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This is getting monotonous! Today was basically a repeat of the Tuesday. My wife and I set up in a pasture on a farm by the house where I know some birds are feeding. I heard some birds fly down off the roost, then it got quiet. I tried some occasional light calling, but was getting no response. At about 8:45 I looked out the back of the blind and could see a tom and a few hens on the farm across the road. Of course, he was pretty content where he was at and I couldn't do anything with them. Regardless, it was a beautiful morning spent with my wife. I just hope I can get her on a bird, so she can see the REAL excitement of turkey hunting. On a brighter note, two of the other Team Poor Boys members laid the smackdown on a couple of turkeys this morning. The second bird they actually worked for over 2 hours before he finally broke and came in. So, at least some of us are on the boards now. I'll be back at it again tomorrow morning, and I am thinking seriously about breaking out the shotgun and leaving the bow and blind at the house. Its time to get at least one bird on the ground!!! Stay tuned.
Tags: Kentucky Turkey Hunting Gobbler Longbeard
I'm hoping these first five days aren't an indication of what my whole season is going to be like! This year I made a commitment to kill my turkeys with a bow. On top of that, I want to get all of our hunts on film. So what this all translates to is that I have to pack in a blind, decoys, video equipment and my bow every morning afield. That pretty much limits me to remaining stationary - which is a little difficult for someone who loves to "run and gun". I was hunting this morning in the same location as day 1, and just like day 1, I sat in the blind and listened to birds gobble in the distance for the first couple of hours of daylight. They would occasionally respond to my calling, but never showed any indication of getting any closer. I actually heard hens yelping a few times, so I have a pretty good idea why they weren't interested in me! Even though there is plenty of season left here in Kentucky, I am starting to feel a little frustration. A few more days of this, and I can see me breaking out the thunder stick and chasing those birds like the "old days". Tomorrow, however, I will be sitting in the blind again - with my wife. My goal is for her to harvest her very first game animal. Check back tomorrow to see how that went!
Until then, hunt safe and shoot straight!
Tags: Kentucky Turkey Hunting
Today I was reminded that there is no such thing as a "sure thing" when it comes to turkey hunting. I've been watching a group of birds, including two longbeards, a jake, and a few hens, that have been feeding in a pasture both morning and evening on a farm that I hunt. I headed out there this morning with my blind and my bow thinking that this was going to be a slam dunk. The weather was a bit cool and breezy, but I didn't think it was enough to hamper the birds. I sat there for 3 and 1/2 hours and never heard the first gobble or saw the first bird...go figure! The weather is supposed to be warm up tomorrow and be awsome for the next week or so. Still plenty of season left to fill some tags and get some great video footage in teh process. The season is starting a little slow, but stay tuned. The feathers will start to fly soon - I promise!
Tags: Kentucky Turkey Hunting
Didn't get to chase em today. Had to work this morning and then help with a youth archery outreach this evening. I plan on hunting each morning for the rest of the week, though. The weather is looking great starting Wednesday, so hopefully Team Poor Boys will start to put some longbeards on teh ground so we can drop some turkey breast in the deep frier! Stay tuned, cause tomorrow it's "Game On" 
Tags: Kentucky Turkey Hunting Primos B-mobile
Today was a wash - literally! I woke up with the intentions of going out in the rain, but decided that I really don't want to shoot a bird if I can't get it on video (steady rain + expensive video equipment = bad news!) If it were the last weekend of the season, I would have been out there, regardless, but its early and I got plenty of time to fill my two tags - and still get it all on video. We'll be posting our footage on here as we capture it, so stay tuned for some great turkey hunting action. Until then, check out some of our great footage from last season on our YouTube page.
Tags: Kentucky Turkey Hunting Spring
The first day of the Kentucky turkey season is in the books and there were no birds in the game bag for Team Poor Boys. Regardless of that, though, it was a great opener for me. Not only was the weather absolutely perfect - 40s in the morning, climbing to mid 70s for a high - but I was able to take my wife on her very first turkey hunt. We had at least 4 toms gobbling their heads off from the roost, but they got very quiet once they hit the ground. We would ocassionally hear a gobble off in the distance after that, but nothing ever really responded to the calling. We did get the pleasure of seeing a coyote come out into the field to check out the decoys. You could tell he wanted badly to give them a closer look, but he just didn't like that big blind sitting out there in the field! Overall, it was a great opening day and I am sure things will pick up as the season progresses. I plan on hunting most every day of the season, so stay tuned as we keep you updated on what is going on with Team Poor Boys!
Tags: Kentucky Turkey Hunting Gobbler Spring
The first rays of the morning sun had just cleared the trees and began to cast a glow on the field of native warm-season grass as we quickly set up on our second turkey of the morning. Our first attempt had been foiled when our decoys were out-competed by a group of eight hens and a jake, keeping the gobbler just out of gun range. Now, just 20 minutes later, we were repositioned along the edge of the same field trying feverishly to spot the source of intense gobbling. With every series of yelps and clucks, the old tom would quickly remind us that he was patiently awaiting our arrival. All it took was a small dose of the silent treatment to make his patience give way to love and he was headed our way.
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Tags: Turkey Hunting Public Land Poor Boys Outdoors
Man, what a blast! This was my first year attending the NWTF convention, and I was not disappointed. I got to meet Will Primos and most of the Primos crew, David Blanton, and of course - Lee and Tiffany  ! I also got to pick up a few much-needed items for the upcoming spring turkey season, including a really nice blind from a fairly new company called Rhino Labratories. But, the best part was just hanging out and having a good time with the wife and our friends. We are already booking are room for next year, and I will be counting down the days! Brian
Tags: NWTF National Convention Poor Boys Outdoors
Day 3 - It's now Monday, and we are slowing starting to locate better antelope spots. We returned to the 1-square mile block where Cory missed a doe the day before. This time we locate two in the same general area, and the stalk is on. After getting set up on a hillside overlooking a draw, we wait on the two doe to ease out into the open. When they finally come to a stop on the far hillside, Cory takes the first shot and misses.The the race is on! They finally slow down after putting several hundred yards beween us and them, and then slip over a rise. We figured this was our best chance, so we booked it across the bowl and over to the rise where they disappeared. When I belly crawl up to the rise, I ease up to see the other doe standing 200 yards away looking right at me. I set up the shooting stickes and put the crosshairs right in the center of the doe's chest and squeeze off a shot. The doe dropped out of sight and the next thing I see is her popping back up and then dropping like a rock. My first WY antelope of the hunt is down!!! Realizing that Cory's scope has obviously gotten knocked off, we head to a safe spot to get it sighted back in. With several adjustments, we have him back in the ten ring and ready for a whole new ballgame tomorrow. Stay tuned. 
Tags: Wyoming Antelope Hunting Poor Boys Outdoors
Sunday is our second day in Wyoming, and our first full day of antelope hunting. After eliminating some of the potential hunting areas on Saturday, we start to find some better looking antelope spots in our unit. We locate a small herd of antelope on a block of BLM land and begin a stalk using the rugged terrain to conceal our movement. When we pop up at nearly 300 yards, the herd gets nervous and starts to move off to our right. T-Roy gets settled into shooting position with the shooting sticks and waits for a doe to stop. At just over 300 yards, the Sako .308 finds its mark right through the front shoulders and the first antelope of the trip - and T-Roy's first big game animal ever - goes down. Pictures and video to come soon. The rest of the day is spent cutting up and packing the meat and checking out more of our hunting area.
Tags: Wyoming Antelope Hunting Poor Boys Outdoors
Day 1 - 10/4/08 We arrived at the Westside Motel in Casper, WY roughly 20 hours after leaving Kentucky, at 10AM MT. The 2 bedroom unit that we rented was pretty nice, with plenty of sleeping room, a kitchen and full bath. Nothing fancy, but fine for the price. Even better was the location of the motel, which was outside of town and closer to our hunting area - and a rock's throw from Wal-Mart!! After getting unpacked and making a shopping trip to Wally World, we broke out the maps and started looking over some potential starting points for our hunt, initially focusing on those public areas closest to Casper. Most of the afternoon was spent looking these areas over and eliminating those that didn't appear to be good antelope habitat. We were finding a lot of these areas more suitable to mule deer - which we seen a couple of pretty nice bucks - and we even spotted two elk bedded down. The one thing we didn't see this first evening was antelope - at least not any on the public lands we were hunting. Darkness finally fell and it was back to town for a little Outback Steakhouse and a good nights rest. Tomorrow proves to be a whole new ballgame!!!
Tags: Wyoming Antelope Hunting Poor Boys Outdoors
Things finally picked up with this evenings hunt. So far, its been a little slow for the Poor Boy's prostaff with no deer harvested yet. I haven't been seeing a lot of deer movement from the stand, but have high hopes with another two shooter bucks showing up on the trail camera, including the big 8 pointer from last year pictured below.
Tonight I decided to run the camera for prostaffer Cory McBride at a farm that we haven't hunted this season. At 6 PM we had a doe come by us along the edge of the field and a combination of a slight misjudgment in yardage and the doe dropping several inches resulted in a clean miss just over the doe's back (I was glad it wasn't me, this time!). A short time later, we had four coyotes come in. Cory smoked the first on at 20 yards and when the other three hung around for a few seconds, I set the camera down and smoked the second one at 40 yards (picture below). No backstraps for the freezer, but a great night, no less. Those were both are first coyotes with a bow. We saw another deer a short time later, but it never came close enough for a shot or even a good look. Hopefully this is the start of a good trend for the Poor Boys team. I at least got that goose egg off my Mathews with its first kill.
Two weeks and we are Wyoming bound in search of antelope. But first, we got to get some backstrap in the freezer to take along. Stay tuned!!!
Tags: Kentucky Deer Hunting Bowhunting Preseason Scouting Trail Cameras
"There is something about running right into the middle of a flock of wild turkeys, screaming like a madman that just doesn't seem natural," I thought to myself as I watched the group of twenty-something hens and jakes fly off the ridge in all directions. For a guy whose turkey hunting experiences had been limited to the spring months, the whole idea of "busting up a flock" didn't make a lot of sense. However, I had been assured that when chasing birds in the fall, it was a perfectly acceptable practice.
Read my entire article at http://www.biggamehunt.net/sections/Turkey/Fall-Turkey-Hunting-Tactics-09150812.html
Tags: Fall Turkey Hunting Gobbler Hen
Well, opening day didn't quite go as planned. With high hopes from the trail camera pics, we headed to the stand opening morning a full 2 hours before daylight to allow plenty of time to get myself and cemeraman T-Roy set up for our hunt. Shortly after daylight I spotted a doe feeding in the field just behind me and to my right. We both prepared as she eased her way up the field edge right towards the stand. Just as she entered the woods on a trail that would take her right past my stand at about 10 yards, she suddenly gets nervous and looks directly our way. Shen then takes two steps back and bolts out into the field, stopping broadside at 40 yards to figure out what exactly was going on. I then made the decision to take the shot - one that I would later regret. The arrow flew and the deer bounded off unscathed. I couldn't figure out what went wrong until we got home and checked the footage out on TV. From the moment I let the arrow fly to the point that it hit the dirt, that doe dropped a good 18". My arrow hit right were I was aiming, the deer just didnt happen to be there when it arrived! The lesson here - don't take a shot that far at an alert deer. Award me one "Boneheaded move" award for the season. Now its back to the drawing board. On a brighter note, I did find a nice surprise on the trailcam from the evening before season opened. 
Tags: Kentucky Deer Hunting Bowhunting Preseason Scouting Trail Cameras
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