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Author Topic: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008  (Read 14907 times)

Offline BMN

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #80 on: April 01, 2008, 12:34:00 PM »
Congrats!  :thumbsup:
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Offline Elmer Keith

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #81 on: April 02, 2008, 07:42:00 AM »
Congrats or "Weidmanns Heil" as we say in Germany. (By the way: has nothing to do with the Nazi-time like "Heil Hitler" or something like this brown stuff)

We have a very small and decreasing population of wild turkeys in the area of our former capitol, the city of Bonn at the River Rhine. Do not know how they got there. Probably by your fellow country men who wanted to have some fun with turkey hunting while on duty overseas.
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #82 on: April 07, 2008, 09:59:00 AM »
And hopefully this turns out...my first pig ever... killed in Macon County, Georgia.  I killed it the next to last day of deer season...& i know, the pig is prettier than me!  
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #83 on: April 07, 2008, 12:50:00 PM »
Great first Pig....Congrats

Elmer, are they legal to hunt? Ever think of writing to the National Wild Turkey Foundation, see if they can help bring back the Turkeys to better numbers... Just a Idea...
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #84 on: April 10, 2008, 08:42:00 PM »
As long as the turkeys don't eat the barley, malt, hops, etc. that make Becks Dark.    :jumper:
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #85 on: April 10, 2008, 11:54:00 PM »
After three days of watching this fella strut just out of my shooting range, he finally got a little too inquisitive. Man those tree sharks really put a womping on em! Just look at that right wing.    :eek:  

 
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Offline Elmer Keith

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #86 on: April 11, 2008, 01:39:00 AM »
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Originally posted by mysticguido:
Great first Pig....Congrats

Elmer, are they legal to hunt? Ever think of writing to the National Wild Turkey Foundation, see if they can help bring back the Turkeys to better numbers... Just a Idea...
Yes, they are legal to hunt in a short hunting season. But I think that they are not interested in any efforts to let the population increase.
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #87 on: April 11, 2008, 06:21:00 AM »
Summary from a study concerning turkey:

In the past centuries attempts have been made to introduce various of the six subspecies of wild turkeys inhabiting North America into practically all countries in Europe. Particularly many trials were conducted during the period 1880 to ca. 1914. Except for the trial in Grafenegg/Lower Austria which lasted from 1880–1945 all others were of short duration. At the end of World War II there were no occurrences of wild turkeys in Germany nor in Austria.
In the Federal Republic of Germany including the former German Democratic Republic 11 naturalization trials were conducted during the period between 1953–1993. Some of these introductions were to be permanently established and others existed for only a short duration. Five trials were conducted in North Rhine-Westphalia (Bönninghardt, Senne, Kottenforst, Mindenerwald, Ochtentrup); two each were in Rhineland-Palatinate (Bassenheimer-Wald, Taunus) and Lower Saxony (Gartow, Springe) respectively; and one each in Baden-Württemberg (Schutterwald) and Schleswig-Holstein (Wacken). At the present time (1993) only four occurrences including a total of 150 turkeys (spring populations) are still extant. All of these occurrences are endangered due to the low number of birds. This is especially true for the trial at Bassenheimer-Wald.
The cause of the population declines in the naturalization trials despite early success during the 1980's is not lack of suitable habitat, but rather high predator pressure, especially from foxes, hawks, and wild boar. Of interest is the fact that the trial conducted in Taunus using wild turkeys caught in and imported from North America had no better success than attempts using birds raised in flight cages.
Since many free-living wild species at present show signs of isolation, the four still extant occurrences of wild turkeys in Germany should continue to be under scientific observation. The wild turkeys present the ideal possibility to conduct population ecological investigations and also represent an attractive game species.
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #88 on: April 18, 2008, 02:10:00 AM »
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #89 on: April 19, 2008, 10:19:00 AM »
Congratulations David! We know how difficult those Easterns can be.....can't wait to see more pics....
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #90 on: April 22, 2008, 12:53:00 AM »
My first Turkey with a bow! 11" beard, 1" spurs, 25 lbs.

The full story can be read  here.

 

 

 

 

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #91 on: April 22, 2008, 09:00:00 PM »
Nice! Congrats Kevin! That's a beautiful bird!!!
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #92 on: April 25, 2008, 12:18:00 PM »
Great looking first bird. Very exciting times for you!!Tripper
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #93 on: April 28, 2008, 01:41:00 PM »
Great photos and I like showing the broadhead that was used! Ken
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #94 on: April 28, 2008, 10:33:00 PM »
April 20, sunday morning I found myself on 154 acres south of the Llano river about 10 miles with no high fences and surounded by big ranches.It was breaking when I came up to the feeder and could see hogs running around the protein feeder. I circled with the wind in my favor and walked to the 5' tripod. Just when I got even with it the feeder went off and a herd of over twenty hogs ran over from the protein feeder which was about 50 yards away. Was that exciting with them crunching corn while I steped up to about 18 to 20 yards and picked out the biggest spotted boar. The MagnusI filed to right beval went in and out avbove the front legs and onto the ground. I had another arrow out and it cought a sow a little back, but the big Magnum 1 1/2" went up to the feathers.It was like being in Africa as they took off. I found both hogs about 80 yards and no blood from the two blade and light blood from the 4 blade which both would shave. My longbow is 47#@ my 28" draw and shoots the 500 grain carbons at about 158 to 160 fps. Both hogs were hit on there right side and arrows exiting on left as both photos show.The 4 blade shaft was broken when found. This hunt was exiting
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #95 on: April 29, 2008, 04:41:00 PM »
Nice bird, Kevin.

Exellent report, Ken.

Gongrats all around.

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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #96 on: April 30, 2008, 07:15:00 PM »
Good friend shot his first turkey with a Chek-mate and I managed to hammer a couple fish with mine.
Nice shoot'n bows for sure.

 

 
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #97 on: April 30, 2008, 11:04:00 PM »
Bunch of good stories and pics. You guys have me ready to go. Come on elk drawing.
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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #98 on: May 04, 2008, 04:39:00 PM »
Got my first turkey, with a bow, yesterday. The story is here:  http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=059925

 


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Re: Daily Hunt Pics and Stories 2008
« Reply #99 on: May 06, 2008, 05:37:00 PM »
Way to go.  :thumbsup:
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