Was feeling a bit, "under the weather" last night and called out, conveniently enough I was feeling better by the time my alarm went off to hit the turkey woods. ;)
Went looking for some multibearded brothers, ended up getting on a big flock of about 10 birds, mixed, longbeards, jakes and hens. Watched 2 hens get bred. Had them gobbling a bit, but they weren't budging from strutting out in the middle of a private field. After 8, they started to move off away from me, heading back onto public land. I circle around in front of them and get in a hedgerow. There's no where to sit to them, so I lay on my belly. The grass field is over knee high already and at one point early I see a red head out a ways. Little while later I hear some wing beats and 2 gobbler clucks as a couple birds get a little feisty with eachother. All goes quiet for a while and I'm getting ansy, I try to ease up just so I can see when a tom lifts his head with me in gun range. I ease back down and get the gun where he was and he's gone. I cluck, nothing.. cutt and another bird lifts his head a little closer to me. Looks like a good bird and I take the shot. Birds start flying everywhere, I had turkeys that had already made it past me I didn't even know about. 31 yard shot, 18lbs 5oz, 10 1/8" beard, 1" sharp and curved spurs.
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Very nice bird! Congrats, Derek.
You are living proof that turkey hunting skills are not genetic!! Congrats again son!!
Congrats again man! Looks like you beat me to a bird and to posting up a kill thread lol