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Title: 3 Prairie Birds
Post by: SD_smith on April 21, 2019, 08:41:13 PM
Started out hunting the Black Hills on Saturday. Got on some birds, but were very henned up and made an escape. Lots of other hunters around and some rough weather was moving in for today, Sunday, so headed back home and swung through the very southern end of the Prairie Unit I live in. Found 6 strutters and a pile of hens right at dark on a small creek bottom out in the middle of the nowhere. Eventually found who owned it and knocked on the door then they let me have at it. Came back this morning and found them in the dark skylined in the trees. Setup a Jake decoy and a couple hens right under the roost because I figured they'd jump down and whoop him. WRONG. They jumped down just out of gun range all around me and strutted and gobbled with their hens for about an hour or so. They all joined back up and started filtering down the creek bottom. I started sneaking behind them hoping to eventually get in their bubble and they'd come to a call. Finally caught up to them and yelped in one of the strutters to about 20 yards. The rancher also told me their old house farther north had a couple birds running around it. Headed that direction after a nice cheap cigar break next to the creek. Pulled in and could see the two gobblers on the side of a draw on the backside of the farmstead. Crawled into the cow pens and let out a loud yelp. They both gobbled and came running about 150 yards. Shot the lead bird at 15 steps and immediately felt bad about leaving his buddy all alone in this world....so I ended his loneliness as well. I don't feel particularly bad about that because on the drive into the last farmstead I seen 3 different hens all separated and definitely bred by the way they were acting. There will be more birds to come.

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Title: Re: 3 Prairie Birds
Post by: spaightlabs on April 21, 2019, 08:45:47 PM
Congrats.

Sweet slippers.
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Post by: boomer on April 21, 2019, 08:58:48 PM
Congrats

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Post by: Yoteduster on April 21, 2019, 09:12:52 PM
Congrats, very good day indeed
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Post by: Sir-diealot on April 21, 2019, 09:19:36 PM
Congratulations to you.
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Post by: shoer2 on April 21, 2019, 09:52:54 PM
Congratulations.
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Post by: joey46 on April 22, 2019, 04:58:39 AM
Nice!  Great story.
Title: Re: 3 Prairie Birds
Post by: SD_smith on April 22, 2019, 02:42:20 PM
Quote from: spaightlabs on April 21, 2019, 08:45:47 PM
Congrats.

Sweet slippers.

My driving shoes haha
Title: Re: 3 Prairie Birds
Post by: SoDak_JD on April 22, 2019, 02:46:44 PM
Awesome!  Nice birds!
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Post by: a_jabbo on April 22, 2019, 04:12:15 PM
That's a heck of a morning! Congratulations on 3 beautiful birds.
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Post by: tomstopper on April 22, 2019, 04:37:24 PM
Very nice. Congrats.

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Title: Re: 3 Prairie Birds
Post by: zsully on April 22, 2019, 08:54:25 PM
Congrats on a great day!
Title: Re: 3 Prairie Birds
Post by: surehuntsalot on April 23, 2019, 12:28:59 PM
congrats
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Post by: POk3s on April 23, 2019, 01:13:07 PM
Didn't take you long. Congrats man.
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Post by: nebgoosehunter on April 23, 2019, 04:00:59 PM
Awesome job getting three in one day! 
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Post by: Gooserbat on April 23, 2019, 08:05:54 PM
Congrats
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Post by: Spitten and drummen on April 23, 2019, 09:24:17 PM
Great job!
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