stick Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Today turned out great. I hunted a place that a customer of mine ownes. I get to the place at 5:50am and when I slam the door I hear about 10 different gobblers sound off. I nervously get situated about a hundred yards away from the truck, and start tree calls. Every time that I called I instantly had a answer, at 6:35 it sounded like every bird around flew down at the same time. Three of them flew over me and landed about 75yds away. By now I am so fired up that I,m just calling one series right after another. I am watching the three birds that landed in front of me, wich are all jakes. Then to my right I hear a tom sound off real close, I turn to look, and a big tom is running right to my decoys. He then veers toward the jakes and sends them running, he stops and starts strutting, and is about 50yds away. I just quit calling because he is locked on to my decoys and slowly coming closer. When he gets to 40yds I unload on him, and he flys off. I'm disgusted because I felt myself jerk the trigger. Clean Miss. As I sit there banging my head against the tree, I hear him gobble again about 100yds away. I then grab a different call and start calling again. He does the exact same thing again and this time I didn't flinch. Within two steps of the same place as before and now we have a very dumb turkey and a very lucky hunter. Thank you god! He weighed 23.5lbs 8.5 inch beard and 1 1/4 right spur 1 3/8 left spur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats on a nice Okie tom with some AWESOME HOOKS!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkillemquick Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats on an amazing tom!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! CONGRATS on a great looking turkey.. You got some cute kids there as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnor Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Nice spurs! I noticed that they go from pinkish to ivory to black at the tips, just like the spurs on my first bird this year. I've seen others that were all black. I wonder if that's a difference in age or something else(?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats on a real nice bird. Glad he gave you a 2nd chance. I've had some of those before too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Hey stick and elnor- Where did each of you kill your birds??? (county, town, etc...) elnor- That's one pretty eastern you killed! Somehow I missed the original thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! I got mine in stevens county about 15 miles north of Ringling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnor Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Thanks, huntin. I found him in Pittsburg county. My father's and uncle's birds killed in the edge of the same field had all black spurs, but I imagine they were three year olds and mine was probably two. I'm wondering how that might correlate to stick's or others' birds(?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats on a great bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Awesome bird. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_Spike_King Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats on that whale of a bird. 23.5 lb WOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BamaTrophyHunter Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! nice bird and really good spurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats....Great Bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HOYTUSA2008 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Good Job! Thats a good lookin bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Awesome bird buddy... Congrats to you once again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! love that first pic....love them spurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYLimbHanger Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Now that is a limbhanger! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nature_Boy Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Congrats on the nice bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: Finally got one! Great bird. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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