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Great job! Patience and hard work paying off.

Looking forward to watching it.

We had a great time over the last two weekends hunting turkey. We had 2 junior tags and two general (early) tags. Went 3 of 4 so far. My middle son, Nick hurt his knee chasing a big old tom - tripped on a rock at full sprint and landed directly on his kneecap on another rock. Took him out of baseball for the last week of the season. Here's the pix. My youngest, Josh got this long bearded old tom opening day. He's 4 for 4 now on opening weekend since he was ten. The next weekend it was me and Matt. Friday I took this really nice bird. Saturday it was Matt's turn. After some close calls, we were ready to call it a day when this guy showed up. We still have time for Nick to get back out there and find one, but it's getting tougher. The birds seem to have bred out early and we're finding lots of solo toms and bred hens. Fun times, hope you enjoy the pix.

Congrats! Beautiful gobbler!

Sweet pistol. I'd buy it if I had discretionary funds.

That's a true gem - not many have the 22RE and a solid front axle. Too many projects going on for me, but these are very rarely available. Sweet rig for sure.

Darn nice bow. Someone is going to jump on it.

We will be up there somewhere. Good luck everyone, and thanks to all the parents and mentors getting the kids out there.

Very impressive bucks! Huge congrats and welcome to the site!

So Cool! Great job and thanks for sharing those hunts with us. Really freaking awesome.

I'm in the same boat. In my 6.5 I've worked up some really great loads with 140 gr. Accubonds and their performance on game is limited to one Muley buck at 400 yards but were absolutely devastating - I'm talking through both shoulders and a massive wound channel. I've done a few loads with the 142 Long Range version but haven't really compared them at 4-500 yards. The old saying, "If it ain't broke don't fix it" might apply here as the regular accubonds fly great and have fantastic terminal effects. That said, I'm going to load up some batches of the Accubonds and LR Accubonds that are otherwise identical and see if one out-performs the other at 500 yards.

Man, that is awesome. My oldest is looking for his first rifle, but I don't think he has enough banked for that one. I love the wood stock too.

Wow - that's an awesome set! I'd be looking for him this year for sure.

I'm sure there was a pretty good waiting line for it - I was in it. Good rule of selling is whoever shows up with cash first wins.

Dang DesertBull, they didn't give me any of that. I came home, took a couple shots of NyQuil and slept until the next morning. But you ABSOLUTELY need to use the eye drops they give you - for me it was something like a month, several times a day. Not sure if that's still standard procedure.

Wow - I didn't think it was legal here. Not a fan of the practice, for what it's worth.

Anybody can shoot a gobbler in a roost tree. Ethical?, in my opinion, No. As far as I know, it isn't legal either. Call 'em in, learn the language, make it fun and challenging. That's the whole point of hunting turkeys in the Spring!

They should have to open the class with..."I am a poacher, and here's why it's wrong...." Just my opinion.

Good point oneshot, I forgot to mention that from humble, basic beginnings it turned into build your own fly rod, tie your own flies, match the hatch. Once you are hooked, it's for life. It all starts with a cane pole and can of worms at a farm pond, or wherever and from there - wherever it leads you.

I had Lasik about 15 years ago. What I find interesting is everyone says "Best money I ever spent" - that's exactly how I feel. I can still remember my mid 20's when reading a road sign was blurry, or trying to put in contacts on a hunt. After Lasik, I had about a 12 hour recovery time and spent the rest of my 20's and 30's with perfect eyesight. They told me when I got to my mid 40's I'd need a touch-up as your eye does change around that time. I'm ready to go do it again. Of all the senses, sight has to be #1 for me. People spend thousands on stuff that really doesn't matter, but for clear sight, it's truly worth it. Quality of life.

Glad they got busted. I used to love hunting around Reddington Pass, but scum like these douche bags have ruined it.

Lots of great responses - I started out with a 5 1/2 foot ultralight, Mitchell reel, spinners (Mepps, Rooster Tails) and a lot of live bait. Hooks, sinkers and bobbers were cheap back then so I drowned whatever I could dig up under a rock.

I've got a couple guesses myself, but probably best not say on here - lol.

That's a great tag. Lots of big bulls in there. Congrats and sorry about the lost BPs - happened to me once because I put in for a BP and didn't include my hunting license number. Lost the BP and my loyalty point. Funny thing is I drew 13B the next year.

Besides the camera thing.... NEVER ask if a big coues with forked antlers and a stubby tail is a hybrid. .