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Thanks, guys it was one of those hunts, 4 birds flushed within 10 yards of me (and are still alive!)...one flew into laurel, one I was on him, but shot into a tree, one flushed downhill off a ridge, and one I just flat missed. The bird taken was the hardest one, a 35 yard rocket crosser down and away. Lots to think about until next season. The greatest joy was hearing my girls squealing on the phone when I called home to tell them, "grouse for dinner!"


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A good day afield indeed!
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I am a little late to the game, but here goes. I took my boys on their first duck hunt at the end of 2016. 45 minutes SW of Boston and we were not lacking for birds - 4 geese and 8 ducks.


Then a friend invited us down to their house on the Tred Avon on the Chesapeake Bay, giving me a chance to hunt down there for the first time in 35 years. The birds were elusive but any morning spent on the Bay is a good morning.
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We got in a quick trip to Addiville, RI to chase some chukars. Perfect day for upland hunting - very cool, good breeze and lots of sun.


Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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TTT for Spring Turkey season...Geo

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Indeed, Geo- in old age a man's fancy turns to spring gobblers: they are already active on the property. Alas, I shall have to miss opening weekend in four days, but shall be ready for combat the next. Safe turkey hunting to all you out there with the same spring fever. Mike


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First one in should start a 2017 thread.

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Gil, perhaps so. I guess I just viewed the spring turkey hunt as the end of the hunting season that started the previous fall, or actually late summer- Sep. 1


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Mike, what's the date today? LOL

The 2017 Hunting season has already started up here. Snow geese right now. Turkey in 30 days and then a rest to give us a chance to finish gun restorations etc, then it all startS up again in early September.


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I don't understand your point.

Give me a call, we need to talk about hunting in the Fall- this year or next season, however you want to label it.


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Don't care whether we stick to the 2016 season year or start a new 2017 Game/Gun thread. GJW has initiated these game/gun threads for a number of years now, so I'll wait for the 2017 thread when he posts it. Meanwhile...

I can't seem to close a deal with the Gobbler I'm after so far, so I'll post a picture from this weekend of a bird one of my sons killed:



The obligatory tailgate shot shows not only the turkey and beard, but if you look just behind the bird, you will see the redneck field expedient equivalent of one of those expensive YETI coolers:



This last pic is a black coyote they shot the same morning. It is the second of three black ones that have been running with the local pack this year. My son arrowed the first during bow season in September. I guess it may be a coydog?:



...Geo

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