After an extremely successful season last year, I've decided to guide for longbeards again this year. I've increased my fees so that I can pay for an archery elk hunt in Colorado this September. The following is the one and only announcement I posted on MWC in January.
Those who know me well and were clients last year realize I have a long standing love affair with wild turkeys ... as a former wildlife biologist pioneering the turkey restoration on Maryland's eastern shore and as a long time hunter. This spring will be season #50 for me... how could that have happened ... from the first one on a ridge at Sleepy Creek, W.Va.
I have decided to guide again this spring. Last years guided hunts were very productive ... with twelve bookings, 5 longbeards were taken home with 2 more that had shot opportunities at jakes but didn't take them. That was a pretty good percentage, but more importantly, we had a load of fun. It was truly a pleasure sharing the "turkey woods" and my style of longbeard hunting with each and every person; spending quality time immersed in the sights and sounds of God's wonderful creation. I know that during that time together, lasting memories were made and some of my favorite techniques were learned that, if used, are sure to improve your gobbler hunting for years to come. I've managed to take gobblers with just about all weapons in different habitats across the country and have called many in for friends and kids alike. I have tremendous turkey hunting properties; some of which have been my favorite honey holes producing many big hard-gobbling birds through the years. I have scouted these properties on the lower shore already this year and can truly say that I have never seen as large a number of birds resulting from a truly great hatch last year.
If you are just starting and want to learn, don't have time for scouting and locating birds or just plain-ole want a change of scenery this year, this hunt is for you. The guiding fee for this one-on-one spring hunt is $200 per half day. You can use your favorite weapon. I have taken quite a few birds with archery equipment so I understand the techniques and methods needed. If you want to run and gun or experience the thrill of burying a broad-head in a long-spurred tom up close and personal from a blind I can accommodate. I can't guarantee you a kill but I can guarantee a 150% effort from a veteran turkey hunter to put you on a gobbler in great turkey hunting territory. If you or someone you know would like to book a hunt, give me a call at 443-880-7847 to discuss the particulars (dates available, deposit, area lodging, meeting place, etc). I am happy to give you contact info for all of the clients from last year; ones who took birds home and ones that didn't, as a refernce. You can read the accounts of some of those hunts by going to my blog for April and May of 2011 at http://www.dougwigfield.com Please call to book your hunt - 443-880-7847. Thanks, Doug
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