dartonman Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 I took my son Hunter (age 17) and my son Marshall (age 13) for a turkey hunt on Friday morning, and after a long rain shower, and me being summoned to work, the day was cut short. Now, here comes Saturday.....set up a B mobile strutter, and hen decoy 15 yards from the brush we were hiding in. The morning couldn't of been more perfect, at dawn all we heard were gobblers sounding off in the woods 150 yards in front of us, and they gobbled for hours with nothing but time on their hands. Here is the scoop, in Illinois, your "granted" a season of choice, and you hunt only that season, my season, along with my son Hunter was 5 days long. I have five kids to feed, along with me and the wife, so if we have an opportunity to shoot a legal bird, well...I eat gobblers most years, but will not turn down a Jake for dinner. That being said, we had a huge bird come right in on our decoy, he had two running hens with him, and he got within 30 yards, and before Hunter my son could put the shot on him, his spidey senses kicked, in and he hauled out of there. No harm, no foul, I left the brush, repositioned the decoys farther down the hill, and stared into the brush, and told Hunter to cover his shiny forehead, and to tuck into the brush better..lol, lesson learned. Not 15 minutes later, we watched a coyote running two young deer through the turkey woods, and whala, here comes two gobbling birds to my sons soft purrs...when all said and done, they were two healthy Jakes and they began pecking the B mobile in the mouth..lol...well, seven yards, and loads of 4 shot, we have two fine birds for the freezer. God Bless America, I had an absolute blast hunting with my kids...and when I opened up the birds, they were FULL of MINT leaves...good tasting birds ahead...lol...Good luck to all. al(photos coming with the help of Buckee) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Congrats to you, Hunter, & Marshall Al....WTG. Bummer about the big bird but you can't complain about tradding 2 for 1. Sure sounds like there was a lot of gobbling action while you passed the time too...very cool! :rockon: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartonman Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 turkeys Rhino....that big bird was the largest I ever saw in the wild, he was in the 30 pound class.....his head and neck were solid gray, and well....he definately got that big from being extremely cautious......lol....thats what makes memories for sure though....al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 sounds like a good time... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Great sounding hunter there Al. I doubt it is one you'll ever forget. Congrats to your son too on his bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Congratulations Al, to you and the boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Congratulations to all of you. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Congrats on the great success, Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorado bob Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Conglads, nothing better than hunting with your kids. CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Congrats to you and your sons Al, sounds like a very exciting hunt, looking forward to seeing the pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Here they are Al. sorry buddy, I had my cell-phone off Awesome time with the boys. The Winstead Gobbler Bandits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dartonman Posted April 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Thanks so much buddy for posting the pics!!!! It was a great day that day for sure.....al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 Great job Al! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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