Guest guess Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Me and good friend Randy Pyle {aka pyledriver} decided rain or not we were going to hunt something ,if we couldn't get turkeys to gobble we were going to hunt hogs or coyotes.On the way into the first stand we got some birds to gobble.It was still raining and they would gobble but wouldn't come in ,so we dropped off in a creek bed to get on the other side of them and see if they would come in that way! We got to a place where we could see them and I could tell it was the same five jakes I called in last Sunday,but Randy had never killed a turkey so he wasn't being picky.We called they gobbled ,but still wouldn't come in.I belly crawled up to the tree line and stuck my decoy out so they could see it and a hen I hadn't seen came instead.She putted and fussed forever! When she finally quit it started raining harder,about then I thought I heard a gobble way across the field about 600 yards away. The jakes headed for a tree line in that direction, we stood up to watch them leave when I spotted another bird alone on the same fence line,but going the other way! We kept calling and he made a huge circle and was now headed our way.I told Randy I thought that this might be a mature bird! We readied ourselves behind a fallen log ,called and waited and called again! He finally got into range at 40 yards and I was glad I had talked Randy into using my Hevi 13 instead of the # 2 shot he had.I told him if it felt good shoot,he did and down he went! we were now soaked and the bird although a really nice mature bird looked like a drowned rat! he had 9 7/8 inch beard 1 1/8 inch and 1 1/4 inch spurs and weighed 24 pounds,that ain't bad for your first gobbler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter336 Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Awesome hunt and a great bird! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler 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: rainy day gobbler Congrats, nice tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kooter Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler very nice bird. congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Bob Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Conglads on getting a nice bird under some tuff conditions. Good looking photos, also-----CB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler nice bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Congrats to both of you. Y'all earned it! Way to hang in there under those tough conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkillemquick Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Congrats to you and your buddy, great bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Great bird. Congratulations to you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler congrats to ya both :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullStrutter Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler congrats! one thing I didn't understand was when you said this " I was glad I had talked Randy into using my Hevi 13 instead of the # 2 shot he had". What is Hevi 13? Also, why were you not a fan of #2's? They pound HARD and retain their turkey killing energy out to 60 yards+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Congratulations to you and Randy. They look right pitiful when they're wet don't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borch Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler Congrats to both of you on a nice, hard earned tom. Fullstrutter. Hevi-13 is a tunsten alloy shot by Environmetal Inc(makers of Hevishot). It's 10-12% heavier than lead and patterns more densely than #2 lead would in most setups with smaller shot sizes. Many states do not allow shot larger than #4 shot for turkeys because of the patterning issue. Retaining energy is one thing. Getting an effective lethal pattern repetively is another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guess Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Re: rainy day gobbler full strutter ,Borch explained it better than I could ,but I have shot many different loads and find the hevi 13 to pattern better a pack more punch for the money than any other load I've shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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