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A friend and I had a trip planned to go up north turkey hunting last season, but my wife and I had a baby come earlier than expected, so the trip got pushed back another year. This year however we made it happen! Three days of camping on state forest land and we got to hunt some of the most beautiful turkey land you have ever seen. Rolling hills, grass and chiseled fields, finger ridges, a river running through the property. Like something from a movie. It all came together and ended in a double on Saturday. One just before 6 and one just after 7 sitting in the same setup. We got to hear and see it all, spitting, drumming, gobbling, yelps, cuts, full strut toms, hens, jakes, a tom beat up the decoy, double beard. The full turkey hunting experience. Great times with great friends. A trip I won’t soon forget.

Beautiful bird Tom!

A nice quick hunt this morning! I’m pretty sure I pulled the trigger just before 6AM as the Tom “dominated” my full strut tom decoy. I actually shot him while he was standing on top of the decoy! My son was loving it. He kept laughing and I had to tell him to be quiet lol. Really cool hunt and more memories made!

Looks like potentially renosky

My little guy really wanted to get out for a coyote this year. I figured we would do one set on the last night of the season, and it all came together!

Had a quad come in last night and dumped two. Trying to make the most of this last week.

3 sets last night. Nothing but foxes wanted to play until the last set of the night. Big male came in upwind of the call and caught us off guard. Was only about 30 yards from the call when we saw him. Dumped him like 6ft from the call.

Down there they actually wanted almond butter

My family and I went south for the last 3 weeks. It was a nice getaway from this brutal winter we have had. Many fish came to hand!

Finally able to get out. This weather has been complete garbage

How did it go

I ran into the same situation with my little guy. He fell in love with fishing when he was 2 years old. We would go bass fishing a lot and even the better push button rods and reels just weren’t great and didn’t have great backbone for hooksets on larger fish. When he was 3 I bought him a st croix bassx M bait casting rod and paired it with a push button pflueger president reel. The reel has a nice drag for fighting bigger fish and casts well. I spooled it with 10lb braid and will just run a section or 6-10lb fluro leader depending on what we are fishing for. The idea behind this is that he can put a baitcaster on the rod when he is ready. It’s worked for what we do though. He can both bobber fish and cast lures with it.