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Gordie

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Wanderer Grand Master

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I didn't get drawn this year in MN and we cancelled our Black Hills trip earlier.

I'm staying home this April to work on my house. Hopefully it will be done by fishing opener.

I could have picked up a surplus tag for my neighbors 60 acres and stayed close to home but this year they decided to draw - and drew for all 5 of them!

I loaned him my turkey vest/decoys/calls. Now I have to get over there this weekend and teach him how to use em. smile

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Cant wait! been scoutin a couple a times , lotsa gobblin already ! they are still are all together whats some of the favorite calls that are used ?it seems like ya can yelp anytime, but when they are still in winter flocks its tough to move em with just yelps ,the last 2 years opening day weve connected using fighting purrs the whole flock comes in to kick some feathers !you see hens comin sit tight the boys wont be far behind!

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I've got the itch bad now. Nearly took off work today and drove to NE to hunt 2 days and be back for Easter on Sunday! Wife talked me out of that. I was able to watch a strutter with 4 hens behind the house this morning at least to keep me at bay. I still have a full month to wait. frown

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I finally saw a big group with some strutters yesterday and saw my first tom in what had been a few weeks on Wednesday. I was crossing a low spot when a gobbler was booking it across the road, beard swinging as he trotted...the funny thing? Waylon Jennings was singing "Looking for love in all the wrong places" right when he crossed!

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Gordie Grand Master

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I didn't get drawn this year in MN and we cancelled our Black Hills trip earlier.

I'm staying home this April to work on my house. Hopefully it will be done by fishing opener.

I could have picked up a surplus tag for my neighbors 60 acres and stayed close to home but this year they decided to draw - and drew for all 5 of them!

Wanderer did you try to buy an over the counter tag thats what I did nothing better than a cast and blast weekend My seasons on the opener of fishing

I loaned him my turkey vest/decoys/calls. Now I have to get over there this weekend and teach him how to use em. smile

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Wanderer Grand Master

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Hey Elwood,

Was that a trick question posting in my quote? wink

We used to draw for the season that landed on opening weekend since it seemed like a sure thing. It was for quite a while.

We started having conflicts with another group that could hunt the same property AND I had a renewed interest in the walleye opener so we bumped up to the earlier seasons.

Last year was the second season and I tagged out on the afternoon of my first day. My current avatar actually.

And all my turkey seasons have been cast and blast! The farm we hunt on the SE has a good trout stream about 100 feet from where we set up our camper plus we're not far from the Root River.

Back in the day of the Noon closure we would hunt, eat lunch, nap, fish, then put birds to bed. Lately it's been hunt, eat brunch, fish, eat linner (lunch/dinner), hunt, sleep. grin

Good luck in May, dude!

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      Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to not being the anchor person any more).  With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing. I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways...
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      Dang, new content and now answers.   First, congrats on the new boat!   My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V.  80 might be tops?  I’m partial to MinnKota.     How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too.     All weather or just nice weather?   Casting a lot or bait dragging?   Bobber or panfish fishing?   Spot lock?  Networked with depth finders?  What brand of depth finders?

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