RJ's 07 turkey log (days 1-6 , got 2 now and Randy's 1st ! )

[Partikle]

As usual, awesome pictures!!! Keep them coming.

[bbbwb]

A wonderful collection of wildlife photos and a very fine bird as well. CONGRATULATIONS.
bbbwb

[Kenton]

Maybe the longest post ever, but certainly one of the most enjoyable, RJ.

[MADMAX2]

Great shooting RJ,and congrats on a great bird!!

[schnarrfuss]

Well it's about time R.J. LOL. Just kidding. I have been waiting and waiting on your update. Congrats on a nice bird. Looks like it had some nice spur length. I'll be back out Wednesday for a chance at one with the exomag.

[mtbyak]

Congrats on the tom RJ.

Great pics as always.

Still have not even heard a gobble over hear this year.


Shoot Straight
Kirk

[ecoaster]

Way to go buddy! It's nice to be out in the bush during the weekdays when there are not as many people around .

[mdcrossbow]

I LOVE THE STORY AND THE PHOTOS, CONGRATULATIONS ON A FINE BIRD !

[Big John]

Way to go Friend!
Nice bird, keep up the good work.
All I can find and call in is Hen's so far.
Congrat's to you anyway!

[R.J.]

Thanks again guys ... I added pictures from today = day# 6 ( see above on original post ) ... I'm tagged out now ... still hope to get out and get some field shots for the other guys in our group ...

Reply's to page # 6 =

wabi wrote :

A big Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

Kenton wrote :

Awesome pics and a great story. Those mud huts are made by a certain subspecies of crayfish (crawdads for you southerners )

Greylag wrote :

Congrats Rick & Randy.

What a way to start turkey hunting, you can bet that you won't always be that lucky. Although as R.J. informed me you both had to work for your birds.
Nice bow shot R.J. that is always a challenging shot.

V.A.
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Wishing all of you the wind at your back,
Good friends by your side,
and a lifetime of adventures ahead.

ecoaster wrote :

Way to go Rick. You always do your share of walking for your table fare and photos. Congtatulations to you both. The first one is so memorable.
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I hunt for memories, the meat's a bonus!

Polecat wrote :

No doubt thats the home of a mudbug. Mudbugs go great with your favorite drink or just by themselves .

CH wrote :

Nice job boy's congradulations Randy great shot .GREAT JOB AGAIN GUYS .

Thanks again all ...

Yep ... Crawfish burrow for sure ! ... I figured somebody on here would know ... I found this link ...

http://organicgardensite.com/?p=13

Always learning something !

[R.J.]

There have been some great looking birds harvested from the many forum members in Canada and USA ... It is a great opportunity for us to get into the bush in the springtime ... looks like our Ontario release program from the 1980's did wonders !

Congrat's to all of you again .... have a great season ...

Good luck to all that are venturing out until May 31st ... I hope to get some cool action shots from now till then !

[Doe Master]

Congrats on the two birds RJ and Randy . I can`t wait till the end of friday been watching the weather all week and talked to the brother last night .Supposedly we have 5 birds in the one bush this years .It`s a happy problem when everyone has ordered so many of the new bows but I couldn`t take this past week off .But at least next week there is less of the road hunters out .Kudos go out to everyone who has got a turkey and good luck to the other hunters for there seems to alot of jakes this year.

[bbbwb]

RJ
You mentioned that you engineered the termination of some grounhogs. I was wondering if you took any of them home for a meal? They are very good especially in the spring as they are lean after their hibernation.
If your interested, I will give you information as to the preparation

Once again, thanks for the assorted pictures, they are super.

bbbwb

[R.J.]

Doe master wrote :

Supposedly we have 5 birds in the one bush this years .It`s a happy problem when everyone has ordered so many of the new bows

Sounds like 2 " happy problems " .... many birds , and many bows to sell !

PS : I enjoyed your story and photo's of your hunt with your dad ! ...

Doemaster wrote :

" the two birds made the wrong choice wearing angry swarms of #5`s "

I was howling when I read that ! ... ... Enjoy your time in the field with your dad !

bbbwb wrote in reference to ground hogs as table fare :

If your interested, I will give you information as to the preparation

Yep ... I have eaten them in the past ... they are plentifull around here ... but it has been a awhile since I ate one ... They use to show up at misc wild game dinner functions ... done up in stews , g-hog stripps , g-hog pie etc.

PM me your recipiet ... thanks

[TPM]

You mentioned that you engineered the termination of some grounhogs. I was wondering if you took any of them home for a meal? They are very good especially in the spring as they are lean after their hibernation.
If your interested, I will give you information as to the preparation

I used to shoot a lot of groundhogs. Always thought it was a waste to just drop them back down the holes. A co-worker of mine at the time had eaten just about everything on four legs at one time or another so I approached him about how to cook them. He said he used to eat them but stopped. It came up in a conversation he had with some one from the MNR and they recommended he stop. He was told that MNR studies showed there was high levels of contamination in ground hogs from chemicals and fertilizers used in farming and high levels of bacteria from livestock waste run-off in the water groundhogs drink from. He even recommended you watch how you handle the carcasses after you shoot them. I guess if you watch the habitat where you shoot them it may be fine but it's something to think about for anyone inclined to eat them.