I know where a few are located but I don't know if I am even going to hunt. I normally try my luck at messing with a gobbler on the first weekend and that ends it for me lol! I was out working on my palms last Satuday morning and heard a gobbler fire up down the creek bottom nearly everytime my dogs barked. He would probably be an easier kill but I bet he's with hens. I wanted to take my 9 yr old cousin last weekend and our stupid board members voted against the youth weekend deal. If he doesn't have a soccer practice this weekend I'm going to try and put him on one this weekend. I wish I could run them with dogs :clown
Maybe its just me, but I take serious offense to any lease that would disallow a youth hunt. The So called, preachers lease in Inglis did the same thing.
If my lease holder did that I would probably be asking for help getting my foot out of his ass.
Sorry if my opinion is overreactive, but isn't getting kids hooked on it what hunting is all about?
Back to the question, I have 6 gobblers located and sorta patterned. I plan on not leaving the woods Saturday till I have floppin wings on the back of my shoulder
**Didn't mean to derail, just my opinion
Hellbilly, you headed to Lochloosa this weekend?
Maybe its just me, but I take serious offense to any lease that would disallow a youth hunt. The So called, preachers lease in Inglis did the same thing.
If my lease holder did that I would probably be asking for help getting my foot out of his azz.Sorry if my opinion is overreactive, but isn't getting kids hooked on it what hunting is all about?
Back to the question, I have 6 gobblers located and sorta patterned. I plan on not leaving the woods Saturday till I have floppin wings on the back of my shoulder
**Didn't mean to derail, just my opinion
Oh I was seriously ticked off that they did this. Especially from a club that tries to work on having such a good public image. Kids these days have too many other distractions and aren't hunting like I remember kids from my generation. They are the lifeblood of this sport and we need them regenerating our sport.
The kid I want to take is a good example. His dad takes him fishing some but doesn't hunt at all. He became interested in hunting when him and his little friend were picking up doves for the friend's dad. Now he wants to go turkey and deer hunting but only has my side of the family to take him. His other sports practices get in the way of hunting though so I hope I can get him involved soon.
Let me give you guys more food for thought- My great uncle introduced my dad to deer hunting in his early teens and he loved it (running dogs). Later in his 20s, my dad introduced his younger cousin to deer hunting and they STILL to this day hunt together (30+ yrs later). Both of them eat, sleep, and breathe hunting and have kids and nephews that do the same. Our heritage of hunting has to be introduced to the youth to keep it alive! :flag2
Sorry I got a little carried away lol
I was debating going in and risk spooking things or not. but went in today and trimmed some branches and put up some bright eyes so I can slip in nice and quiet sat am, and built a small ground blind.
