OG shop member gallery
OldGobbler
          bullet Forum Board      bullet Pushpin Turkey Call Blog      bullet Advertising Info     

OG Gear Store
PATCHES


Sum Toy
Dave Smith
Wood Haven
North Mountain Gear
North Mountain Gear
turkeys for tomorrow






Author Topic: Finally!  (Read 3099 times)

Offline Spring Creek Calls

  • 2024 SITE SUPPORTER
  • Long Spur Gobbler
  • ********
  • Posts: 5458
  • Spring Creek Turkey Calls
Finally!
« on: May 17, 2019, 09:14:43 AM »
I started my season in Tennessee on April 4, then to Missouri for their opener and back home to Michigan for our May 6 second season opener. In that time span I've had no less than 5 gobblers very close and not one in a position where I could shoot it. Until this morning. With the help of my bloodwood over limba box and a live hen yelping and cutting back and forth, this gobbler finally walked in and presented the shot I've been waiting for for nearly 6 weeks. In those 6 weeks I experienced a lot of bad luck (mostly due to hens) and mistakes, but a lot of really cool stuff you can only get by sitting motionless in the spring woods, including a couple nice bunches of morels. There are still a couple states open and I may not be ready to hang it up yet.

A big thanks to twyatt for selling me back the box which won first place in this year's Mountain State Competition!
23.5 lbs., 10.5" beard, 1-1/8" spurs



Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

« Last Edit: May 18, 2019, 07:55:31 AM by Spring Creek Calls »
2014  SE Call Makers Short Box 2nd Place
2017  Buckeye Challenge Long Box 5th Place
2018  Mountain State Short Box 2nd Place
2019  Mountain State Short Box 1st Place
2019  NWTF Great Lakes Scratch Box 4th Place
2020 NWTF GNCC Amateur 5th Place Box
2021 Mountain State 3rd Place Short Box
2021 SE Callmakers 1st & 2nd Short Box
E-mail: gobblez@aol.com
Website: springcreekturkeycalls.weebly.com

Offline RED NECK

  • 2024 SITE SUPPORTER
  • Longbeard
  • ********
  • Posts: 1813
  • Pucker up............
Re: Finally!
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2019, 09:23:04 AM »
Nice bird!
Browning'....“The Best There Is”

Austin 3:16...........

Offline Muzzy61

  • Longbeard
  • ****
  • Posts: 1672
Re: Finally!
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2019, 09:40:40 AM »
Congrats, Nice bird!
Print by Madison Cline, on Flickr

Offline Caleb7mm

  • Jr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 16
Re: Finally!
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2019, 09:47:04 AM »
That’s awesome man!!

Offline Rapscallion Vermilion

  • Longbeard
  • ****
  • Posts: 1310
Re: Finally!
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2019, 10:07:41 AM »
Well done!  And kudos to twyatt, great gesture.

Online bbcoach

  • Double Beard
  • *****
  • Posts: 2750
Re: Finally!
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2019, 11:03:05 AM »
Congrats Mike!!!  Nice bird!  Nice morel as well!  It Sure does feel GREAT when one takes a Dirtnap.  Keep after them and continued Success!

Offline Swenny

  • Sr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 194
Re: Finally!
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2019, 11:04:24 AM »
Nice bird!

Sent from my VS988 using Tapatalk


Offline MISSISSIPPI Double beard

  • 2023 SITE SUPPORTER
  • Double Beard
  • ********
  • Posts: 2203
Re: Finally!
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2019, 11:27:16 AM »
Congrats!
They call him...Kenny..Kenny

Offline Ozarks Hillbilly

  • The Boss Gobbler
  • ****
  • Posts: 750
Re: Finally!
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2019, 11:48:43 AM »
Congrats

Sent from my Moto Z (2) using Tapatalk


Offline Yoteduster

  • Double Beard
  • *****
  • Posts: 2705
Re: Finally!
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2019, 11:56:34 AM »
Congrats on a nice and we'll deserved bird

Offline zelmo1

  • 2024 SITE SUPPORTER
  • Long Spur Gobbler
  • ********
  • Posts: 7826
  • Take a Newbie Hunting
Re: Finally!
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2019, 12:05:29 PM »
Nice job Mike  :drool:

Offline paboxcall

  • Paintbrush Beard
  • *****
  • Posts: 3107
  • That's this about that
Re: Finally!
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2019, 12:20:18 PM »
Way to go, Mike - congrats! Sweet box call!

 :blob10:
"A quality paddle caller will most run itself.  It just needs someone to carry it around the woods." Yoder409
"Sit down wrong, and you're beat." Jim Spencer
Don't go this year where youtubers went last year.
"It is a fallacy...that turkeys can see through rocks. Only Superman can do that. Instead turkeys see around them."Jim Spencer

Offline bear hunter

  • Hero Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 486
Re: Finally!
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2019, 01:05:01 PM »
nice job

Offline Turkeytider

  • The Boss Gobbler
  • ****
  • Posts: 909
Re: Finally!
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2019, 01:21:58 PM »
I started my season in Tennessee on April 4, then to Missouri for their opener and back home to Michigan for our May 6 second season opener. In that time span I've had no less than 5 gobblers very close and not one in a position where I could shoot it. Until this morning. With the help of my bloodwood over limba box and a live hen yelping and cutting back and forth, this gobbler finally walked in and presented the shot I've been waiting for for nearly 6 weeks. In those 6 weeks I experienced a lot of bad luck (mostly due to hens) and mistakes, but a lot of really cool stuff you can only get by sitting motionless in the spring woods, including a couple nice bunches of morels. There are still a couple states open and I may not be ready to hang it up yet.

A big thanks to twyatt for selling me back the box which won first place in this year's Mountain State Competition!



Sent from my SM-P600 using Tapatalk

Congrats man! That`s a beautiful bird and morel ! " Cool stuff you can only get by sitting motionless in the spring woods ". Preach it !  I think that`s why, in general, I like to still hunt more than trying to race all over the woods. Not being critical by any means of you guys who run and gun. Just different strokes!

Offline Spitten and drummen

  • Long Spur Gobbler
  • ******
  • Posts: 6225
Re: Finally!
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2019, 01:23:35 PM »
Congrats!
“ RANGERS LEAD THE WAY”
“QUEEN OF BATTLE FOLLOW ME “ ~ INFANTRY
“DEATH FROM ABOVE “ ~ AIRBORNE