After a rough ride on a windy morning and a pretty major set-up change, my best turkey huntin' buddy sealed the deal for the 4th youth day in a row.
Our original starting point was a long way from any of the gobbling birds we could hear. Knowing we were in a good location, we stuck it out til around 8:00. We decided to pull up and move about 600-700 yards up the ridge to put us on the same plane as the one group of birds we had heard from the limb. But higher up was windier and made hearing rough. But the first series I ran from my box at the new spot brought a group gobble from a few hundred yards away. I wanted to close in but knew I had been heard and hoped the birds would show up before the noon quitting bell. Called every so often and did manage one shouting match with a pee-ohed hen. At 10;30, I was looking one way when Pickle whispers "Ahhhh..........Dad.........." I glanced left and here comes 2 longbeards doing the mean walk, followed by a jake. At 30-couple yards, the longbeards would not separate far enough for the longest time. Add to that, Pickle was whispering that she wanted the strutter.........not the other one............. I'd liked to have just had a heart attack on the spot !!! After about a freakin' ETERNITY, the birds separated by a couple of feet and I told her "SHOOT THE STRUTTER.........NOW !!!!!! "
And she did.
Tale of the tape is 23 lbs......... 9"........... 1" & 1"
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Attagirl Pickle!!! :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:
Way to go congratulations.
That's awesome congrats to her and you
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Congrats Yoder. Great bird.
Congratulations to you both.
Congratulations, that's awesome.
That is absolutely awesome!! I assume she shot it with her famous NEF single?
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Quote from: scoffman1That is absolutely awesome!! I assume she shot it with her famous NEF single?
Maybe "INFAMOUS" by now............................... ;D
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Way to go Pickle!
Congrats. Good going for you two
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Quote from: Yoder409 on April 20, 2019, 05:00:16 PM
Quote from: scoffman1That is absolutely awesome!! I assume she shot it with her famous NEF single?
Maybe "INFAMOUS" by now............................... ;D
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You darn right INFAMOUS!!!
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That smile tells the story :funnyturkey:
Awesome! Way to go :icon_thumright:
Awesome!!! Congratulations Pickle!!!
Have a good one
Ray
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A lot easier on the eyes than most of us slobs who post... And that smile is NOT fake.
Pretty bird, prettier girl... GREAT JOB DAD!
congratulations to the young lady
Congratulations to the young lady.
Congrats to the young lady . Nice bird and great pics there Dad.
Keep em coming
congrats nice job
By the way Yoder, you daughter looks kinda.. what's the word? Smug, yeah smug is the word. Congrats again.
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Quote from: Happy on April 21, 2019, 04:16:15 PM
By the way Yoder, you daughter looks kinda.. what's the word? Smug, yeah smug is the word. Congrats again.
I am SO glad you picked up on that !!!!
Her first ever bird was a jake. Her second bird was a 5 or 6 year old by my estimation. Last year was likely a 4 or 5 year old. After her first bird, she vowed she was done shooting jakes. I told her that, if that was her decision, I was fine with it. But, if she EVER changed her mind and lowered the boom on another jake, I was totally fine with that, too.
Well.............yesterday............not ONLY was she not shooting the jake that came in, but she was not shooting the bird (who was swinging a rope) that wasn't strutting............ !!!!! My heart nearly pounded outta my chest for a couple minutes with two longbeards out front and her sitting there, ice water running through her veins, waiting for the strutter to present a good shot. She could have downed the other longbeard 3 or 4 times with ease during the wait !!!
Her initials are S.L.S. I told her after it was all over that I was changing her initials to C.L.S for "Cocky Little Snot". ;D
She's at the wheel when she's turkey hunting and she knows it.
I wouldn't have it ANY other way !!!
Congrats
congrats to the young lady
Nice job pickle and dad!!
Well done
Quote from: Gooserbat on April 23, 2019, 08:06:23 PM
Well done
Thank you sir.
There was a Gooserbat Heckler involved in that bird's demise.
Congrats! Way to get her done.
Nice job congratulations pickle
Way to go..... congrats on a fine Gobbler.
Congrats
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