Sadly, today is the last day of turkey season, but it sure has been a great one! All of our pictures are posted in the 2008 turkey harvest photo album to the right of this page. Check it out to see all of the great birds our hunters took this year.
John K. (PA) with the last bird taken of the year - here gets no respect from our kids (that is Ashley's hand in 'bunny ears' over his head). We had a blast with John, who got to be here with us for a whole week.
Finally, we've been hooked up to a high(er) speed internet connection, so we're ready to tackle new posts and to load new pics! Our turkey season this year was excellent! The weather was springlike--which is to say unpredictable and variable, with occasional days of perfection. The gobblers were out in full force, so right to the pictures:
On the first day of the season, Jack Morgan got his first turkey; a nice 17.75 pounder with a 9 3/4 inch beard that scored 59.125 on the NWTF scale. It was an exciting morning of hunting with Adam Sleap as his guide.
That same morning, Rick McElveen scored with this nice gobbler that weighed almost 20 pounds, had a 10 3/4 inch beard and scored 61.25 on the NWTF scale. He was guided by the one and only Danny Hackney.
Just a couple of days later, on March 18th, on of our young hunters got his first turkey. He was on a turkey/hog combo hunt with his family to celebrate his 9th birthday. His first visit to us was when he was 2, so we've really had the opportunity to watch him grow up from year to year and always have the best time when his family visits:
Justin's turkey, taken while hunting with his father and Mike Cantrell as his guide will surely be a special memory to all.
On March 22nd, two of our hunters bagged gobblers:
"Doc" Shafer here with his 17 pound, 12 oz. gobbler, and
Roger Love who hunted with Adam Sleap and bagged this 18# 5 oz. bird.
Overall, we harvested 18 birds this turkey season. For all of the pictures, as well as the details on each hunt, please check out our Turkey 2007 Photo Gallery on the right.
Amidst all of the construction hubbub, we've still found the time to hunt. With turkey season in full swing, and with hogs always on the 'menu', our hunters have had quite a bit of action during March. Here are some of the shots we've gotten:
Russ Zumbrom got his first hog on March 2nd - it weighed 180 pounds. Nice job!
Mike Kuring, who has just awesome luck, got this 160 pounder the same night, and another 135 pounder the next night!
Rounding out the harvest that night, Brent Peters (one of our builders) got this, his first hog, which weighed 100 pounds.
Then, Bolivia lumber rolled into town:
Fred Garner got this great 180# hog on the evening of March 16th. He went on to get two more hogs during his two day trip. Reed Garner got this 160# hog the same night:
Check out his hunting attire; true 'Carolina Camo'!
