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2020 Sandhill Crane #3230694
09/29/20 12:37 PM
09/29/20 12:37 PM
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,192
Childersburg, AL
Cleckler Offline OP
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Childersburg, AL
I got selected again this year! Hopefully, I can actually tag one this time.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3230717
09/29/20 01:04 PM
09/29/20 01:04 PM
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Huntsville
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Huntsville
Good luck! I applied this year (first time) and was not selected but I'll probably keep trying next year

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3230754
09/29/20 01:52 PM
09/29/20 01:52 PM
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Fillet of the flyway


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3230759
09/29/20 01:56 PM
09/29/20 01:56 PM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
My group of hunting buddies is 3 out of 4 on the "selected" to hunt side. Gonna be a good year!

I'm glad they reduced the number of "Would you shoot these cranes?" pictures in this year's pre-hunt testing. I thought I'd never get through 'cause idda shot 'em all.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3230794
09/29/20 03:02 PM
09/29/20 03:02 PM
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,965
Opelika, AL
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Opelika, AL
I was selected too, but have no idea where to go or what to do!


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3230799
09/29/20 03:03 PM
09/29/20 03:03 PM
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 7,816
North Alabama
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North Alabama
I know where piles of em are every year but never put in the hunt em

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3230955
09/29/20 06:27 PM
09/29/20 06:27 PM
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 2,158
Birmingham
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Birmingham
Selected as well. Anyone know of any reliable guides. I'm down to go scout for them sometime when I get a break from school. Have boat, will travel. Located in B'ham for those that wanna tag along.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3231314
09/29/20 09:38 PM
09/29/20 09:38 PM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,767
colbert county
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colbert county
I’m lined up and ready. First time I put in and we will see how it goes. Hope to cook some up.


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3231525
09/30/20 08:00 AM
09/30/20 08:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 200
Auburn, AL
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Auburn, AL
I got drawn, as well. Don't really know where to start but I have a good dog to retrieve them. Anyone that needs a +1 PM me.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3231583
09/30/20 09:15 AM
09/30/20 09:15 AM
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Posts: 1,189
Lamar
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I have not hunted sandhill cranes but would be very careful with a dog. They have a sharp beak that could potentially hurt a retriever.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3231611
09/30/20 09:53 AM
09/30/20 09:53 AM
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Posts: 1,192
Childersburg, AL
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Childersburg, AL
PM to you 7x57

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3231890
09/30/20 04:32 PM
09/30/20 04:32 PM
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 548
NE AL
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NE AL
second year in a row i got tags!

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3232155
10/01/20 12:22 AM
10/01/20 12:22 AM
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Posts: 1,170
Your blindspot
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Your blindspot
I got drawn. Would love to get a few but I have NO idea where to try and hunt them. If anyone has a place that hold these bird and wouldn't mind me getting in on a hunt to see how it's done - shoot
me a PM please.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3232201
10/01/20 06:58 AM
10/01/20 06:58 AM
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Birmingham/Scottsboro
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Birmingham/Scottsboro
Do not take your dog anywhere near a Sandhill crane. I’ve shot them in Manitoba and the guy we hunted with gave us a very stern warning about even us picking up cranes. Even almost dead they are very aggressive.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3232492
10/01/20 02:37 PM
10/01/20 02:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2015
Posts: 548
NE AL
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Anybody got any decoys they want to get rid of?

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3236075
10/06/20 09:37 PM
10/06/20 09:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,767
colbert county
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Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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colbert county
What shot shells have you all used. I ordered some Hevi X #4 thinking they were around 15 in density. Instead they are 12 which is similar to lead.


“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3236454
10/07/20 02:17 PM
10/07/20 02:17 PM
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 1,192
Childersburg, AL
Cleckler Offline OP
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Childersburg, AL
Found some Black Cloud TSS (BB + 7) on sale right before my hunt last year. Still have them smile

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3236949
10/07/20 09:38 PM
10/07/20 09:38 PM
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Posts: 1,965
Opelika, AL
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Opelika, AL
I got some HeviShot #2 in 3.5". I ain't playing around.


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3237613
10/08/20 07:09 PM
10/08/20 07:09 PM
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Posts: 4,574
Michigan
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Michigan
Those cranes will tear hell out of a dog.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Sasquatch Lives] #3238038
10/09/20 10:43 AM
10/09/20 10:43 AM
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,739
RBC, AL
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RBC, AL
Originally Posted by Sasquatch Lives
Those cranes will tear hell out of a dog.

Most guys that give a chit about their dogs wont let them retrieve them. Dogs get blinded by that beak in a heartbeat.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3239562
10/11/20 09:42 AM
10/11/20 09:42 AM
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On the X
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On the X
Hunting in Nodak about 10 years ago, we knocked down 5 out of a group of 7. My buddy went down to some cattails to get one and grabbed it by the neck and that thing started swinging and fighting and by the time he got it killed, the thing had shredded his bibs. It was funny as hell, but yeah, them things will put up a fight.


