WESTERN MAINE FISH & GAME CLUBPUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND MEETINGS & ALL EVENTS MEMBERSHIP PERIOD: JULY 1 THRU JUNE 30. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN! MEMBERSHIPS: SINGLE $20.00 FAMILY $25.00 PER PERIOD. HUNTER SAFETY COURSE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 24TH & APRIL 25TH AT THE HARISON FIRE STATION Click the WESTERN MAINE FISH & GAME CLUB Banner F.M.I. MH's Pro Staff David Thayer - New Durham. NH. Bags two Osceola's in Florida to start the Turkey Season off right for 2010
Heidi Thayer - New Durham, NH with her First Turkey an Osceola opening morning in Florida at 8:45am! Congratulations Heidi!!
Steve Beckwith & Dennis Theriault - MaineHunters.com Pro Staff opening day in Massachusetts April 26th, 2010. Steve's bird was 20 lbs. 3 oz, 1 3/16 inch and 1 1/8 ich spurs with a 9 1/2" beard unofficial scoring 62.3125 at 6:15 AM and Dennis's bird was 19 lbs 4 oz. 3/4 spurs both legs and 9 1/4" beard at 10:15 AM. Special thanks to Dennis's friend Sean and the landowners that allowed us to hunt on their property.
Pete Scala with a 25# Kentucky bird & MH's Pro Staff David Thayer of New Durham, NH with a 21 lb Kentucky bird.
Nate Vachon with a 18 lb Kentucky bird and MH's Pro Staff David Thayer of New Durham, NH with his second KY bird 20.5 lbs
Steve Beckwith - MH's Pro Staff - Massachusetts #2 bird April 29. 2010 19lbs 15 oz. 9/3/4 inch beard, 1" and 1 1/8" spurs Unofficial scoring 60.6875
Russell & Steve Beckwith MH's Pro Staff Opening day Tripple in Maine 2010. Russ hammered a 19 1/2 lb Tom with 3/4 spurs, 8 1/2" beard with American Broadhead Companies, Turkey Terror Broadhead for great footage! Steve took his first 2010 Maine bird with his Ulti-Mag 3 1/2 Mossberg and Hevi-Shot #5's, the Tom weighed 21 lbs, 3/4 spurs, with an 11 inch beard. Russ's second Maine bird was taken 15 minutes later than Steve's bird with Steve's Ulti-Mag, the camera role was switched and Russ took this 21 lb Tom with 1 inch spurs and a 9 1/2" beard.
Steve Beckwith May 4th , with Maine's 2nd bird for 2010 , Tom 19 1/2 lbs, 3/4 spurs, with a 9 inch beard with the Ulti-Mag 3 1/2 Mossberg and Hevi-Shot #5's.
Jay Wagner - Lebanon, Maine May 3rd, 2010 - MH's Staff - With a Tom 16 lbs. 9 1/4 inch beard, 5/8 spurs
Jay Wagner - Lebanon, Maine - MH's Staff with his 2nd Maine Tom 21pounds, 3/4 spurs, 9 1/2 in beard 25 yard shot, with his Ulti-Mag 3 1/2"!!!
Marianne A Theriault - Sanford, Maine May 3rd opening day! 18 lbs 3 oz 9 1/2 beard 1 inch spurs. Way to go Mom T!!
Marianne A Theriault - Sanford, Maine May 4th, 2010 ! 19 lbs 11 oz 7 1/2 beard 1/2 spurs. Congratulations Mom T! MH's Pro-Staff David Thayer Anthony Diprizio (13 year old) and his father Peter headed out opening morning of youth weekend with me. Anthony did a great job and shot a nice tom at 25 yards with his 20 gauge. 19lbs 9inch beard Peter Diprizio father of Anthony from above shot his first turkey opening morning with me. (MH's Pro-Staff David Thayer) 19lbs, 9 inch beard. Pete had a little bit of a miss hap! When he shot his gun, the gun kicked back and hit him in the face. Lets just says he had some blood issues, toilet paper anyone? We laughed, it was all good since we had a bird on the ground. Downed this bird on opening morning first setup on public land. David Thayer - MH's Pro-Staff Durham, NH Opening day Tom May 3rd- 9:30am 21lbs 9.75 beard.
Mark Rines, his son Mark Jr (11 years old) and Zack Cardinal (13 years old) headed out on sunday with Josh Johnson (camera man) and myself, (David Thayer- MH's Pro-Staff) the boys scored on a double. 2 nice toms came in together and they let them have it. Mark jrs bird weighed 18.5lbs with a real nice 8.5 inch beard. Zacks bird weighed 17lbs and had a 8 inch beard, it had some serious beard rott on that one. John H Howard - Strafford, NH with a 20lb., 9 1/4" beard, 3/4" spurs Tom on May 5, 2010 Way to go John! Nice bird! Rob Quimby - Lebanon- Maine AKA "Never Miss" 5/5/10 with the trusty 835 Ulti-mag. 20lb Tom, 9inch beard, 1 1/8 inch spurs.
John Mondello - North Berwick, Maine - May 6th, 2010 18.5 lb Tom 3/4 spurs and a 9 1/2" beard. Nice going John...on to bird number 2!! Larry Moore - Strafford, NH - 18 1/2 lbs and 9 1/2 in beard with 7/8 spures..shot on may, 6, 2010.shot in starfford.NH.. with the assistance of John Howard! Nice work John!
