Grump's Turkey Hunting Page

Well! Here we are 16 years from the first time I ever went turkey hunting down in New York's Alleghaney State Park in 1986.I was hooked on turkey hunting from the first time I went into the woods there on that May morning.I've hunted turkeys on and off over the the last 16 years and until this past April 25th never connected on getting one.I will tell you,there is nothing like the first time you hear that first ol'tom gobble in the bush.I guess I should take this time and show you my accomplishment of 16 years hunting.


Not bad eh!!! The first tom for Team Butterball*L* He weighed 22 1/2 lbs,with a 9" beard,and 1 1/8" spurs.To say that I'm proud would be a total understatement! And the fact that I called my sister and woke her up at 0630 that morning to tell someone.I'll add somemore pics of it later as I get them.I would also like to take this time to Congratulate the other half of Team Butterball,Ian "Dobber" Dobbins,who on the 28th got himself a tom aswell,the bugger even added fish weights to it to make it a pound heavier then mine at 23 1/2 lbs,8" beard,and 3/4" spurs.Ian also shot a jake last year,so he's up on me.


Here's a pic of Ian's and my tom's.Mine is on bottom

Wildcat's 2000 turkey.Wished I hadda got one



My decoy's,They seemed to do the trick this year as my tom landed right in the middle of my set up



Here's a pic of the mount I had done by Doug's Taxidermy in Holt Ontario


2002


Here we are with the update of 2002's turkey season over.It was a pretty good season overall depending on who you were. I managed to get 2 turkeys this year,while Dobber failed to score :-( We did add a member to Team Butterball though,that being my brother Glenn who got himself a jake his first season out hunting.I didn't get a picture of it as I was at work or on vacation.



Above is the picture of my first turkey of the season,a jake that I took 4 days into it.He weighed about 13 lbs and had a 4" beard I then went almost the rest of the season chasing an uncooperative tom.I finally managed to get him on the last weekend of the hunt.Here's a pic of him below. He weighed in at 20 lbs with a 9" beard and spurs measuring 7/8" and 1"



A buddy (Mario,on the right) from work scored a jake on opening day while out with Pete(also from work),here they are below