Big Browns

I know this is short notice. My wife & I are considering taking our kids to San Diego this weekend. Just wondering if any cw members have or know of a place to rent near the beach in San Diego. Thx, Adam

Sweet rig!!!!!

How much did the 9mm cost you?

Great story!

When will the episode be on the website?

Nice looking gun! How much did it cost you? Adam

Very cool shed!

That's Awesome, if it's real:)

Nice!!!!

I agree, this stuff is very cool!

Very impressive!!!!!

Very nice!!!!

If Vowell doesn't take it, I will......

How much did it go for last year?

That's funny, but very mean:)

Very sorry for your loss! God Bless!!!!!!!

Very nice! What did you catch her on?

How much would you charge to make another heart candle holder?

Now that's funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

+1

How much?

Great job! I loved your story....

Very Cool!!!!

Friday morning couldn't come fast enough. After a long day at work on Thursday, my wife & I were on our way to the White Mountains for our Spring Turkey Hunt. We didn't leave town (Queen Creek) until 6pm. Our Friend Lonne was planning on meeting us in Springerville to follow us to camp. We made it to Springerville by 11 P.M. After stopping for a few things. We finally made it to camp by midnight. The alarm was going to be going off in 3 hours. WOW! My wife & I decided to sleep in the truck so we could get to sleep. Poor Lonne had to set up a tent at midnight! I tried sleeping, but after 30 minutes of being uncomfortable in the front seat I decided to lay my pad on the ground so I could be more comfortable. The wind was howling & it was cold, but it was a lot more comfortable. The 3 A.M. Alarm went off WAY TO SOON!!!! We all jumped up and started getting ready. Our goal was to be walking to our spot by 3:45. We were on the road walking by our scheduled time. Thankfully we left early, because I got really confused after walking for 20 minutes. I hadn't been to this spot in 4-5 years. After walking around in the dark for a while I finally found our water hole. We split up and set up our blinds & decoy's on opposite ends of the water hole. Now we started the waiting game. The weather SUCKED! It was a lot colder than I had prepared for. My wife & I were freezing! At about 6:30 my wife started freaking out. I heard her say TURKEY, TURKEY, TURKEY!!! She saw 6 Turkey's about 60 yards outside my window. I tried to calm her, but she was very, very, very excited. These Turkey's came off the roost silent. They never made a noise. I hoped the Turkey's would feed out of the trees into the field, but they disappeared into the forest. I explained to my wife that Turkey's can hear very well & she needs to be a little calmer if she sees a Turkey coming. About 30 minutes later I hear my wife say TURKEY, TURKEY, TURKEY!!! I said SHHHHHHHHHH & WHERE:) She located the same 6 Turkey's on the edge of the field. I was able to glass the flock. It had 2 nice Tom's. They never made a sound. I thought they would see my decoys and come straight to us or they would work around the pond and walk into Lonne. Unfortunately they continued to work the edge of the field while walking away and out of sight. We were both bummed. The next hour was very, very, very COLD! I was starting to doubt if another Turkey would come in. I’m not a very patient personJ At 7:30 I told my wife I wanted to go back to the Truck to warm up. We could start walking around to look for a hot bird. My wife said “NO”. She wanted to stay a little longer. I said “ok”, but I’m leaving at 8. While we were sitting in our chairs freezing we both heard a noise. We looked at each other and asked if the other one heard that noise. About that time we heard it again. It was a Gobble. I started looking around the pond. I heard the Gobble again and saw 2 Tom’s come into view on top of a small hill. They were about 300 yards away on a small hill at the edge of the water hole. This is when the fun happened. I had forgotten my box call in the truck. I wasn’t too worried, because we were planning on sitting the pond most of the day. Now I was really pissed, because I didn’t have my call with me. I was positive I could get them to respond. That’s when I realized I had down loaded a Turkey App on my phone. I grabbed my phone and hit the hen Yelp a few times. The birds responded instantly and started working our way. I yelped a few more times and gobbled back to them using the Gobble call. I had set up a hen & tom decoy, so I thought the gobble would work. It did. As soon as they heard the gobble they started gobbling more. They were headed straight for us. I whispered to my wife “get ready, you’re going to get a shot”. We had already decided she would get the first shot & I would shoot the 2nd bird after she shoots her bird. As they got closer I kept whispering “wait, wait, wait”. When they got into range I shouldered my gun and prepared for the shot. As soon as I was ready I told her to “shoot”. After about 20 seconds she still hadn’t shot. I said again, “shoot”. I instantly heard “Boom”. My wife’s bird was down instantly. I immediately shot at my bird. After my 1st shot the bird started running away. I fired 2 more shots. I saw my bird limping away out of the field. I was out of shells in my gun. I grabbed my wife’s gun and attempted to get out of the blind in a hurry. As you all know, getting out of a blind in a hurry is not that fastJ I finally managed to get out of the blind and started running toward my bird. I was able to get another shot and got my bird. We were both very excited! This was my wife’s first Turkey. She was overwhelmed with emotion. She couldn’t believe we got out animal on the first day. I haven’t been the best guide over the past couple of yearsJ Lonne made his way over to us and the hugs and high five’s started. He was able to watch the whole thing from 200 yards away. He said it was like he was watching a T.V. show. After we took a bunch of pictures we loaded up & headed to camp. After getting back to camp we decided to try walking around to locate a hot bird. After walking for about 30 minutes I was able to get a bird to respond. We set up a couple of times, but the bird wasn’t responding very well. We tried to work in closer and ended up spooking the bird. He was coming in silent. Bummer. We walked for another hour, but we didn’t hear anything. We did find another water hole that had a lot of fresh Turkey tracks. I told Lonne we should get his blind and he should sit this pond for the next couple of days. He agreed. 30 minutes later we had his blind set up and brushed in. We had planned on heading back to camp & come back at 4pm. After talking about it, Lonne decided he would sit the pond for the whole day. I was very confident he would get a shot. I agreed to pick him up at dark. My wife & I headed to Showlow to drop her Turkey off at our taxidermist and good friend Will Huett (twowindytaxidermy). Will was very excited for both of us. We then headed for the Cabin in Greer we had rented for the weekend. We met up with Lonne’s wife and explained what had happened. Everyone was very excited. A few hours later I drove back to the pond to pick up Lonne. As I drove up I saw Lonne standing at the road. I was very confused, because I saw he had packed up the blind, decoy’s & char to the road. I thought “why did he pack everything up when we have to sit the pond in the morning”? A few seconds later I saw Lonne raise both his hands into the air. I then realized he “got one”. I jumped out of the truck and gave him a huge hug and congrats. I was very excited for him! I’ll let Lonne tell the rest of the story. It was an Awesome weekend!

Very cool pics!