc. Chicken and dumplin’s, guinea and rice, boiled crow and rice, and lets not even go in the direction of fried.
But the absolute best, (besides Hanks,( “hunter angler gardener cook”s” Dove recipe) would be when I deep fried a Wild Turkey with lots of veggies and some fruit pieces placed inside of the bird.
Makes all of those hours upon hours of calling well worth it…… MMM GOOD!
March 12th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I would soooo like to go Turkey hunting. We don’t have them in the UK….
Can anyone suggest a way to book to go turkey hunting next season…does anyone arrange them for Uk residents at all?
Tim
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June 13th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
very excited this season, still with the old gear but wth, bring it on
June 22nd, 2009 at 6:55 pm
I can’t wait for this season!
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