The good Lord blessed me this morning on the opening day of WV!! On my second set on the morning I had a gobbler come in at 45 yards but I couldn't get a shot. He slipped above me, putted one time, any walk back to where he came from. I gave him 30 minutes or so then I started for the Ridge. As I got to the Ridge, the wind picked up so I decided to go low on the other side. I set up about a third of the way from the bottom and enjoyed some deer jerky. I started some soft calling on a slate call and I had one hammer below me. A few short minutes later, a hen came from the bottom and walked 5 yards from me. I said still and she continued on her way back to my left. A few minutes later he hammered again. I gave him a few soft yelps, put my call down and there he was 25 yards down the hill and the woods. Every gobble, every spit and drum I could almost feel his chest, and I'm almost sure he could feel mine as well. He got within 10 yards and I couldn't wait any longer. A good old West Virginia Limb Hanger gobbled one last time.
25.2 #
1-1/2" spurs
What a hammer!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240415/1158f6547089f3aff50127f849532336.jpg)
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Congratulations don't kill many like that in WV
Captain Hook there!!! Congrats!
Awesome bird bro. Z
That's a stud! Congratulations! Sounds like a fun hunt as well
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Congrats on the Limb Hanger, 10 yds, better man than me, couldnt wait that long.
Very nice! That's a good un! Congrats!
Good-looking and Platinum level member of the Elitist club
That's awesome
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Holy smokes that's a tank!!!! Congrats man. You'll be in the running for the biggest bird of the whole contest with that one. That is awesome. Let's go strut stoppers!
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Nevermind, I looked at the wrong post
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Quote from: aclawrence on April 16, 2024, 11:41:30 AM
Holy smokes that's a tank!!!! Congrats man. You'll be in the running for the biggest bird of the whole contest with that one. That is awesome. Let's go strut stoppers!
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Thanks man! Personally ol hooks will be hard for me to beat but im gonna try lol
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Good job. Still hunting for one of those hunts this year
Quote from: wvhoyt19 on April 16, 2024, 12:11:32 PM
Quote from: aclawrence on April 16, 2024, 11:41:30 AM
Holy smokes that's a tank!!!! Congrats man. You'll be in the running for the biggest bird of the whole contest with that one. That is awesome. Let's go strut stoppers!
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Thanks man! Personally ol hooks will be hard for me to beat but im gonna try lol
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That's part of the fun. You never know what you've got until you put your hands on one, but it's always just as fun no matter what they've got.
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My lawd what a monster!! Congrats
Congrats. Really good bird.
damn what a bird! congrats!
Congrats on a stud of a bird!
Great bird and a hunt to remember