Nova Short - Maine Shot a nice bird today the 5th of May 2010, in Parsonsfield, Me. It was the third big tom she fired on this week (one we named the monster), as a young hunter 10 years old she was getting a little turkey fever, shoting over the top of the birds heads. This one came in at 15yds. she shot him. with a Rossi 20ga, number 6 in rem. premiums. The bird weighed 19.12 and had a 10 1/4 beard, one 1in spur other 7/8. Congratulations Nova.. Great work Dad (John Short) Ralph Pino - Gloucester, Mass - May 6th 2010 19 lb, 9 1/4 beard, 3/8 spurs
Ralph Pino - Gloucester Mass. - May 1st - Jake
Byran Albano - NH - May 4th, 2nd day of NH turkey season. 22lbs, 1 inch spurs, 9.75 inch beard and a 6 inch beard. The bird scored 72.4 Bryan and I saw a bird from the road near one of my spots so we headed up the ridge near a set of power lines. Once we got on top I called and this bird answered behind us. We set up about 150 yards from him, called a few times and hear he came. Bryan shot him at 30 yards.
John Short - Shapeleigh, Maine -May 8th Rainy Day Bird - in Cornish, the only bird in the town most likely. My daughter and I have been hitting um hard. Tom 16.6 lbs. wet 6 7/8 beard 3/4in spurs.
Trent Theriault - Sanford, Maine MH's Asst. Pro Staff - May 8th, 2010 Rainy Day Jake- 13 lbs 3 oz 4 1/4 beard
Tyler Therrien- Sanford May 5 - 18lbs 7 oz 9 3/4 inch beard 3/4 inch spurs. Shot at 35 yards with a mossberg 535 3.5 inch.
Dennis Theriault - MH's Pro-Staff with his First Smoke Pole Tom, May 10, 2010 - 18 lbs 11 oz, 9 1/4 beard, spurs 1/2"
Brent Lafreniere - Bolton, VT - 20 1/2 pounder with a 9 inch beard and 1 inch spurs taken on the second day of season.
Brent Lafreniere - Bolton, VT- Opening morning in VT he weighed 20 pounds with a 9 1/2 inch beard and 1
inch spurs. Jeremy Tarbox, Lyman Maine droped the hammer on a monster bird. After laying in the sand, for over an hour in a gravel pit, the big tom came in for a shot. 23 certified lbs. 9 3/4 in beard, 3/4 spurs. Congrats Jeremy! May 11th, 2010 Mike Horning MH's Pro-Staff - Cape neddick, Maine - May 4th 19 pounds. 9 3/4" beard 7/8"spurs. Shot in York
Mark Therrien- Sanford May 13, 17 pounds, 10 inch beard with 13/16 spurs. Shot with a Remington 870 at 50 yards.
Tyler Therrien - Sanford May 15, 15lbs 9 3/4 inch beard with 3/4 inch spurs.I called him away from another tom and 4 hens. 35 yard shot with a mossberg 535. The hunt was over by 530.
Nate Fenderson - Sanford, Maine - Northwoods Adventures TV - Maine Tom . I had been watching this monster tom he just would not work with me to close the deal . I decided to work him from another direction with two fly down cackles and a few yelps I just about didnt have enough time to get the camera equipment ready when he flew out and landed almost on top of me. The gun barked and this thunder chicken hit the dirt ! 23lbs 10.75 beard 1 inch spurs ! Northwoods Adventures TV had the pleasure of videoing and taking out great friend Rick Lally and his 10 year old daughter Tory on her first turkey hunt! The footage is the best of the season so far ESPN up and close ! Tory and her dad put the smack down on these two nice toms ! Torys 22 lbs 10 inch beard 1 1/4 spurs Ricks 21 lbs 9.75 beard 3/4 spurs Prostaff Rick Seavey headed to the Maine turkey woods with Nate Fenderson. Nate called and videoed Ricks hunt. The bird was hened up bad but after an hour of aggressive calling this big old tom just couldnt take it and strutted up to 15 ft of us before Rick dropped the hammer. 22lbs 10.5 beard 1 1/2 spurs !! nice tom. Tyler Fenderson Maine youth day TOM ! 22.6 lbs 10.25 beard 1 1/16 spurs ! Tyler wanted to harvest his first Maine bird with his Hoyt bow so that morning we headed to the woods with his stick and string. The birds did their part and gave Tyler a great show and with all the excitement Tyler shot his arrow just under a big old Tom with his bow, great footage and a lesson on bow hunting. Knowing my son, he didnt give up on the Bow until the last part of the morning and then the bang stick came out ! Gobble gobble Bang ! Awesome hunt and great video ! Tory Lally age 10 on her first turkey hunt ! She made short work of this Monster tom ! Northwoods Adventures TV was just proud to have been part of her special hunt! Tyler Fenderson & Nate Fenderson... Of Northwoods Adventure TV with Tyler's NH tom!
Tyler Fenderson - Sanford, Maine After the exciting day in Maine we headed next door to New Hampshire for the last day of their youth turkey season. Well right from the start the morning was full of Gobbles and little man was very excited. Tyler tried his hand at calling in his bird and he did a good job with the birds comming Tyler needed to get ready for his shot so dad finished bring them in the rest of the way . Tyler made a great shot all on video and closed out his New Hampshire turkey season! 20.6 lbs 9 3/4 beard and 1 inch spurs ya baby ! First person he called was Steve B " mainehunters" his buddy ! Hope everyone is having a great season ! Ralph Pino - May 17th 2010 Great Friend of MaineHunters.com, hunts with Steve Beckwith, Jay Wagner & John Mondello for this nice 11:45 AM tom! Let's just say...Jay bought Dinner in 2010 and leave it at that!
