outdoorsmen1 Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Well i have to say this is one of the most exciting turkey hunts ive been on so far. I took my buddy from high school for his first ever turkey hunt on his land. we scouted yesterday afternoon and i saw what i needed to see..gobbler tracks. Well we got there just a few minutes too late and didnt get to go where i wanted to set up because we were cut off by the thundering sound of a gobbler roosted 30 yards off a field. we got to the field corner within 75 yards of him or so, i bet he gobbled over 50 times before he got shot at 7 30. well he flew down the OTHER way, down by a creek and close to a field about 150-200 yards away. gobbling his a** off! a few minutes later a jake walked behind us and never said a WORD AT ALL, and when i turned my head behind me he was 20 yards. he putted and flew off because he saw me move, but that didnt bother the gobbler, he kept gobbling. then 20 yards to our right a hen hopped a few trees closer to MY hen calling. then she chimed in with me, it was WONDERFUL, the tom was eating every note..cutting us off numerous times. but he would not come closer. finally i got the bright idea to use my gobbler shaker because i hadnt heard and other birds and by the way the jake acted this WAS the dominant bird. the bird came on a b-line only gobbling 3-4 times coming in. i saw his fan poke up at about 50 yards, but i wasnt about to shoot that bird, it was my buddies all the way. then that hen pitched down out of the tree(this is at SEVEN THIRTY now!) right to the gobbler who was strutting at 25 steps, and my buddy kyle gave him some number 5's to the face!! this was the first gobbler ive called in ALL the way to me and been shot, and his first experience turkey hunting at all. i loved every second of it. im only 18, and addicted to turkey hunting all ready. sorry about the long post, but the story just made my whole month! heres a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_Spike_King Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Congrats you two!! Yeah I know just how you feel when you said it made you month as I have been after turkeys for more than 20 years and feel just the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Congrats to you two. That is awesome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 Nice bird you two got there. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 congrats!! good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoorsmen1 Posted April 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 sorry i forgot to tell the size of the bird. it was 21 pounds, 10 1/4 inch beard, and 1 1/8 inch spurs. id say a 3 year old bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterfowler Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 nice job! that was a cool story too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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