danthehuntinman Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 I got in my blind at 6 and I started calling right at daylight and had one gobbling then another then 3 other ones started. Well about 10 minutes later I looked down over the hill on a flat and there he was struttin around. He gobbled once and just kept struttin around there for about 15 to 20 minutes which seemed forever. I called real aggressive and he run up to the logging road and strutted for 3 or 4 minutes. So again i called aggressively and he came up the last hill and started my way struttin came to around 40 yrds and started to turn so I shot and he flopped. He got stuck in some vines and kept flopping around and tore off half of his feathers which sucked but I got him. He weighed 21 lbs had a 8 inch beard and 1 inch spurs. I have one more tag to fill so I'll be back after them at the end of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Congrats! Sounds like you have plenty more to choose from for #2...good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsharp01 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Congrats!! Just think by him losing half his feathers it's less you gotta pluck... unless you were gonna get a full mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 nice bird... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthehuntinman Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 I want to get a turkey in full strut but that one wasn't big enough. I shot one a few years ago I should have had mounted it was 24 lbs 10 inch beard and 1.5 inch spurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Congrats on the bird! Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Congratulations on a great bird. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pruts Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Congratulations on the Tom and good luck the rest of the season. I agree less plucking is not necessarily a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 ATTA BOY what a great bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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