After missing 3 birds the last 2 years, I'm back in the saddle again. I killed a bird opening day of the AR season and tagged out this Sat...time to catch some bream.
1st bird
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2nd bird
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Way to go..Nice pictures. Nice birds..Time to go fishing..I agree..Mike :you_rock:
Congrats on a great season! That's a couple of beautiful birds.... :you_rock:
Congrats on a couple of nice birds. What were the stats on them?
Congrats!
Congrats on a couple of fine birds! :you_rock:
congrats!
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Very nice going,congrats!!
Congrats!!
Gorgeous Birds - Lets hear some hunting stories!
congrats :you_rock:
Congrats! :z-guntootsmiley:
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Congrats on tagging out. :you_rock:
BTW, I hope you stayed dry during last night's storm. It looked pretty nasty down there.
Way to go..Nice pictures. Nice birds..Time to go fishing :icon_thumright:
Congrats!!!
We hunted the Ouachitas around Jack Creek/Knoppers Ford area from Wed. to Sat. and never heard a gobble. We did see 6 hens and a jake, but nothing we could shoot. The wind was 15-20 mph most of the time with rain out the wazoo at night.
Thanks everyone.
Story and stats on the first bird:
After a 2 year drought, the good Lord blessed me again opening morning.
Was walking to where I thought they'd be that morning and decided to hoot where I was to make sure not to spook any off the roost on the way. Sucker gobbled right above me so I sat down. Directly, they started gobbling and hens started yelping and then I heard one fly down right behind me. Hens flew down about 60 yds out but I couldn't see them real good to see what they were so I move a little and heard something scattter right behind me...I thought the gig was up. I turned real slow and the big tom was whoopin youngins 15 steps directly behind me. They slowly made their way around me ad I had no shot and at one time I had a hen on a log 5 steps from me. I just closed my eyes and stayed still. They fed away with no shot and I tried to get in front of them but they changed direction so I skirted them and made my way around and eventually got in front of them and was back in business. The toms would gobble and give away thier position and I would belly crawl a hair and then stop. Eventually I saw the hens and they were headed my way with 2 big boys in tow. They walked the toms within 35yds and something caught thier attention and this dude stuck his head up and I knew it was now or never...
10 1/2" beard
3/4" spurs
20#
Good 2 yr old tom
Story and stats on the 2nd are not so impressive but meat in the freezer nontheless:
I went hunting with a buddy on his lease that is mostly pine thickets and the birds stay in the roads almost exclusively cause that's the only openarea they have to strut in. We came up on this dude strutting in the road and he saw us and took off but not before I was able to get a shot off.
9 3/4" beard
7/8 spur and a 3/4 spur
18#
Congrats!!!
:icon_thumright: Congrats!!
Great job!!!! :icon_thumright:
congrats on a great season