Title: One more for the home team!
Post by: SD_smith on May 14, 2019, 12:21:28 AM
Post by: SD_smith on May 14, 2019, 12:21:28 AM
This past Sunday I started out at an old cemetery that I've heard rumors about and got in there early to skylight the trees with the moon. Couldn't see any birds and nothing answered my coyote bowls along the river or the feeder creek. So I jumped in the car and drove around to the other side of the river where I had a ranch that needed some birds taken out. Pulled up to the gate maybe 15 minutes after fly down and laid the gate down to walk up to the edge of the field about 20 yards up. Peaked my head up and could see a strutter against the opposite creek bottoms 200 yards out. Grabbed my gun and vest then started crawling down the field edge to a giant cottonwood. (The field sat higher than the gate and field edge so was easy to stay out of sight.) Got to the tree and noticed 2 hens that I bet were roosted with him, but they acted like they wanted to go nest and were leaving fairly quickly. Started cutting real hard with my mouth call and aluminum call and he came marching across the field to within 75 yards. He strutted and gobbled for 30 minutes right in front of me and I honestly felt like at one point he'd leave. That was also the moment I wish I had some of y'alls "100 yard TSS combos! But after I hadn't made a peep for 30 minutes he eventually couldn't stand it and came straight at me to 20 yards. Thought that was close enough to satisfy the purists out there.
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Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: Yoteduster on May 14, 2019, 12:39:40 AM
Post by: Yoteduster on May 14, 2019, 12:39:40 AM
Congrats on another good bird
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: tomstopper on May 14, 2019, 03:47:15 AM
Post by: tomstopper on May 14, 2019, 03:47:15 AM
Nice. Congrats
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: owlhoot on May 14, 2019, 08:12:02 AM
Post by: owlhoot on May 14, 2019, 08:12:02 AM
Neat story. Nice bird, Congrats
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: ejhandler on May 14, 2019, 09:02:20 AM
Post by: ejhandler on May 14, 2019, 09:02:20 AM
Congrats! I don't like them much closer than 15-20 yards, too tight for things to go wrong!
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: zelmo1 on May 14, 2019, 09:09:20 PM
Post by: zelmo1 on May 14, 2019, 09:09:20 PM
Beautiful bird bro, congrats
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: surehuntsalot on May 24, 2019, 03:13:03 PM
Post by: surehuntsalot on May 24, 2019, 03:13:03 PM
congrats
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: Sir-diealot on May 24, 2019, 08:44:00 PM
Post by: Sir-diealot on May 24, 2019, 08:44:00 PM
Congratulations.
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: a_jabbo on May 25, 2019, 12:04:30 AM
Post by: a_jabbo on May 25, 2019, 12:04:30 AM
Cool story. Great bird. Congrats
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: renegade19 on May 25, 2019, 09:33:54 AM
Post by: renegade19 on May 25, 2019, 09:33:54 AM
:icon_thumright:
Title: Re: One more for the home team!
Post by: RutnNStrutn on May 25, 2019, 12:48:53 PM
Post by: RutnNStrutn on May 25, 2019, 12:48:53 PM
Congrats!! You didn't need a 100 yard load after all. 
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