Washington birds fallin

[Kraven]

Hey Huys Im back for awhile.The opening weekend was great as usual and snuck up on me like it always does.The opener was unsuccessfull due to pouring down rain and snow.So we woke up to 2" of snow on the second morning,Easter sunday and headed low for birds.I got on a bird at 5:30am and ended up calling him away from 2 hens, he was gobbling and spitting and drumming the entire time until I shot him at 7:00 am.The shot was 38 yards and used Remington 3" 4x6 load.He weighed in at almost 23 lbs with a 9" beard and 3/4 and 7/8 spurs. Heres a pic of him,hope you enjoy it.

On the 3rd morning my brother ended up leaving and not wanting to go out in the morning,mistake.Beautiful sunny morning and birds gobbling everywhere,so I headed up the mountain after passing up a shot on a couple Jakes that got in as close as 10 yards to me.At the the top I took a 15-20 min nap then decided to do some calling and got a gobble from across canyon, after about 10 minutes of calling to them they flew the canyon,2 hen and 2 toms.The lead Tom was on me in about 10 minutes after getting to my side of the ridge.I took the shot after he got done strutting on in at 28 yards with the same load,he weighed in at just over 19 lbs with a 8 1/2" beard and 3/4 inch spurs.I was wearing a Ghillie suit made by Bush Rags,a company that my good buddy owns.Heres a pic of this bird.

 

[Delw]

Nice Job Kraven

About time you start posting again

 

[Washington Hunter]

Good looking birds Kraven! Good job! Wish I could find the time to go turkey hunting. One of these years...

 

[Cameron Hunt]

Way to go Little Fugger

hump Well YEEEEHAAA ! Glad to see that you got them on here. Great looking bird's BROTHER! Next time we will be taking pics of another double like in '04. Congrats Bigguy! Love ya.

 

[Elkhunter]

WTG Kraven. Two nice birds you have there.

 

[SneakyJake]

Nice birds, I feel your pain, tough opening day. Birds were strange this year, but if you were persistant it paid off. Lots of gobblers that were grouped up. We just had to put in the time to find them. Looks like you crawled through the bush to get the second bird, heh, heh.

 

[Kraven]

Thanks for the congrats guys talk at ya soon.

 

[schmalts]

good job Kraven

 

[DKO]

Great looking bird Kraven congrats!

 

[carbonarcher]

Congrats Kraven, you hunting eastside or westside?

 

[Nut]

Congrats

 

[Cameron Hunt]

Carbon, he was on the east. Thinking maybe that we will try the central area in a week. Whatch think Kevin?

 

[Wally Dog]

Nice work Krave!
WD

 

[mtmiller]

Way to go Kraven. We can always count on you to bring home the turkeys every spring.

 

[ONESHOT90]

hey look its kevin...haha

 

[Cameron Hunt]

Hey look its Mark, one who hasnt been on here for a year

 

[DBaker]

Public Hunting

Where can I find public hunting grounds for turkey in the state of Washington? I will be heading back home and thats when I will begin turkey hunting.

 

[Cameron Hunt]

DBaker, ummm if you have ever lived in Wa. you should know that they are in every dang corner of the state. I dont think any one here is going to give up their honey hole. Buy a Gazetter and pick a spot that is national forest. They will be there.

 

[Cameron Hunt]

Oh Yea, Kravens Daddy just shot a bird on Sat. Hope Kevin gets some pics up soon for us to see.