Maryland Turkey Hunt

[freedomrules3]

This hunt will take place at Pocomoke State Forest on the following dates April 21-23. camping will be at pocomoke state forest shad landing campground. nr license fees if necessary are $130. a 2 bird , 1 per day bag limit is in effect. here is the link to the campground through the dnr
reservations.dnr.state.md.us/ i think you have to call for a campsite. i saw tents today though. it is open.

i have cabin 191 from wed night till sun morning and todd has 178 for wed night -? . we are in robins nest loop. the cabins are $55 a night and the campsites are $30 for electric and $25 for without. only 1 cabin left... here is the info. they only take reservations from 8 am till 8 pm

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Season Information
Season Type Start Date End Date Check In Check Out Nightly Rate Max Days/Stay Capacity
Specific 1/1/2005 4/28/2005 3:00 PM 12:00 PM $55.00 14 4
Specific 4/29/2005 9/30/2005 3:00 PM 12:00 PM $55.00 14 4
Specific 10/1/2005 12/31/2005 3:00 PM 12:00 PM $55.00 14 4

i have room in mine except for saturday night when the wife is coming down . she is gonna cook something up special i believe. i can pull down the camper if i haveta lol,the ole tamale stand lol. anyway hunting till noon and then all the scouting until roosting time .

this is just off the top of my head more will be added if needed
Rick

coming as of now
eshoremd
Rick (friend of Todds)
Davehawk
nc
hat
scdave
me
dying to show up lol
Jirvin

[eshoremd]

rick and i will be leaving sat. afternoon

[eshoremd]

man i cant wait! i cant take it any longer. everyone leave your houses and head up now!

[scdave449]

Still no verifacation on hat's presence. Want to come up,but still no idea on room availablity. Anyone got space through Sat or Sun? Need a map ,or reference points to download from. Other than that, "have reasonable opportunity will travel." scdave

[freedomrules3]

i sent you an email and pm Dave. thurs and fri is cool but sat the wife is coming down and staying the night .
she actually wants to meet everyone so she may stop by friday just to say hey. this will be a good thing because once she meets everyone and feels comfortable, we can just camp in my yard come next fall. i have 3 acres that would work perfect for many hunters to camp out on. fact is i have 2 campers and can set them both up next fall. cheaper for everyone involved and a very private setting.

[ncboman]

scdave,

I looked at the driving directions from Charleston and see that you may cross the 17 mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel.

www.cbbt.com/

I think it costs $12 to cross each way so keep that in mind. Also there is a pier on the bridge that anyone can fish for free. Good fishing too. Depending on what's what, I may stop off there on my way back home and see if I can pick up a mess of fish.

heres a link to the driving directions;

maps.yahoo.com/dd_result?ed=xTowJeV.wimQQVd6MsEKU7USFw--&csz=Charleston%2C+SC&country=us&tcsz=Snow+Hill%2C+Md+21863&tcountry=us

[scdave449]

Talked to "hat" today and I believe he will be in for it and up to it. Wil post again later today PM. Headed to the woods right now, winds aren't but about 5 or 10 mph, slacked off ? gone for now scdave

[scdave449]

10:35pm, Winds still blowing strong. Nothing but several hens and a couple of young jakes made the scene. A peaceful, calm afternoon in the woods.Guess I kinda needed that, regardless of what I wanted. Hope my luck will change as I change territories(Md.) Looking forward to it all. later scdave

[freedomrules3]

two more days . birds were gobbling all morning opening day, today they just gobbled on roost then a few on the ground and it was over . not much action, my guess is later in the morning would have been better but i had to get to work left at 9am.

weather doesnt look great 60% chance on thursday of rain, friday is a good one and some rain later on sat. never know around here though. many times i've seen it split at the chesapeake bay and miss us completely, especially during the drought years a few years back. been raining ever since.

[scdave449]

Rick, scdave here and getting to be there! I'll probably be leaving around 2:00, should arrive around 10:00 or so. Could use a cell phone number before I leave if possible. Will call once I make it across/under the Bay. Get updates, more dirrections, etc.,other-wise I'm at the mercy of my own devices,may be trouble there. Pretty much got dirrections to 113 and the forrest, hope road signs can do the rest.ANTICIPATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ain't it great.................scdave [e-mail]

[freedomrules3]

shit hells fire lol , just got home from work to read this... ole dave be looking around maryland for us lol. he should be able to find the park its got signs . I'm out i may be checking in during the hunt wish us all luck . birds have been silent and supposed to rain tonite maybe hope they start up in the morning.
Rick

[DaveHawk]

I'll see if I can reach SC Dave and give him your # Rick. I have his Cell #

[jirvin]

Anybody heard from the guys on how the morning hunt went?

[freedomrules3]

gotta give a short version for now. Put NC and Dave at my favorite honey hole, they were both using their bows. I'm not going to say how many birds they saw on thursday, but lets just say they saw birds . they couldnt score any though but saw a bunch. I took Todd to ea vaughn wma and we walked in on two good birds , we got in a bit late due to staying up late etc. lol. First day ended with no birds down but birds were seen by all. second day was windy and the birds were silent once off the roost. I did score on a very nice limbhanger which i will go into the details later .Thanks Bill great calls my friend.


yesterday, Todd scored his first bird a jake with a 5 inch beard 16 lb bird. he was one excited boy .


long story short, NC and SCDAVE are still here and staying agin tonite at the house and are going out again in the morning, they sorta like it here . I will post later tonite or tomorrow with further details

[hatracked]

Great job Guys ! Looks like you guys had a great time. Im sorry I couldnt make it . The client I guided was a high powered very well known attorney from West Palm Beach and a contact i just couldnt pass up on.

Turned out to be a great decision to stay , I got two pole barns to build out of it and another highly likely invite to hunt Osceolas for 06. Guys got several thousand acres on the shores of Ochechobee loaded with turkey deer and hogs. I hated to drop out but I think in retrospect it was definately the right thing to do. Ill be going down in the next month to shoot a pig hunt on film and look the site over for the barns.

Look forward to hearing the rest of the stories . How bout a late season MD forum hunt? Im done here on Tuesday and other than heading to FL sometime during May and New York for Memorial day weekend Ive got nothing scheduled in stone. Im going to get to WV weekend after next if I can .

Id sure like to cash in on this MD liscense in my pocket.