April 17, 2007Wind was tougher on turkey hunters than rain
As I wrote in my column in today's paper, I was a little surprised to hear that 780 hunters checked in gobblers by phone Saturday, the season's opening day. That was 95 more than on last year's opener. Hunters in Eastern Virginia were able to get in some hunting before the rain hit. Some Western Virginia hunters, including Troy Lamy (pictured above with a nice Patrick County gobbler), took advantage of breaks in the rain. And, no doubt some hunters located turkeys in fields, with many likely shooting the birds at a distance with rifles (which is legal here). I surmised that hunting was tougher in yesterday's wind. At least I got that part right. According to the phone check-in numbers I just got, only 152 turkeys were checked in on Monday. That's barely a third of the 421 checked in on the first Monday last spring. One of my buddies called one in for a friend yesterday. He was out there today and said they didn't hear a thing. So, today's kill was probably even lower. Looks like weather should be a little better for the next few days, although there is more rain in the forecast.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures. Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism. After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters. .....Advertisement.....
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