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i just got a text from my friend up north and looks like GPS tracking units have been voted legal for use on hounds. The F&G commission unanimously voted to legalize its use. I'm really surprised it passed even though the Anti's fieriously voiced their insane opinion against it.

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Might be a little late to spend a lot of time scouting but get to an area early and listen. at this point in the season, you'll want some good boots and a tank full of gas. Use a run and gun method to try and locate a willing gobbler. With hens sitting on nests, gobblers are ranging pretty far...

Avians are nice but I just can't break away from the DSD dekes. Midway has the upright hen at $113 too... I need a second job just to support my turkey hunting habit.

Not too many multiple hens roaming around now and with the amount of jakes rolling around, I have found that a jake decoy might keep a gobbler hung up out of range. A single up right hen or a feeder will be much more natural this time of the year.

Last I heard the birds were roosted in a clump of oaks in the revine above the corral. Take a single hen decoy and soft call. Be ready to sit all day if your daughter is able to.

Thanks Steve, it's really neat how our birds can have that classic rio color and some with really dark almost eastern like tail feathers like Yusuke's bird from last year. .

Finished my mount today. Not too bad for a mountain plaque from eBay for $20.

Haha sounds good, I'll work on a vid for mouth call and slate call this week. Oh and my comment above is strictly for glass calls. I do the same for my aluminum calls with sandpaper.

And make sure to use the stone in one direction and run your striker against the sanded grain (if that makes sense). Don't sand in a circle or you'll end up with a lot of squeaks or potentially no sound at all. I like to sand a small silver dollar sized section and run the stone left to right...

Beautiful gobbler Steve! Big congrats. It's definitely a tough year to tag out on long beards. I think Yusuke and I will take our fishing rods up tomorrow ;)

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Beautiful gobbler! Big congrats to you guys. That's an amazing trophy of a tom.

Many members sure talked a good talk about how they were on board on passing jakes and even maintaining a one jake limit. Sorry to go on a tangent but there's no reason why these members can't use some good judgement and give it a rest for just one season.

Speaking of future longs, there's one place that won't have too many future longs... MCC.... I can't believe some of our club members pulling limits on jakes. Really disappointed at the fact that my 9 year old has more discipline in passing jakes than grown adults who have supposedly shot many...

heres some photos of a pair of jakes and a few hens out of camera range at the Cotton wood golf course in Rancho San Diego. It's great to see birds in these odd places.

Big congrats Steve! I hope one day Yusuke and I can pull a double on a pair of long beards. If these jakes make it through, next year will be awesome. Like Steve said, sometimes less is more. Thursday my son and I worked a gobbler with soft yelps but soon as the jakes showed up and started...

That's awesome Josh! Congrats. Yeah I head similar issues with heavy metal. It works great for me on ducks but I read that a lot of people had a rough time with it for turkey.

Big congrats!

So after today's hunt, it really set things in perspective for me. After hunting MCC opening weekend and Monday, I called in over 30 jakes. With so many jakes, I got to thinking that possibly the mature gobblers are getting run out by the larger bands of jakes. Today I noticed the two long...