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Out west merriam Turkey hunt
#4049794
12/30/23 08:19 PM
12/30/23 08:19 PM
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Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,174 Shelby County, AL
Tracker
OP
10 point
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OP
10 point
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,174
Shelby County, AL
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Anyone with experience or suggestions For this 2024 season maybe Nebraska Please step up. Wanna hunt for 2 birds and ma nice Experience and for my wife to have a vaca at the same time. What you got brethren?
"It's not how hard you can hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep going" Rocky Balboa
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Tracker]
#4049829
12/30/23 09:21 PM
12/30/23 09:21 PM
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Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,174 Shelby County, AL
Tracker
OP
10 point
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OP
10 point
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,174
Shelby County, AL
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BGH Do you have a good recommendation! ?
"It's not how hard you can hit, it's how hard you can get hit and keep going" Rocky Balboa
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Tracker]
#4049894
12/30/23 11:03 PM
12/30/23 11:03 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 12,907 Montgomery / Luverne
crenshawco
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 12,907
Montgomery / Luverne
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BGH Do you have a good recommendation! ? He used to have a good one. The guide was half Billy goat I'm pretty sure but he put me on the birds. I was young and in decent shape back then so I could hang with him. He'd be dragging my arse up the mountains today
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Tracker]
#4050339
12/31/23 06:50 PM
12/31/23 06:50 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,308 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,308
alabama
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Ft Robinson State Park, an old US ARMY Calvery Post. They have cabins and a big old Hotel. I like the hotel better. Lots of public land around there close by. Cool place.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Pwyse]
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01/04/24 12:47 PM
01/04/24 12:47 PM
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 5,324 Georgia and Missouri
Semo
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 5,324
Georgia and Missouri
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I killed mine in northern Wyoming. Flew into Billings Montana and drove down to Sheridan Wyoming and hunted with an outfitter there. Plenty of sight seeing around with the Bighorn National park there. Beautiful country. Lots of elk, huge whitetail, pheasants, antelope. We even saw a cougar. The battle field were Custard last stand occurred is in the area too. We visited it. Those are some pretty places. On our family vacation out that way a couple of years ago my wife thought we were always taking the scenic route. Truth is I spent days scouting and she still thinks we were out for pretty drives.
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Tracker]
#4057285
01/10/24 09:47 AM
01/10/24 09:47 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,308 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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alabama
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I found the secret to killing Merriams as opposed to Easterns is to get as close as possible before they fly down. They usually gobble in the dark allowing you to do this. They are much harder to kill if you set up 100-150 yards away. Last one my wife killed there we sat down maybe 10 yards from him. Quite a show, he flew over our heads maybe 6 feet and landed 20 yards behind us. Wife stood and killed him right there.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: BhamFred]
#4057355
01/10/24 11:47 AM
01/10/24 11:47 AM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,743 Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,743
Locust Fork, Alabama
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I found the secret to killing Merriams as opposed to Easterns is to get as close as possible before they fly down. They usually gobble in the dark allowing you to do this. They are much harder to kill if you set up 100-150 yards away. Last one my wife killed there we sat down maybe 10 yards from him. Quite a show, he flew over our heads maybe 6 feet and landed 20 yards behind us. Wife stood and killed him right there. I took a guy to Nebraska for his first time and he fooled with a flock of gobblers for 3 days. I finally asked him what was taking so long and he said he'd set up 150 yards from them and they would fly down and go the other way. I had told him to just walk under them in the dark and put the tree they were in to his back. He said he thought I was just messing with him or didn't want him to kill any birds. We went in there the next morning and sat up against the tree they were in and did work when they flew down lol.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: BhamFred]
#4057955
01/10/24 09:57 PM
01/10/24 09:57 PM
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Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 3,620 Mobile, AL
Pwyse
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 3,620
Mobile, AL
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I found the secret to killing Merriams as opposed to Easterns is to get as close as possible before they fly down. They usually gobble in the dark allowing you to do this. They are much harder to kill if you set up 100-150 yards away. Last one my wife killed there we sat down maybe 10 yards from him. Quite a show, he flew over our heads maybe 6 feet and landed 20 yards behind us. Wife stood and killed him right there. I found the secret to killing then was to yelp at them. Seriously the ones I hunted would flat out come. No bull crapping around. You might wanna jog a few miles if you go to Wyoming too. Someone deflated all the air there. I was on a semi guided hunt. The guide didn’t know much about turkey hunting. Couldn’t call a lick, but he knew the area like the back of his hand. Rolling prairie in most spots with big trees in the canyons. The Bighorn mountains in the background everywhere. We heard some turkeys a long ways off. He said they were a couple hills over let’s go. We cut out walking at a fast pace. By the time we got to where we needed to be I was down a jacket, a vest, 2 decoys and a gobbler chair. I couldn’t breathe after climbing 2 mountains in 15 minutes. He said, “call to them”… I said “… no air… forget turkey… I need oxygen!” He laughed a little and pulled out an 8 foot long box call. Made a series of terrible sounding yelps and they answered. He said they are on the next hill. I said nope we gonna call them here lol. I caught my breath and yelped pretty loud to them. They flew off the ridge and flew across the canyon. Landed about 100 yards from us. We were tucked up inside some kinda bush. No trees around. They strutted on that mountain for 20 minutes. 3 jakes and a long beard. I couldn’t get a shot. They got within range several times but the gobbler was always in the back covered up by Jake fans. The guide wanted me to shoot a Jake. Heck no I just climbed 2 mountains I’m killing a gobbler. They probably gobbled 200 times. They finally wandered off gobbling. Got tired of the hen not coming out of the bush I guess. Later that day we were riding around glassing for the next morning. We get to a huge alfalfa field. Probably 500 acres. I get out to open the gate and there are 2 gobblers out in the middle strutting. We glass them. The guide wants me to shoot one with a 22-250. Heck no of course. I talk him into driving down the fence line and out another gate and leaving me at the gate by myself. I was gonna crawl as close as I could using a little roll in the terrain and try to call them to me. While still at the gate, I cupped my hands and yelped as loud as I could just seeing what they would do. I saw them stick out their heads and shake… 4 seconds later I heard them gobble. Long ways to an Alabama boy. Next thing I know they take off trotting towards me. They keep coming. Well crap I better sit down so I lean against the gate post. They come all the way to me. I never yelped again. They strutted the last 150 yards. Mountains in the background, white rump feathers. I mean the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. All that beauty made me look right over the bead on my gun barrel. Boom! Clean miss at 35 yards. They both gobble at the gun shot. I shucked a shell into my nova and they gobbled at that too. Second shot killed him though. It literally looked like something out of a magazine when they strutted up. I just sat there for the next hour leaning on that gate post. Thanking the Lord and admiring such a beautiful bird. So yeah the ones I hunted were easy to call and there were plenty of em. But heck that’s been 15 years ago.
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Semo]
#4058126
01/11/24 07:36 AM
01/11/24 07:36 AM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,743 Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,743
Locust Fork, Alabama
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I found merriams to be easier to call than easterns. No kidding? lol
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: Tracker]
#4058153
01/11/24 08:19 AM
01/11/24 08:19 AM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,308 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,308
alabama
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everything is easier to call than Easterns....
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Out west merriam Turkey hunt
[Re: BhamFred]
#4058250
01/11/24 10:01 AM
01/11/24 10:01 AM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 26,474 Helena
3toe
Talking Turkey
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Talking Turkey
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 26,474
Helena
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everything is easier to call than Easterns.... Preach brother!
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