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Title: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: uarobert on March 19, 2018, 09:20:56 AM

The day before the opener, I had checked my plan A spot. I drove into the WMA and made a hike over an hour to get away from the crowds. He gobbled right where I thought he would be, plus a few other birds on other ridges in the area, so I was all set.
I got there the next morning with plenty of time to spare to make my coffee and do my hike. When I got to the forest road: "Road and area closed for prescribed burning." I was completely shut out.
I quickly rushed to plan B spot, which is in an area that was going to get slammed with hunters. Fortunately, my original plan got me there early enough to beat them.
No gobbles before it got light, so I set up on a small food plot with a trail going out either end. After a few calls I heard him cluck once when he flew down just down the trail going out the opposite end of the plot. After about 10 min, I had turned my eyes to the woods and when I turned them back to the trail, he was standing there, looking for the Jake fight I had been imitating. Three day hunt and I had this closed mouth bird in the 1st hour.
19lb, 10" beard, 1" right spur, broken left spur. I wonder what kind of trouble Ol' Stumpy got himself into.

Oh, and thanks to Gooserbat for the PLS that called him in.

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Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: taylorjones20 on March 19, 2018, 09:23:07 AM

Congrats!

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Post by: zelmo1 on March 19, 2018, 09:25:12 AM

Nice bird and Congrats bro :drool: :drool:

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: daddyduke on March 19, 2018, 09:26:51 AM

Congrats! Always good to have a backup plan.

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: Gobbler428 on March 19, 2018, 09:42:34 AM

Congratulations - Sometimes you can make lemonade out of lemons - Really nice bird!

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: turkeymanjim on March 19, 2018, 09:51:43 AM

Congrats on a nice gobbler.

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Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: surehuntsalot on March 19, 2018, 10:08:52 AM

congrats on a well earned bird

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Post by: buckmark13 on March 19, 2018, 10:45:18 AM

Nice job and a great way to start the season!

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Post by: jblackburn on March 19, 2018, 11:24:57 AM

Congrats on a fine bird!

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Post by: harleytom on March 19, 2018, 11:41:47 AM

Congrats

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Post by: Sir-diealot on March 19, 2018, 11:57:53 AM

Congratulations to you.

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: grnhead1312 on March 19, 2018, 02:10:46 PM

Congrats! Not much more rewarding than a public land bird.

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: uarobert on March 19, 2018, 02:21:52 PM

Thanks everybody for all the encouragement.

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Post by: tomstopper on March 19, 2018, 05:05:02 PM

Congrats

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Post by: cbhunter15 on March 19, 2018, 05:13:41 PM

well done, congrats!

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Post by: renegade19 on March 19, 2018, 05:34:55 PM

:icon_thumright:

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: Double B on March 19, 2018, 05:54:49 PM

Public land gobblers rock, way to go! :happy0064:

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: Kylongspur88 on March 19, 2018, 07:47:25 PM

:icon_thumright: wat to get it done!

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: Rio Fan on March 19, 2018, 08:51:05 PM

Nice job! That's a beautiful bird.

Title: Re: On the board opening day in AL - my first public bird
Post by: northof theborder on March 19, 2018, 11:11:40 PM

Great bird. Its a great feeling when you shoot them on public land. Nicely done

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Post by: hobbes on March 20, 2018, 12:05:29 AM

Congrats!

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