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Title: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Stoner on May 03, 2011, 04:19:11 PM
I just got back from hunting in Tennessee. We had hunted a couple of farms in Smith and Clay Counties. On the Smith County farm I called in several jakes, but no mature birds. The last afternoon we hunted the Clay County farm. We parked near the family cemetery on that farm which is on a buff that overlooks the farm and I spotted two mature gobblers in the pasture below with binoculars. We knew we would be spotted if we approached directly. So we drove the truck to the top of the mountain and walked the ridgeline out to the end and dropped down into the valley. At the bottom we split up hoping to improve are odds. When I worked over to the edge of the field I again used the binoculars and I spotted the two gobblers between two large trees. I dropped down and put a hill between myself and the gobblers and went to the left and set up on a hardwood finger that extended out in the valley floor. I started calling and I saw the two gobblers coming around the side of the hill coming in my direction. I happened to look to my left and saw another mature gobbler coming in from my left. I let it get on top of a little knoll and shot and down he went, he stood back up and I shot again and he was down forever. It always surprised me how fast things can change hunting turkeys.
This gobbler had a heavy beard and I did not realize it until later that this gobbler had a nice double beard. In all the years that I have been turkey hunting it is my first double bearded gobbler. This gobbler had some very nice spurs as well. I think I lost ten pounds running up and down the hills in the Cumberland Plateau. It was a great hunt.
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Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: tnturkeyman28 on May 03, 2011, 04:21:14 PM
WTG!!!!! Congrats!! :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Wrangler95 on May 03, 2011, 04:37:03 PM
 :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:


Very nice gobbler,congrats!!I happen to live in Clay County!!
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: RS on May 03, 2011, 05:00:47 PM
Yep, good spurs on that one.
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Basser69 on May 03, 2011, 05:04:48 PM
That is a great bird! Congrats on him and those HOOKS!
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Hognutz on May 03, 2011, 05:06:52 PM
Congrats, Stoner. Very nice Gobbler..The hooks a unbelievable. Well done..Mike :you_rock:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: flintlock on May 03, 2011, 05:11:56 PM
Congrats on your double-bearded mountain gobbler!   :you_rock:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: M,Yingling on May 03, 2011, 07:22:08 PM
Congrats ,,great bird
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Post by: cannonball on May 03, 2011, 07:57:35 PM
Nice gobbler!
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Trip on May 03, 2011, 08:20:05 PM
Congratulations on a NICE BIRD!!!
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: turkey slayer on May 03, 2011, 08:25:56 PM
Thats a stud!
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: harvester on May 03, 2011, 09:18:26 PM
Congrats on your first double beard and yet, another Tennessee bird. Looks like it had some real good hooks to go along with it.
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: njdevilsb on May 03, 2011, 09:43:31 PM
Congrats on a good bird.
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: JVA54 on May 03, 2011, 10:10:14 PM

       :icon_thumright:   Congrats!!
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: J.Davidson on May 03, 2011, 10:48:45 PM
Congrats on a nice TN bird one things for sure u gotta work for em around here
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: allchokedup on May 03, 2011, 10:54:47 PM
Hey Stoner,
Thats a real good one. Great story and awesome pics. Congratulations on your TN bird.
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Shotgun on May 03, 2011, 11:50:57 PM
Congrats Stoner on great hunt and bird  :you_rock:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: trkycaller on May 04, 2011, 07:07:44 AM
Congrats!!
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Post by: boomer on May 04, 2011, 07:24:49 AM
Congrats!!
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Post by: bowhunter84 on May 04, 2011, 07:58:46 AM
congrats!
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Post by: turkeybill34 on May 04, 2011, 08:30:07 AM
nice bird
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: bullet on May 04, 2011, 02:10:37 PM
Awesome!!! :smiley-char092:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: Stoner on May 04, 2011, 03:18:12 PM
Hey Bullet I like Clay County.
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: trkehunr93 on May 04, 2011, 04:08:01 PM
Gotta love those mountain turkeys.  Congratulations!
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Post by: strutnva on May 04, 2011, 04:58:04 PM
nice bird :gobble:
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Post by: paintbrush on May 04, 2011, 05:45:17 PM
Congrats on a great longbeard Stoner!!   :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: bird on May 04, 2011, 05:59:46 PM
Outstanding bird there Stoner..... Now go post that HOSS over on the team board my friend.    :z-guntootsmiley: :smiley-char092:

Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: struttin_1 on May 06, 2011, 10:01:55 AM
Great bird!! Congrats on your first double beard! :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: TRKYHTR on May 06, 2011, 10:30:35 AM
Great looking turkey Stoner.

TRKYHTR
Title: Re: Tennessee Mountain Bird
Post by: bowhunter84 on May 06, 2011, 11:06:27 AM
congrats!
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