mozey
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I think I might be the world's worst turkey hunter, but I can still sneak up on those sheds; found a total of eighteen yesterday, seventeen elk, one muley. Packed out nine and stashed the rest for another day.
There's a pack under there some where:
I'm pretty crappy at stalking those brown sheds, too. Exhibit A is this year-old 7-pointer as it lay:
Look at the log that it is under. Last year, I stashed four chalkers under that same log at the other end, that I never got a chance to go retrieve. I never had a clue that the 7-pointer was even there. Here's a pic of the other end of the log:
But that's not even the end of it. I give you Exhibit B as it lay, the seven pointer's match, that I found within 80 yards of Exhibit A, where I walked within 20 feet of last year while carrying a load of turkey decoys:
And finally Exhibits C & D, a small 6X7 with some twists; both right out in the open, and both within an area where I did an extensive grid search last year:
Despite my incompetence, I did manage to find a few browns. First thing in the morning:
This one wanted to be a 7-pointer:
Small 6-pointer:
The best one of the day, a 53" main beam. Started snowing steady right after I found this one, which was a little after noon, and I was a long way from home, so I'll have to look for its match another day.
Didn't get back to my truck until after 9:00 p.m., by which time about eight inches of snow had accumulated. On the way out, stumbled across one more:
Got within a couple hundred yards of where I left my turkey decoys, and spotted a gobbler in the snow, pacing the ridge right above the decoys. He was about 50 yards beyond the reach of my 00 buck. He spotted me within a few seconds and flushed away. Bummer. He was probably trying to figure out why this rival tom was too stupid to get off his side out of the snow... ;-)
I think I might be the world's worst turkey hunter, but I can still sneak up on those sheds; found a total of eighteen yesterday, seventeen elk, one muley. Packed out nine and stashed the rest for another day.
There's a pack under there some where:
I'm pretty crappy at stalking those brown sheds, too. Exhibit A is this year-old 7-pointer as it lay:
Look at the log that it is under. Last year, I stashed four chalkers under that same log at the other end, that I never got a chance to go retrieve. I never had a clue that the 7-pointer was even there. Here's a pic of the other end of the log:
But that's not even the end of it. I give you Exhibit B as it lay, the seven pointer's match, that I found within 80 yards of Exhibit A, where I walked within 20 feet of last year while carrying a load of turkey decoys:
And finally Exhibits C & D, a small 6X7 with some twists; both right out in the open, and both within an area where I did an extensive grid search last year:
Despite my incompetence, I did manage to find a few browns. First thing in the morning:
This one wanted to be a 7-pointer:
Small 6-pointer:
The best one of the day, a 53" main beam. Started snowing steady right after I found this one, which was a little after noon, and I was a long way from home, so I'll have to look for its match another day.
Didn't get back to my truck until after 9:00 p.m., by which time about eight inches of snow had accumulated. On the way out, stumbled across one more:
Got within a couple hundred yards of where I left my turkey decoys, and spotted a gobbler in the snow, pacing the ridge right above the decoys. He was about 50 yards beyond the reach of my 00 buck. He spotted me within a few seconds and flushed away. Bummer. He was probably trying to figure out why this rival tom was too stupid to get off his side out of the snow... ;-)
You may not have luck turkey, but that's some awesome luck for sheds!
