Ohiobucks Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 First ever opening day longbeard for me! I must have heard 10 different gobblers on the roost this morning, along with several hens. I was hunting the same farm that I was on last spring when I took my biggest bird ever, within 20 yards of the same tree as a matter of fact. I was in the woods well before daylight, with a lone hen decoy set up about 30 yards from me. Waiting until the birds started up on their own, I would call sparingly until they hit the ground. When they started flying down, it was like turkey rain - they were falling to the ground all over the place. The birds started gobbling from the ground, I fired up my new slate call from our very own Redbeard, a mini 8 track turkey calling machine. It worked like a charm, and brought in two very curious toms straight to me. I had a little trouble lining up on them, and they sensed something was not right. With little to no ground cover this early in the year around here, you can barely get away with a blink it seems. I switched to lefty and shot the bigger bird at 35 yards. He ended up sporting 1" spurs, a 9-7/8" beard, and weighed in at a hair over 20 lbs. I've been on a few quick hunts before, and this one was one of the quickest. Birds started gobbling from the roost around 6:00am, I shot this guy at 6:45am, I was back home by 7:15am.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Nice Tom, Tom!. Sounds like the spot for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 CONGRATS on a super bird Tom ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 nicely done... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Way to go Ohio!!..dont worry I wont say it...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Probably weren't even late for work huh? Congratulations Tommy. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Opeinging day, awesome. congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 an't beat an opening day bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Nice bird. I know the feeling-----wait all year for turkey season & it's over in 20 minutes. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 nice job tom!! i smoked an absolute hoss this morning as well, i am working on the post now. congrats bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thanks all...turns out he has a 10-1/4" beard. Must have either measured short this morning, or that beard stretcher really works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Way to go Tom, congrats on an awesome bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Congrats on the opening day bird blast time. Nice gobbler! With the number of birds falling out of the trees there you need to be on that farm every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsharp01 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 In this case, Roosted was Roasted!!! Congrats on the early bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 It doesn't pay to shoot em so early Tom. I like to drag it out a bit to keep away from the honey-do list. Nice bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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