Little Creek Calls

Don't forget about creek X for browns not to far from lake X.

Christmas tree and Hurricane are two different lakes. Hurricane is behind Reservation lake on the south side of mt Baldy. Christmas Tree is south of Hawley lake about 8 miles on the west side of mt Baldy. Both are great fishing for Apache trout. The first picture is Hurricane, the second is Christmas tree.

Hurricane rent a lake is a great place for holiday (memorial day or 4th of July) or busy weekends when you want to get away from people. Fishing is usually good there early in the summer. From mid-July on there is usually a bad algae bloom and fishing gets really tough. If you are looking for a cheaper way to fish it without having to rent the whole lake for a weekend look into joining a local fly fishing club. I have been with several clubs that rent the lake for their club members.

The first pictures looks like reservation ranch just past reservation lake heading toward Pacheta lake.

Shoot Blackhorn 209 powder and pick up a bunch of charge tubes you can preload. It is almost as easy as pellets and shoots allot cleaner.

Here's a picture of the call I made for the banquet tonight. I hope to see some of you there. The call is a ceramic calling surface with a slate soundboard in a claro walnut pot.

No I talked to him on the phone last night. Thanks for checking.

I am planning on attending. I will be donating a call for this event. Hope to see some of you there.

I will be doing another turkey hunting and turkey calling seminar again this spring. For those who haven’t attended my seminars in the past there will be general turkey hunting tips and strategies. There will also be breakout trainings with hands on call use training. This year I will be a doing a mouth call training. There will also be a pot call training (slate, aluminum, copper, glass and crystal). Each person in attendance will receive a free mouth call along with instruction and training and get to use and practice with several types of calls. All calls for the training will be supplied by me. Calls will be available for purchase after the training. There will also be a question and answer time so if you have any questions or are looking for help in a particular unit there will be several experienced turkey hunters willing to help. This seminar will be free of charge with no registration required, just show up the day of the seminar. There will be some door prizes given out to those in attendance provided by Sportsman's Warehouse. I look forward to teaching these seminars each year and helping others improve their turkey hunting and calling skills. I hope to meet some of you there. Wednesday April 5th 2017, 6:00PM – 8PM at the Mesa, Arizona Sportsman’s Warehouse

Thanks for all who came last night. I had a lot of fun meeting some of you and sharing a little bit about turkey hunting and turkey calls. I really enjoy doing these seminars, it gets me even more excited to go hunting in a few weeks. Hope you all picked up a few things that will help you in the woods this spring.

Walmart has some cheap stuff on their website, nice large selection for kids. I think that is the route I am going to go since I cant find any at the stores here in town.

Just a reminder the seminar in Mesa at Sportsman’s Warehouse is tonight at 6PM. Hope to see some of you there. It should be a fun night. Also just a little clarification for the seminar on Saturday at 1PM in Show Low, It is not at Sportsman’s in Show Low but at the Game and Fish office in Pinetop.

Where is the best place to buy youth camo clothing? I am wanting to get my 6 year old set up so he can go with me in the field this spring on my turkey hunt and not just hang out at camp again like he has the past 3 years. I have looked at Bass Pro, Cabelas and Sportsmans but there is almost no selection.

There is also a seminar in Show Low on Saturday the 8th from 1-4 at Sportsman's taught by Jim Warren. I am going try to make it up and bring a few calls.

He is your normal average kid. When he goes to the doctor he is usually in the 60% for height and weight for his age.

Last year when we went to Kansas we were also told to treat our clothes with permethrin. Gators around our boots and pants were also recommended to keep them from crawling up your boots and onto your legs. In the three days we hunted my dad and I never found a tick on us. My guide didn’t use gators and was finding ticks on his legs every day we hunted. Also the turkey will have lots of ticks on them so no over the shoulder photos, Also let the guide carry the birds back in there vest so you don’t get ticks from the birds in your vest. One more thing, when climbing into a blind in the afternoon let the guide get in first, about half of the blinds we got into in the afternoon had wasp or hornets that had taken up residence in them and my guide was stung several times in different blinds before I got in. After the first person is in they usually leave quick and had no more issues after the initial sting. We never had problems in the morning with blinds. It is defiantly a different style hunt than public land here in AZ but still a great and fun hunt.

Here is a picture of the call I donated for the Prescott NWTF banquet happening this Saturday 3-18. The call is a slate calling surface over a slate soundboard in a Arizona Walnut pot. The striker is also AZ walnut with a walnut dowell.

Looks like some nice spurs on that bird. Lighter tips on the tail, my guess would be a Rio.

My oldest son was really sad when this bike sold at your banquet and we didn't win, so I better pick up a chance in this raffle. The sate chapter website link says "Not found , error 404". I guess I will have to give Kathi a call. My boys will be keeping there fingers crossed.

It was nice seeing you again Mark and Sean. My wife my two boys and I all had a great time. Thanks Mark and tomgobbler and everyone who volunteered and everyone who donated to make this a great banquet. Sean tell you son thanks for drawing my ticket on the shotgun. TJ we missed you and your wife, last year was a lot fun having you at our table.

Here are a few pictures of the calls I am entering into the national call making contest this year. Just finished making them and feel they turned out great. I will be taking my family back to the NWTF convention in Nashville where the calls will be judged and then sold on auction.

Looking forward to attending again this year with my wife and boys.

Thanks Bill. It’s going to be a good trip. Going to the Convention, taking my kids to watch the youth calling competition catch a few seminars visit a few booths and see how my calls do in the call making contest. We are also going to the Opry, catch a show at the blue bird café, visit the country music hall of fame, the Parthenon, and a civil war battlefield.

We fly out to Nashville on Thursday morning as well. Been looking forward to this trip for awhile. You should have bought tickets and joined us Bill.

If he doesn't want it it sounds just about right for one of my boys.