Text only | Text with Images

Turkey hunting forum for turkey hunting tips

General Discussion => General Forum => Topic started by: runngun on April 06, 2013, 12:01:44 AM

Title: First of the year!!!
Post by: runngun on April 06, 2013, 12:01:44 AM
On March 28, I was hunting a clear cut that I knew held turkeys even though I had not heard anything since our opening day of March 23. Got in there early and put out an "UGLY" hen decoy (you know the foam type)  about thirty yards away, got set up in the middle of a clump of privet, so I settled in. At daylight I hear the hens going crazy in the woodline about 300 yards away, then I hear a gobble. So I start trying to aggravate the hens by doing everything they would do, even louder. The gobbler would answer. He must have gobbled 75 times. Then it happened, they all flew down. I see five hens and a jake, I cut my eyes to the left and he just appeared in full stut at 40 yards and he strutted right up to that ugly decoy, I purr and yelp softly on my mouth call and he gobbles and struts some more. I could not take any more so I "putt" and he comes to half strut and sticks his old head right up. I shot him at 30 yards with my Browning 10 gauge. The only calls I used were an old Preston Pittman box and Houndstooth cutter style call. Houndstooth ROCKS!!! He had an 11.25 inch beard, 1.25 spurs and weighed in at 19.5 pounds!!!

(http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/lawdawg126/1364473431571_zps0c45c38f.jpg)

(http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/lawdawg126/1364473431987_zps11cebe52.jpg)

(http://i1326.photobucket.com/albums/u645/lawdawg126/1364476860098_zpsa12dac85.jpg)
I hope this works cause I ain't real swift on the computer, this is my first attempt at posting pictures.
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: alclark2 on April 06, 2013, 12:34:34 AM
Pictures worked and nice bird. Congrats! Nice hooks on that dude.
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: tomstopper on April 06, 2013, 12:41:17 AM
Good looking bird.Congrats......
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: DirtNap647 on April 06, 2013, 05:26:14 AM
congrats way to go
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: boomer on April 06, 2013, 05:27:49 AM
Congrats!!!
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: Mike Honcho on April 06, 2013, 06:45:13 AM
Congratulations...pictures and story were great...thanks for sharing!
Nice tom!
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: captin_hook on April 06, 2013, 06:53:03 AM
Nice. He's a good one. :icon_thumright:
Title: First of the year!!!
Post by: alloutdoors on April 06, 2013, 07:43:14 AM
Nice one, congrats!
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: renegade19 on April 06, 2013, 09:42:34 AM
 :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: Shakey Jake on April 06, 2013, 09:52:33 AM
Awesome tom! Congrats! :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: Gooserbat on April 06, 2013, 10:26:25 AM
Good bird for sure.
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: Wrangler95 on April 06, 2013, 11:23:10 AM
 :z-guntootsmiley:


Very nice gobbler,congrats!
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: beagler on April 06, 2013, 11:59:31 AM
Congrats!
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: Gold Spur on April 06, 2013, 12:00:35 PM
Awesome bird! :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: slamman on April 06, 2013, 12:59:58 PM
congrats nice bird.
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: DUCKDIGGLER on April 06, 2013, 05:39:29 PM
Very nice! Congrats! :you_rock:
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: mnturkey on April 06, 2013, 08:40:18 PM
Great Bird and great story, nice hooks on the bird.
Title: Re: First of the year!!!
Post by: surehuntsalot on April 08, 2013, 08:15:41 PM
very nice...congrats
Text only | Text with Images