I had the worst opening week ever in memory this year. Hunted 5 times and heard 1 bird gobble 1 time all week! Never experienced that before. Well things took a turn for the better Sat. morning, heard multiple birds and killed one at 7:30. Sunday morning was much the same with plenty of gobbling from the roost. Eased into position on a ridge and got set up. After fly down he was on his way in. He hung up behind some brush while drumming and strutting back and forth for 15 minutes. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why he wouldn't come on in. He finally eased on off away from me down the ridge where I heard a few hens. When he did I got up and eased on over where he'd been. I'd never hunted this spot before and figured out why he hung up...dang old rusty hog wire fence. Had a few hours yesterday in the mid day so I eased out behind on house. Climbed to the top of the ridge where I either had to turn left or right. Broke out the pot and floated a series of yelps...nothing. Turned right and proceeded down a old logging road. I had made it about a hundred yards when I though I heard a very faint gobble. I stopped and sure enough he gobbled again way off from the direction I had just come. I hurried back to the spot I had called from and slid up next to a big black walnut. I hit the glass again and he cut me off from probably about 250 yds. I waited for about 5 minutes then gave him a purr and 2 clucks. He gobble again at about 100. I laid the call down and got ready. After a few minutes I could hear him drumming and finally caught sight of him. Took him a few minutes to ease on in, but he gave me a great show. I ended it at 1:52 at 27 yds. What a difference a week makes!
4-11-15
20lbs. 5oz., 10 1/4" beard, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8" spurs
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4-14-15
22lbs., 10 5/8" beard, 1 1/16 and 1 1/8" spurs
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Very nice birds/pics. Congrats
Nice birds, congrats!
Congrats on some awesome gobblers, great pics!
Very nice
congrats!
Nice bird.
Congrats! Still quite slow here in my part of West TN... Hopefully by next week I will actually hear them on the roost!
Been slow here for use too. Worked a couple but not quit there yet. I should pickup if it will quite raining. :TooFunny:
Congrat's on the birds
Congrats buddy!
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Quote from: strutnrut on April 15, 2015, 12:05:48 PM
Been slow here for use too. Worked a couple but not quit there yet. I should pickup if it will quite raining. :TooFunny:
Congrat's on the birds
I hear you! Weather sure hasn't helped much. When you look at the forecast and it shows rain everyday it's a little depressing.
Glad it's picking up for ya. Congrats.
Great bird!! Congrats!!
Glad it only took you a week to turn it around! My first month was awful. Congrats on a nice gobbler!! :icon_thumright: