 Second SeasonJon and John, I just wanted to send a note thanking you, for once again, allowing Dad and I to have another successful turkey hunt. I just about could have sent you a copy of last year's letter to describe our hunt this year. We hunted different properties this year, but results were very similar.
A very enjoyable experience, even more so, because it was spent my father. I have enclosed a few pictures from our trip. Included is a picture of a turkey nest that was destroyed by a predator of some sort. Friends often ask me why we drive 1000 miles from our home in Louisiana to hunt. My answer to them is easy. "We get to hunt our favorite animals, in some of the most productive states in the country." This is only due to your continued effort at MAHA.
P.S. Looking forward to deer season.
First Season
I just wanted to let you know how our first hunt as MAHA members went. We started off pretty hot. We had five or six birds gobbling on the property at dawn. By 6:30 a 23 lb. tom was working over my jake decoy pretty good. After watching as long as I could stand it, I just about took off his head at 9 steps. At 8:30 it was dad's turn. We crawled our way to the edge of a cut cornfield where another bird was gobbling. After a couple of yelps, he strutted right into dad's gun barrel for a 15 yard kill. Needless to say we were excited about our start. Two hours in the filed and we had a pair of 23 lb birds. The first had a 10" beard with 1" spurs and the 2d 10 1/2" beard with 7/8" spurs. Nice birds anywhere.
Day 3 went to chase Rios. By 9:30 AM I had called in 4 Rios and had ten birds over our shoulders. Good start, 3 days, 4 birds in adverse weather conditions. Day 4, onto a new state and Murphy's Law finally reared its ugly head. After a handful of almosts, should've and could've, I managed to bag #5 with about 5 minutes of hunting time left on the last day of the hunt. Dad & I want to say thanks for all the help, and for the great opportunity that you provide for your members. We were not sure what to expect, but everything seemed to fall in the high end range of our expectations. Anytime 2 Cajuns can drive non-stop for over 1,000 miles & 13 hours and go directly to a sign nailed to a tree marking a piece of property in the middle of no where and find it in the dark, someone must be very organized (MAHA).
Five turkeys in five days will be tough to beat, but if the whitetails can be anywhere near the turkey action we will be in for another trip of a lifetime. Sincere Thanks, Jacob & Greg Fontenot
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Ya'll continue to make great suggestions as to where to hunt. In the 2 years that we have been members of MAHA, we have been able to locate turkeys on every property that you have sent us to. 5 days, 5 turkeys, for the second year in a row.
So thanks for another great turkey hunting experience. The only thing you can do to make it better, is to figure out how to control that Midwest Weather. Ha Ha.
Sincerely Thanks, Jacob F
Jon & John, 
The rest of the morning was spent in the wind and rain. We had another nice bird at 60 yards, but he hung up. Also had 2 jakes come in. Day 2 more wind and rain, not much action.
Thanks for everything guys. Dad & I hope to be back this fall for the real reason we joined, "whitetail".
