A special person to hunt with ????

[jplittlebuck]

besides a few of my buddys here on EC, that i have yet to spend any time in the woods with, who would you think would be a good partner to spend a morning in the spring gobbler woods???
i have been pretty blessed to have met and hunted with some good quality people, some i have learned from, others i have tought, both types of person's are just as rewarding,
i have never been one to get into the hype of all the celebrity hunting world, with the videos, and with looking at videos for many years, i'm convinced alot of these folks just plain hunt alot of unpressured birds, making some hunts seem almost to easy in alot of cases, and i know darn well that most of us have to work very hard to get on gobblers,
but one fellow i kinda would like to hunt with, is Harold Knight, from K&H game calls, laid back fellow, very knowldgeable, and i would consider him a master in the spring gobbler woods, i just really like his style, and would concider it a real pleasure to spend a morning with him,
do any of you have someone you would concider top choice??? ;D

[DaveHawk]

I don't have top choices because each person has a different quility about them that bring something different to the hunt.
>Each one of the guys in here I have hunted with are like the guys I grew up hunting with. We have all gotten to know each other well enough to except each other on a hand shake to hunt together , but I have learned by the end of that 1st hunt I'm hunting with a long time friend even though we may have just meet in person our friendships have already been well established.

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2Corinthians 4:18

[jplittlebuck]

i changed my mind, think i would rather spend a day in the fall or spring woods with David H. Hawksford,
and it's mostly for what that " H " stands for !!!

[scdave449]

NAIL ON THE HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks "H"!!!! Yes we all have great moments of high expectations, but the hunt is based on the quality of the experience with friends in the woods.Thank God I can still learn from each hunt and don't know it all, or claim to; for when turkey hunting "experience is the best teacher." Everyone is an expert in their own honey-hole, and usually the "norm" doesn't apply universally. Seems the more I go, and can go other places I gain some expertise daily.Rule of thumb seems to show....give me an area, a little time to study the terrain, and I usually can set up and kill birds. The basics are the basics everywhere you go!!!!!!! Opinions are opinions everywhere you go too!!!!! Everybody's got one, similar to other anatomical parts..............Keep the hunt going....scdave

[hatracked]

Thats a good question. I really dont know how to answer it other than to tell you that most of the celebrity hunters Ive been in the woods with needed my help. Everyone needs a guide every now and then but some more often than others. Take that for what its worth .

A man hunting his home court is almost always a bit more savvy than a seasoned vetran with no prior knowledge of the local woods. I have seen some exceptions though LOL.

I really cant think of any celebrity hunter I am itching to hunt with.I have guided several celebrities and actually refused to take one of turkey huntings finest guru's this year. I took a a morning off instead. The man is a leach on the sport of turkey hunting and in my opinion not worthy of taking one of my birds out of the woods. Cost me 250 for a half day of arrogance but I stand by the fact it was well worth it.

What I enjoyed more than any turkey hunt I can remember in all of the years Ive been chasing toms was the hunt with my son this year. We worked our butts off for several seasons for that opportunity and when it happened it was nothing short of spectacular. The action was incredible , the scenery was incredible , the bird was no slouch , and the emotion that followed made it a celebrity hunt !Id trade any hunt prior or future to do it again.

I think Harold's probably a pretty decent woodsman myself.

I also agree and can attest that the majority of these guys go out of their way to hunt places where the birds are fresh and easilly filmed. Got a sweet piece of land chock full of toms and you can be a pro staffer too. However , in the business they are in it's only sensible to go to where the action is going to be the most consistant and frequent .

I got a half dozen hunts on film and I spent 43 of 45 days in the woods this year filming 20 days and calling 68 toms into gun range. It's tough to get good footage. Case and point I got 1 /10 of the toms I called in on film.If I was trying to compete with "16 kills on tape"or 3 and a half hours of non stop turkey hunting excitement , Id probably be inclined to schedule a few high opportunty hunts myself.Fortunately Im more into portraying turkey hunting in a video than seeing dozens of birds get shot by people who have little invested in the experience.

Take a gander at the long line of video selections out there and see how many South Carolina hunts you get. Keep in mind were open when the rest of the country for the most part is closed. It would seem we would be flocked with videographers trying to gathjer that footage , but were not.Why is that? Tough swamp toms in tough vegatation which equals low success and poor filming opportunities. Much easier to go to Texas and hunt the King ranch!