Friday, April 22, 2011

Ground Round called down the thunder - and Frank struck him with lightning

Franklin Milton Lovich - AKA: Frankie the Yankee, The Amish Assasin, Timmy, Buck, The Shadow Branch Stalker, Liberace, Frank the Tank.

There was some that said he had lost his touch, said he could never get back to the black belt ninjy inner circle again, questioned his dedication to the lifelong pursuit of the jellyhead - them "some" was dead-ass wrong.

Next stop is New York - where the burning blood-thirsty desires of Ol' Boy Ground Round and The Yankee will come together, to form a Voltron-like killing machine that won't stop until the streets of downtown Albany run thick with crimson.

"In this world there are world champion turkey callers, and world champion turkey killas - I'm a Turkey Ninja."

UNTAMED POWER OF THE YANKEE HAWK!

It is official – Ol’ Boy Frankie the Yankee has made it happen in Kansas again!  Plagued with adverse weather conditions, and an airline that decided they didn’t need their bags – young Franklin and his sidekick Justin Time Kennedy fought through it all to lay down the Golden Ticket Ohio style.

 

It would be hard for anyone to argue that the full hawk the Yankee is sporting didn’t have something ( or EVERTHING ) to do with the Great Turkey Ninja in the Sky smiling down on these young men.  Did that majestic Ninjey also notice the full Shadow Branch jacket and pants? – NO DOUBT.

 

It truly is a GOOD FRIDAY in Kansas!

 

Note: Frank and JT would like to thank their sponsors for making this all possible – Copenhagen, Wild Turkey LLC, Busch Light, Magnum Blend, and the lovely women at the Red Garter in Key West, FLA

 

 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Hart regroups in Tennessee with a Top 10 Bird in Tennessee

Fellas,

      I had an AMAZING weekend in TN hunting on my buddy Jim Catino's lease near Shelbyville, TN.  On Saturday morning Jimmy C dropped me and Kerry Collins QB of the Titans out to chase some birds.  I had the back half of his lease and Kerry had the front half.  I hunted the front half the day before and gave Kerry some info of the birds I heard before the weather got bad on Friday.

 

I get to where I was getting and had at least 6 birds hammering on the roost.  At daylight I spent two hours working 4 birds behind me to my field.  Around 8am 5 hens came out at (what I thought was about 60 yards).  I lost my rangefinder and didn't have an accurate range.  My gun is patterned to 70 so I felt good with the steady rest of my trigger stick if the gobblers were following.  After 5 minutes I got a bad case of heartburn and let out a cough.  The hens became alert and nervous.  A few minutes later a longbeard was in check and he was nervous as well.  I thought the longbeard was at 55 to 60 and I squeezed the trigger...MISS, he took off flying and chambered a shell in my 870.  I stood up and the other three were looking at me.  I put the red dot on one's head and watched my pattern hit the birds feet on the chert rock gravel road.  The next shot was the same.  I felt sick.  I stepped off the yardage and I was mistaken.  The first bird was at 76 yards and the other was 73.  I was discussed with myself. 

 

Kerry heard me shoot and sent a text to Jimmy C that he heard my three shots.  Jimmy C called immediately and said "What the hell?"  Walking back to the camp, I heard the three birds gobble.  Out of shells I walked back with my tail between my legs.  After eating a good breakfast and regrouping, we decided to head back out about 10.  I went to the same field about 400 yards to the other side and the drizzle started.  I called occasionally and the field started to fill up with hens.  I called a couple of jakes to the decoys and another lone hen.  Around 12:45 I decided to get up and stretch my legs.  I contemplated leaving for lunch and thought to wait another 15 minutes. 

 

5 minutes later I saw a big black spot at 400 yards.  Putting my binos up I saw a big chested bird with a red head.  I yelped and cut hard and he put his head up.  I had a Dave Smith jake and two hens.  After periscoping my set up he began to walk my way.  At 300 yards I noticed that his beard was the size of my forearm.  My breath started to pick up. He would stop every 10 yards to look and see what was going on.  After 40 minutes he cut the gap to 100 yards.  At 100 yards I yelp 3 times and he blew up into strut.  He started to walk my way strutting every 5 yards and stopping to look.  At about 75 yards I decided it was time to ease my binos down and put my hand on the gun.  I moved the binos down a 1/2 inch at a time until my hands were on my 10 ga.  At 25 yards I got my cheek on the gun and his head happened to be in line with my bead.  I squeezed the trigger and the new sample 10 ga 4x5x7 Hevi 13s hit him like a baseball bat.  After 45 minutes of watching this beast then walking up to the beast my adrenaline took over and while looking at his spurs and his rope I hit my knees.  This hasn't happened to me since high school football but I was so excited I began to puke.  I was torn up!  When Jimmy C and his buddy Trey showed up we gave a proper toast to the turkey gods with a bottle of 101!

 

He didn't gobble once.

 

I love this sport.

 

22.75lbs

12 1/6" beard (massive thick)

1.5" spur, 1.4375" spur


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Monday, April 18, 2011

Nascar Fans Rule

Saw this while reading the USA TODAY this morning.  What Pride and Support for the Rainbow Runner Jeff Gordon. 

That right there is just pure pride and dedication. 


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Thursday, April 7, 2011

23 Days Until The PCP Cometh!

<<Jan 2011 winter buck end of story 004.jpg>> The PCP Cometh! T-Minus
23 days.

Ninja Laich and Ninja Hart Strike Swiftly

 

Ninjas Lalich and Hart struck this morning. Eastern down. 17lbs, 10.5" beard, 1 1/8" spurs.

A hen picked me out at 10 yards as the sun was shining down my barrel. I had a tough time getting a bead on him in the sun and I had to shoot him running at 40 yards. I pulled the trigger and he took off flying. I thought I missed but he flew about 40 yards and hit the ground with a thud.

It wasn't a pretty shot but he is riding in the back of the truck.

 


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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Pennsylvania Redneck Strikes Gold in the Sunshine State

Strictly for my Ninjees

 

 

NEW ZEALAND Ninjys

Ya’ll Get a look at this Record New Zealand Gobbler…….

 

Well I have a update from New Zealand. After taking our stags and some rams and other things, we decided to chase turkeys!! Little did we know it would end up with the new South Pacific pending World Record turkey!! A young man names Logan from Wyoming was here hunting and I videoed him archery kill this 5 bearded (37 1/4" total bead inches" white turkey. They have Merriam's and several of these all white birds we have found, but we never realized it had 5 beards....looking at SCI it shatters the current record y over 60"

 

He had 1 1/4" and 1 1/8" hooks.

 

Pretty cool...catching a plane today and will be back chasing easterns this week!!!

JT Harden
www.hardcorehuntingtv.com
10960 Afton Lane
Joplin, Mo 64804
(417)499-2727

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Monday, April 4, 2011

Another successful Ninja

 

upson county GA.....been chasin this bastard for 2 seasons, b/n rainstorms i struck out with a mouth call, gun and cushion walking, calling along the way......on way back to truck, he hammered 40 yards from road, with little options i immediately sat down, clucked 3 times and he showed himself.......thought he was about 60, leveled the 11-87, he dropped, jumped and ran, this fat boy gave chase at full speed through the pines, didn't have to shoot again, he died just before i did after 120 yard sprint......my best one thus far.....11.5 / 1.25 hooks

 

hart, sorry for lack of my coveted bl camo, no one makes it in gore-tex rain gear yet...hint, hint


Ninjy Matt Haun



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Found him....

Will L


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