slughunter Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 This post is a little late. I wanted to wait until I had a picture to go with the story. Wed-4/16/2008: Got out to the set-up right on time, things were looking good. I walked my grandpa to his spot then headed a little further to mine. Got my 2 hen decoys out in the feild and I sat against the same tree I have for 5 years strait now. After a little wile the birds started yelping then the gobblers started going off. I counted 8 in the direct area. They gobbled for a good while then I could hear them start to fly down into the feild. I wasnt able to get a visual on any of them but knew they had to be close to my grandpa. BOOOM! One shot from my grandpa left me confident that he had made the shot count. The time was 5:55am when he fired. After the gobbleing went on 5 hens flew into the feild about 400 yards away. They fed around for a while and made their way over the hill. The time is now 6:30am and some slight movement to my right has cought my attention. All the sudden a coyote takes off running at my decoys, grabs one, shakes it around, drops it, and runs off. A cool experience in itself. After a little more waiting a nice size jake drops into the feild about 60 yards away. So in my mind I decide that if he comes in im gonna let him have it. Well as I start to slowly raise my gun, a gobbler takes off running from right next to me, not 5 yards away. He must have come in behind me silently and was headed to the decoys. Well he ran straight away from me, out into the feild. So I brought my gun up on him, clicked the saftey off and pulled the trigger. He dropped and flopped around and final he fell into a big puddle from all the rain we got. So that explains why he looks so ragedy in the picture. He ended up being only about 22 pounds, 1'' hooks, and a 10'' beard. It was one of the coolest things for me to be able to walk over that hill with a turkey on my shoulder and see that my grandpa was just as succesful. Mine is the one on the left, my grandpas is on the right: -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremiumBeef Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Congratulations on the birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccwhitey Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 congrats to you and your grandpa on the birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter336 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Congrats to both of you!!! Nice birds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaw Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 good stuff there. congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 nice birds... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 congrats Shane!! Hey..your wearing my hat! Gobblers were sounding off here at daylight..and they are out strutting now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsman2500 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 congrats on the birds looks like you got 2 different species. only 22 pounds 10in beard 1 inch hooks. that's a good bird anywhere!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Congratulations to you and your grandad Shane!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 congrats on the birds looks like you got 2 different species. only 22 pounds 10in beard 1 inch hooks. that's a good bird anywhere!! thats what i thought and eastern and a rio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Great Birds!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 congrats to both of you on great birds!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Congrats on the birds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Nice birds! Congrats to both you and your Grandpa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Congrats to you and your grandpa. Nice birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksheephuntress Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 ...Woah!!..Too cool!...Congradulations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Nice birds Shane. Congratulations to you and your grandfather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Congrats to you and your grandpa Shane. That had to be cool for both of you to get to sling one over your shoulder on the same morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Congrats to you and your grandpa on two great birds!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake3113 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Congrats to you and your grandpa on two great birds....Nice looking turkey vest....glad it worked well for ya.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Camo_Girl* Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 congrats, nice birds. good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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