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Title: May 1st bird down in Canada(story and pics added)
Post by: canadatom on May 01, 2012, 10:00:53 AM
After seven hard days of hunting I got a nice Tom down. 22lbs 2 oz, 10 7/8 beard and 7/8 spurs. Pics and story will follow later after everything is cleaned up.

Having hunted the same spot the day before and seeing 4 Toms and 4 Jakes all wandering around without hens I had a good feeling about this morning. Only problem was the group of Jakes were chasing any Tom that came to field right out, like they owned the field.
Set-up a little further down tree line than day before hoping to entice somebody in before gang of jakes showed up. First light there was lots of gobbling around but all quite a ways away, then I heard the unmistakable half gobble of the jakes just over my shoulder in the woods and thought crap. About ten minutes later I do some light calling and hear a gobble to the north across a concession road about 300 yards away. Ten minutes after that I see a big white head coming to edge of field, guess  the roadway was not a concern to him. He hits field and starts gobbling and strutting, takes him about 30 minutes to come across field which is only 150 yards across. He seemed a little nervous as was I waiting for the jakes to come out and chase him away like the previous day, the constant gobbling I thought for sure would bring them running but they never should up. At one point a farm truck came down the concession road and it sure seemed to strike a nerve with him as he turned and gobbled in the direction of the truck 4 times. Finally he worked into range and I dropped him at 7:00 am
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/partsc/DSC_0121.jpg)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/partsc/DSC_0132a.jpg)(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm146/partsc/DSC_0134a.jpg)

Back at it in the morning to try and upgrade
Title: Re: May 1st bird down in Canada
Post by: DMP on May 01, 2012, 10:06:11 AM
Rock on  :you_rock:

Title: Re: May 1st bird down in Canada
Post by: DMP on May 01, 2012, 10:07:19 AM
That gives us 9 birds now.  Nothing left to do now but upgrade.  Good work guys... :happy0064:
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Post by: MDbowman on May 01, 2012, 10:36:56 AM
Way to get it done ct!!  Congrats.
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Post by: whitelightning on May 01, 2012, 10:59:19 AM
Congrats thats a nice bird!
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Post by: derek on May 01, 2012, 02:22:37 PM
VERY NICE!!! congrats!
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Post by: intherut on May 01, 2012, 03:10:27 PM
Congrats!
Title: Re: May 1st bird down in Canada(story and pics added)
Post by: BowBendr on May 02, 2012, 12:07:21 AM
That is a beautiful bird my friend. Congrats on our 9th bird. Good job, hope your season continues to be successful.  :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: May 1st bird down in Canada(story and pics added)
Post by: Duke0002 on May 02, 2012, 01:00:49 PM
Nice hunt and bird!  Congrats.
Title: Re: May 1st bird down in Canada(story and pics added)
Post by: misfire on May 08, 2012, 03:19:27 PM
Awesome bird, congrats