Brian Morin- Springvale, Me Harvested this bird on Saturday May 15th right at the wire around 11:54 am! About 11:35am we spotted a tom with a jake and found out later that there was a hen with them as well. We had to circle the entire field in hopes of getting in front of the birds. All I can say is thank god for stone walls! We were able to sneak up to with in 20yards of this jake by crawling on our hands and knees. Dennis Theriault - MaineHunters.com Prostaff with a nice Tom - 16 lbs 12 oz 9 1/8 & 3 3/4 beard 7/8 spurs, 3 1/2 Mag. My first bird with my Mossberg 835 Roger from New Hampshire with his bird 17 1/2 lbs., 8 1/2 beard, 3/4 spur's shot on May 3, 2010
Ralph on the left with a 20lbs. 9" beard with 1" spur's. Peter on the right with a 21lbs with (2) 8" beard's 7/8" spur's both bird's were shot on May 3, 2010 in New Hampshire.
Steve Beckwith - MaineHunters.com - Pro-staff - May 21, 2010 at 7:10 AM in New Hampshire, with a nice Tom Beard 6 In, spurs 15/16 & 7/8 inch weighed in at 20lbs. This old boys chest and beard were worn right down from all his strutting. The grass was so tall, I could not see a hen just 10 feet from where this guy folded up when I shot him with the Ulti-Mag 3 1/2" at 82 yards (Range finder on this one folks!) The hen was on her nest, and this tom stayed fanned out right beside her. When I retrieved this bird the hen stayed right on her nest and let me walk right by her, when I left the field she remained on her nest! My morning started off in another location, where a hen flew down, then the Tom flew down, they did the "wild thing" right in front of me at 90-100 yards. When that was over the hen ran from the field and the Tom followed her...right off into the sunrise! For my last day hunting turkeys for 2010 spring season, I had quite a morning alone in New Hampshire's turkey woods, one I will never forget! Special thanks go out to John Howard for taking me out yesterday, John put me on the first bird that gave me the free "wild thing" show at O Dark Thirty, today! John is a super guy and an awesome turkey hunter!
Brent Lafreniere of Bolton, VT in Bradford County,PA. I left Vermont at 9:30 pm Wednesday 5/19 and arrived in Pennsylvania around 3:30 am Thursday 5/20 and harvested this bird at 6:30 am. I got this bird on some highly pressured public land so I knew I would need to call real soft and not get to aggressive, my tactic seemed to work. The bird weighed 15 pounds had a 10 1/4 inch beard and had 5/8 inch spurs. Nathan Fenderson- Sanford, Maine - Northwoods Adventure TV - Well after my son tagged out on youth day, it was Dad's turn with the bang stick in the Great State of New Hampshire to see if the farther son team could put another thunder chicken on the ground. I am glad to have a young pair of ears with me or I would have not gone in after some of the birds that were gobbling. Tyler and I worked a few birds early but they just wouldn't come in close enough for a shot. Then while checking out a spot Tyer said he heard one, so we jumped in the woods and with four calls the bird was at 8ft when he popped out in front of me! Well the tom did his part and I well.... you can you say... I didn't do mine, I shot right over the top him ! Yep.. Dad went from hero to zero! Tyler rode me for a few minutes on this one! Well 20 minutes later we had another Tom gobbling his head off, this time when he hit 30 yds. the gun barked and I was all tagged out! 18.6 lbs 8 1/2 beard 1 inch spurs . There is nothing like hunting with your kids ! Eric Morton of Corinth,VT and Brent Lafreniere of Bolton,VT traveled to Orford, NH on 5/23 where after working two different birds earlier in the morning with each of them heading the opposite direction Eric made the third bird of the day pay the price! This bird weighed 17 1/2 pounds and sported an 8 3/4 inch beard and 7/8 inch spurs.
David Thayer on the left, Jeff Budds from Florida, and Jasper Thayer . Jeff ended up shooting a nice 20 lb , 9.5 inch beard, 1 inch spurs bird at 10 AM in NH Norm Vetter from Rochester, N.H. & MH's Pro Staff David Thayer - We had a tom gobbling good down below us and then one started gobbling behind us and he was coming fast. I had Norm turn around and I said, "when you see his head shoot". That’s just what Norm did, 17 lb jake. I thought for sure by the sound of his gobble that it was a tom, Norm was happy, it was his first turkey.
Peter Scala and David Thayer MH's Pro Staff fill Pete's NH tag. 22 lb, 9.5 inch beard, .75 spur bird off the roost, Pete shot him at 20 yards. After Peter scored on his NH bird we decided to head to Maine. Pete ended up shooting a big boy at 11:50 AM in Acton, ME 24 lbs, 9 inch beard and 1.25 spurs. He was a beautiful turkey to say the least.
David Thayer - New Durham, NH - M's Pro Staff - Shot both birds in Acton, ME on May 11th. Shot the 18 lb, 8 inch beard, .75 spurs bird off the roost and then scored at 9 am with a 21 lb, 9.5 inch beard, .75 spurs bird
Nate Fenderson "Northwoods Adventures TV" Well it's been a long turkey season and it came down to the last day for me and my son Tyler. Tyler had a tough morning on the last day three big toms and two misses ! On our last set up of the Maine season two big old Maine toms were going to give us one last shot at harvesting our last two birds. every thing was going to plan the two toms were hot and coming fast they closed the distance and were at 20 yds behind some small trees. One broke hard to the left of Tyler he couldn't see to get a shot at and the other one he couldn't seem to get a good bead on. The birds hung out for about 10 minutes before they decided to exit the seen. I could still see the Tom to the left and was trying to get Tyler to get a shot. Tyler looked up at me and said Dad take him I cant move or he will run. With the pull of the trigger the season was over but what a bird 16.8 lbs 11.5 beard and 1 inch spurs. Congrat's to all that hit the turkey woods this season!
