Worked this bird and his buddy off the limb until 10 when the ladies didn't want to play anymore and took them away,Had to take my wife to the doctor and when I got back at lunch I went back after them....spotted them in the field and went to work,they closed the distance to 80 yards and totally changed their minds?WTF?.....headed the oposite direction so I gave them a hour or so while I sat and pondered what to do........so I trek off to another field and setup alond the lines of where they were headed and hit the call,nothing........little later nothing....then out of nowhere bam one of them is a 50 yards......then a hen down the field appears and the strutter behind her.....the gobbler closest to me sees them and heads their way,Dangit. He gets all the way to the other side of the field with the hen and his buddy and I said well the its getting late time to make something happen,since they were heading away for the third time today.........Hit a loud series of yelps and cut down real hard on the mouth call and my Aluminum call and followed it up by a gobble........you should have seen the mood change.....both locked into full strut and hammered back the whole way to the gun leaving the hen behind.........It has been one long day but a dang good one........
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Way to hang in there and make it happen. I know your proud of that victory. Great looking bird. I really like that medallion you have in that call. Congratulations!!!
Quote from: handcannon on April 14, 2011, 10:00:54 PM
Way to hang in there and make it happen. I know your proud of that victory. Great looking bird. I really like that medallion you have in that call. Congratulations!!!
Thanks Bud!!That medallion is actually from a picture I took of a euro skull I have here at my house.......I sent it to my maker and they made it happen.......its my official logo now....I like it as well.
I can't think of a better place to spend all day then in the turkey woods. Awesome Ricky!!! Congrats on winning that battle! #3 better look out! :you_rock:
Congrats Ricky!! Way to go sticking it out on that old gobbler, nothing like toting one out of the woods that you have had an extended battle with! :you_rock:
I too just noticed the medallion in your call too, it looks GREAT!!
Way to hang with'em.
Love the call as well...sweet!
Great pics. What camera do you have?
Quote from: barry on April 15, 2011, 02:01:39 PM
Way to hang with'em.
Love the call as well...sweet!
Great pics. What camera do you have?
That is a Small Pocket Canon SD1300IS Digital Elph.........Great Cam especially considering its non-existent size.......Been running and reading about cameras in and outs for a while now which helps tremendously......
Congrats Ricky!
When the going gets tough..........the toughest still get it done! :you_rock: :you_rock:
HC