well i dont know about other states,but here in mn we have two turkey hunting seasons,spring and fall.
fall has always been reserved just for the southern part of the state,where the buzzards were originally restored in the early 70's. the population of
wild turkeys in the southern part of our state has continualy grown or over grown as the farmers say.
i wont travel that far in the fall to chase buzzards on land i cant spend time scouting on,so i have never hunted them in the traditional time of the year(thats right fall is the traditional time for turkey hunting).
well as luck would have it,after the last five years of excellent springs and mild winters,the turkey population has exploded over most of out state.
those with the power(aka the dnr) saw it fit to open up more of our state for fall hunting. the zone i hunt spring turkey in was one of the lucky zones to get added for fall.
so the wife and i put in as a group for the fall hunt and wouldnt you know it WE GOT OUR TAGS,now we have prefernce level 1 for fall hunt,awesome.
i dont plan on asking the usuall land owner for permision for fall,he hunts deer and thats start two weeks after fall turkey is over,dont want to mess that up for him.
so i will seek opportunities else where for the up and coming fall turkey season,we get to hunt from 10-22 thru 10-26,deer starts mid nov(thats gun,bow starts 9-13)
i know where ther are plenty of buzzards on public land so alls good.
just had to tell someone of our luck,couldnt contain myself any longer
I LOVE CHASING BUZZARDS, the scouting,the stalking,the setting up,the calling,the trying to outsmart them,the getting them into range,the dropping of a bead on them,the feel of he trigger being slowly squeezed back,the feel of the gunstock being hammerd into my shoulder,the sound of that 835 ultimag going off,the smeel of gunpowder in the air,the tagging of the bird,the cleaning,the grilling and oh yea the TASTE of wild turkey
DANG I LOVE THEM BUZZARDS
but truthfully,i really dont care if i even get to pull the trigger. as long as i get to spend time in the woods with someone special to me and just being at one with nature
i just hope the wife gets to tag her first bird this fall.
to qoute a beer commercial "IT JUST DOESNT GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT"
wish us luck,peace
tim