Adam Tibetts and Shane Maurice double up on a pair of 17lb jake’s opening morning of the 2010 Maine gobbler season. Shane Maurice ends his 2010 New Hampshire season in Dover on the 4th day of the season with this 21lb thunderchicken with 1 1/16 spurs and a 11 inch beard…gotta give some love to B-Mobile. Shawn Hamilton and Shane Maurice finish there 2010 Maine turkey season on the same day, Shawn shot 2 20 lb birds and Shane ended his season also with a 20lb gobbler with inch spurs and a 9 inch beard.
Remington Clare, taken in Concord, NH during the first hours of the Spring Youth Turkey Hunt, 2010. He is 10 years old and used a Remington 870 .20ga. Turkey weight 18lbs.
John Howard and Larry open day of the fall shot gun. John's bird was a hen with a 7 1/2 in beard weight was 10lbs, and Larry's weight was 12lbs both shot at 8:10 AM in New Hampshire.
8 year old Dylan Douglas shot his first turkey this fall in NH, Dylan an David Thayer belly crawled up to some old stumps on the edge of a food plot and got ready for the birds to move into range. Dylan made a great shot at 35yards on an 8lb jake with a browning 20 gauge. Way to go Dylan! Keith Henner shot his first turkey with a bow the week before shotgun season this fall. We set up in a blind and did some calling. Within minutes we had a large flock of birds 20 yards in front of the blind. Keith made a great shot with his bow and I (David Thayer) grabbed some great footage. Keith harvested a 12 lb jake.
David Thayer - New Durham, NH shot this 20 lb gobbler on Oct 13th in the afternoon scouting for deer. Three long beards where feeding along the edge of a field when I came out of the woods, I ran along a small ditch to get closer to the birds. When I snuck around the corner there they were at 50 yards. I shot the bird with my 12 gauge browning.
Steve Beckwith - Maine Hunters October 5th at 2:45 PM, shot this hen at 15 yards with a Turkey Tearror Broadhead, in Farmington. NH Thanks to our sponsor the American Broadhead Company this bird went down on the spot. This bird was shot during pouring rain, winds at 40 MPH and after a sneak through a small valley with an ambush over the top of a stone wall, the Turkey Tearror Broadhead hit it's mark!. Special note about fall turkey hunting...always carry your bow with you when driving around on rainy days, one never knows when an opportunity for a spot and stalk will present itself for you!
Dennis & Trent Theriault - MH's Staff pull off an opening day shotgun fall season double. 10/16/2010
Steve Beckwith - Maine Hunters Staff - October 18th at 2:30 PM, shot this Jake at 20 yards with a Turkey Tearror Broadhead, in Maine. Thanks to our sponsor the American Broadhead Company, and a well placed shot this bird went down like a rag doll! This bird marks my personal best year of turkey hunting. I completed the MaineHunters.com Yankee Slam for the second time in 2010. (6) Turkeys shot in any of the six New England States - is a MaineHunters.com - Yankee Slam and this bird made lucky number seven for 2010! Jay Wagner - Lebanon, Maine - MH's Staff with his fall 2010 Jake taken with his Ulti-Mag! 10/19/2010
David Sprague - Pro- Staff MaineHunters.com May 3 - 2010 takes a early season Jake, with Pro-Staff om Thibeault on camera.
David Sprague Sanford, Maine 10-19/2010 - Pro Staff MH's with his fall Maine 12 lb hen taken with his old faithful Mossberg 500!
Jeff Lemay -Fall Hen 12 pounds, 12 Gauge Remington 1100, Sanford Fall 2010 1st day of shotgun Bryce Jones 19 pounds 8 inch beard Kennebunk ME
Spring 2010 Nate Jone with son Walker Jones 18 pounds 8.5 beard Arundel ME
2010 Spring 2nd bird Nate Jones 22.3 pounds 9.5 inch beard 1inch spurs Arundel ME Nate Jones and Bryce Jones Fall 2010 Double Kennebunk ME
Briar Morin age 15 Spring 2010 Turkey Hunt
Jesse Burke - Bagged this 19 lb tom in Fryeburg, Maine during the fall hunt, can't wait till spring!
Norman & Sadie Theriault a dynamic father daughter duo! With two spring turkeys!
Zach Hale - Berwick Maine - turkey shot in Acton, ME the second weekend of the season. 20lb 9in beard. Angela Silke age 14 with her nice tom and Noah Pierson - Age 12 with his first & second double tom youth day hunt. See Noah and Angela's story written by Dave Call. Click here
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Mainebowhunter82 – December 15, 2009, 6:47 pm
this was a 37lb male
hammond – January 14, 2010, 11:46 am
Just a note, this is not a picture of me, its my best friend and life long hunting partner. Same bait site as mine. We still have coyote slamming this bait and cant keep up. We hope to get back in around the full moon and take a few more.
Chip – March 14, 2010, 7:25 am
She did a great job! Very proud of her! That's gonna be some great eating this winter! Good Job Autumn!
