Guest ronin Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 OK guys...I took a friend of mine out today for his 2nd turkey hunt ever. His first was rained out last week. We set up under a low hanging oak at 0545 on the anticipated flock path for the morning. I've been patterning the birds for a week to ensure my friend, Greg, got a good bird. Wouldn't ya know it? They decided to land in another field within 100 yards of us and go the other way. Gobbler's law of turkey hunting relativity I guess. I tried bossing the lead hen around but she didn't care. She simply led the Tom in another direction. When he started to respond to my call she would conveniently postion herself to the rear yet between us. Unbelievable. Once the flock was out of sight, I grabbed Greg and we high tailed it around the hill to a small saddle that I knew they would have to cross. We sat down just in time to see the lead hen pop her head over the horizon. She didn't like something becasue she popped a few times and led the flock up the hill across from us. Didn't matter, though. 5-6 more hens passed by followed by a very nice Tom. Greg took him at about 35 yards with a Benelli 3.5" and #4 HevyShot. The feathers are a little ragged looking because he was soaking wet. Here are the photos: [image][/image] [image] [/image] [image] [/image] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Congrats to your friend on a fine bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Congrats to you and your friend Jeff, nice bird! Always helps to know the lay of the land and draw on past experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Man thats a awesome bird! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Congrats to you and your buddy ronin. Very nice bird for his 2nd ever hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gobblergetter15 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Pretty good for a second hunt! Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MossySNPR Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Thats what its all about, cong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatherBowHunt Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Awesome hunt and a great bird to go along with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ketchum Posted April 12, 2005 Report Share Posted April 12, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James7xChamp3 Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Congrats to your friend! Sounded like a fun hunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: One For a Friend thats a nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: One For a Friend Congrats on the bird guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: One For a Friend good looking bird!! awesome job!! congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmacz71 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: One For a Friend That is a good story and i bet you felt good when you saw that gobbler come over that hill and not follow that lead gobbler. Nice bird you can't really beat that for a first hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: One For a Friend WTG on a dandy bird!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Re: One For a Friend That's a nice bird...congrats to you and your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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