Recent Spring Season
Jon, Just a short note. Here's a couple of photo's from the past turkey season. My son Justin, shot his first bird!!! We worked hard on a gobbler off the roost, but he was occupied with hens. Called two jakes in later and Justin made a nice shot at 18 yards. He and I were both thrilled!!! I was able to harvest a nice gobbler on the first day of the [location deleted] season. It was one of five gobblers that came running into my setup. That will get your heart a pumping'. Thanks! Joe.
Previous Spring Season
Enclosed are some pictures of 3 turkeys I was able to harvest on MAHA properties. The first bird was a great hunt, I was on this turkey from the roost at sunrise 'till 10:35 AM when I finally convinced the hens he was with to come see what I was all about. He was a nice heavy 24 lb bird with 11 inch beard and 1 1/4" spurs. I faired well in the spring. Took 2 turkeys before 7:00 AM. One in [location deleted] and one in [location deleted]. Great fast paced hunting action on both hunts. Both birds weighed in at 20 lbs ea., one had 2 beards (a 10" and a 5").
Well, you just have to love turkey hunting in the spring... The sights and sounds of mother nature are at their best, finding a few morel mushrooms makes for a great meal and testing your skills against a wily old gobbler is hard to beat!!! I know this letter is a long time coming, but I would like to thank everyone at MAHA for all your help and for some great hunting opportunities. Thanks, Joe O.
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Dear Jon, Shaun,
It was also the first year my son got behind the shotgun during turkey season. We had a couple of close calls (birds at 40 years), but didn't bring one home. We still had a great time spending time together! He said he will be ready to get after them again during the fall season.
