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Started by troutfisher13111, April 28, 2018, 07:56:50 PM

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troutfisher13111

I woke up at 2:30am this morning to make the two hour drive into Pennsylvania to hunt their opener on a large piece of state land I've hunted in the past. I arrived at about 5:10 and headed into the woods at exactly 5:20. After about ten minutes of walking I started owl hooting every 150 yards or so to try and find a bird. Once it got past fly down time I switched over to yelping on my trumpet. At 6:25 after a solid hour of walking I got a response from about 150 yards away. I called again on my trumpet to pinpoint his location and then quickly sat down. After pulling up my face mask and putting on my gloves I called again to find out he'd cut the distance in half. I switched over to a diaphragm call just in time to see his fan coming down the mountain. I called a couple more times not that I needed to, but just for the fun of it.  He came right up to me and I shot him at 30 yards. According to my pedometer, I was 2.34 miles from the truck. Two hour drive, one hour walk, 5 minute hunt, one hour walk back, two hour drive back home. I took my time walking back to the truck letting the mornings events sink in and enjoying the perfect weather and view.

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TauntoHawk

Absolutely fantastic it was a gorgeous morning we had a great opener too in upstate PA

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davisd9

Heck of a hunt! Was glad to see the text this morning!
"A turkey hen speaks when she needs to speak, and says what she needs to say, when she needs to say it. So every word a turkey speaks is for a reason." - Rev Zach Farmer

trkehunr93

Well worth the drive and the walk, congrats!

troutfisher13111

Quote from: trkehunr93 on April 29, 2018, 11:13:39 AM
Well worth the drive and the walk, congrats!
Definitely!! I love to run and gun and I was able to successfully do so on a large tract of public land. Couldn't ask for a better hunt.

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