America will remember May 7,2005.
We finally got a Turkey. After laying on our bellies for an hour and watching
2 males strut for a female we finally bagged a 17 lb gobbler. We also got
real close to a bear earlier in the day. We celebrated with a couple cold
beers and a burger at Gyp's, a local hunters hangout.
Spring 2004 Turkey
Hunt.
5 mornings leaving the house at
3:30. Animal sightings: Many turkeys, 4 bears, 1 fox, 1 skunk
0 KILLS
Can you see me?
Kim during an early March turkey scout.
Jon on the stairway to Heaven
Joe and the decoys.
I wish I would have seen the real thing this close
The 04 Zone 2 turkey permit
2004 Fall Goose Hunt
Another Bear sighting while
scouting Goose spots at Stokes Forest
The Hunt Begins
The first morning in the fog. Sept 04.
Joe waiting for the flocks
Joe on the first retrieval of the year
HE GOT ONE
Got him by the neck
The Trophy
Joe, Corn, Decoy
The Great White Hunter
Sucks to be a goose
Orange skyline during sunrise
Name
2004 Duck Season
As of November 1, Joe and I have a grand total of ZERO wood ducks
despite many outings in the swamp at Black River WMA in Chester NJ.
We've fired a few shots and we see ducks we are just having a hard time
luring them to our spread.
We made one trip to the meadowlands in early October and got 5 teals.
We will definitely be going back there more often later in the season.
UPDATE: A strong finish to the season as we added to the
Meadowlands Teal count and also went down to Raritan Bay where we got
a some Bluebills and a couple Buffleheads. I have a Bufflehead
at the Taxidermist. Joe ended up getting the only Wood Duck at
the swamp, but we're looking forward to next year out there.
