Rhino Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 With the Mississippi season opening yesterday, I went down to try to roost a bird the afternoon before the opener. For the 1st time in over 30 years I hadn't had favorable weather to do any preseason listing for gobbling birds. I went to the area where I called in some birds for my son last year. Heard some hens sound off and a bird gobble twice at them maybe 200 yards away. The next morning before dawn I was there setting up the DSD decoys when an owl cranked up. The bird gobbled twice at him and it was still real dark. As dawn broke I hear him crank up his gobbling real good (SE of me). 3 more birds gobble to my west that sound weak (assume they are jakes) and a bird gobbles behind me loud that's real close (N of me). The bird to the N only gobbled once on the roost. The bird to the SE was real hot with his gobbling. When they hit the ground I began calling. The SE bird answered almost all my calls but that's also where I heard the hens. Could be a problem. The bird to the N circled around my eastern side out of sight heading toward the SE bird and the hens. He quit gobbling when he got over there. Suddenly, I see 2 birds to the SW coming in...2 jakes. They proceed to the decoys beating up on the jake decoy and spinning him around. Then the bigger jake jumps on top of my submissive hen decoy. Apparently the gobbler that had been answering me to the SE and stayed out of my sight could see the jakes because he came running in all puffed up. Very cool! He runs the 2 jakes around in circles around my jake and submissive hen decoy. Finally I get a clear shot and drop him. Now with him flopping around, the jakes gang up and beat on him for a while. I had to watch that show. My 1st bird of the season has am 8 5/8" beard and 3/4" spurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 CONGRATS, Rhino. lbs. that those southern birds weigh?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Congrats Al that’s a good way to start off the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 3:13 AM, pointing_dogs_rule said: CONGRATS, Rhino. lbs. that those southern birds weigh?? Expand 2 yr. old MS gobblers typically weigh somewhere around 16.5 to 17 lbs. Light weights compared to Midwestern birds. The MS state record weight is only 25.25 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted March 17, 2018 Report Share Posted March 17, 2018 Congrats, Al !!!!!!! Still 5 weeks to wait up in this neck.................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Sounds like a great hunt Al...congrats! If I had a few turkey hunts that action packed I would devote a little more time to it lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissshot9 Posted March 27, 2018 Report Share Posted March 27, 2018 That's an awesome hunting day though. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born4it Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 Good story...congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted March 31, 2018 Report Share Posted March 31, 2018 Congratulations on the opening day bird Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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