I am looking a taking a trip to chase some Rios next year. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? Looking at Texas, Nebraska or Kansas.
Thx in advance.
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Rio turkey hunts
I am looking a taking a trip to chase some Rios next year. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? Looking at Texas, Nebraska or Kansas.
Thx in advance.
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TX. You will come back thinking your are the greatest turkey hunter ever.
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Kansas was fun
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Public or private?Originally Posted by squatty
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Quite a bit of public land there and if you know how to hunt you should be fine.
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I've hunted public and private in kansas. seemed like plenty of options. north central counties are the Rio counties. Trying to remember the small town we used for base camp. their was a lady that rented an old farm house to us for next to nothing to hunt out of. within 20 minutes of public lands close by and a farmer that we got permission to hunt on his land. there were VERY few turkey hunters up that way. We went first part of their season. still bunch up in groups of 50-100 birds a lot of times but we made it work and killed limits quick. Awesome hunt. and interesting tactics to kill them out there with the wide open terrain and deep ditches with trees in them to get around on the birds.
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I'm trying to line up a hunt for Kansas and or Nebraska myself. Give me a shout when you figure out where you're going.
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Esbon Kansas is where we stayed.
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Esbon Kansas is where we stayed.
We've been hunting Jewell/Mankato for about 15 years.
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Most of Texas will be loaded with 3 year olds in spring of 2015. It should be another banner season as most properties didn't put a dent in the massive 2 year old crop born in 2012.
I would look for some land in the greater San Angelo area or down south near Kingsville.
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion"
- Tom Kelly, Tenth Legion, 1973
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That looks freak'n awesome.Esbon Kansas is where we stayed.
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You want guided or public? Answer that and I can point you in several right directions
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Also...keep me in the loop on this trip.
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You have a hard enough time killing them in SC.
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Yeah yeah...
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Boozer, I hit ya up later..
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Wife and I've been to Kansas twice, hunted private land and had no problem killing our birds. This was SE Kansas. Lots of those birds in that part are hybrid eastern/Rios.
The guy we hunted with had 4000+ ac and the 2 times we hunted with him we were the only ones in camp. He basically showed us around, gave us a key and checked in twice a day.
Beautiful place to hunt. Easy birds to kill.
rip Dakota
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I think you need to be in and around the north central part of kansas for what NWTF recognizes as pure Rio's. They have a map you can check out the main counties.
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Plenty of easterns in Kansas as well south of Kansas City.
"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to. I would really rather not do it, but I am helpless in the grip of my compulsion"
- Tom Kelly, Tenth Legion, 1973
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