Jammin – September 9, 2010, 12:26 pm
Hey there thats a heck of a day of bunny hunting. I got a beagle and i was just wondering what your dog scentlok is out of and do u ever have any pups. Im trying to get another hound the one i got is out of Michigan. Thanks and great job.
alphaman – January 18, 2011, 5:32 pm
do you ever find the other deer sheds? i c u have alot of pics of him over the years very nice deer
willey – January 22, 2011, 7:54 pm
Good buck with a bow,The outskirts of Augusta holds some beasts.I used to hunt that area
bildoe – November 29, 2011, 7:40 pm
Thats a good job,one shot one moose.You must be a good shot Rhoda.I am glad you got your moose.
John W.Crooker – December 14, 2011, 9:44 pm
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WESTERN MAINE FISH & GAME CLUBPUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND MEETINGS & ALL EVENTS MEMBERSHIP PERIOD: JULY 1 THRU JUNE 30. NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME TO JOIN! MEMBERSHIPS: SINGLE $20.00 FAMILY $25.00 PER PERIOD. HUNTER SAFETY COURSE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 24TH & APRIL 25TH AT THE HARISON FIRE STATION Click the WESTERN MAINE FISH & GAME CLUB Banner F.M.I. MH's Pro Staff David Thayer - New Durham. NH. Bags two Osceola's in Florida to start the Turkey Season off right for 2010
Heidi Thayer - New Durham, NH with her First Turkey an Osceola opening morning in Florida at 8:45am! Congratulations Heidi!!
Steve Beckwith & Dennis Theriault - MaineHunters.com Pro Staff opening day in Massachusetts April 26th, 2010. Steve's bird was 20 lbs. 3 oz, 1 3/16 inch and 1 1/8 ich spurs with a 9 1/2" beard unofficial scoring 62.3125 at 6:15 AM and Dennis's bird was 19 lbs 4 oz. 3/4 spurs both legs and 9 1/4" beard at 10:15 AM. Special thanks to Dennis's friend Sean and the landowners that allowed us to hunt on their property.
Pete Scala with a 25# Kentucky bird & MH's Pro Staff David Thayer of New Durham, NH with a 21 lb Kentucky bird.
Nate Vachon with a 18 lb Kentucky bird and MH's Pro Staff David Thayer of New Durham, NH with his second KY bird 20.5 lbs
Steve Beckwith - MH's Pro Staff - Massachusetts #2 bird April 29. 2010 19lbs 15 oz. 9/3/4 inch beard, 1" and 1 1/8" spurs Unofficial scoring 60.6875
Russell & Steve Beckwith MH's Pro Staff Opening day Tripple in Maine 2010. Russ hammered a 19 1/2 lb Tom with 3/4 spurs, 8 1/2" beard with American Broadhead Companies, Turkey Terror Broadhead for great footage! Steve took his first 2010 Maine bird with his Ulti-Mag 3 1/2 Mossberg and Hevi-Shot #5's, the Tom weighed 21 lbs, 3/4 spurs, with an 11 inch beard. Russ's second Maine bird was taken 15 minutes later than Steve's bird with Steve's Ulti-Mag, the camera role was switched and Russ took this 21 lb Tom with 1 inch spurs and a 9 1/2" beard.
Steve Beckwith May 4th , with Maine's 2nd bird for 2010 , Tom 19 1/2 lbs, 3/4 spurs, with a 9 inch beard with the Ulti-Mag 3 1/2 Mossberg and Hevi-Shot #5's.
Jay Wagner - Lebanon, Maine May 3rd, 2010 - MH's Staff - With a Tom 16 lbs. 9 1/4 inch beard, 5/8 spurs
Jay Wagner - Lebanon, Maine - MH's Staff with his 2nd Maine Tom 21pounds, 3/4 spurs, 9 1/2 in beard 25 yard shot, with his Ulti-Mag 3 1/2"!!!
Marianne A Theriault - Sanford, Maine May 3rd opening day! 18 lbs 3 oz 9 1/2 beard 1 inch spurs. Way to go Mom T!!
Marianne A Theriault - Sanford, Maine May 4th, 2010 ! 19 lbs 11 oz 7 1/2 beard 1/2 spurs. Congratulations Mom T! MH's Pro-Staff David Thayer Anthony Diprizio (13 year old) and his father Peter headed out opening morning of youth weekend with me. Anthony did a great job and shot a nice tom at 25 yards with his 20 gauge. 19lbs 9inch beard Peter Diprizio father of Anthony from above shot his first turkey opening morning with me. (MH's Pro-Staff David Thayer) 19lbs, 9 inch beard. Pete had a little bit of a miss hap! When he shot his gun, the gun kicked back and hit him in the face. Lets just says he had some blood issues, toilet paper anyone? We laughed, it was all good since we had a bird on the ground. Downed this bird on opening morning first setup on public land. David Thayer - MH's Pro-Staff Durham, NH Opening day Tom May 3rd- 9:30am 21lbs 9.75 beard.
Mark Rines, his son Mark Jr (11 years old) and Zack Cardinal (13 years old) headed out on sunday with Josh Johnson (camera man) and myself, (David Thayer- MH's Pro-Staff) the boys scored on a double. 2 nice toms came in together and they let them have it. Mark jrs bird weighed 18.5lbs with a real nice 8.5 inch beard. Zacks bird weighed 17lbs and had a 8 inch beard, it had some serious beard rott on that one. John H Howard - Strafford, NH with a 20lb., 9 1/4" beard, 3/4" spurs Tom on May 5, 2010 Way to go John! Nice bird! Rob Quimby - Lebanon- Maine AKA "Never Miss" 5/5/10 with the trusty 835 Ulti-mag. 20lb Tom, 9inch beard, 1 1/8 inch spurs.
John Mondello - North Berwick, Maine - May 6th, 2010 18.5 lb Tom 3/4 spurs and a 9 1/2" beard. Nice going John...on to bird number 2!! Larry Moore - Strafford, NH - 18 1/2 lbs and 9 1/2 in beard with 7/8 spures..shot on may, 6, 2010.shot in starfford.NH.. with the assistance of John Howard! Nice work John!
Nova Short - Maine Shot a nice bird today the 5th of May 2010, in Parsonsfield, Me. It was the third big tom she fired on this week (one we named the monster), as a young hunter 10 years old she was getting a little turkey fever, shoting over the top of the birds heads. This one came in at 15yds. she shot him. with a Rossi 20ga, number 6 in rem. premiums. The bird weighed 19.12 and had a 10 1/4 beard, one 1in spur other 7/8. Congratulations Nova.. Great work Dad (John Short) Ralph Pino - Gloucester, Mass - May 6th 2010 19 lb, 9 1/4 beard, 3/8 spurs
Ralph Pino - Gloucester Mass. - May 1st - Jake
Byran Albano - NH - May 4th, 2nd day of NH turkey season. 22lbs, 1 inch spurs, 9.75 inch beard and a 6 inch beard. The bird scored 72.4 Bryan and I saw a bird from the road near one of my spots so we headed up the ridge near a set of power lines. Once we got on top I called and this bird answered behind us. We set up about 150 yards from him, called a few times and hear he came. Bryan shot him at 30 yards.
John Short - Shapeleigh, Maine -May 8th Rainy Day Bird - in Cornish, the only bird in the town most likely. My daughter and I have been hitting um hard. Tom 16.6 lbs. wet 6 7/8 beard 3/4in spurs.
Trent Theriault - Sanford, Maine MH's Asst. Pro Staff - May 8th, 2010 Rainy Day Jake- 13 lbs 3 oz 4 1/4 beard
Tyler Therrien- Sanford May 5 - 18lbs 7 oz 9 3/4 inch beard 3/4 inch spurs. Shot at 35 yards with a mossberg 535 3.5 inch.
Dennis Theriault - MH's Pro-Staff with his First Smoke Pole Tom, May 10, 2010 - 18 lbs 11 oz, 9 1/4 beard, spurs 1/2"
Brent Lafreniere - Bolton, VT - 20 1/2 pounder with a 9 inch beard and 1 inch spurs taken on the second day of season.
Brent Lafreniere - Bolton, VT- Opening morning in VT he weighed 20 pounds with a 9 1/2 inch beard and 1
inch spurs. Jeremy Tarbox, Lyman Maine droped the hammer on a monster bird. After laying in the sand, for over an hour in a gravel pit, the big tom came in for a shot. 23 certified lbs. 9 3/4 in beard, 3/4 spurs. Congrats Jeremy! May 11th, 2010 Mike Horning MH's Pro-Staff - Cape neddick, Maine - May 4th 19 pounds. 9 3/4" beard 7/8"spurs. Shot in York
Mark Therrien- Sanford May 13, 17 pounds, 10 inch beard with 13/16 spurs. Shot with a Remington 870 at 50 yards.
Tyler Therrien - Sanford May 15, 15lbs 9 3/4 inch beard with 3/4 inch spurs.I called him away from another tom and 4 hens. 35 yard shot with a mossberg 535. The hunt was over by 530.
Nate Fenderson - Sanford, Maine - Northwoods Adventures TV - Maine Tom . I had been watching this monster tom he just would not work with me to close the deal . I decided to work him from another direction with two fly down cackles and a few yelps I just about didnt have enough time to get the camera equipment ready when he flew out and landed almost on top of me. The gun barked and this thunder chicken hit the dirt ! 23lbs 10.75 beard 1 inch spurs ! Northwoods Adventures TV had the pleasure of videoing and taking out great friend Rick Lally and his 10 year old daughter Tory on her first turkey hunt! The footage is the best of the season so far ESPN up and close ! Tory and her dad put the smack down on these two nice toms ! Torys 22 lbs 10 inch beard 1 1/4 spurs Ricks 21 lbs 9.75 beard 3/4 spurs Prostaff Rick Seavey headed to the Maine turkey woods with Nate Fenderson. Nate called and videoed Ricks hunt. The bird was hened up bad but after an hour of aggressive calling this big old tom just couldnt take it and strutted up to 15 ft of us before Rick dropped the hammer. 22lbs 10.5 beard 1 1/2 spurs !! nice tom. Tyler Fenderson Maine youth day TOM ! 22.6 lbs 10.25 beard 1 1/16 spurs ! Tyler wanted to harvest his first Maine bird with his Hoyt bow so that morning we headed to the woods with his stick and string. The birds did their part and gave Tyler a great show and with all the excitement Tyler shot his arrow just under a big old Tom with his bow, great footage and a lesson on bow hunting. Knowing my son, he didnt give up on the Bow until the last part of the morning and then the bang stick came out ! Gobble gobble Bang ! Awesome hunt and great video ! Tory Lally age 10 on her first turkey hunt ! She made short work of this Monster tom ! Northwoods Adventures TV was just proud to have been part of her special hunt! Tyler Fenderson & Nate Fenderson... Of Northwoods Adventure TV with Tyler's NH tom!
