Turkey Hunt
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Turkey Hunt
Had a great trip to Eastern Oregon to hunt Rio Grand Turkey's in the Hells Canyon Recreation area. We hunted the area around Imnaha, lots of steep hills mixed in with pasture. All of the river bottom area is private but some areas were accessible.
My hunting partner and I both scored, his had a 9 3/4" beard and I got a Jake with a 3" beard.
I got even though, we had a sit down dinner at his place and ate his for Easter supper.
The price of diesel was anywhere from $2.71 to $2.99. Most likely it will be worse as the year continues.
I guess my fun time will have some big gaps in between this year.
My hunting partner and I both scored, his had a 9 3/4" beard and I got a Jake with a 3" beard.
I got even though, we had a sit down dinner at his place and ate his for Easter supper.
The price of diesel was anywhere from $2.71 to $2.99. Most likely it will be worse as the year continues.
I guess my fun time will have some big gaps in between this year.
Jäger
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From: Northern Arizona
Nice to read your success story! I'm going hunting Friday afternoon through Sunday. I've got my box call skills well honed so I'm confident that a Tom will be in my ice chest on the trip home. Either that or I'll be the turkey.... 
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It was really neat this year as they opened the season two weeks earlier than last year and we saw lots of turkeys strutting their stuff every day. Of course getting close enough was the tough part.
In those high walled canyons it was a lot like hunting Chucker as the turkeys would walk up hill and hang out in the tops of the gulley's and by the rim rock. When we spooked them or got a rare shot they would just glide down and around the corner to the next canyon.
Funny thing was after all of that work we ended up getting them down in a guys pasture. All in all, a really fun trip.
Good luck to you
In those high walled canyons it was a lot like hunting Chucker as the turkeys would walk up hill and hang out in the tops of the gulley's and by the rim rock. When we spooked them or got a rare shot they would just glide down and around the corner to the next canyon.
Funny thing was after all of that work we ended up getting them down in a guys pasture. All in all, a really fun trip.
Good luck to you
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glad to hear you had a fun successful hunt.. i actually just got back from an evening hunt here about an hour ago.. got out there around 4 and came home around 8. saw 3 elk about 10 deer and called in 7 turkeys none within range of my bow
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