FSU_Seminole Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Well guys, I killed a fine turkey yesterday afternoon. After 2 days of frurstration on Monday & Tuesday, I shot this big fella Saturday afternoon. He has a 10 inch beard and weighs 22lbs on the spot. Here's the story.I get up at 5 a m fired up and determined to shoot a bird Saturday morning. I get to my hunting land an hour before sun light. I slip into my ground blind. The land I'm hunting has been loaded with big turkeys the past 3 years so I'm thinking 15-30 minutes before sunlight its going to be goobles booming all over the place. The morning was very chilly 40 degress and as the sun is coming up I'm hitting my owl call. Not a friggin sound in the woods. An hour goes by no gobbles. I'm thinking to myself whats wrong. So at 9 am I hit my slate and sure enough I get a bird to start gobbling. I never see him but it sounds like he's moved from 200 yards to just 20 yards away over a hill. I'm thinking he's going to pop out any second & this is going to be a chip shot so I wait wait and wait some more. I hit my slate and he fires off a gobble but its about 100 yards away. Then I hit the old faithful Woodhaven real hen, NOTHING. Its about 9:45 & I say to myself I'm going to hunt until noon. Sure enough I get comfy in my blind & I fall right asleep!!! I must have slept and hour and my phone is set on vibrate & goes off in my pocket. The vibration wakes me up and a hen, jake and a nice goobler are standing 20 yards in front of me. I'm startled and lean up to get my shotgun all 3 see movement in the blind and take off. I feel sick to my stomach. I waited an hour to see if they'd come back. They didn't.I leave about 1 pm. Go home get some lunch and rest. I get back out in the blind at exactly 4 pm. I hit my box and slate, absolutely nothing at all, I sit for a couple of hours periodically calling, nothing. Believe it or not about 6 pm I start to doze off again. I think I had 4 hours of sleep the night before. So yea, I fall alseep AGAIN, this time I sleep for about 45 minutes. I'm nodding and I hear a faint gobble. I slowly opened my eyes and the same hen & tom where stading in the middle of a logging road where they were before, its 6:55 pm. This time I don't make any sudden movements & I slowly reach for my shotgun. As I'm doing this, a thunderous gobble comes from over my right shoulder & it did startle me. I slowly looked through my side peep hole and this huge tom is standing just behind me. He slowly walks right by the blind. The hen and other bird were 20 yards in front of me, the big gobbler walks and stops half way between the blind & them. He turns to his left & he's looking right at me through the opening of the blind at mayble 10 yards. He stands there like a statue looking in my direction. I freeze and try not to blink or look him directly in the eyes. What seemed like forever, he figures the blind was no threat. He then turned his attention on the hen and her suitor. So he hits his fan, still standing side ways looking some what at me and her. He slowly turns to her and drops his fan. I'm shaking like a leaf because I still can't bring my shotgun up without being busted. So he turns all the way around towards them. He hits his fan again, the other tom starts to back off like he didn't want to fight. The big guy puts on a show and while he had his fan up and back to me I quickly raise my gun & get the barrel outside the blind. Again what seemed like forever he put his fan down with all of his attention on her, he's at 15 yards. I'm steadying for a shot and he starts to look back at me, I pull the trigger and send some Hevishot #5, it buried him on the spot!What a nerve racking fun hunt!!!! I'm getting this guy full body mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Congrats on a great bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 nice bird... congrats! I've fell asleep a time or two in the turkey woods.lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 long day in the blind, fresh air, a little sun on the blind= sleep for sure good bird, and sounds like an exciting hunt, those birds dont miss any movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Congratulations...nice bird...way to hang in there even though you took a power nap or 2. Like Martin said hard not to doze off in a nice comfortable chair in a blind under those conditions when you didn't get much sleep the night before the hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Congrats, nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Congrats! We've all slept a time or two in the turkey woods, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Nice bird and story. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Congrats! Nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted April 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 You guys are right. The high that Saturday was 69. That afternoon the breeze was perfect the weather was about 65 & the woods were quiet. Just couldn't help but going to sleep when it gets that slow. One other thing, not sure but this season has a weird start to it. I hunt 2 properties about 35 miles apart. Turkeys are gobbling but not like in years past. The first 2 weeks of the SC season they usually gobble all day. So far this year, a few gobbles after sun up then nothing until very late in the evening about a hour before they roost. Not sure if the leap year and this very chilly weather has anything to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenjackson Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 cheers, nice bird harvest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 10, 2013 Report Share Posted April 10, 2013 can't see the pictures but it sounds like a heavy bird with a long beard. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlriggins Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hope my luck is that good, congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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