Tyler Fenderson - Sanford, Maine After the exciting day in Maine we headed next door to New Hampshire for the last day of their youth turkey season. Well right from the start the morning was full of Gobbles and little man was very excited. Tyler tried his hand at calling in his bird and he did a good job with the birds comming Tyler needed to get ready for his shot so dad finished bring them in the rest of the way . Tyler made a great shot all on video and closed out his New Hampshire turkey season! 20.6 lbs 9 3/4 beard and 1 inch spurs ya baby ! First person he called was Steve B " mainehunters" his buddy ! Hope everyone is having a great season ! Ralph Pino - May 17th 2010 Great Friend of MaineHunters.com, hunts with Steve Beckwith, Jay Wagner & John Mondello for this nice 11:45 AM tom! Let's just say...Jay bought Dinner in 2010 and leave it at that!
Brian Morin- Springvale, Me Harvested this bird on Saturday May 15th right at the wire around 11:54 am! About 11:35am we spotted a tom with a jake and found out later that there was a hen with them as well. We had to circle the entire field in hopes of getting in front of the birds. All I can say is thank god for stone walls! We were able to sneak up to with in 20yards of this jake by crawling on our hands and knees. Dennis Theriault - MaineHunters.com Prostaff with a nice Tom - 16 lbs 12 oz 9 1/8 & 3 3/4 beard 7/8 spurs, 3 1/2 Mag. My first bird with my Mossberg 835 Roger from New Hampshire with his bird 17 1/2 lbs., 8 1/2 beard, 3/4 spur's shot on May 3, 2010
Ralph on the left with a 20lbs. 9" beard with 1" spur's. Peter on the right with a 21lbs with (2) 8" beard's 7/8" spur's both bird's were shot on May 3, 2010 in New Hampshire.
Steve Beckwith - MaineHunters.com - Pro-staff - May 21, 2010 at 7:10 AM in New Hampshire, with a nice Tom Beard 6 In, spurs 15/16 & 7/8 inch weighed in at 20lbs. This old boys chest and beard were worn right down from all his strutting. The grass was so tall, I could not see a hen just 10 feet from where this guy folded up when I shot him with the Ulti-Mag 3 1/2" at 82 yards (Range finder on this one folks!) The hen was on her nest, and this tom stayed fanned out right beside her. When I retrieved this bird the hen stayed right on her nest and let me walk right by her, when I left the field she remained on her nest! My morning started off in another location, where a hen flew down, then the Tom flew down, they did the "wild thing" right in front of me at 90-100 yards. When that was over the hen ran from the field and the Tom followed her...right off into the sunrise! For my last day hunting turkeys for 2010 spring season, I had quite a morning alone in New Hampshire's turkey woods, one I will never forget! Special thanks go out to John Howard for taking me out yesterday, John put me on the first bird that gave me the free "wild thing" show at O Dark Thirty, today! John is a super guy and an awesome turkey hunter!
Brent Lafreniere of Bolton, VT in Bradford County,PA. I left Vermont at 9:30 pm Wednesday 5/19 and arrived in Pennsylvania around 3:30 am Thursday 5/20 and harvested this bird at 6:30 am. I got this bird on some highly pressured public land so I knew I would need to call real soft and not get to aggressive, my tactic seemed to work. The bird weighed 15 pounds had a 10 1/4 inch beard and had 5/8 inch spurs. Nathan Fenderson- Sanford, Maine - Northwoods Adventure TV - Well after my son tagged out on youth day, it was Dad's turn with the bang stick in the Great State of New Hampshire to see if the farther son team could put another thunder chicken on the ground. I am glad to have a young pair of ears with me or I would have not gone in after some of the birds that were gobbling. Tyler and I worked a few birds early but they just wouldn't come in close enough for a shot. Then while checking out a spot Tyer said he heard one, so we jumped in the woods and with four calls the bird was at 8ft when he popped out in front of me! Well the tom did his part and I well.... you can you say... I didn't do mine, I shot right over the top him ! Yep.. Dad went from hero to zero! Tyler rode me for a few minutes on this one! Well 20 minutes later we had another Tom gobbling his head off, this time when he hit 30 yds. the gun barked and I was all tagged out! 18.6 lbs 8 1/2 beard 1 inch spurs . There is nothing like hunting with your kids ! Eric Morton of Corinth,VT and Brent Lafreniere of Bolton,VT traveled to Orford, NH on 5/23 where after working two different birds earlier in the morning with each of them heading the opposite direction Eric made the third bird of the day pay the price! This bird weighed 17 1/2 pounds and sported an 8 3/4 inch beard and 7/8 inch spurs.
David Thayer on the left, Jeff Budds from Florida, and Jasper Thayer . Jeff ended up shooting a nice 20 lb , 9.5 inch beard, 1 inch spurs bird at 10 AM in NH Norm Vetter from Rochester, N.H. & MH's Pro Staff David Thayer - We had a tom gobbling good down below us and then one started gobbling behind us and he was coming fast. I had Norm turn around and I said, "when you see his head shoot". That’s just what Norm did, 17 lb jake. I thought for sure by the sound of his gobble that it was a tom, Norm was happy, it was his first turkey.
Peter Scala and David Thayer MH's Pro Staff fill Pete's NH tag. 22 lb, 9.5 inch beard, .75 spur bird off the roost, Pete shot him at 20 yards. After Peter scored on his NH bird we decided to head to Maine. Pete ended up shooting a big boy at 11:50 AM in Acton, ME 24 lbs, 9 inch beard and 1.25 spurs. He was a beautiful turkey to say the least.
David Thayer - New Durham, NH - M's Pro Staff - Shot both birds in Acton, ME on May 11th. Shot the 18 lb, 8 inch beard, .75 spurs bird off the roost and then scored at 9 am with a 21 lb, 9.5 inch beard, .75 spurs bird
Nate Fenderson "Northwoods Adventures TV" Well it's been a long turkey season and it came down to the last day for me and my son Tyler. Tyler had a tough morning on the last day three big toms and two misses ! On our last set up of the Maine season two big old Maine toms were going to give us one last shot at harvesting our last two birds. every thing was going to plan the two toms were hot and coming fast they closed the distance and were at 20 yds behind some small trees. One broke hard to the left of Tyler he couldn't see to get a shot at and the other one he couldn't seem to get a good bead on. The birds hung out for about 10 minutes before they decided to exit the seen. I could still see the Tom to the left and was trying to get Tyler to get a shot. Tyler looked up at me and said Dad take him I cant move or he will run. With the pull of the trigger the season was over but what a bird 16.8 lbs 11.5 beard and 1 inch spurs. Congrat's to all that hit the turkey woods this season!
Adam Tibetts and Shane Maurice double up on a pair of 17lb jake’s opening morning of the 2010 Maine gobbler season. Shane Maurice ends his 2010 New Hampshire season in Dover on the 4th day of the season with this 21lb thunderchicken with 1 1/16 spurs and a 11 inch beard…gotta give some love to B-Mobile. Shawn Hamilton and Shane Maurice finish there 2010 Maine turkey season on the same day, Shawn shot 2 20 lb birds and Shane ended his season also with a 20lb gobbler with inch spurs and a 9 inch beard.
Remington Clare, taken in Concord, NH during the first hours of the Spring Youth Turkey Hunt, 2010. He is 10 years old and used a Remington 870 .20ga. Turkey weight 18lbs.
John Howard and Larry open day of the fall shot gun. John's bird was a hen with a 7 1/2 in beard weight was 10lbs, and Larry's weight was 12lbs both shot at 8:10 AM in New Hampshire.
8 year old Dylan Douglas shot his first turkey this fall in NH, Dylan an David Thayer belly crawled up to some old stumps on the edge of a food plot and got ready for the birds to move into range. Dylan made a great shot at 35yards on an 8lb jake with a browning 20 gauge. Way to go Dylan! Keith Henner shot his first turkey with a bow the week before shotgun season this fall. We set up in a blind and did some calling. Within minutes we had a large flock of birds 20 yards in front of the blind. Keith made a great shot with his bow and I (David Thayer) grabbed some great footage. Keith harvested a 12 lb jake.
David Thayer - New Durham, NH shot this 20 lb gobbler on Oct 13th in the afternoon scouting for deer. Three long beards where feeding along the edge of a field when I came out of the woods, I ran along a small ditch to get closer to the birds. When I snuck around the corner there they were at 50 yards. I shot the bird with my 12 gauge browning.
Steve Beckwith - Maine Hunters October 5th at 2:45 PM, shot this hen at 15 yards with a Turkey Tearror Broadhead, in Farmington. NH Thanks to our sponsor the American Broadhead Company this bird went down on the spot. This bird was shot during pouring rain, winds at 40 MPH and after a sneak through a small valley with an ambush over the top of a stone wall, the Turkey Tearror Broadhead hit it's mark!. Special note about fall turkey hunting...always carry your bow with you when driving around on rainy days, one never knows when an opportunity for a spot and stalk will present itself for you!
Dennis & Trent Theriault - MH's Staff pull off an opening day shotgun fall season double. 10/16/2010
Steve Beckwith - Maine Hunters Staff - October 18th at 2:30 PM, shot this Jake at 20 yards with a Turkey Tearror Broadhead, in Maine. Thanks to our sponsor the American Broadhead Company, and a well placed shot this bird went down like a rag doll! This bird marks my personal best year of turkey hunting. I completed the MaineHunters.com Yankee Slam for the second time in 2010. (6) Turkeys shot in any of the six New England States - is a MaineHunters.com - Yankee Slam and this bird made lucky number seven for 2010! Jay Wagner - Lebanon, Maine - MH's Staff with his fall 2010 Jake taken with his Ulti-Mag! 10/19/2010
David Sprague - Pro- Staff MaineHunters.com May 3 - 2010 takes a early season Jake, with Pro-Staff om Thibeault on camera.
David Sprague Sanford, Maine 10-19/2010 - Pro Staff MH's with his fall Maine 12 lb hen taken with his old faithful Mossberg 500!
Jeff Lemay -Fall Hen 12 pounds, 12 Gauge Remington 1100, Sanford Fall 2010 1st day of shotgun Bryce Jones 19 pounds 8 inch beard Kennebunk ME
Spring 2010 Nate Jone with son Walker Jones 18 pounds 8.5 beard Arundel ME
2010 Spring 2nd bird Nate Jones 22.3 pounds 9.5 inch beard 1inch spurs Arundel ME Nate Jones and Bryce Jones Fall 2010 Double Kennebunk ME
Briar Morin age 15 Spring 2010 Turkey Hunt
Jesse Burke - Bagged this 19 lb tom in Fryeburg, Maine during the fall hunt, can't wait till spring!
Norman & Sadie Theriault a dynamic father daughter duo! With two spring turkeys!
Zach Hale - Berwick Maine - turkey shot in Acton, ME the second weekend of the season. 20lb 9in beard. Angela Silke age 14 with her nice tom and Noah Pierson - Age 12 with his first & second double tom youth day hunt. See Noah and Angela's story written by Dave Call. Click here
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mainehunters – November 10, 2009, 7:26 am