Steve
Steve and Sons
Young Mike with a big MAHA tom.
Overall, great turkey season...as you know I have thousands of acres of other land to hunt other than MAHA, but the MAHA land definitely out-produced that land.
We found the Missouri and Iowa birds to be much friendlier than the Kansas birds, but all in all we took 11 birds off MAHA land. The kids had a great time and the bird of the year was Mike's 28 pounder (weighed on a certified scale) taken in Kansas. All in all a great season....for some reason the birds gobbled much better on MAHA land, both on and off the roost. Top weight...28#s, 2 oz. Top beard...11 3/4"...and top spurs...1 4/8" and 1 3/8". Great quality birds from all of your properties in three states. I just wish we had more tags for Mo and IA. A good mix of two year olds and > 3 yr old toms.
(a subsequent email) Mike's Kansas Rio. I believe he enjoyed this hunt more than any other turkey hunt this year. Even more than when he and his brother doubled in Missouri. We worked this guy in at 9:15 AM along with 6 other toms and 2 hens. He got to watch the whole show and made a nice shot with his Benelli 20 gauge at 15 yards. He smiled at me and said "Dad, that was the most exciting hunt I've ever seen!!!" The smile brought tears to my eyes. Mike capped off a great MAHA turkey season with the family's 12th mature tom on MAHA land in three states...IA, KS, and MO.
I thank you so much for your straight forward and right-on recommendation for [location deleted]. I'll be heading up to Cally Morris's taxidermy shop this weekend with two of Mike's birds.
Again, thanks for all of your help this season.
Thanks again John! Steve
Hi John,
Not as many tags as last year, but we continued our enjoyment of hunting some of the finest land in the Midwest. Actually hunted seven different states this season and just had a ball chasing gobblers. Birds were taken with bow, 12 and 20 gauge shotguns.
The real highlights were the amount and variety of game seen on the MAHA properties. We had some great close encounters with developing bucks, pheasant, etc. and we entertained gobbling birds (or vice versa) on EVERY hunt on MAHA property.
Since you’ve seen enough of me and my boys….thought I’d highlight some fine call makers with birds harvested from MAHA land in two different states. The pot calls are made by Steve Reeves of Supreme Turkey Calls in Georgia and the box call is made by Irwin Whitt of South Carolina. Also a plug for Hooks Calls whose diaphragms I use from Batesville, Arkansas.
And of course our hats off to you and Jon and Shaun for your continued tremendous support!!!
Thanks again! Steve
