Buium is part of the Hobey Hat Trick along with Ryan Leonard and Isaac Howard.

My hunch says Leonard will win it.

Dutchboy wrote:

They claim 36,000 in attendence / tickets sold. That number has to be grossly padded.

I drove past it when I left work and it was a mass exodus to the bars lol

crawdaddy wrote:

I think it took me 4 years to get my first turkey. Now I’ve got one each of the past 4 seasons. I didn’t grow up hunting so there was a learning curve.

Neither did I. I started when I was in college.

Ironically, I shot a nice tom the very first morning I ever hunted turkeys and until last year, I hadn’t filled a tag on the first day again.

This is my 19th season. I’ve tagged 10 birds. 7 toms, 3 jakes.

I still say that scouting is the most important factor in my success rate.

CaptainMusky wrote:

Those that scout turkeys alot have you been seeing them consistently?

I look for their roost. Quite often they roost in the same group of trees or single tree nearly every night unless something disrupts that pattern.

Once you locate that, you can set up nearby (not super close where you spook them going in) and adjust accordingly.

Quite often they have a core area and a daily travel pattern. They are very predictable birds once you learn their regular habits. The primary issue I have is getting one close enough. A lot of people who don’t hunt them think that because they see them all over, they are easy to fill a tag with. Totally false. And the success rate shows it, being about 25% with a shotgun and a mere 10% with a bow.

If you are filling a tag every other year, you are way ahead of the curve.

fishthumper wrote:

My bass club use to always do a early season Tourney in Wisc. because they always opened way earlier there than here.

No they didn’t. They only removed their closed season and converted it to a C & R season in the last 5 years.

Their season traditionally closed in late February and opened one week before ours for many years.

fins wrote:

I’m done here.

Good bye

Let me know when you find Bigfoot

Gustavsson shoulda saved that. It went under his pad.

LOL wtf is Foligno doing? Such a blatant trip in the offensive zone.

Brittman wrote:

Turkeys appear susceptible to over harvest (albeit there may be other reasons for population declines in key states).

Many states that once had higher limits, long seasons, and over the counter nonresident tags are now decreasing limits and hunting pressure.

Eliminating time periods and increasing bag limits would result in higher pressure on the bird population and could induce more leasing, etc…

This has happened in Kansas and Nebraska recently. They’ve dropped bag limits, no more harvesting of hens, and limited non resident tags.

Best to keep a thriving population thriving. Over harvest and pressure is real.

I think a big part of it has been severe drought in recent years.

Shesterkin is playing like a sieve tonight. 3 goals on 12 shots?

The most ideal spot is the top wild card berth. That sends them to the Pacific for 2 rounds and avoids the gauntlet of Winnipeg, Dallas, and Colorado.

He was so good as Iceman and Doc Holiday.

big_g wrote:

Is the University of Tennessee a “special interest” group ? asking before I bother posting their findings… because, your scientific study is so much more evident.

You won’t be able to convince him. He’s hell bent on making the wild turkey and their story of conservation success a farse.

Thank you for posting the link above.

Ya it is. Like a snow cone.

Beneficial for the landscape tho

Another vote for the Power Loon here, when I’m in the listening zone.

Otherwise I listen to KFAN a lot too. Summer time is fairly boring since there’s really no sports to discuss other than baseball.

There is zero data or studies that indicate turkeys are “nest robbers” of other upland game birds. None. It’s nothing but misinformation being spread without fact.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Unreal that Calgary came back in the 3rd to beat the Avs, playoff lead down to just 6 points with the Flames having 2 games in hand and play the Wild in Calgary as well….

Apparently 2 of the final 3 games are against the Flames and Canucks, both on the road.

Those 2 games may honestly determine who makes or misses the playoffs.

Haha

The only 2 live bait shops remotely near me closed last year and the year before, so live bait isn’t really an option.

I still eat eggs, just not hard boiled.

glenn57 wrote:

i dont wanna sound all preachy and almighty so i’ll fess up….i dont wear a PDF very often…

That’s a personal decision that you need to make Glenn. State law requires it only to be accessible, not worn. I am in no position to tell you otherwise either.

I bet your family would prefer that you wear one though.

Last spring’s turkey harvest in MN was the highest ever recorded in state history.

They are an amazing success story of conservation and a very adaptable bird.

glenn57 wrote:

if you dont wear a PDF…….or a helmet on a scooter……yes it affects you..but it ALSO affects your family and friends if something happens!!!!

True.

I’ve pleaded with family and friends on this sort of thing for years. It’s like talking to a brick wall so I have up. An individual’s will power cannot be forced, even if it’s family or friend.

BigWerm wrote:

I think the reason the Musky guys are so up in arms, is this may enable them to catch musky without torturing themselves for years without a bite. And without that sadomasochistic process, they might get into some really sick stuff elsewhere. #jokingbutnotjoking

Fixed it for ya. Based on personal experience and failure.

No accumulation here thus far. Just wet ground.

Mostly rain, sleet, or immediately melting snow.

When you boil them, just put a little vinegar in the water.

I stopped making hard boiled eggs recently because of the cost, but when I did, the small amount of vinegar helped peel the shells more easily.

Massive point in the standings. Didn’t think that was happening after the Brazeau blunder.

Nice play Brazeau

I agree mnfisherman18. Good post.

Some tournament formats do have a blanket ban though. The PMTT does. They are permitted to use it pre-fishing but they cannot use them during tournament hours. This topic has come up here before too but that is the ruling they have stuck to for now.

I believe that MLF/BPT has certain periods when they fish in which they can and cannot use it this season.

Just got more interesting.

This determination of this goal on Gustavsson’s back is a new one.

This game in general is hard to watch.

In terms of the muskie angle, the lack of stocking over time has probably played a bigger role. The numbers of fish stocked have dropped significantly.

I don’t know what the solution is here. I’m not a big fan of people just turning competition into an arms race of technology and it feels like that’s what it’s come to now with the Bassmaster Classic being a very recent example.

But at the same time, you can’t really just undue it completely either. Clearly it’s a generational thing and older anglers have a tougher time learning than the younger tech savvy generation does.