2014 Merriams Turkey Hunt Pics III

On the second evening of the hunt we came across a bear and Brian made a great shot.  It is his fourth bear that he has harvested.  It was pretty cool experience because his step-son Jarron was with us.

2014 Merriams Turkey Hunt Pics II

Water was crucial for finding turkeys on this trip.  If we found water we always found turkeys.  Turkeys need to drink every single day.  Daniel Franco, Brian Rimsza and I had a great morning on the third day of the hunt and I was able to film Brian shooting a turkey with his bow.  Those guys are always fun to needle and joke around with. 

2014 Merriams Turkey Hunt Pics I

DSD Jake and hen decoy.  Talk about realistic!

Here are some photos of our Merriams hunt in Eastern Arizona on the Ft. Apache.  I had a great time hunting with Brian and his step son Jarron.  It was amazingly dry up there which is very scary because it is normally one of the wettest spots in the state.  Our camp boss, Josh Parker and his wife, absolutely cooked up some fantastic food.  I sure hope the monsoons come early and big this summer.  We could use an El Nino pattern................

Jarron's Turkey Hunt

Check out this awesome encounter we had this weekend while hunting with Jarron on his first turkey hunt!  The DSD's got pummeled.

Brian Rimsza's Archery Merriams Turkey Hunt

Check out this awesome hunt we had this weekend.  It was a special weekend hanging with some of my friends and their families.  It never gets old spending time chasing gobblers in God's great creation.  Watch as Daniel Franco and Brian Rimsza put the smash on a Merriams gobbler!

AZ Gould's Turkey Scouting Pics

By Darr Colburn

Parker and I went down to Southern AZ to do some scouting for my Gould's turkey hunt in a few weeks.  We arrived mid afternoon and found a nice gobbler with hens at our first stop.  We soon heard our first gobble of the season.  We headed off to another spot and found a group of jakes.  I let Parker do some calling with his new diaphragm that he got at the Desert Christian Archers turkey seminar.  Parker was able to call in the jakes to about 40 yards.  The jakes gobbled several times.  Parker was excited that the birds answered his calling and came in.  He is hooked on calling and commented that this is how turkey hunting should be.  We ended up seeing several gobblers and found some good spots to hunt.  We had a great time and are looking forward to turkey season.  Parker has a juniors tag in two weeks and my hunt starts the weekend after.  We will be busy chasing gobbles in a couple weeks.

We slept out on cots under the stars.  Temps were in the 30's

Our good friend Tyler Hall joined us on Sunday