Here are a few pics from out trip to AL. We drove into Demopolis AL on Monday afternoon and after the meet and greet, with Ronnie and Chris Holmes, we were off to roost some turkeys. We spotted a gobbler headed to a known roosting area so Ronnie and I were going there in the morning and Chris and Joey were headed to an area that they had seen 2 strutters. Ronnie and I were greeted with 2 or 3 different birds gobbling. After a few series on a mouth call and a trumpet we heard turkeys flydown. Within seconds a gobbler was running straight for us. He stopped right behind a little brus and then became alert. We eased to the right a few steps and was directly behind the camera from me so I was unable to shoot. The strutter came out with 3 hens and stayed just out of range until exiting the field we were in. Then another gobbler came into the back of the field and strutted and gobbled all the way to within 50-60 yards. I had picked out a twig that I though was 40 yards and he never reached the twig. I didn't want to risk a 50 yard shot so I held off on the shot. Joey and I went back the next morning and there was only 1 gobbler roosted there. He cam to within 15 yards but went behind us and avoided another shot. That afternoon I got into the field early and the gobbler I nicknamed Scardy Cat came into the field with 2 hens. I finally was able to get a shot and the Boogggyy man got Scardy Cat. Joey and I split up the third day. Ronnie and I went to Linden AL. The ironic thing about this is I live in Linden CA. We got set up in their honey hole called the slaughter house. We heard at least 4 or 5 different gobblers sounding off. When one of them gobbled a little to our right Ronnie turned to me and said " I don't want to jinx this but this is a done deal". He gobbled a few more times on the roost at my triple reed batman cutt and my trumpet and then he went quiet. Next thing I see is a gobbler sneaking out of the brush and into the gas line where we were set up. There were 2 gobblers. They started doing the mean walk and then raced each other to our Jake decoy set up. The strutter put on a show and Ronnie said anytime. He turned sideways and I cutt at him real hard and he didn't even respond. I killed him anyway. I told Ronnie afterwards they should name that place Little Hollywood because there were many actors who lost their lives at the slaughter house. We got a text from Chris that he had heard Joey shoot and then we got a text of him setting behind a nice Alabama gobbler. I want to thank Ronnie and Chris for inviting us down to hunt with them. They don't get any better than these 2 guys. I felt like I had known them all my life. Besides being great guys and generous hosts they can put the smackdown on some turkeys. True Turkey Thugs.
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Glad you guys had a good time.
Sounds like a blast to me!!!!!!! Good hunt. reflexl
Awesome. Glad your having a great time. Congrats on the beautiful birds....
:happy0064: congrats!
Nice, good job.
Congrats
Congrats! Looks like you're having a good time.
congrats good times!
Congrats Joe. Looks like you guys had a blast. Great pics. :icon_thumright:
Congrats on a great hunt.. :icon_thumright:
Sounds like a good time was had by all, congrats!!!
Congrats!!
Congrats!
Thats Awesome !!!! Glad you had a good hunt !!!love the pictures - love the catdaddy fist pump also !!!
Chris and Ronnie are the real deal and I am so grateful to be friends with such nice people --
Congrats!
Sounds like a great time!! Glad you did well!! :icon_thumright:
Sounds like a fun trip. Congrats to you and your son. I hope you have a great season in California.
Great pics, congrats!!!
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Congrats on a great trip and good memories made!!!
Congrats to you and Joey on the successful hunts. Sorry I missed you guys while you were here.
That is awsome!
Congrats to you guys on a great hunt.
You will be hard pressed to find 2 finer guys than Chris and Ronnie. I'm glad they count me as a friend.
Congrats ! :icon_thumright:
Congrats ! :icon_thumright:
Great hunt Joe!!
Congrats to you and Joey!!
Chris and Ronnie are some great guys.
God Bless,
David B.
Joe, you and Joey have an open invitation to hunt with us anytime you guys feel like traveling south. I had a blast hunting with you, we were covered up with longbeards from the get go and for the most part, other than my snoring episode, our time spent afield was action packed.
I have to admit that the pressure was on us after your success in Georgia, Dave set the bar pretty high but entertaining two killers like you and Joey made our job a whole lot easier.
I've started working on the video and should have it available to view by the end of the week, until then, here's a few action pics.
HC
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AWESOME PHOTOS!!
Look forward to the video!!!
God Bless,
David B.
LOVE those pictures!
Owe that one picture hurts. Lol We had a great time and you and Chris are A #1 guys and hunters. No pressure on you guys. Turkey huntin is turkey huntin. Me and you were covered up with turkeys. I think Joey was snake bit for a couple of days because as soon as Chris got away from him he called a gobbler right up. Lol It was fun fun fun and we were happy happy happy.
TRKYHTR
:icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: Looks like a awsome time for sure
Good stuff! :icon_thumright:
Congrats on some fine trophys and a good trip.