Well it has been an interesting start to my season. The first bird was taken on the Kansas opener. I heard two birds on the roost but they were off the property line and a good way away. I decided to call to them anyway hoping they may venture over my way. After about thirty minutes a bird fire off to my left only about 150 yards away. I made a few soft clucks and purrs from my Lights Out Old Gobbler aluminum call and within two minutes he is standing at the edge of the powerline I was sitting on. He strutted on the hill top for about a minute before he decided it was time to kick ole jake DSD's butt. I shot him at twenty yards. 10" beard, 1-3/8" and ¾" Spurs (he broke one off....) he weighed a staggering 25.86 #'s!
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This past weekend I and Jacob (jake on here) went up to NW Nebraska to hunt Merriams. It snowed from Omaha until we got there. Friday started out with a blank so we moved to a different spot Saturday morning and had numerous birds hammering on the roost. Once they flew down we made a move on them and I was able to take a nice Merriam. The only problem was that I shot him a 15 yards and the shot carried him off about a 75 foot drop off in the woods. He messed his fan up pretty good on the way down.
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On Sunday Jacob got a nice bird right off the roost.
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Awesome, Great start. Love the white coloration on the tail feathers on your buddy's Merriam's. Great job.
Congrats! :icon_thumright:
way to go :icon_thumright:
Congrats on some great looking birds.....
Nice Birds :icon_thumright:
Nice birds, congrats!
Thanks guys, I just got the invite to go back to Nebraska this weekend so I have two more tags to fill! :icon_thumright:
Go get'em
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Nice!
Congrats!!
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Very nice going,congrats!!
4 long beards hit the dirt yesterday from three of us. Will post pictures once I get back from Nebraska! :newmascot: