I met this fellow in a sandy wash in TX this morning. I got within about a foot of him and he coiled up and went to rattling. I took his picture, he looked me over, then crawled off. No harm done. I ain't skeered of no snake.

I gotta admit I immediately started being a lot more careful about where I stepped. And yes, I know it would be poetic justice if I were to die by snake bite.

Be careful preacher, lots of snakes in the area.

I turkey hunted Texas one time. Will never go back. It was the first weekend in May and Over 100 degrees. Set up under a mesquite tree when I heard the rattlin. Never saw the snake I was running too fast. Saw about two a day.

Come on PCP you could've got closer for the pic!

I was really close; optical illusion makes it look further.

At least I got a phone signal in area I'm hunting this afternoon, though I see no reason for there to be a turkey anywhere on the section of land I'm hunting.

We judged the snakes last week.

Don't you let a snake ruin a turkey hunt Mr Steve, they know how you are on the turkeys so they probably sent him out to run you away

My guide just told me that if I will sit beside a certain feeder all day tomorrow he is certain I will kill a turkey. I can tell he thinks I'm hardheaded and unreasonable because I don't wanna do that. Oh well, at least I didn't see more snakes.

Haha, welcome to TX. Who/what service did you end up hunting with?

Yea I guess I shoulda done that too and maybe I'd killed one but I was stubborn and didn't wanna hunt that way, on the way home I kinda wished I had

Haha, welcome to TX. Who/what service did you end up hunting with? [/quote
Same in Kansas.

If you were Pentecostal you could have put him in your vest and carried him to next Sunday service.

Hahahahaha!!!!!

I ain't skeered of no snake, but I ain't that foolish.

I have finally killed a TX turkey. I went on a trip here in 2005 and ate tag soup. Hunted hard 2 days last week and never came close. This morning I got up early and set up down the hill from where I was Saturday. It was cold, but relatively still, and turkeys gobbled good. Most were roosted on the next ranch and every one of them flew down into their pasture.

I think there were 3 longbeards in the flock and one of them had a deep gobble that sounded like an Eastern; bet he is old. I enjoyed talking to him, and he really loved my trumpet. I was thinking I might pull off the near impossible by getting him to leave his hens in the pasture and come to me, when I suddenly heard a turkey drumming right behind me. Then he gobbled 4 times in a row and was maybe 10' from me; that was worth the trip right there.

I finally turned my head and didn't see him, so I got on my knees and spun around. If it had been the Coosa WMA he would have spotted me and flown off, but he hung around long enough to catch a load of #9 tss. Turned out to be a nice gobbler with a 10" beard. Gonna try for the old guy in the morning.

Way to get him Mr Steve

Congrats. Hope you get the old one now

Congrats!

congrats

Nice one, congrats PCP

Congratulations again Preacher!

Congrats Steve !

Way to be quick on the draw! Congrats!

Dr. B

Did you go by yourself to Texas?

Yea, but meeting some family and friends in OK tomorrow. I just came a few days early.

Congrats Mr. Steve!

You should of called me. I would have went with you. I'm always up for a road trip turkey hunt.

Maybe next year? I couldn't really ask anyone to come this year because our group maxed out the OK guy. If I had brought anyone to TX they woulda had to take the bus home.

Managed to get an Oklahoma double this afternoon. The turkey was gobbling at 2:30 and came right in. I got the turkey and carried him back to my chair and this mangy coyote cane running in sniffing around where the turkey died. The tss killed him instantly at 36 yards.

Nice double! Looks like a fun time and have a safe return. Did you do any good in Perry county this season?

Nice.

Congrats on the Oklahoma double Mr Steve!

Congrats

Congrats PCP. Do Mr. Keith and them seem to have a lot of birds still?

Good lord at the ugly in that Yote!

A preacher on his knees....can't beat that!

Sweet Hunt,,,man that's one ugly yote

Got another one.

boom your on a roll

stacking em up like cordwood PCP!
Congrats!

Congrats preacher, always enjoy your threads.

Congrats again Mr Steve, you're having s good trip

Keep piling them up PCP!

Got my 3rd OK bird this morning. I spent about 3 hours trying to get 2 strutters away from a bunch of hens, and didn't have any luck with that. They gobbled good early, but eventually quit and followed the hens over a ridge. I moved a couple of times, and finally lost contact with them altogether.

I sat under the shade of a cedar and called loud on my trumpet for a few minutes, and it was time to go meet my ride. I looked behind me before standing up and both strutters were about 40 yds behind me; slipped in without making a sound. One of them didn't survive the encounter.

You are hard on turkeys.

Congrats

Congrats Mr. Steve! Keep pouring it to em!!!

Congrats PCP, looks like you are having a great time.

Finally got a KS bird today. They are really henned up, and I've yet to find a lone gobbler. Had to break out the big gun today.

I know you've had to work for them but you sure are having a good trip, congrats! Did you shoot him on that concrete slab?

Dang PCP, you've had a heck of a season. Good luck on the rest of your trip, and safe travels

Thanks! Rest of the season ends today. I am set up in a blind on a 30 acre field in rain and 30 mph winds. But there were 2 gobblers right here all morning yesterday. They are probably doing the sensible thing and staying inside today.

I think I'm gonna seek some kinda professional help when I get home. Anyone who would do this for a turkey must be crazy. I wonder if there is hope for a cure?

Congrats on your success during your trip Mr. Steve I know you have had some awful weather to deal with during your trip. I'm glad you were able to stick it out an kill some birds. Safe travels back home!!

I just had the most unlucky hunt I think I ever had. I decided I'd had enough of the blind and packed it up at noon. About to start out when I saw a whole flock coming.

I hunkered down beside the river and started calling. Eventually 2 strutters were in a race to get to me. I was just about to yelp and kill the front bird when a 3rd strutter running the field edge charged within 10' of me. He saw me and putted and ran back, upsetting all of them. The first 2 stopped and I still had perfect shot, but they were right together and I woulda killed both. They finally ran some more and one stopped. I had to get lower to avoid a limb, shot, and all the turkeys flew off.

I had killed 18 without a miss, but that streak is over. And the last miss was in this same field. Think I better avoid it. They all flew across the river and I just heard one gobble. I'm gonna try to wade it. Hope you all have a better day than me.

Stay with em Mr. Steve! You'll get it done!

Stay on them

Got a little bit of redemption, though a miss never goes away. I was able to wade the river though it came within an inch of running over into my Mucks. The turkey gobbled sporadically and finally he crossed the river back to the original side. I had about given up on him and was nearly back to the truck when he gobbled in the woods on the other side of a 40 acre corn field.

I alternated with a Hatchet Creek Screaming Green and a Dixie Darling box and he picked up his gobbling. Then he got quiet and I spotted him standing in the field on the other side. He walked the road around the field and came right in. Nice way to end the season, one that I really enjoyed. Good luck to those still hunting hunting! I've put in almost 2 months of it.

Congrats PCP. Seems strange to not see the double barrel in your pic. Safe trip home.

Heck of a season, congrats and safe travels home

I had to pass on a couple of birds about 55 yds, so yesterday I decided to pull out the big gun. This was the first time I've used it in 2 years. I don't like the Holo sight; it's soon gonna be for sale.

Way to stick with em and finish on a good note! Congrats on another awesome season!


Have a safe trip home!

Great season once again preacher. Have a safe trip home!

Congrats again Steve!

Have a safe trip home buddy

Congrats Mr. Steve on a great season Safe travels!

Way to go Steve. Congratulations!

Congrats Mr. Steve! You are rough on em from coast to coast!

Congrats on a great trip!

Grr
Great Job Steve! Congrats!!!!

Congrats on a great trip.

I really enjoyed your updates and I am really jealous.

Nicely done.

PCP is as bad as Blackhead on a gobbler. Congrats to a stone cold killer who gets it done year after year!