Well it would be an understatement to say this morning was very special. We heard a bird on the roost early, but was a long way away and we only have permission to hunt on this small 10 acre honey hole. We set up on the property line closes to the bird, but once he flew down we never heard him again. After about 30 min I decided to move down to a little field at the back of the property...so after packing everything up...camera, decoys, blind..and resetting everything back up it was close to about 6:50 am. After about 15 minutes of light yelping a hen showed up and we enjoyed her company. My daughter names every hen we see. ;D We then heard that gobbler gobble again, still really far away..and now this hen is in front of us. I decide that I don't want this hen to mess us up and get between us and a possible interested gobbler. So, I got out of the blind and ran into the field and scared her REAL FAR away. I then got back in the blind and gave out an aggressive loud yelp and he HAMMERED back. He was still I would say 1/4 mile away or it seemeed. I waited a few minutes and yelped again and he HAMMERED again and was definitly closer. It sounded as if he was going to circle in from our left front which would be perfect. However, the next time we heard him he had crossed a woven fence and was on our property..RIGHT BEHIND us. The next thing I heard was him spitting and drumming. I told my daughter to hit the safety and get ready. Thinking he would come by me on the left side where the road is I was ready. Then I heard him drum on my right side...I looked and there he was in full strut about 6 yards from our blind. He walked right beside us and she got a look at him through the blind in full strut at about 6 yards. She whispered, "He's huge daddy!". The rest of the story is all caught on video. 21 lbs 1.25" spurs and 6" beard (must have been beard-rot).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN8lPFbm-Pk
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CONGRATS!!!
Thanks Wendell. You would be glad to hear that I used one of your pot calls along with a woodhaven mouth call. Guess he like him some lightsout. THANKS!
Congratulations on taking your first gobbler.... great looking bird. :happy0064:
That is too cool.. there is no greater reality show than that right there ;D
Well done Leah, great shot..
Great video. Congrat's too your daughter and you. That is what it all about. Thanks for sharing, Mike
Congrats on a great hunt! Nice bird too.
Bill
Congrats to the both of you. That is a hunt neither of you will ever forget..Well done..Mike
Congratulations to BOTH of you!!!!!! This is the only REALITY show that I care to watch.
WONDERFUL footage! PRICELESS Father and Daughter moment.
AWESOME!!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!! :you_rock:
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Congrats!! :icon_thumright:
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Congrats to you both. :icon_thumright:
:icon_thumright: Congrats!
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HC
Congrats ,,, Nice bird :icon_thumright:
Thats just fantastic!
Its great to see the kids enjoy it so much!
Congrats on making a great memory!
Thats awesome! Congrats
Thats really cool, congrats to you both :you_rock:
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AWESOME! Congrats to both of you! That is what its all about! :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Good job !! Give her a ^ 5 for me !!!!! Her reaction says it all, the kiddo's get me pumped every time. Nothing I love more than carry a youngster and seeing their expression's, congrats to the both of you !
Congrats!!! :z-guntootsmiley:
can't get any better than that. Congratulations
Absolutely wonderful!! Congrats to you both!! It's great to see the young ladies out enjoying the outdoors with their dads. Nothing like quality time spent with our children!! Great video as well. I'm sure that will be watched many times by you and her throughout the years!!
God Bless,
David B.
Congrats!
That's fantastic!! Especially since you got it on video to enjoy over and over again!! :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Congrats to you and your daughter!!! :happy0064:
Quote from: 870supermagnum on April 06, 2011, 05:14:41 PM
Congratulations on taking your first gobbler.... great looking bird. :happy0064:
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Congrats to the young lady on her first bird, and what a great video.
Congrats to you and your daughter on her first bird!!! It's great to see the excitement on both your faces. That's what hunting is all about. I think that she should be an honorary member of Team Head Hunters!!! :z-guntootsmiley:
Quote from: PANYHunter on April 07, 2011, 07:52:58 AM
I think that she should be an honorary member of Team Head Hunters!!! :z-guntootsmiley:
Nate,
I scored her bird and even with the beard-rot short beard it scored 58, which is still bigger than my bird at 55. If it had say a 10" beard, which i don't think would have been out of the question, it would have scored 67. I have never killed a bird that big!!!! She was definitely telling everyone at church last night that she killed one BIGGER than dad. The girl is just lucky! I call up birds every time she is with me. Perhaps we do need to add her to the team just for the luck factor.
Tim
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Very nice,congrats!!
Great story, nice video and congrats young lady :icon_thumright:
Way to go guys! That's awesome!!
;D She could have been a bit more excited about it. Nah. Great video. She hammered one nice Tom, and glad you got it on film forever. That's one of those moments it would have been a shame to lose.
Super hunt and video my friend!! you have made a turkey hunter for life,she is hooked! :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
congrats :icon_thumright:
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Quote from: PANYHunter on April 07, 2011, 07:52:58 AM
I think that she should be an honorary member of Team Head Hunters!!! :z-guntootsmiley:
Nate,
I scored her bird and even with the beard-rot short beard it scored 58, which is still bigger than my bird at 55. If it had say a 10" beard, which i don't think would have been out of the question, it would have scored 67. I have never killed a bird that big!!!! She was definitely telling everyone at church last night that she killed one BIGGER than dad. The girl is just lucky! I call up birds every time she is with me. Perhaps we do need to add her to the team just for the luck factor.
Tim
That's alright. Tell her you will let her get away with it for this year but next year its on.
Yea...I told her I wasn't calling another bird up for her until I got to shoot at one. ;D
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Congrats Leah on your first turkey!!! Great shot! :z-guntootsmiley: Congrats dad on having such a GREAT hunt with your daughter!! :you_rock: :you_rock:
Awesome!!! great video
that awesome congrats!!! :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:
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