Another fine hunt at Piedmont NWR

dutchman · Mar 31, 2007

Had a great hunt this past week at Piedmont. KO'd bird #2 for the year on Wednesday, 3/28. First heard him at 7:15 a.m. on the roost and wound up calling him across a creek to make the kill at 9:10 a.m. It was a great experience. He came up from an unexpected angle and I heard him drumming. Got to watch him strut a little and saw him gobble his last at 37 steps.

16-3/4#
9-5/8" beard
3/4" spurs

I don't know about the rest of y'all but I'm having fun!

Called this bird in using a CAL short mahagony box that he build for me. Thanks, CAL!

BOSSOFTHEWOODS · Mar 31, 2007

Congrats! Or maybe aw,rats ,2 less for me to hunt startin the 10th. J/K :cheers:

I'm on vac all wk for the 2nd hunt.Saw 7 longbeards together on scoutin trip late Feb. Do u know total numbers for hunt? The "hot now" lite was sure lit just north of there last weekend.

Arrow3 · Mar 31, 2007

WTG Gene!!! Lay them in the shade!! :yeah:

BgDadyBeardBustr · Mar 31, 2007

Congrats Gene on a nice Tom. It was a pleasure meeting you this week and spending sometime with someone else that could talk turkey with me. Oh and by the way.....The CHERRY POPS on monday morning...

Ya know what I mean? Camera man and all. :banana:

Come back sometime and we will go hunt together. If it would be possible when you get #3, could I borrow that sweet sounding box call ya got? :biggrin2:

Good Luck, Tim

Nicodemus · Mar 31, 2007

Way to go Gene!! You pilin` em up in fine fashion! At the rate you`re goin`, you gonna have all my feathers!

capt stan · Mar 31, 2007

Awesome

dutchman · Apr 1, 2007

BOSSOFTHEWOODS said:
Do u know total numbers for hunt?

I do not have the final total, but as of 10:30 a.m. on Friday, we'd killed 32. Compare that to the total for the entire 2006 season total of 38 and you'll see that success rates have soared.

Of course, 32 is less than 1 bird killed per 1000 acres at Piedmont so there may be a few left.

hawglips · Apr 1, 2007

Congratulations Dutch!!

Buck · Apr 1, 2007

Nice job, Dutch!!! :clap:

dutchman · Apr 1, 2007

Thanks everyone.

TrophyHunterNGa said:
Congrats Gene on a nice Tom. It was a pleasure meeting you this week and spending sometime with someone else that could talk turkey with me. Oh and by the way.....The CHERRY POPS on monday morning... Ya know what I mean? Camera man and all. Come back sometime and we will go hunt together. If it would be possible when you get #3, could I borrow that sweet sounding box call ya got?
Good Luck, Tim

Thanks, Tim. The pleasure was all mine. Good luck tomorrow on that "fruity" spot. Maybe you'll get one of those long beards we saw in that field.

I have a little surprise in store for your youngest. You'll know it when you see it posted.

By the way, here's what my camp looked like for anyone who may have ridden through looking for it and was unable to locate it! :whip:

SCPO and Mike's camp is shown in the background.

Woody's Janitor · Apr 1, 2007

Mean Gene the killing machine!

Nicodemus · Apr 1, 2007

I bet there was some serious cookin` and good food at that camp in the evenin` time!!

M.R.D. · Apr 1, 2007

Good Job!!! Me and 2 friends of mine hunted PNWR Last week as well. We heard birds sound off every morning. When they flew down they went straight to the hens. We saw a total of 7 jakes and 3 gobblers. Plus 24 hens(some of them could have been the same) 1 of the gobblers got waxed Thursday afternoon. 16#, 9 inch beard with 1 inch spurs. Overall all we had a blast for our first trip down there, very beautiful country. Anyone hear the final totals?
There were 32 killed as of 6 p.m. Thursday. Considering they told us at the check in that all of last year only 38 had been killed over 3 quota hunts.

M.R.D.

SCPO · Apr 1, 2007

food

nicodemus said:
I bet there was some serious cookin` and good food at that camp in the evenin` time!!

nicodemus
we were camped across road from dutch and you are right about food being cooked. he fixed a blackberry cobble wed night that wasn't very good. i could only eat a lb of it. plus we had a good time sitting around camp fires telling war stories. looking forward to next year with dutchman. :bounce:

dutchman · Apr 1, 2007

SCPO said:
nicodemus
we were camped across road from dutch and you are right about food being cooked. he fixed a blackberry cobble wed night that wasn't very good. i could only eat a lb of it. plus we had a good time sitting around camp fires telling war stories. looking forward to next year with dutchman.

SCPO, you, Mike, and I may as well put in together. We evidently can't count on the other guys we put in with. :bounce:

BgDadyBeardBustr · Apr 1, 2007

Yall put me in too....I will get permission from my wife.

Told Conner about something special comming from Gene and she is like we were last Friday.......You know, The Fat Kid on the way to the Candy Store.... :rofl:

Good Luck, Tim

Greg Tench · Apr 1, 2007

Congratulations Gene !!! I didnt know you had gotten #2 !!! Must be something about being teamed with Brandon in this challenge. ::ke:

Michael Lee · Apr 1, 2007

Good job man!

Arrow3 · Apr 1, 2007

Greg Tench said:
Congratulations Gene !!! I didnt know you had gotten #2 !!! Must be something about being teamed with Brandon in this challenge.

Ha!! What does that mean? :bounce:

dutchman · Apr 1, 2007

Arrow3 said:
Ha!! What does that mean?

He's trying to talk smack. He knows who's in the lead currently.

Another fine hunt at Piedmont NWR

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