HuntnMa Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Very Long, lol.... Let me tell y'all.....i can die a happy woman now.....I went and did some turkey trapping today for 3 lakes...they have this 3-4 yr. study they need to do because of some habitat restoration that they are doing....Last time i went, i saw nothing , heard nothing...this time, i got set up in my dog house and i heard balalalaaaaaaaaa, my first gobble of the year I heard them all around me, i was thinking that theres no way they could hear me if i clucked....the biologist doesnt call because he doesn't want gobblers in the net, but you know me, i'm trying every trick i know, lol....well, i see this black thing run across the horizion, i thought yote maybe, then i saw 3 more, woooooohoooooooo i knew they were birds, so i started calling, they fed my way until they heard me, then they hauled butt to me, well i couldn't see them at my bait pile (it was foggy too)and i knew they were right there, so i peek through my window, they they were looking right back at me , oh noooooooooo, so they walked past me,i tried talking to them but it didn't work.... i screwed it up....bout that time i see a gobbler all poofed up from where they just came from, so i started messing with him, next thing i know , he's coming in then i started to shake, lol.....he never gobbled, he just kept strutting all the way to me...he got within hearing range and i heard it........spitting and drumming...i was done.....i shook like you wouldn't believe...then i hear the hens talking , so i starting cutting, trying to piss ol boss hen off, well it worked, here they come, they did a uturn...i knew they were coming in, but i couldnt see so i turned my head and there they were looking at me they headed to the corn and started feeding, woohooo, meanwhile the gobbler is hanging out behind the oak, well i tried to take video, but i was shaking too much i couldn't hold it, lol...i snapped a couple of pics, but they didnt turn out too well, if at all, the shaking killed me, lol.....but he was heading towards the hens and i didnt want him caught in the net, so i pushed the charge button down, held it, then i hit the fire button, OMG, it scared me, lmao.....sounded like a cannon, next thing i saw was the net landing over all 4 of the hens, direct hit....... so i called the bio. , said i got 4 and i threw down the radio and headed out there to secure them in the net, they didn't like that part, lol...i guess i should of stayed for a reply,lol....he still wasn't there, he said he didnt hear the cannon and when i called, i was so calm he didnt know if i had fired or if i was just seeing them,and he couldnt get back with me, lol.... i dont know how he didn't realize i was about to puke from the excitement,lol....so i called again and he was there in a matter of seconds.....we banded the birds, put radio transmitters on them , got blood, he did that part....gave them a vitamin e shot for the stress, weighed them and then he went relocated them, he dropped me off at another blind.....so i didn't get the release pics i wanted, but the turkeys come first....It was amazing.....i am complete now.....i had to share.... the beard was huge....danged date stamp turkey in the net 2 of the finished birds in the boxes the last one is a video link.....not that you can see or hear anything, but i thought it was funny, you can see the camera shaking..and that was when i was trying to compose myself, lol. I am so ready to hunt..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrswtnhunt Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: i finally did it Congratulations and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: i finally did it That's Cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: i finally did it That must have been a lot of fun. Congrats on the catch!!!!! LOL.....that video sure shows how bad you were shakin!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: i finally did it That had to be great fun. And thanks for doing what you do! If it wasn't for people like you that help to re-establish turkeys, we Ohioans probably wouldn't have any turkeys. They were darn near killed out in Ohio. Thanks, again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Re: i finally did it Wow, that is so cool! I want your job! lol. Job well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: i finally did it Deb,no need to thank me, i am so blessed, i can't even begin to describe it.......i know each and everyone of you would do it too if you had the chance....i'm just happy i can share it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterDWL Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Re: i finally did it congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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