6a turkey report

[Green Bullet]

well just got back from hunting turkey in 6a. We left around noon on Thursday and came back around 11am on Sunday. we camped off the 229 road. i hunted all around that area.....

 

no luck for me this year on birds but on the last day i found the tank the birds were using. i saw an old guy on that tank friday night and he told me he was going to hunt there the next day so i never went up to the water and checked for sign. he told me "couple of tracks...nothing speciial"...yeah right....when i hit checked it on the way home sunday there were a shitload of tracks. i think a couple birds were taken there over the weekend. anyway, no biggie...it was a glorified camping trip with a shotgun in my hand anyway.....

 

on a related topic, saw 10 antelope up there with two nice shooters. Also saw a dozen or so muleys...no bucks. What surprised me the most is that i didn't see a single elk. usually it's pretty easy to spot them late at night or early am (at least spook some cows right????). On this trip nada, zip, nothing. not that i was actively pursuing elk but still you should see something...On Thursday night i heard a few distant bugles but nothing like i used to experience in that area. As soon as people started showing up and road hunting that shut down Friday onward. i saw some elk sign l but nothing real fresh or heavy....not sure where they all bailed to. one guy thought they may have moved to the wallow fire area as that's where G&F is putting fresh grass seed.

 

with that said, i did see game and fish pulling this guy out. they believed it was a wounded bull during archery...that's a real solid bull for 6a. whoever lost this guy must be crying still....

 

if anyone is going back up to chase birds this week send me a pm and i'll tell you where that tank was.

 

time to start mentally preparing for my 12E muzzleloader hunt. heading up to scout on 10/16 and then 4 days before the hunt as well.

 

cheers,

 

miles

[Green Bullet]

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