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Title: SC Public #3
Post by: WNM on April 10, 2012, 06:45:26 PM

Got on this bird last Monday morning, but when we tried to cut the distance, we came over the ridge/hill/mountain the same time the turkey did. We made eye contact at 15 yards before he flew off without a shot.

Got back to the same area Wednesday and heard him gobble around 7:00. I was trying to call him for my buddy. He came in wrong, and we had him at 10 yards without a shot before he figured something wasn't right. We made a big half-circle after he left. I got him fired up again, and once again he came in wrong for my buddy. These birds in the upstate (or at least this one) come to the top of a hill before they'll try and come down the side at any point. This time I could get on him though. Dead at 7:39. My first public and non-lowcountry bird.

He hit the ground after the first shot at 50 or so yards and took off flying, but the second shot dropped him for good.

These hills are a lot different to hunt than the flat swamps and pines back home.

9 3/8" beard, 3/4" spurs

(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa108/FishinsMyLife317/IMAG0259.jpg)

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Since then, I've been back hard on the public land trying to get my buddy on a bird (he killed his first earlier this year in the lowcountry). We should have killed a bird or multiple birds 4 out of 5 hunts (including one miss where I told my buddy not to shoot until the bird worked closer, and he shot after he took 2 more steps :TooFunny: ), but we keep finding a way to mess it up. That's turkey hunting.

I've always been a self-taught solo hunter, and I'm relearning how to hunt in new terrain with another person. If I had been on my own, I probably could have filled my last 2 tags, but it's pretty neat going after 'em with another shooter.

Title: Re: SC Public #3
Post by: VA_Birdhunter on April 10, 2012, 06:47:19 PM

Way to seal the deal!!! Congrats!! :icon_thumright:

Title: Re: SC Public #3
Post by: kershawbuck on April 10, 2012, 07:14:08 PM

Good Hunt !

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Post by: hookedspur on April 10, 2012, 07:31:28 PM

:icon_thumright:

Title: Re: SC Public #3
Post by: Ol'Mossy on April 10, 2012, 07:43:18 PM

Congrats :icon_thumright:

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Post by: boomer on April 10, 2012, 08:14:31 PM

Congrats!!!

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Title: Re: SC Public #3
Post by: Wrangler95 on April 11, 2012, 05:52:20 AM

:you_rock:

Very nice,congrats!!

Title: Re: SC Public #3
Post by: 870supermagnum on April 11, 2012, 07:49:14 AM

Congrats on a really nice bird. I've hunted a lot solo, but hunting with a buddy gives you memories you can share with a friend. :happy0064:

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