Ohiobucks Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Chalk one up for The Hooks! I was lucky enough to bag a nice Ohio eastern turkey this morning! Two of my buddies and I went out to the turkey woods early this morning while the rain came pouring down. We knew birds were in there, they always are. We got set up well before light in a known fly down area. We spread out and settled in, getting soaked with every passing minute. We never heard a gobble, but the hens were really talking from the tree. A few flew down and went the opposite direction, taking some male birds with them. But there were still plenty birds on the roost we could see, yelping away. I made a few soft yelps with my Primos diaphram to mimic the birds we were hearing. Some hens few down to my left, almost on top of my buddy Woody. 8-10 hens within 15-20 yards of him, to his left. I made a few louder and more aggressive calls that got the hens fired up. We could still see the 4 toms in the trees, near were the hens were roosted. A few more calls, and down they flew, right to me. The bird landed 30 yards away from me, right down my gun barrel. After seeing his beard sticking out, *BAM* I let loose some #4's in his direction. He folded like a house of cards. The bird is 18 pounds, with a 9" beard and a pair of 1" spurs. NWTF scoring calculator says it scores a 56. I am working on getting the pictures uploaded now. Seems the Realtree picture site is down for upgrades. I will get those up ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! congrats Tom--look forward to the pics! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Good deal Tom..congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobblerBuster618 Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Great work that is a dedicated Turkey hunter!! looking forward for this nasty weather to Stop! Once again congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! thats awesome Tom! congrats on the bird can't wait to see the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! If only it were that easy all the time...lol. Congrats on a good hunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gobblergetter15 Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Congrats on a good bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! * pic added * Sorry about the picture quality. Wish I would have taken a better picture, but I had just spent 4 hours in the pouring rain and 40 degrees.......I was ready for a shower. Anyway here he is: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! * pic added * Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThethirdI Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! * pic added * I took my bow out this morning and hunted hard for those little buggers. I didn't hear a peep until about 11:45 this morning and figured I'd be out of luck cuz the legal shooting time stops at 12:00 noon. Well as my luck would have it all that I got was soaking wet and cold and then he showed up 15 minutes too late. Oh well! Better luck next time I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! * pic added * great lookin bird Tom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Sounds like a great hunt...congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SRA Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! that is great way to help out the team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Congrats on a fine bird!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6sixpoint_nobrows Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Re: Ohio success! good looking bird man!! good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Re: Ohio success! WTG buddy. My turn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Congrats.... I opted to hunt out of a hunting shack with a propane heater... should have just stayed in bed. never heard or seen a bird. At about 10:00 I took a walk around the property calling every now and then but never heard a thing... I certainly hope the weather is better the rest of the season... tomorrow they're calling for snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maine Turkey Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Great job. Way to help the team. I haven't been on in a while, but glad to see we have a score on the board. My season starts on Monday (5/2). I've had lots of promising scouts! Later...RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Re: Ohio success! WTG Tom.........Nice Tom...Tom Now ya gonna help out your buddy Tom..inator? Congrats on a very nice gobbler buddy. Like snapper said they all won't come that easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatherBowHunt Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Re: Ohio success! awesome bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDNKHNTR77 Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Re: Ohio success! Hopefully ill be sharing the same kind of "Ohio success" this weekend nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Re: Ohio success! congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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