Little Creek Calls

There is also a fall hunt but I have never hunted that time of year

They are Rio's. The biologist said they breed year round but peak in the spring. The spring hunt is the month of March with a two tag limit. There are no natural predators so they are fairly easy to call in.

I love Turkey hunting in Hawaii. Hunted there several years until my brother moved from Hawaii. Its a regular Hawaiian vacation with one morning and afternoon used to fill all our turkey tags (2 each). I cant wait to take my boys back in a year or two. Just a few things to know before you go hunting in Hawaii. You have to mail in proof that you graduated from hunter safety and receive back a letter of exemption that you didn't take it in Hawaii in order to get tags and a license, you cant just show up with AZ hunters ed card. Also you have to check your firearm in with the local police department upon arrival.

I love my Dyna king vice. Great deal. The hook holding power of a Dyna king vice is the best. Much better than anything else I have ever tied with. Is that the Dyna king brand accessory light?

My kids liked the international wildlife museum, titan missile silo, and Sonoran desert museum. If you like old westerns Old Tucson used to be fun, looks like they just reopened after being closed for two years. For food we like sonoran dogs at El Guerro Canelo, sandwiches at Barrio Charo, Amy's Donuts, and breakfast burritos at Barista Del Barrio.

I will take a case. PM sent. Thanks for passing on the great deal.

Turkeys will either love decoys or hate them. I have had decoys ruin several hunts when it sends them running in the opposite direction. I am a caller and like calling turkeys and having them come looking for me and don’t use decoys much. Out of around 50 turkeys I have harvested 5 or less have been with decoys. The main situation I find myself using them is if I am hunting a real open area with lots of large meadows where you can see for hundreds of yards, or if I am out of state restricted to only a small section of private land. Pricing on decoys is just like everything else and is out of control $$$. I you really think you want one or two in my opinion the best ones are 1. DSD (Dave Smith Decoys) 2. Deception decoys 3. Avain-x decoys.

You can buy a full body mount listed in the classified on this site. Looks like it is still available and I don't think you will find a full cape any cheaper. Even looks like the seller is in Show Low same as you. https://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/108232-desert-bighorn-sheep-mount-for-sale/

Did you put in for a unit with less than 5 tags or are you a non resident?

I would have thought you would have drawn 34A but in looking at the report two applicants on the first hunt should have had 1 more point than you. If you would have applied for the second hunt in 34A it would have been between you and one other guy with the same number of points, 50% chance of drawing. I helped relocate some birds into 34A 10 to 15 years ago.

So you had 24 points and didn't get charged? Did you apply for 29 first and second hunts?

Last spring the bonus pass tags went to 24 & 25 point holders in 29. There were 5 applicants with 23 points who didn't get bonus pass tags that would have 25 points this year if they didn't draw in the first and second pass last year. I would guess the bonus pass tags should go to 25 point holders this year.

I went through the same thing last spring looking for good youth camo (not much available on the market). I ended up getting leaf camo on Amazon to go over the top of whatever clothes my son wanted to wear. Both of us were pleased with our purchase and it worked great on the spring turkey hunt. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07XJ1W72M/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A2RGTFZ393WZ6G&psc=1

I will be next in line if he changes his mind. Great deal.

Learn to reel lefty. In fly fishing it's a big advantage not having to switch hands between casting and reeling. I prefer lefty now after making the switch years ago.

Congratulations on a nice Gould's. Glad to see your son was able to join you on the hunt.

If and when they do increase the tag numbers I think it will be with an added third or fourth hunt to keep the number of hunters in the field at one time down to avoid conflicts between hunters. There are a lot birds but they are concentrated in fewer areas.

Should be the 14th. Its always the second Tuesday.

Here is my new mouth call model for your hunt. It is a 3 1/2 reed call with a ghost cut. I named it Maverick after the ghost town on the Apache reservation. I used it this year and was really impressed with how good it sounded all day.

Congratulations on a Nice bird. From the look of his spurs I would guess he is a 4 year old bird. Sharp and long. Well done.

What up next Rio's or Osceola's?

Personally I would pass on a turkey like that. To me it looks like an escaped farm raised butterball even if it is a true albino. I just like the looks of each subspecies of the wild turkey. The chocolate tipped tail feathers of the eastern, almost black wings of the Osceola, tan tipped feathers and long spurs of a rio, lighter tipped fan and thick feathers of a Merriam's, and the white tipped fan and large size of the Gould's.

Take the tag. I will send you a new mouth call I just finished developing this year that you can use on your hunt. I think it sounds great. Send me a PM if your address if you want the call.

I had the great opportunity this past weekend to take my 10 year old son on his first turkey hunt. This really has been a hunt he has been getting ready for the last 10 years. From the time he was 1 he was going with me to the NWTF national convention watching the national calling contest, seeing my pot calls in the call making contest and meeting the primos crew who he had seen on the truth turkey hunting DVD’s so many times. He has been to 3 national conventions. He has also been fortunate to join me in turkey camp so many times through the years. He has been with me in the shop watching me make so many turkey calls and picked out the wood and the size and surfaces for the calls he wanted me to make for him. He is always asking me to make him something new. I started making the smaller sized pot calls (3” instead of 3 1/2”) to fit in his hands better. He has also attended with me to so many fund raising banquets all over Arizona and even volunteered and helped set up, clean up and run prizes to the winners at the last East Valley Toms banquet. 4 years ago he joined me at a turkey camp helping other youth hunters. On the first evening of the hunt he started experiencing really bad pain bellow his stomach. He ended up taking a helicopter ride from Show Low to Phoenix Children’s hospital because his intestine had developed a small hole and was leaking into his body. After 3 very painful weeks in the hospital and several procedures later he made a full recovery. I am so glad he pulled through and this experience has really helped me appreciate all the time I get to spend with him and his two younger brothers. This hunt started a little rough when getting out of our vehicle on opening morning in the dark to the wind howling. We just had to go from past experience hunting this area because we would not be able to hear them. It took an hour or so of calling and moving to locate them but we found them and had them coming in to our calls. We had a fence between us them and some were hanging up not wanting to cross. Two hens and a jake did cross and just as the others were getting ready to cross a vehicle came driving by and scarred the flock in the opposite direction. Later that morning we were able to call the two hens and jake to our setup but the jake never gave him a shot opportunity. The first evening had us trying a different area on the other side of the unit playing cat a mouse with a strutting tom and three hens. It was fun to watch him strut but the closest we could get him to come was about 50 yards, good enough for my 12 gauge with 3 ½” shells but not for the 20 gauge 3” he was using. No shot taken. The second morning we thought we had the perfect setup after seeing the birds travel pattern on opening morning. The turkeys had a different plan in mind and went the opposite direction. Knowing where they would probably be heading we left our decoy and setup and hurried on a quick mile hike to get in front of them. After a few minutes of calling it was confirmed we had made the right move with gobbles not to far off and sounding closer each time. The hole flock came in and he was able to make a great shot on the strutting tom at 10 yards. He was so happy and excited. I have been apart of over 40 birds being harvested all over the country but this is my new favorite most exciting turkey hunt I have been on. I am so happy for my son. I would like to thank Steve AKA Cactus Jack and his son for letting us borrow his youth 20 gauge. He was nervous about the recoil and didn’t want to use any our 12 gauges. Sorry for the long read, just glad I was able to be apart of this hunt and share a little of it with you.