Covehnter Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) Saturday's Summary: After havin' a longbeard pull the magic act of disappearing on us at first light, we were making a move toward a trio of hard gobblin' Rios. One lonely gobbler had obviously gobbled at enough of my loud calling without any action though, we caught him running toward us from about 800 yards away as we were making a move around a point in the field to close the distance. Poncho and Shane dumped to the bushes and i was stuck holdin' Scrappy 3 yards off the field edge laying on my stomach. With no where to go, i just put my head in the grass and covered my ears just as I heard the bird's footsteps, which was also just before Poncho sent a load of 6s about a foot in front of his face at 6 steps. Unbelieveable footage, gotta be the closest I've ever been to a longbeard- 4 feet maybe. Later we left Poncho to watch a roost til dark and Shane and I headed for another property that held lots of birds last year. My first series of calls found a hearty response from the adjoining field. Shane and I shifted into place as the gobbling pair raced to the calls after flyin' a creek. Ended up being a longbeard and a jake, so Shane got back to the video camera and captured me turning the lights out on another nice gobbler for the season. Beautiful blond tipped Oklahoma Rio!! I couldnt be more tickled!! I'll have better pics up later when I can get to the portable hard drive. These are from the brick of a digital camera I tote in my vest. 19lbs, 8 3/4" beard, 11/16" spurs Edited April 16, 2009 by Covehnter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Congrats on another nice bird Cove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFbowhunter Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Congrats on a great bird!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Real nice looking gobbler and field photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 nice bird... congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Congrats Cove...nice one. You might need a flack jacket in OK hunting with Poncho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinch314 Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Congrats!!!! Nice bird but I agree with Rhino about the flack jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMABUCKS Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Wack um & stack um. You boys are killing it this year...literally. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Nice job once again Cove! I'm heading that way Saturday morning. It's supposed to be pretty good weather so I'm looking forward to some of that hard gobblin Rio action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Congrats on another bird cove. Sounds like yall are having a good time. tell poncho to aim a little lower when they are that close(more to hit) haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphira Posted April 16, 2009 Report Share Posted April 16, 2009 Nice turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Congrats on a very nice bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covehnter Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Talk about sick, Poncho's still in the dumps about that shot, coupled with his next opportunity which came a few hours later and he still came up empty handed. He had a rough day. Got word from Shane yesterday that he whacked a toad of a double beard. Hopefully we'll see some pics soon, until then. . . . . I aint believin' it!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 man thats a great lookin bird who you huntin with out there in oklahoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 What a beautiful bird, congratulations man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseasl Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covehnter Posted April 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 man thats a great lookin bird who you huntin with out there in oklahoma Just an ole redneck that JB welds his sights to his gun rib and likes $600 boots. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Great bird, congrats;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Way to go, Cove! Those rios sure are neat aren't they? Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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