Gus Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Sunday May 1 After a long night of chatting around the fire and not much sleep we all get up bright and shiny and Sammy I head one direction, while Mason (bigmacz71) and Morgan head the other direction. About 10AM we all met back up at the cabin and nobody has got any birds, but Sammy and I had found a bird and tried working him earlier, but I guess he had some hens with him, so he wouldn’t come to us. I told Mason I thought we could get this bird, so here all 4 of us go back hiking up towards this bird. We finally make it about 30 minutes later and he is still in the same area. The tom acts like he wants to play the game now, so we get to what we think is about 100 yards or so from him and I am putting up a jake and hen decoy and then Mason sees the bird, so we all hit the ground. Mason and I start up the calling and here comes not 1, but 2 toms. When they were about 30 yards away I pull the trigger and down goes the second longbeard for me this year at 12 o clock noon. We only get one of the birds, but is was well worth the long hike back up to get him. He weighed in at 18.6 pounds, 9 5/8 beard and both spurs are 1 1/16. From left to right: Morgan, Me and bigmacz71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Way to go Gus, congrats on a great bird! Are you allowed any more birds this spring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter336 Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Awesome bird! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom [ QUOTE ] Way to go Gus, congrats on a great bird! Are you allowed any more birds this spring? [/ QUOTE ] Thanks everybody, I have 2 more tags left . Season ends this Sunday, so I still have a little time left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Great story! That girl on the left! WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom That's it I give up.... I'm coming to Texas to hunt with you,,you seem to have the Turkey Gods on your side... That makes 2 GREAT birds for ya, and counting... CONGRATS on the great 2nd. Tom...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYBUCK Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom [ QUOTE ] Great story! That girl on the left! WOW! [/ QUOTE ] Squirrelhunter91 ... behave yourself. She has sandals on, did she actually hunt in those, especially Texas ????? Don't you guys have snakes ??? Nice story and congrats Gus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom congrats on your second bird Gus! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckshot Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAhardwoods Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom [ QUOTE ] Great story! That girl on the left! WOW! [/ QUOTE ] I agree Congrats on the turkey bird Cody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Great story! That girl on the left! WOW! [/ QUOTE ] Squirrelhunter91 ... behave yourself. She has sandals on, did she actually hunt in those, especially Texas ????? Don't you guys have snakes ??? Nice story and congrats Gus. [/ QUOTE ] Easy boys she is taken that is her boyfriend (bigmacz71) on the other side and he will be in here to straighten yall out later And yes she did go on the little hike with us and she wore those sandals. We all tried to tell her the way we were going was going to be a tough walk in those sandals, but she wore them anyways and never once complained Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmacz71 Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Ya Gus and I are having a good season and That Girl is my girlfried so watch yourselves she is all mine ha ha Dont yall wish yall could find a hunting buddy like That . It doesnt get much better than that when you have your favorite cusin and your hot girl hunting with you and to top it of a sucessful hunt. Got to love it Stay with it VermontHunter you got to stay with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom [ QUOTE ] Dont yall wish yall could find a hunting buddy like That . It doesnt get much better than that when you have your favorite cusin and your hot girl hunting with you and to top it of a sucessful hunt. Got to love it [/ QUOTE ] LOL! doesnt get much better than that eh? Congrats on the bird Gus!! hope ya can fill your other tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom bigmacz71.... you are one lucky guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Great story, congrats Gus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Congrats on your 2nd bird! Another nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom [ QUOTE ] Ya Gus and I are having a good season and That Girl is my girlfried so watch yourselves she is all mine ha ha Dont yall wish yall could find a hunting buddy like That . It doesnt get much better than that when you have your favorite cusin and your hot girl hunting with you and to top it of a sucessful hunt. Got to love it Stay with it VermontHunter you got to stay with it. [/ QUOTE ] OH I plan on it,,,,had a nice Boss Tom in my sights but he wouldn't come in for me, stayed out about 60yrds, and hung up with the hens..... Maybe this Sunday coming he'll make the mistake instead of me.... Thanks for the vote of confidence BigMac.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshM Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Way to go old 2004 turkey teammate. Just warming up good to fill out those last 2 tags. Congrats on your 2nd gobbler this year. It makes it even better to share with family and friends huh? VH hang in there. You're due now after a close encounter like that. It's only a matter of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DaHunter Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Congrats on the bird!! Way too do it, i love taking out my friends too but most of them miss,lol. O well lots of season left for me goodluck, gotta love it when the g/f hunts too.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom VermontHunter--good luck with that tom, hope he comes into your setup next time your out Yes, Rhino, I love hunting with family and friends. Makes it even better when we get to walk back to the cabin with a bird slung over a shoulder . Talked to bigmacz71 last night and I think he is going to come to my place this weekend and we are going to try and fill a couple more tags before the season ends on Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Re: My 2nd 2005 Tom Way too go Gus, happy folks in that picture. Fine bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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