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Title: Got it done in Tennessee.
Post by: born2hunt on April 14, 2015, 12:45:55 AM
Made it up to Tennessee for my first time this past weekend. After 10 hrs of driving I pulled in about an hour before light on Friday morning. I was pretty much going in blind but figured I would just get right at it.  I found some birds pretty quick and thought I might just kill me one right out the gate, but it didn't take long for me to realize that hunting those hills was gonna be a big learning curve for this native Florida boy. Between the up and down terrain, bare under growth and foot deep noisy leaves to wade through I just couldn't seem to get where I needed to be and the gobblers weren't quite hot enough to make it easy on me.I had several hang up on ridges across from me and I got busted moving in on a couple others. I never found a bird roosted on the 200 acres but heard several not far across the property line and focused on them.  Well I stayed at it and kept my patience and was able to call in a group of birds about 11:00 Sun morning and took a nice one at ten yards. It was an awesome hunt and certainly educational. I was amazed at how loud those gobbles were as they came up a holler towards me, flat out awesome sound like nothing I have heard before. My bird was 20#, 10 in beard with 1 1/4 spurs. (http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee400/born2hunt4/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-12155629.jpg) (http://s1225.photobucket.com/user/born2hunt4/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-04-12155629.jpg.html)
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Post by: zelmo1 on April 14, 2015, 05:48:41 AM
 :funnyturkey: Nice bird, Congrats
Title: Got it done in Tennessee.
Post by: alloutdoors on April 14, 2015, 06:24:22 AM
Good bird, congrats!
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Post by: taylorjones20 on April 14, 2015, 06:37:31 PM
Congrats! Nothing quite like a fired up TN gobbler...
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Post by: mgm1955 on April 14, 2015, 07:06:45 PM
Congrats!!!
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Post by: owlhoot on April 14, 2015, 07:19:34 PM
congrats , good bird             :icon_thumright:
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Post by: surehuntsalot on April 14, 2015, 08:25:38 PM
good looking bird....congrats
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Post by: tomstopper on April 15, 2015, 02:29:21 AM
Nice looking bird. Congrats.
Title: Got it done in Tennessee.
Post by: Tennessee Lead on April 15, 2015, 12:19:55 PM
Congrats man! Glad your trip was successful


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Post by: darn2ten on April 15, 2015, 12:44:07 PM
Congrats, I'm originally from Fl., but now live in Tn. After hunting Osceolas on public land mainly before coming here, I thought I was in turkey heaven the first time I ever hunted in Tn.
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Post by: jblackburn on April 15, 2015, 12:52:46 PM
good stuff!  Congrats!
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Post by: Gooserbat on April 15, 2015, 03:12:01 PM
Good looking bird
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Post by: RutnNStrutn on April 16, 2015, 12:19:46 AM
Congrats from one FLA boy to another!! :icon_thumright:
I've hunted 11 states now, and none of them are like hunting in FLA. Definitely a steep learning curve, especially when you're hunting hills and hollers. Good job on your gobbler!!
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