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Recent picture taken in Jan of 2025.  

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First turkey pic of the season.
 

 last pic was Oct 2023.   

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Below is - Rodan. My Best Gobbler. Killed around 10 or 11 years back now. Tom #3 of that Spring. Spurs just  a Smidge over 1 1/2"s. 22lber. Got him on a May 31st as well.  Called a Hen in to me and she dragged 2 Gobblers behind her. I remember  his Thigh/ Drumsticks as being too Tough to chew. Breast meat came out great.  Definitely  a 4 year old or older. Killed him in Black Dirt/ Onion Country .

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 Here is a 2nd picture of Rodan.

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  Spring  Turkey Scouting started on March 6th,2025. Heard 3 Gobblers at 7.49am.  Very vocal Hens as well.- 2 hours.

  March 8th- Same Area. Saw a Big Coyote that bolted away on seeing me. Bumped a Gobbler off his Roost walking in on a Main Trail. Around 2 Hours.

  March 10th- different  area with plenty of Scratchings.  A good 2 Hours again.

 

  

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Out on March 11th in Jersey. May 13th in NY. And March 18th in Jersey.  This time a different  area.

  Just 6 Times out Turkey Scouting so far.

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   I Killed these 2 Fall Jakes back in the late 1990s. On back of picture is written- Lynch World Champion Box- Slower Gobbler Yelps on the right side followed by faster Hen Yelps on the Left side.

  Model 12/12 Gauge and a quick " chuck" for a 2nd shot and my Fall Limit back when 2 Fall Turkeys were Legal to take on the same day in Some sections of NY.

  Killed them on Public. I miss those Great Years from 1995 to around 2015 or so.

  Good Luck to Everyone This Spring!

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March 19th- Down in NJ. Mega Scratchings. 

March 20th- Out in Upper Orange County. Heard just 1 Gobbler.

  March 21- Back down  in NJ Scouting. Putting some Puzzle pieces together in the Wetlands. My usual 2 hours for the 3 days above.

  Found alot of 2 day old Scratchings today in Jersey. 

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Sunday- March 23rd. Out with Cynthia  today in Northren Orange  County. 3 Miles total. No Gobbling today.

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3/27/25. Out at my 3rd NY area- not Stewart or Sterling.  Some Field Sign.

 Picture taken at 7.05am.

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3/28/25- In NY for about 2 hours. Not much sign in this area.

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Nice gobbler just ran across the lawn at work.   Lucky for him he DIDN’T cross Transit Rd like he wanted to.   

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39 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

Nice gobbler just ran across the lawn at work.   Lucky for him he DIDN’T cross Transit Rd like he wanted to.   

   Cynthia  picked out this area for herself and walked my Legs off today.

  Now to come back in around 2 weeks and Listen.

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Out right now at 7am on Sunday/ March 30th. Hens are Flying down up here near Pine Bush! 

 Heard 2 Gobblers in different  areas. 

  Back on the walk for 2 hours hours. 

 Later.