Videos of Turkeys From First Scouting Missions of 2014

Man! you talk about some turkeys.....I found em baby!

It's the oddest thing, you go the entire deer hunting season in the fall and hardly see a turkey, as soon as spring starts to approach they begin turning up everywhere. It's almost like they have been living in a hole in the ground.

Sunday morning I headed to Bull Creek Ranch to see what was going on out there. I wanted to get to the pasture roost in time to see what flew down at first lightbut I was running a little late and the birds were already on the ground. It was quite a sight to see.....24 some odd Osceolas all in one wad! Strutting birds with white-blue heads everywhere. At least 6 mature gobblers and a number of jakes that were also offering to strut.

Since I was late I had to hold up at a small out building to video from. I couldn't resist calling at birds to try to get them to gobble on camera. It took a little coaxing but I got them to sound off a handful of times. The hens did a lot of calling also. It was a sight to behold.



Monday morning I went to another tract that is about 1,200 ac with some row crop fields on two sides. I did not hear a bird gobble on the roost but they were there!

After some loud aggressive yelping and cutting I had some hens begin to answer me in a wood lot adjoining a farm field. I moved down a woods road that bisected the wood lot and spotted a bird in a road to the west from a 4 way. Birds started calling from in the field. I took to steps and spotted strutters about 50yds into the field. There were 5 jakes there and 4 were strutting. I thought they were mature for a minute as most appeared to have full tail fans. After putting on a show they moved west to hook up with some more jakes and there ended up being a total of 10.

There was also birds in the field to the east, They were a long ways out but I could make out beards on a few. After reviewing the footage I realized it was a group of 6 long beards and some miscellaneous other hens and jakes.

I was ready to head out and stepped back into the intersection and spotted another bird down the east road.....another super nice long beard! After filming him for a minute I turned to the west and spotted a bird about 150yds and other turkeys started filing across the road.
At least 6 hens and 2 jakes there! One hen even sported a 6-7" beard.

It was one incredible morning of scouting. Check out this video...........

Larry S.

Morgan Takes Her First Deer!

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I have been on many a hunt in my life but I can't remember any that are more fun than hunting with my daughters Jessica and Morgan. I usually reserve this week each year to do a little hunting with them as it is antlerless season. There is always more goofing around than huntin' going on when you share a stand with those two characters.

Deer movement has been marginal even though the moon says they should be moving. With work & school, Jessica has not had much time to hunt but we went thanksgiving morning. It was in the 30's that morning and she about froze. By 8:30 AM she had taken all she could stand so we called off the hunt without seeing a deer.

Morgan and I hunted the following evening. It was the last day, last evening of the antlerless deer season and time was running out. With about 10-15 minutes of shooting light left, I spotted movement at the edge of the swamp. "Here they come Morg, get ready!" The deer moved behind a thick spot and the lead one finally slid into an opening to the left, slightly quartering to us. Morgan moved the .243 into position and got the cross hairs on it. "Just squeeze the trigger until the gun goes off" At the report of the shot the deer rolled over and its white belly flashed up...."YOU GOT HIM MORG!" She had centered the deer right in the chest at 65 yards! That was a better shot than half of the hunters I have guided lately. Damn fine shootin' for an eleven year old!

Double Time!

The second deer bounced back into the edge of the swamp. I grabbed the rifle and chambered another round. There was an oak tree between me and the deer so I had to lean over into Morgan's lap to be able to see the deer and sent a round down range. Deer down!

Morgan and I had just shot a double with the same rifle! Pretty Incredible......and her first deer to boot. We will not be forgetting that hunt anytime soon, I promise you.



Larry S.

Odd Horned Georgia 8pt

One thing I love most about deer horns is that no two are exactly alike.

A friend of mine, Matt Coleman has a small lease in Georgia and has been hunting this buck for several years. He finally got to lay eyes on him for the first time this Sunday and shot him within minutes of getting in the stand.

The buck sported an odd but interesting set of horns with a total of 8 points. As you can see in the photo, both horns lean to one side and are more up right than normal.

Pretty Cool! Congrats Matt