doubleA Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 I made my weekly jaunt to my place with the thoughts of getting some electrical work done in my shop. I arrived about 12:30 this afternoon and while driving down a ranch road I just happened to look to my right when crossing a cattle guard. LOw and behold there wer a fews hens and a gobbler 100 yards down the fenceline. They didnt seem to spook as I drove on. After I unloaded some food, clothing etc. I said what the hay, I'll just throw on a my ghile and vest grab the nova and try to meet up with the group I saw coming in. I had 600 yards between them and myself with lots of cover. Though not needed I did have the wind in my favor. I finally got to within 250 yds or so of them and they were slowy feeding across a big open area towards me. The cover was getting sparse so I decided to hold up and wait them out. It wasnt but a few minutes and they were closing the distance. I thought I had a decent position but I think we all second guess ourselves at times and this was one of them. I was about to get up and move when suddenly I saw some heads pop up, oh shoot I am caught sorta in a kneeling/crouching position. It didnt take long and my foot is aching, I am wobbly trying to take some pressure off. The The hens are now 20 yards from me and dont seem to see the big blob. Not known to me, two gobblers flank me as I slowly turn my head to see their movement. I am now more or less surrounded by a bunch of eyes and cant make a move to save my life. Only a few minutes go by and I am hurting, the 2 gobblers that flanked me finally started to move to my right and I decided to try for one of them when they went behind some cover. I didnt move but a pinch and I heard the dreaded P U T T. It was obvious that I didnt quite pull off my ninja like skills like I wanted to. It was just a heart beat and all I saw were turkeys going in every direction. What do I do pfffffft? Quickly I managed to find a gobbler and put the crosshairs on his head and fired. He went down like a ton of bricks. I then lasered it to find it was 47 yards which is a little farther than I like to shoot, but in this instance the excitement got to me. This was'nt exactly a text book hunt, I had my favorite diaphram in my mouth but never made a call. I didnt figure it would do any good with all the hens present, but sometimes being lucky and being in the right place works out with success. I didnt weigh this bird but the beard went 10 1/2 inches and sported 1.25" and 1.30" spurs. I wore the right cap this time..... On another note, I was making an evening run around the pasture and ran across this . So all in all I had a good day, didnt get much work done but oh well........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Awesome...Nice Pics! Nice Hog too;) Sorry about you running over that guy holding that black gun...bet he was mad:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 nice looking bird... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Awesome story and a great hunt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love those long spurs. That is a true trophy bird. Good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Good job... a little pork sausage for breakfast...LOL:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookieee Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 nice hunt ,congrats on both the gobbler and hog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 WTG!! Congrats on a great day of hunting.....as for the work you had planned....it will be there for another day :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Congrats on your 2nd Rio and the pig. Nice set of hooks on him. Be careful...in addition to the ninja skills you almost pulled off your acupuncture skills in the gobbler pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoythunter37 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Nice pics. What kind of AR did you use on your hog?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMABUCKS Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Puttin' the meat on the table. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Well done AA! sometimes its better to be lucky than good;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sounds like a good day at work:D Nice job;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Sounds like you had a fun day! Congrats on the bird and hog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 You Da MAN!! You are the MAN!!!!:eek::D Some nice hooks there bud..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobblerBuster618 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Awesome looking trophies right there!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 I have another story to tell but it will have to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 Congrats !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 that thing's got some hooks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Congrats on an awesome looking bird:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 I think you missing a day of work was well worth it! Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOYTnMUZZYboy Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 nice lookin bird and hog. Looks like you had a good day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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