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: cartervj] #3239645
10/11/20 12:40 PM
10/11/20 12:40 PM
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Posts: 174
Northwest Alabama
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Northwest Alabama
cartervj

I think the 4’s will be fine. I did just fine with BOSS #5 last year. The birds were decoying though so they were within 30 yards.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3239657
10/11/20 01:06 PM
10/11/20 01:06 PM
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Posts: 18,767
colbert county
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Thanks

I went ahead and ordered a couple boxes of #2 Hevi shot goose loads to be safe. We should be on decoying birds since we’re booked early in the season with a good guide.

Gonna pattern both loads today


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3239711
10/11/20 02:52 PM
10/11/20 02:52 PM
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Posts: 174
Northwest Alabama
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Spit N Drum Offline
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Northwest Alabama
Which guide service are you booked with?

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3239827
10/11/20 05:36 PM
10/11/20 05:36 PM
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colbert county
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colbert county
Not sure a friend set it up.
I can find out if you need me to. Private grounds somewhere around wheeler refuge I think is what he told me.


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3239832
10/11/20 05:41 PM
10/11/20 05:41 PM
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Posts: 174
Northwest Alabama
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Northwest Alabama
If it’s not a problem for you, that’d be great. You can pm details.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3242358
10/15/20 10:26 AM
10/15/20 10:26 AM
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Posts: 1,228
Town Creek,Al.
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Town Creek,Al.
I was really hoping that I would get bumped to Hunter status when I saw I'd got drawn as an alternate but no such luck. Good luck to you guys that did get picked


Sent leaning against a big oak in knee deep water
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3243571
10/17/20 01:28 PM
10/17/20 01:28 PM
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McCalla
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McCalla
Just be at my house between 6-730 any given morning for a guaranteed hunt. The boys dog chases a trophy outta my pond every morning.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3244181
10/18/20 12:46 PM
10/18/20 12:46 PM
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Sylacauga, AL
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It's a shame they didn't just have a short season and let anyone who wanted to participate in it. But then the state wouldn't have been able to make any money by selling permit chances. So lots of folks with no place to hunt get tags, and many who have a place to hunt don't win the lottery.

It's a great example of how this administration sees our outdoor resources as nothing but a way for the state to make money.


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3256296
11/03/20 09:54 PM
11/03/20 09:54 PM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Tags we’re supposed to go out Friday express mail. Anybody got their package yet?

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: poorcountrypreacher] #3256820
11/04/20 09:47 AM
11/04/20 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher



It's a shame they didn't just have a short season and let anyone who wanted to participate in it. But then the state wouldn't have been able to make any money by selling permit chances. So lots of folks with no place to hunt get tags, and many who have a place to hunt don't win the lottery.

It's a great example of how this administration sees our outdoor resources as nothing but a way for the state to make money.



Bingo.

I read this morning where Utah is adding more "special" hunts for 2021-beyond. I haven't seen all the details yet but I'm sure they will have an added fee or permit.

Back when we could buy a license and go hunt, hunting was fun.


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3257063
11/04/20 01:26 PM
11/04/20 01:26 PM
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Posts: 1,965
Opelika, AL
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Opelika, AL
I got mine today


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: AU_trout_bum] #3257867
11/05/20 09:58 AM
11/05/20 09:58 AM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Originally Posted by AU_trout_bum
I got mine today



Still no tags in my mailbox.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3257999
11/05/20 11:48 AM
11/05/20 11:48 AM
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Posts: 1,192
Childersburg, AL
Cleckler Offline OP
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Cleckler  Offline OP
6 point
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Childersburg, AL
Have not received mine either.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3258472
11/05/20 08:26 PM
11/05/20 08:26 PM
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Posts: 2,158
Birmingham
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Birmingham
Received my tags in the mail today.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3258511
11/05/20 09:11 PM
11/05/20 09:11 PM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Must’ve quit delivering before they got to my side of Vestavia

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Quack Quack Bang] #3258547
11/05/20 09:46 PM
11/05/20 09:46 PM
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Birmingham
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Originally Posted by Quack Quack Bang
Must’ve quit delivering before they got to my side of Vestavia



Must be the "rich side." I'm slumming it over here on Tyler Rd.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3258560
11/05/20 09:57 PM
11/05/20 09:57 PM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Nah, I’m behind West Elem and up from Marks

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3258801
11/06/20 08:59 AM
11/06/20 08:59 AM
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Waiting on pics popcorn


