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Cast & Blast?
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
When the term "cast and blast" is brought up in casual conversation, a hunter or angler might naturally think of cool, crisp autumn days, spent in pursuit of feathered and finned quarry. Luckily for us, there is a second "cast and blast" season in the spring, and it lasts a bit longer.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey, New Hampshire

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Close Calls
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
The last ten days have been a mixed bag for my clients and I. Some mornings, the turkeys seem to be everywhere and just as vocal as you could hope for, while others are eerily quiet with barely a gobble.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey, New Hampshire

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Learning Opportunities
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
There are a lot of things that sometimes have to go right in attempting to harvest ole Tom. To decoy or not to decoy? Is your setup a good one? Did you leave yourself good sight lines and shooting lanes to get a makable shot on a longbeard? These are just a few of the things that make hunting for wild turkeys challenging but immensely rewarding when it all works out.
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Tags: Vermont, wild turkey

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Early Season
Filed in: 2024 Turkey Hunting written by: bs
We're two days in to the spring turkey hunting seasons in Vermont and New Hampshire, and it's been a bit of a challenge so far. The weather, in short, has not cooperated to this point, as we have had our share of low pressure (showery yesterday and thunderstorms early this morning) fronts moving through the last two days.
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Spring turkey hunting in Vermont
Spring Ritual
Filed in: 2023 Spring Turkey Hunting written by: bs
A little different entry this time on the Partridge Blog. I began taking some wild turkey spring hunting trips this year, so this is my first entry in that realm. Though wild turkey is also a gallinaceous fowl (like ruffed grouse), it is quite different from our autumn hunting pursuits, where so much of our success depends upon a proficient dog to find and hold game. Not the case with turkey hunting - it's all on us, the hunters.
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Grouse Hunting Season Stats

2024: 189.0 Hours
VT Hours: 68.5
NH Hours: 120.5
VT Birds Moved: 171
NH Birds Moved: 389
Birds Taken:
24 Grouse (VT - 7, NH - 17)
41 Woodcock (VT - 12, NH - 29)

2023: 222.5 Hours
VT Hours: 65.5
NH Hours: 157.0
VT Birds Moved: 143
NH Birds Moved: 430
Birds Taken:
14 Grouse (VT - 4, NH - 10)
43 Woodcock (VT - 7, NH - 36)

2022: 123.0 Hours
VT Hours: 49.5
NH Hours: 73.5
VT Birds Moved: 96
NH Birds Moved: 178
Birds Taken:
11 Grouse (VT - 5, NH - 6)
6 Woodcock (VT - 2, NH - 4)

2021: 193.5 Hours
VT Hours: 66.0
NH Hours: 127.5
VT Birds Moved: 226
NH Birds Moved: 427
Birds Taken:
36 Grouse
21 Woodcock

2020: 199.5 Hours
VT Hours: 36.0
NH Hours: 163.5
VT Birds Moved: 77
NH Birds Moved: 552
Birds Taken:
24 Grouse
21 Woodcock

2019: 184.5 Hours
VT Hours: 28.0
NH Hours: 156.5
VT Birds Moved: 65
NH Birds Moved: 509
Birds Taken:
14 Grouse
29 Woodcock

2018: 144.0 Hours
VT Hours: 32.0
NH Hours: 112.0
VT Birds Moved: 114
NH Birds Moved: 417
Birds Taken:
18 Grouse
12 Woodcock

2017: 180.5 Hours
VT Hours: 44
NH Hours: 136.5
VT Birds moved: 110
NH Birds moved: 407
Birds Taken:
23 Grouse
24 Woodcock

2016: 178 Hours
Birds moved: 563
Birds/Hr Avg.: 3.16

Birds Taken:
23 Grouse
30 Woodcock

2015: 202.0 Hours
Birds moved: 607
Birds/Hr Avg.: 3.0

Birds Taken:
18 grouse
26 woodcock

2014: 138.0 hours
Birds moved: 350
Birds/hr. Avg.: 2.53

Birds Taken:
17 grouse
17 woodcock

2013: 152 Hours
Birds moved: 480
Birds/hr. Avg.: 3.15

Birds Taken:
20 grouse
27 woodcock

2012: 114 Hours
Birds moved: 526
Birds /Hr Avg.: 4.61

Birds Taken:
22 grouse
4 woodcock

2011: 161 Hours
Birds moved: 522
Birds / Hr Avg.: 3.24

Birds Taken:
34 grouse
21 woodcock

2010: 139.5 Hours
Birds moved: 430
Birds / Hr Avg.: 3.08

Birds Taken:
26 grouse
21 woodcock

2009: 93.5 Hours
Birds moved: 307
Birds / Hr Avg.: 3.28

Birds Taken:
16 grouse
14 woodcock

2008: 82.5 Hours
Birds moved: 188
Birds / Hr Avg.: 2.27

Birds Taken:
10 grouse
5 woodcock

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