First 10 days of the SC turkey season

weekender

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They lasted about 30 minutes for me. SC has been reducing the turkey hunting for non-residents at an alarming pace. We used to get 5 tags, now it is down to 2 and you can only kill 1 of those 2 in the first 10 days of the season. Up until last year, turkey tags came with a big game license but now we "get" to contibute $100 extra for our 2 tags.

Today was opening day and despite 20 mph winds I managed to get this bird to hear my box call and find his way to me by 7:30 AM. My wife and I were sitting together today, unusual but not unheard of. We were hunting a new club in a place we had never been. I can't hear squat, even though I was wearing Walkers game ear muffs. My wife poked me and said she heard clucking. It might have been putting instead cause he was leaving. I hadn't seen him, it was THICK by our standards, even though he was on my side of the tree. 45 yrd shot and a DRT. 18.4# with a 9" beard and 1" spurs, most likely a 2 yr old.

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