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Title: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: Spring Creek Calls on May 10, 2011, 08:42:19 PM

I've been hunting henned up birds for nearly 2 weeks in S. IN and N. MI. today I decided to sleep in and try to catch one alone after the hens went off to lay/sit. Well it worked pretty well! Shot a 23.25 lb. tom at 12:45. Came to my walnut/maple box after locating him near a green field strut zone. I did not arrive at the property until 10AM and worked another tom with 4 jakes and 2 hens around 11:30. Guess I'm back to IN as it's the only tag I have!
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Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: M,Yingling on May 10, 2011, 08:45:09 PM

Congrats on the bird :icon_thumright:

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Post by: surehuntsalot on May 10, 2011, 09:38:29 PM

very nice....congrats

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Post by: njdevilsb on May 10, 2011, 09:41:24 PM

Congrats on a good bird.

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Post by: Flydown on May 10, 2011, 09:45:56 PM

Awesome turkey! Congrats! :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock:

Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: Hognutz on May 10, 2011, 10:23:07 PM

Congrats on the nice Mi. Bird..Mike

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Post by: cannonball on May 10, 2011, 10:41:02 PM

Congrats!

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Post by: WyoHunter on May 10, 2011, 11:45:25 PM

Congrats!

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Post by: hobbes on May 10, 2011, 11:59:34 PM

Great looking bird. Congrats!

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Post by: hookedspur on May 11, 2011, 12:02:36 AM

Great bird :z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:

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Post by: Wrangler95 on May 11, 2011, 09:01:28 AM

:z-guntootsmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:

Very nice gobbler,congrats!!

Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: Todd1700 on May 11, 2011, 09:31:41 AM

And some folks will try to tell you that you can't call them all the way in with a box call. Riiiight! Good bird! Looks like a Kicks choke in your gun. What ammo did you use?

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Post by: bowhunter84 on May 11, 2011, 09:55:24 AM

congrats!

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Post by: vicksburg on May 11, 2011, 09:57:10 AM

Great bird, gobblez!!!!! :you_rock:

Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: Spring Creek Calls on May 11, 2011, 10:05:32 AM

Quote from: Todd1700 on May 11, 2011, 09:31:41 AM
And some folks will try to tell you that you can't call them all the way in with a box call. Riiiight! Good bird! Looks like a Kicks choke in your gun. What ammo did you use?

It is a Kick's Gobblin' Thunder .655. I have a lot of confidence in that choke tube. It certainly has performed over the years. I shoot Win Supreme 6's. I've been a fan of the white Hevi 13's, but the ones I have left have the shot loose and moving around inside the case.

On the box call thing, this bird would not gobble to anything but the box. I was actually looking for mushrooms and calling on occasion with a diaphram, I pulled out the box and hit it and he cut me off. Sat up and called with diaphram just because he was close and he wouldn't answer till I picked up the box and hit it again. Pretty special as I started making box calls last winter and this was the first bird I killed using my own box. I had a long box with me also that I was "field testing".
:z-guntootsmiley:

Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: Basser69 on May 11, 2011, 11:26:23 AM

Congrats on a nice bird! :icon_thumright:

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Post by: stinkpickle on May 11, 2011, 03:05:39 PM

Very nice kill!!! Congrats and good luck in Indiana. :anim_25:

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Post by: barry on May 11, 2011, 03:08:36 PM

Love those mid-day birds.
Way to break in your box call!

Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: turkey slayer on May 11, 2011, 09:38:48 PM

Great bird congrats!!

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Post by: strutnva on May 11, 2011, 09:46:48 PM

good bird

Title: Re: 2nd Shift MI Bird
Post by: JVA54 on May 11, 2011, 09:53:54 PM

:icon_thumright: Congrats!!

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