May 21, 2009

Closing out the season. It's official the 2009 turkey hunting has come to an end for me. I spent the morning trying to muster up a gobble or 2. The birds were pretty silent today, but the hens were out and about. I had one tom investigate the situation and quickly left the scene. As I promised here are the websites for CHALLENGE THE OUTDOORS click here and WOUNDED WARRIORS IN ACTION click here. Please check out these folks and their efforts in getting people involved in the outdoors. Also there is a Kicking Bear event sponsored by the Droptine Divas in the Baraboo area click here for more info. Next week I will have Mike Schafer the General Manager from the Sheboygan Gander Mountain. Our topic will be great lakes fishing.

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May 14, 2009

Make sure you stop in at Gander Mountain this Saturday for some great bargains. We have a new add starting this week. While you are there please stop in and introduce yourself. Here is the websiteCLICK HERE for Twin City Rod and Gun club. If you are not a member please stop in and purchase a membership and enjoy all the club has to offer. Thanks to all of you for listening and thanks to all of our sponsors for helping bring this show to you.

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May 10,2009

Period 4 was the one for me. Mother's Day 2009 was successful on many levels this year. First I spent 2 hours in the turkey woods and bagged a 22lb 10 inch bearded tom. Then hurried home for a delicious Mother's day breakfast at a local restaurant with my wife and daughter. After a short shift at Gander I met my family for a great dinner at Hu Hot in Appleton. Can it get any better than that. Starting the day off in the outdoors and ending it with your family. Life is good on all levels. Just a quick note on the turkey situation. The toms are still looking. Get more aggressive with them. Move in on them, call often, call louder and try it without a decoy. It seems they may come closer without a visual. This time of year they are looking and not calling as much. Good luck if you have a tag for 5 th or 6 th period.

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May 3, 2009

Well, season 3 comes to an end. This season was most exciting and disappointing at the same time. The season started with calling in a gobbler at 6:30 am. He came in strutting all the way. What an awesome sight to see. He gave me a shot at 22 yards. I hit him hard with an arrow and he ran to the woods. after about 10 minutes I walked to the spot I last saw him. I quickly picked up the trail. I must have followed him for what seemed to be 30 minutes. It actually turned out to be 90 minutes. The gobbler wandered on to some property that I did not have access to. I do not trespass. So unfortunately I did not retrieve the bird. The next 3 days were equally as awesome. I did stick to my commitment of using my bow. I had one more gobbler come in at 37 yards, but it was a little out of my comfort range. It was fun to get out and enjoy the outdoors again to that level. I will head out next week and try again. On a more fun note, while scouring my property for the bird I found 2 deer sheds. Both were small but cool to find.

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