FSU_Seminole Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Hey guys its been a while since I've posted but I've kept up with reading the boards.What an exciting hunt I had this morning to open the season here in my county. To make long story short, about 3 weeks ago I met a preacher that down in the little town of Manning SC that knew my father very well. This guy has about 500 acres of land boarding one of the biggest swamps in the area. He recently let a logging company log about 200 acres of it last summer. He told me nobody hunts it & if I wanted to hunt it, it was all mine. I jumped at the chance!!!!!3 weeks ago I started my scouting & found turkey tracks all over the place, especially down the logging roads where the trucks would come in & out. Their is a large clearing of hard sand about 75 yards from the main creek running through the swamp & a dirt road leading to this clearing. Well this morning I got there 45 minuts before sun up. I couldn't even get set up good before the whole swamp was thundering with gobbles all around me. I quickly set up my Primos Killer B & She mobile. I put them in the clearing with she mobile laying flat on her belly like she was ready to get it on. Sure enough right at sun light I heard a few more gobbles. Then for about 15 minutes nothing. I called sparatically then all of a sudden 3 hens burst onto the scene followed by this guy. Sure enough he came in right after them & tried to start a fight with my decoy. I let him have it at about 30 yards with some Heavy shot 13. He dropped like he was hammered into the ground!! After shooting him their were 3 or 4 more turkeys in the swamp gobbling like crazy. I didn't stay to call them. I was alone this morning but my wife is going back with me tomorrow morning. Wish us luck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly_Alaska Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 cool!!! congrats on a nice bird and good luck on the next!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 sounds like an exciting hunt... congrats on a nice bird and some new hunting ground! :gunsmilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Awesome bird man !!!!!!!! Good luck with the wife!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Congrats on the bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crappiepro Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Nice bird! We still have 20 days til the Indiana season starts. I cant wait!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Beautiful bird! Looks like that Hevi-shot did the trick Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 1, 2010 Report Share Posted April 1, 2010 Good goin! Nice bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Nice bird.. Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckandbull Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Congrats and good luck tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardWayMike Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Congrats and good luck! Only 25 more days til my season starts. Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamppirate Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Nice job...way to put the smack down on mr longbeard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutter10x Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 congrates... great bird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 WTG...congrats on your opening day bird!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 congrats on the bird! good luck with the others... go get'em. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterfowler Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 cool nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Congrats...sounds like you have an awesome place to hunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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