Recent content by aaronc

The Moon Guide and Adam Hayes theories on the moon(technically it is Jeff Murrays theories) Have absolutely nothing to do with the full moon. It has to do with the moons positioning in the sky during peak movement times. I have numerous bucks that I killed long before I knew about the red...

Historically we have had our easiest years when it was a late spring. But I know every area and even every flock can be different. 2014 the woods literally looked like February. Not so much as a bud on the trees. WE absolutely hammered them opening week. they were hen free and suicidal.

my guess would be alfalfa. Much higher chance of that around here than clover.

high fence duck hunting.

Good buck, I'd be flinging an arrow. Looks to be 4. Possibly 3, but that neck meets awfully low on his brisket to be 3

By the time hes "big freak nasty" he has been breeding does for 4 or 5 years. Genes are genes no matter if they are passed on as a 50" 1.5 year old or a 5 or 6 year old "big freak nasty" Those genes have been passed on long before. Ohio will never delay deer season until December, and...

Yeah and hes still got some big bulbs on his tines...he will put some really good length on those tines

If you could do October 20th to 30th your chances at a good one would be considerably better than the 15th through the 24th in my opinion. looking back at my journal, my top bucks have come on oct 26th,27th, 3oth and 31st. it is like a light switch around that October 25th date. 15th through...

Don't get me wrong, there are still PLENTY of opportunities for good turkey hunting, its just that there are a fraction of the birds there once were in many areas. I have been hunting the same farms for 20 years. It used to be "which bird are we going after"......now its "I hope there is ONE...

Yes they have no doubt expanded into some areas that they were not in, but the traditional turkey population strongholds are HURTING. 2001 harvest 26,000+. this year 17,000. That is significant. And that's also, with as you stated, having turkeys in areas now we didn't even have them in...

The numbers are up from last year.....We are way down over what the kill was from the late 90s early 2000's. Birds are trending down in the big picture

I bought a full strut tom decoy in 2010. I have yet to have a gobbler see it and not come in. I bet I have watched 20+ die over it. He has been nicknamed the coroner. I have yet to see a gobbler spook from a very "dominant decoy". Not saying it doesn't happen but I think its the exception...

I don't have a single shed buck on cam yet. still all holding both sides. I know guys find them around this time, but mine routinely hold until well into march. the last pic I ever got of a big 8 I chased for 3 years was last spring on march 24th.....still holding both sides. I think my...

Yep I know right where you are. I hunt a few spots in the Hillsboro area. I hunt a lot of weekdays, weekends are tough with family. My job allows me to slip out through the week. Let me know, we will get on them! Disclaimer, you will be hooked and this will end up costing some money. you...