New York gobbler season opens May 1...
However, I'll be hunting before that..
The Ontario opener is April 25th, and I'll be hunting the first five days up there...
cjcj...The picture was taken in the driveway of my home here in rural upstate NY...The county road that I live on is in the background.. It's paved, but it ain't very GOOD...
The area I live in is about 70% forested, 30% farmland...The birds were killed on a wooded ridge about two miles from my...
Thanks, y'all... These birds were the result of a textbook hunt, NORTHEASTERN style...
I was hunting with my Canuck buddy Gator..We swap turkey hunts every year between his home in Ontario and my home here in rural, upstate NY...
We had hunted the morning without contacting birds...Despite...
Buschy... Glad you had a great hunt...EXCELLENT narration and itemized cost sheet, too..
I may have missed this...Did you go in on floats or via wheelplane..??..
$1350 with no weight limit and possible multiple trips ain't too bad...I can rough it if I have too, but if you can take some extra...
TB.... Great story and gorgeous pictures...That's a nice Sitka buck, too ..They are a beautiful animal and they are on my VERY short list of critters to hunt...I plan to come up to hunt them within a year or two at the latest, Good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise..
Your rifle looks like...
T Bone... Excellent account of your hunt...I enjoyed every word of it..
I've been on 5 unguided AK hunts and every one is a new adventure...Sounds to me like you got your money's worth, even if you never got the chance to drop the hammer..That's huntin'... Your party harvested a BUNCH of...
Good luck guys...have fun and be careful out there..
Like MARV, I'm very interested in your hunt, because that hunt is on my short list of hunts that I intend to do in the next couple of years...Marv and I have even discussed the possibility of hooking up on one..
Looking forward to the war...
Great pictures.... A fine 'bou and a beautiful lady...
Wish I could find a hunting partner like that...All my buddies are fat, hairy, smelly GUYS...
Does she have a SISTER...???...
Let me correct that..... I think I'd stand a better chance with her MOTHER... :D ....
T-Bone... Best of luck...Have a safe hunt and be sure to take the time to sit back and ENJOY every minute of your time in that wonderful place...
Give ol' Bullwinkle the REDASS.. hump ....
I agree with you on the humpback bears....For me, there ain't no stinkin' bruin worth 5K, but a RAM would...
Fine groups from a very interesting and capable cartridge....How's the recoil from that rig..?? From the loads, it would seem that would be similar to a .338 Winny...