Got my first bird without any help, thanks to all of the advise here on old gobbler,
Fought that bird since 7:00 he went down at 11:08 , longest chess match I have ever been in,
Shaking so bad at the end I barely got my tag filled out, had to look at my drivers lic to see how to spell my name right, 1 1/2 hr drive home and was still breathing hard when I walk in the door, after carrying that bird out for almost a 1 1/2 miles, man, I was beat, next time I'm calling from the TRUCK!
21 lbs, 9 inch beard, 21mm spurs,
Thats good bird,,, Way to stick with it :icon_thumright: Congrats
Way to go rev, now your hooked! Congrats, sounds like a good bird and hunt.
Sounds like you got a little excited over it. That's the way they should all be. It's a great feeling. Congratulations on your first bird.
Very nice!!! Got my first all by myself too. Its like that every singe time for me!!!
Congrats. Welcome to the addiction. :turkey2:
congrats way to go
:happy0064: congrats
Good job Greg, now go get anouther one.
Congrats
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Very nice going,congrats!!
congrats bud :icon_thumright:
the excitement is what it is all about!!
Congrats fellow HOOSIER!! Thats the way to stay with it! That shaking and heavy breathing will never go away LOL. I love it!!
Thanks, I have truly learned a lot from this forum, special thanks to Stone Road turkey call,
2 Bird flew down at 7:00 gobbling their heads off,they would cut my calls off, but would not cross the fence into the open fields, As I talked to them for about an hour, I listened as they gobbles off, I knew the direction they were going so I backed off slow then racered to the ridge I thought they would be headed to. I beat them by about 100 yards, but could not get them to pop over a small ridge, since this was my first time hunting by myself I was afraid to make a move closer, they would stop 25 yards from me then move away to about 50 then come back, and forth for about a 1/2 hr, finally walking off quietly, I'm mean this bird was so close, I had the safety off 3 different times,I'm shaking, my glasses are steamed up,I was bummed, had to walk back to get my back pack and other things I had to strip off to get to the ridge first, walked back down the hill. Threw back a big gatoraid, a few snacks and a quick nap,
About 10:30 I heard him gobble from where he was this morning,
I remembered reading here that after the hens go back to the nest, the toms will go back to the spot were they heard me this morning, since I was close to the ridge I took a chance that they were heading there, got set up with scrub brush weeds on my left and open woods in front of me and to my right,
I remembered not to over call, this bird was on a string,coming fast, his last gobble was right behind me, the last place I thought he would go, got the gun swung around the safety was off and the red dot scope was on already, as soon as I looked for the bird, I made a small chrip, his blue head popped up, when I looked through the scope his head was already lined up with the red dot, Game over,
Now, here is my problem, that I need advice, I stopped by the farmers home to thank him for letting me hunt his land,
He asked me if I would take his buddies 15 yrd old son hunting to get his first bird,
Now the pressure is on, this is going to be harder then getting my first bird, know what?
Good job, congratulations!!!
Congrats . On your first turkey .. And on taking the boy just do your best, that's all you can do . Learning experience for both of you . Just be safe.
Congrats!
Congratulations, the first bird is memorable but all the birds I have gotten give me the same feeling.
Do your best with the young boy and have a lot of fun with him.
congrats rev on your bird! And best of luck with the young lad. I am also from IN and can tell you with this unusually early green up this spring we have been getting in real tight on our birds. My sons bird on Sunday and my wifes bird on Thursday were killed after setting up on them at no more than about 75 yards.
It sounds like you know the lay of the land pretty well and know how to get around so don't sell yourself too short. Trust your first instinct, whenever I start second guessing myself then I get myself in trouble.
If I can help just contact me, sounds like you don't need it though.
Kenny