Morels and Turkeys!

[wuteversbitin424]

Well found some gray babies tonight. All my usual spots are empty but found some freshies walking into one. All of them around poplar tulips. All my ash, elm, and blk oaks are fungus less so far. Best part was while driving out we drove up on a nice Tom. I know he roosts in there somewhere close cause it was almost sunset. Hopefully Monday pans out as it seems it will lol. 

[Johnsfolly]

Good luck on Monday. Work will keep me out of the woods until later in the week or more likely the weekend. Haven't really patterned any birds yet. Hope to not take the blind pig approach this year.

[BilletHead]

    Hey John,

Remember a blind hog finds an acorn now and again. That's how I stumble on most of my birds .

BilletHead

[slab slinger]

Find that hard to believe billet head. Headed out in the morning to glass for birds, cut out a few hideouts, and poke around for some morels. Can't wait till Monday morning I'm ready for some fried turkey and mushrooms. Good luck to all this turk season. 

[Johnsfolly]

Can't hunt pigs in MO anymore, so if I get out I don't think I will stumble upon a blind pig and I hope to find more than just a couple of acorns. Good luck to those going out on Monday. Be safe and know your target.

[MOPanfisher]

I believe you can still hunt pigs , hasn't changed yet.

[jdmidwest]

You can still kill pigs on sight. MDC is trying to discourage organized hunting as it is leading to a growing population.   Trapping is the only effective way to get rid of them, hunting them keeps them moving making them hard to trap.

[Johnsfolly]

JD and MO - I agree with both of you. I have seen a lot of pig hunting shows and have always questioned how effective hunting would be if you only shoot a single boar or two on a hunt when each sow can drop two or three litters of piglets a year. Got to get most if not all of the pigs at one time.

[MOPanfisher]

MDC is pushing to ban pig hunting on MDC managed lands and are trying to get other land management agencies to follow suit.  There have been some public meetings and I haven't heard much about it lately.  Even if it passes you will still be able to hint them on private lands.

[jdmidwest]

Not to mention that the hog hunters are bringing more in and releasing them to become wild.  I have seen guided hunts and the whole 9 yards in some counties.

They need to be gone, period.  It should be pretty simple.  Back in the days of the open range, hogs run wild.  Farmers would herd them up and butcher once a year.  Fence laws came about and wild hogs disappeared.  Then in the 90's, someone let some wild Russians loose in Iron County, supposedly a failed hunting preserve.  Now, they are everywhere.  And they make a mess, ruin property, carry disease, and destroy wild game habitat.  Kill them all on site, eliminate them completely.  Don't proliferate hog hunting in MO as a sport.  That is the solution.