Lil Strut10 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 it was 5:00 in the morning when i got up. yesterday my dad went to try and roost a turkey. when he got in the field he saw 3 longbeards go right where we were going to go. when me and dad got ready we went were he saw them. it wasn't an hour before 2 longbeards came up over the hill. i was going to shoot the one that was strutting but the other one came in sight first.i lined it up and shot. i'm happy i shot this one because it has a 10 in beard 17 pounds and 3/4 inch spurs.i am happy with this bird but you take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Yeehaw! Way to go lil strut!!!! Very proud for you. Awesome awesome bird!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Great Bird, well done.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Way to go!! Great bird and job well done! Great bird for you and dad to be proud of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Way to go Lil Strut!!!!! Very nice bird. I'll bet redbeards LaKota prayer for ya yesterday didn't hurt either. Might have to get him to do that for ya every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Congrats Lilstrut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Killing turkeys is easy, isn't it? Way to go little man! :camera: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Congratulations !!!!:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Archer 01 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Congrats on a great bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 awesome bud! congrats! :gunsmilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crappiepro Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Congrats on the bird, LIL STRUT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA_Spike_King Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Boy that didn't take long did it? LOL Congrats Lil Strut, now you may have to go out with dad next Saturday and call one in for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterfowler Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 cool nice job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 I am hugely proud of that boy!!! I likened this morning's hunt to a carnival ride. You wait and wait and wait (for turkey season to come) and then it's over in 3 minutes. I had seen 3 mature birds going up on to the knob behind the house right before flyup time lasy night. I knew exactly where they were going to park their feet. This morning me and Lil slipped out the back door and up on to the flat where they had headed. Lil was sitting against a tree about 10-15 feet to my left...........and about 15 yards from where he sat to kill his bird last year on youth day. As soon as we got sat down the birds started gobbling.....either 3 or 4 of them about 80-90 yards in front of us. They were just down over on the steep drop across the other side of the flat-top. I got the camera set up on the tripod and got it running. But I wasn't happy with how I had it positioned. I gave a few tree calls on my slate then went to work adjusting the tripod to suit me. As I was fiddling around the birds kept hammering away. Then I thought I heard wingbeats. I looked over at Lil and gestured "flydown??" and he nodded his head. Holy crap!!! I don't have a call in my mouth, I don't have my gloves on or my net up!!! Lil isn't in the best shooting position either. I threw a mouthcall in and gave a quick flydown and a few groud cutts. They hammered back hard!! I cut them off with some rael sassy cutts and they roared again and closer!! I look over and Lil doesn't have the hammer back on his NWTF 20 ga. I'm half whispering half gesturing "get the freakin' hammer back now!!" to him. I know these things are on a hard march and I do not wanna get caught with our britches down. Then I hear the unmistakable "pfft oooohmmmmm" of a bird in strut and it was right on us!! Here came a strutter and another up out of a little depression about 30 yards and slightly right of straight out in front of us. I did what I could to find them in the viewfinder as it wasn't what you'd call "real good camera light" out yet. I whispered to Lil "take one as soon as you get a shot!!". The strutter stayed in strut. The other one walked a little left of us, looking right through us (ain't RT Hardwoods great??) the whole time. They took a couple more steps and I again told Lil "you better take the shot!! You better take it as soon as you can get it!!" Ker-Wham!!!!!! The 3" 20 startled me, even though I knew it was coming. And the bird which had not been strutting dumped over like he'd been hit by a ball bat. Lil jumped up and ran to his flopping prize, but a walk would have sufficed. The little swarm of 6's from the little 20, at just 22 yards, put a severe whoopin on that tom's noggin. Total time from flydown to smackdown (and I'll have to go back into the footage to verify) was in the vicinity of 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 minutes. No time was wasted on the part of those two toms. But the boy's learning. He didn't really have time to fidget. But he got his act together quickly and smoothly when we figured out we were about to be busted by hard-charging gobblers. He also showed great patience and composure waiting on his shot with two beautiful longbeards doing the x-ray stare from inside 25 yards for what seemed like an eternity. I believe the boy will make a turkey hunter some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Congrats on an awesome gobbler!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake3113 Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Congrats lil strut...Awesome gobbler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Great story guys, a big Congrats to you both! That first pic looks like a VW Bug with wings and a fan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Great job,nice bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Beautiful bird!!! Love that paintbrush beard. good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Congrats Jordon...thats a bird to be proud of! Anyone would be happy to take that bird...you done good. Congrats Dad as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Congrats on the bird buddy! I'd be proud to carry that guy out of the woods :camera: Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlock1776 Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 congrats!:cowboy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 great bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted April 26, 2010 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 ATTA-BOY, good bird there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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