Kansas Rios
04-16-2008, 09:12 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Illinois
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Kansas Rios
Traveled to Kansas this past weekend for a quick hunt. Only had a day and a half to get the job done. Ended up only taking 10 minutes of legal light. Set up under some two roosted toms Saturday morning. Had them gobbling their heads off and spitting on the roost. They hit the ground in full strut in the middle of our decoys. They were only on the ground for 30 seconds and I was done. Two beautiful Rios. Both weighed 23 lbs. 10.5/ 10 in beards, 1 1/4 spurs. Couldnt have been more pumped. My first and second turkeys ever! Can't wait to go back. Bigger bird is at Hazel Creek and will hoepfully be ready by Oct/Nov.
04-17-2008, 10:55 AM
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Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: El Dorado Kansas
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RE: Kansas Rios
ORIGINAL: bigangrychicken
yeah, it's crazy how much easier the hunting is in the midwest.
yeah, it's crazy how much easier the hunting is in the midwest.
What information tells you that the hunting is easier here?
04-17-2008, 02:55 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Kansas Rios
IMO, the Kansas birds are way way way easier than Illinois birds. I hunted/filmed 3 hunts and 4 birds were killed. Hunting in the afternoon is crazy when you know their roost tree.Set a blind under it and wait. Saturday afternoon we were in the blind for half hour and 2 hens and tom came in. My buddy shot the tom. He went and picked it up and put it in the blind with us. A half hour later, a dozen more birds came in and more after that. Ended up with nearly 20 birds roosted within 50 yards of us.
04-17-2008, 03:16 PM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Central, PA
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RE: Kansas Rios
Awsome birds and awsome hunt. From what I've always heard and read the birds seem to be a little easier to kill the further west you go. That by no means would deter me from ever wanting to hunt them, guess I'm just jealous that things never go as smooth here in PA as it seems like it did for you. Congrats again.
04-17-2008, 04:28 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wilmington,NC
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RE: Kansas Rios
Congrats on those birds! Generally,I agree with most of what everyone has said re: the degree of hunting challange presented by western and mid western birds. I hunt 'em every spring,and some years they can be harder to put in the vest than others!
Pressure(or I guess I should say lack of it) has alot to do with it...... I've also noticed that on those occasions when gobblers are'nt responding to the call the way we all like to see 'em,they seem to tolerate more movement when and if you need to put asneak on 'em!
Pressure(or I guess I should say lack of it) has alot to do with it...... I've also noticed that on those occasions when gobblers are'nt responding to the call the way we all like to see 'em,they seem to tolerate more movement when and if you need to put asneak on 'em!