Texas Hill Country Turkey Hunting

By: Mike Stroff IV

This March and April was no different for the SOE team, spring was here and the turkeys were calling our names! We had a full schedule of filming hunts and clients coming to hunt turkeys on the SOE Ranches here in Texas. With our busy schedule I called my cousin Larry Stroff from New Jersey to come down and help us guiding and filming on the Canyon Ranch. Larry has hunted the Canyon the last few seasons and knows it well so he would be a great addition to our staff to help us get through our busy season. The Canyon Ranch is a special place to hunt in general, but it has to be one my favorite places to turkey hunt in the country! There is an abundance of birds all over this nineteen thousand acre ranch. The Texas Hill Country has some of the best turkey populations in Texas and the Canyon Ranch is no exception to that rule. The last few seasons we have had great hatches on the Canyon Ranch so we have birds in every age class to hunt.

Cousin Larry got to Texas just a few days before Michael Waddell and the Bone Collector crew showed up for their traditional hunt on the Canyon Ranch. Of course the birds were thick and we were on the birds the first few days of the hunt, but our biggest problem was the weather not wanting to work with us at all. Even though the birds were everywhere it rained almost every day of the hunt and we went a solid six days without any sun. To say the least the birds were miserable and were not talking like you would expect these Rio’s to be talking! With things still pretty slow we were still able to get on the birds between the rain storms throughout the week. In total we killed 17 gobblers in six days of hunting. Still not a bad hunt at all considering the weather we were dealing with. I want to give my Cousin Larry special thanks for all of his help during the hunt and of Course Randy did a supper job with all of our hunters! As usual Mr. Waddell put on a calling clinic for everyone, I always learn so much from the Bone Collector when he is in camp. He truly is one of the best turkey hunters I have had the opportunity to hunt with!

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