G-Man's Scouting Report

Four Days to go

2008-04-08T22:49:00.002-06:00

Well, The season is just 4 days away. I have seen numerous bird each day since my last post. However, The gobblers are starting to Fan more and gobble. Just yesterday in the snowy weather i heard one gobbler sounding off at 4:00 pm. Each morning they are sounding off. Just a heads up on the weather. This last week we have had days with 3 inches of snow at night and by mid-day it is all gone. the grass is growing and turning bright green. birds are still grouped but with the up coming weather the bird are sure to start to break up. See you in the woods

Can You Say Turkeys

2008-03-13T23:33:00.002-06:00

Today in a 16 mile stretch i saw at least 50 turkeys out eating the new green grass. The groups were still split, but it will only be time before the Gobblers get with the hens. The last week I have started to see more and more turkeys out and about. Spring season is just around the corner. Stay tune for more updates.

Turkeys

2008-02-06T23:15:00.000-07:00

Hi All, Sorry I have not posted lately. Once my fall season gets into full swing it is hard to continue a scouting log. Because I am doing the real thing.
However, Spring will soon be here and I am starting to scout for turkeys. Just this evening I spotted 25 hen watering along side of a road and earilier in teh day I spotted two jakes just eating away. I will keep you up to date on my sightings over the next couple of months.

August 27 - Sept 3

2007-09-04T18:17:00.000-06:00

August 27 I saw 6 cow in the evening.
August 28 I located three cow and a couple of good bulls
August 30 I saw two good 6x6 bulls
Sept 3 My brother, our daughters and I started at about 5:30 am on our scouting trip. At first light we located a herd of about 30 cow and two bulls. The young bull provided us with a couple of bugles. We watched this group go through the trees for about 10 minutes. then they winded us and were off. the rest of the morning we check various area for sign and tracks. all of our location had fresh sign in the areas. At noon we hit a really good area, where we found a couple of active wallows and lots of raked trees. This is sure to be a spot we continue to check.

Elk Out of Velvet

2007-08-26T22:53:00.000-06:00

This last week has found the bull elk rubbing their horns to remove the velvet and expose their glory for another year. I saw five different bull that had cleaned antlers. Some were small rag horns and a couple, I would like to find in September or October season.
I have also seen large flocks of turkey out chasing the grasshopper. each group has at least 5 in it with the largest groups having 30 different birds in them. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks i can report that the bull are bugling their annual sounds. The fall bug is upon me, I am hopeful that i will use the up and coming long weekend to get out and check my local hot spot and get some pictures to go along with my typing.

Turkeys Everywhere

2007-08-14T22:52:00.001-06:00

Today on the way to work I located over 50 different turkeys. Most were group of mothers and babies. It looks like we had another great hatch this year.
Then on the way home I saw another forty turkeys in totally different places, not even close to the range of the bird from this morning.

August 6-12 report

2007-08-12T13:33:00.000-06:00

Well the week started out Awesome. On Monday, my brother was scouting for elk and located 40 elk ranging from cows, calves, and small bull in H2. The were located in an area where water was still readily available. That same day I saw around 40 turkey on the way to work.

Tuesday was also great. I located 6 bulls and five cows bedded. The bulls still had velvet on the antlers, but i expect that to be gone in the coming weeks.

Thursday, produced two separate bunches of turkey. each had about twenty bird in them.

Saturday, I located four groups of turkey. each had about 10 birds. I also saw five whitetail bucks, 10 Doe with fawns. One little buck had a antler broke off.

July 1st Elk Report

2007-07-04T14:57:00.000-06:00

On Sunday, my family made a trip to Deerfield Lake for an afternoon picnic and fishing trip. However, at 8:00 p.m. the trip turned into an Elk scouting trip.
We split up and went three different direction back to Hill City looking for Elk. My parent located two small bulls and several deer. My brother located Three Bulls and some cows on his loop. While my wife and I hit the jack pot. One area we saw 8 cows with calves, then we saw five cows and a little bull further down the road. Our final finding was two bull and a cow, one of the bull was at least a small 6x6 or a big 5x5. In all we located 22 elk in a hours time frame.

Turkey and Elk

2007-06-21T19:08:00.000-06:00

Yesterday, I spotted 4 Hen turkeys crossing the road, but no little ones to be seen.

Today I watched 10 Jakes fly across the Highway in front of me on the way to work. I also spotted 6 cow elk and a nice 6x6 bull. the fifth and six point were about 4 inches in length already. he will probally be a pretty good bull this fall.

Welcome

2007-06-17T13:37:00.000-06:00

Coming within the next month, I will start to fill in this journal with details from my scouting trips. I hope you keep checking back to read what i discover on my scouting trips.