Guest SRA Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Daylight was approaching as I hunkered down beside a mammoth white oak tree. The birds should be roosted in the same area I thought to myself. The birds I was after I'd affectionately named...."Loner" and "The Twins". "The Twins" were a noisy duo, shaking the woods with their gobbles and strutting their stuff. It was only a matter of time until those silly birds made a mistake. Opening day and the day after they almost got their "everlastings", but managed to evade my dad and I. But, this was the third day of the season and I was determined to lay one flat, by myself. "Loner" was different from the other Toms. He was content for the most part to be by himself, but i'm sure he found a hen or two along the way. He hardly ever gobbled. Sure enough, they were in their old roosting spot. I had set up differently this morning and was confident. "The Twins" rambled on noisily in the tree, and I grinned to myself. I gave a few tree yelps.......GAAAROOBLE ROOBLE ROOBLE. They gobbled their fool heads off. They flew down in a field to my north. I could hear them gobbling at the edge of the field, suddenly they started putting, and flew up into a tree. Evidently a coyote or something had spooked them. I yelped to them to try and calm them down. It worked. They eventually flew back down and slowly started working my way. Hens lead the way as they strutted and gobbled along. There they were! Full fans, 60 yds. and closing. My gun was on my knee, bead on the lead "twins" head. 50 yds...45 yds...What is that noise to my left. An off and on buzzing noise. I shrugged it off. 45 yds......40 yds....buzzing noise getting pretty loud now...WHAT is it? My eyes scanned to the left. "Loner" came spitting and drumming,strutting into view. 25 yds. Ok, your day just turned really bad. I eased my gun barrel to the south, drew a bead on "Loners" tri-colored head. "Loner" weighed in at 23 pounds, with a 10 inch beard. "The Twins" are still there, who would've thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Attaboy SRA...Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yoders_hideaway Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Congrats SRA! as much cr@p i give you, when it comes time to get the job done, you put the hammer to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Congrats!!!!Nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Congrats on a great bird!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMABUCKS Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Congrats on the bird. Way to get the team on the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Nice bird. Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 congrats !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaw Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 nice bird , way to go , congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Nice bird and great story! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 ataboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 nice bird!! way to lay the hammerdown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Nice bird, great story Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Congratulations Scott! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 nice bird... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 cool story Scott!! Congrats on the bird...he's a dandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsharp01 Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Must have been a great show. I like the way you wrote your about your hunt, ever thought about writing for a magazine? Congrats on the bird too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted April 28, 2008 Report Share Posted April 28, 2008 Cool deal Scott :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman2230 Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 Congrats! Cool story too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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