Saturday morning April 23rd I had a chance to get out and hunt on a new piece of property I received permission to hunt. This was my first time hunting alone this season so I packed decoys gun and all in with me. I walked out into a big CRP field in the dark and started looking for a place to set-up. I had come out and done a small amount of scouting on this property so I had some idea of where turkeys may likely be roosted. There is a small field that extends off one side of the bigger field that extends to the beginning of a ridge I thought may be a good place to start off. I had to cross a fence and just as I did I heard a bird gobble and not far away. It was still pretty dark and very foggy. I just stood for a moment waiting for another gobble so I could get a good bead on where this bird had gone to bed. He gobbled a couple minutes later and I went ahead and snuck up another 50 yards or so and found a nice spot to set up. I had my pretty boy decoy out in the field and he gobbled off the roost about every 30 seconds or so. Finally I heard him gobble and he sounded a little further away and on the ground. It seemed a little early and dark for him to be on the ground but I think the fog was causing it to look that way. I purred and putted twice and yelped once and no answer. Then out of no where he just gobbles his head off and I could tell he was in the field somewhere direclty in front of me but through the think fog where I could not see him. Finally after a few minutes I could see him coming. Once he saw my decoy he strutted and gobbled all the way in. I killed this bird at 6:05 and was home before 6:30. It was a short hunt but an amazing one. He was one of my best birds ever. 23 lbs 11 inch beard and 1 1/4 inch spurs. One of my future turkey hunting buddies in the pics with me. My Son!
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Good job.. Nice story. The pictures are outstanding. Your son is a little darling. Mike :you_rock:
congrats! great picture of you and you son :icon_thumright:
way to go dad! Congrats on a great bird!
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Very nice going,congrats!!
Nice bird and a quick hunt, thank goodness for the fog!! ;)
Congratulations on the hunt and looks like a future hunter there?
Nice tom. Congrats!
Very nice pictures and a great bird.
Congrats on a nice turkey and cute little boy.
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Great bird, great pics! Congrats to you and the little hunter!
Congrats on a great bird! Nice story, thanks for sharing :you_rock:
Congrats!!
Awesome bird, and great picks. Congrats!
That is one big bird! Congrats!
Great bird..Congrats.
Awsome bird and great story! Where did you hunt in IL? I hunted Carroll cty, on Saturday and it was foggy there as well. I had an awsome site watching a tom cross a distant hill top in the fog and the a while later calling 2 in - out of the fog. Only one left by the way ;)!!
Congrats! That bird is a fatty!
Nice bird, story, congrats
Nice gobbler, congrats!
:icon_thumright: Congrats!!
awesome bird dude! that thing is huge! way to start him off early! nothing better than bringing a kid up in a outdoors surrounding!
Nice one. Beautiful big old fan on that turkey.