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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3258881
11/06/20 10:39 AM
11/06/20 10:39 AM
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Wetumpka Al
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Hey I’m new and had been searching for a sandhill crane forum. Got drawn this year and need help. I’m in Wetumpka so I know nothing about North Al hunting.
Any suggestions would be appreciated

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3259009
11/06/20 02:15 PM
11/06/20 02:15 PM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Sandhill Crane Hunters,

The packages containing the permits and tags were delivered to the state mail service last Friday, October 30. From there they would be transferred to the USPS. Some of the packages have been delivered to hunters, some are still in transit, and some haven't been shipped from the USPS facility yet. I assume that the USPS is somewhat overwhelmed with the election mail, so delays are likely. Please be patient, I am tracking the progress of the packages and if we have any issues we will make sure to get every hunter their permit and tags before the hunting season opens in December.

No need to reply that you haven’t received your package yet. Continue to check your mail for your package to arrive. If we continue to have issues by next Friday, I will investigate further.

Thanks,


Seth Maddox
Migratory Game Bird Coordinator
Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources
Division of Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3259078
11/06/20 04:06 PM
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Childersburg, AL
Cleckler Offline OP
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Childersburg, AL
PM sent RainCrow

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3260262
11/08/20 05:07 AM
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Wetumpka Al
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Still looking for a guide. One outfitter booked up. Other can’t get a lease.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3262799
11/11/20 08:04 AM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Mailbox still empty. Not good optics for the Dept of Conservation

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3264702
11/13/20 08:03 AM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Tags arrived in the mail yesterday. Buddy down the hill is still waiting....

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3264872
11/13/20 11:40 AM
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Out fishing today. Lots of them flying over. Love to hear them


LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
- - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3267458
11/16/20 10:07 PM
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Wetumpka Al
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Anyone else still waiting on their permit? I moved the 1st of the month so mine will be late.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3267731
11/17/20 10:34 AM
11/17/20 10:34 AM
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Vestavia
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Vestavia
Contact Seth Maddox directly to report your situation

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3267902
11/17/20 02:15 PM
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I am completely ignorant about these birds....I mean to the point I’ve never heard of them
What do you do with them when you kill them ?


When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself
The older I get the better I used to be
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: deadeye48] #3267989
11/17/20 04:02 PM
11/17/20 04:02 PM
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Your mom’s house
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Freak of Nature
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Your mom’s house
Originally Posted by deadeye48
I am completely ignorant about these birds....I mean to the point I’ve never heard of them
What do you do with them when you kill them ?

Eat them

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3267991
11/17/20 04:04 PM
11/17/20 04:04 PM
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Ribeye of the sky

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3268727
11/18/20 11:32 AM
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Finally got my permit. Sent to my old address. USPS didn’t forward it.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3287838
12/09/20 03:16 PM
12/09/20 03:16 PM
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West Alabama
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10 point
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y'all let us know how they tasted

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3287969
12/09/20 05:19 PM
12/09/20 05:19 PM
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in the corner
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in the corner
I'd have to get one mounted.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3288036
12/09/20 06:26 PM
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Freak of Nature
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Has some grilled Saturday. Fantastic


LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!!
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Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3288389
12/09/20 10:25 PM
12/09/20 10:25 PM
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On the X
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On the X
You look at the breast meat and think it's gonna be some stringy, gamey meat coming out of that bird that is all legs and wings. And then you taste it and it blows your mind.


Public Land Owner
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3289168
12/10/20 06:02 PM
12/10/20 06:02 PM
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Your mom’s house
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Freak of Nature
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Your mom’s house
There were a bunch of them on the refuge yesterday when I was on my way to Decatur.

Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3289370
12/10/20 08:37 PM
12/10/20 08:37 PM
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N. Bama
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Boo Boo Head
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N. Bama
They are here in town very thick.


Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!!
My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty
I'm the paterfamilias
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3289855
12/11/20 10:34 AM
12/11/20 10:34 AM
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34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...
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34°25'49.80"N 86°55'46.99"...
And 99% know the refuge boundaries better than the wardens.


The harder I practice, the luckier I get.
Re: 2020 Sandhill Crane [Re: Cleckler] #3289993
12/11/20 01:40 PM
12/11/20 01:40 PM
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Coosa County
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Coosa County
We hunted them on the Kansas/Oklahoma line last week. We were put with another group for a total of 10 guns, with a 3 bird limit. We were all limited out in less than 2 hours. We were in Kansas, with the birds coming off a reserve in Oklahoma to a wheat field behind us. We were in cut soybeans. The guide told us they don't hunt a field with less than 7000 birds. The wheat field looked like it turned from green to gray. It is as close as I will ever come to seeing the number of birds talked about in the glory days of waterfowling. They just kept coming in waves.

We grilled some a couple of nights later that were prepped like we would prep a steak. They looked and tasted like a very good steak.

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