The area I had scouted out and was hearing gobbling before the season was gone by the start of the season. The logging trucks literally chewed apart the forests and left pretty much nubs where I had been hoping to hunt. I can hunt pass that treeline in the distance but that is a stream followed by pretty steep hills so the birds didn’t seem to like it too much pre-season.
I went on down the road about 3/4s of a mile one morning and found a beautiful strut line where two toms had left prints and drag lines. So, I moved into their area hopefully. Now, how did the turkey(s) get 4? Because for 4 days I haven’t heard or seen a single one! Four days of getting up at 3:30 and setting up a blind every day by 5am and the only company I’ve had are some angry hens. One hen gets so mad she spends an hour cutting at me or anyone else that makes a noise but not a single tom.
I think today may have been my last day. Not that the birds aren’t there. Today I found out that the birds have been visiting the XP which I have parked down the road behind me about 200ft in the brush. It has rained pretty much every day so the ground gets wiped of prints each night which makes it easy to see all the deer, coyote, cat and as it turns out, turkey prints. As I made my way back late morning to get the XP and drive it down to tear down my site I looked down and saw the prints of the smaller of the two birds I have been looking for. Apparently he was hanging out with the Sportsman while I was looking the other way in the blind.
He was walking right by the little hill behind the blind where the atv was parked. The ladies were in front or me giving me a show and I never thought he would be standing behind me the whole time. So thats how the turkey won, four days of making me look like an idiot to his girlfriends.
I’m thinking about getting a clutch kit for my wife’s 550 XP…. she runs 26 big horns 2.0s and just wanted to hear from guys who put them on their 550…I have one on my 1000 and love it
As soon as I go over half throttle it bogs down. It starts and idles fine. I’ve changed spark plugs, air filter, and the belt is good. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Went into the garage today and the Battery was DEAD. And I don’t mean it did the click click click thing… I mean DEAD. Last time I cranked it was about 3 weeks ago. I don’t keep a trickle charger on. I just hook up to the 2 amp charger every month or so. Bout 3 weeks ago I had to use the trailer so I cranked and backed it off the trailer, rode around the hood a bit and then back on the trailer. Everything seemed fine. Today, dead dead DEAD. It is a 2014 bought in Feb 2014. Only about 20 hours. any suggestions. Could the battery just have completely died like that?
Shot in the dark here. Has anyone used the Groundhog Max disc on one of the 570’s? I had used it on my old 600 and there was a way to reinforce the hitch by running a bar back under the frame and attaching it with a bolt. This is not an option on the 570. All of the holes have something blocking them… can’t get a bolt through. And I think if I simply use a 1 and 1/4 inch to 2 inch adapter it is going to put too much pressure on the hitch due to the extra length. Hoping someone else has run into this. Thanks.
Whew! Glad that’s over, I been riding since I was 5, started on mini bikes my grandpa would fix up for me and my brothers(3 of them), I had a DrzSM for awhile then moved up to a GSXR and now my Buell
My Foreman is literally that, it’s been my workhorse for many years but lately I’ve been tryin to get it out to have some fun, my wife love to hop on with me and just enjoy the scenery at our new ShingleMill ORV park Attachment 23599 Attachment 23600 Attachment 23601
Anyway there it is in a nut shell, hope y’all have a good ride!
