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finaly nailed him!~ ambush style

Started by Lon0121, April 25, 2011, 08:33:27 PM

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Lon0121


i woke up this morning and went out about 530 am and had a tom about 100 yards in the roost still gobbling his head. a few soft yelps and a fly down cackle with my hat later he flew off his roost and circled behind me until he was up on a hill some 45 yards out. he WOULD NOT come to me down hill, but he strutted and gobbled and double gobbled until he just gave up and walked away and thats when i took a shot and missed.

around 4ish i was walking an old logging/oil road when i stopped to yelp as a locator with my hillbilly calls white lightning mouth call i heard a gobble 10 yards from me in the field. i fell back 100 yards or so and crawled under the barb wire. I was on a hill and he was in full strut by a hen. She would lie down and he would stand on her but she kept getting up. I DID NOT call because they were already moving my way and i didnt want them to pin point me. Gobbler got to about 35 yards when he poked his neck out and the mag blend hevi 13 did thier job.

he was strutting along the fence line under the cedars as shade.
1 inch spurs 9 1/2 inch beard and we guessed he weighed in the low 20's. His wing feathers were completely worn down from strutting.

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here is the bird with my mossberg 500 12 gauge and the jelly head choke! the outlaw sling is attached! man i am so thankful gary put together such a great sling. especially handy in turkey season.

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daddy's lil helper!~
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K-ZONE

Congrats..! all the questions chokes,lead vs Hevi,patterning scouting finally paid big dividends.

30_06


Lon0121

thanks guys,  i have him in the freezer now.  the beard and tail fan are in the barn locked up until i put the borax on em.
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furtracker


mightyjoeyoung

Quote from: K-ZONE on April 25, 2011, 09:23:35 PM
Congrats..! all the questions chokes,lead vs Hevi,patterning scouting finally paid big dividends.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Glad we could help!!  :z-winnersmiley: Now...gimme some deep fried turkey nuggets! :TooFunny:
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Lon0121

haha
we deep fried them last year!~  we gave a breast half to our neighbor and baked the other last nite!  it sure was tasty!

im going back out for a few hours tomorrow. :smiley-char092:
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WyoHunter

If I had a dollar for every gobbler I thought I fooled I'd be well off!