With the rain moving in we decided to not pour any concrete today so me and dad decided to go hunting. We had spotted 2 toms and a hen and made a circle and set up but nothing happened. We circled back and hit my farm but the wind was getting terrible so we left. When i made it back to dads I found a baby dove in the yard and picked but I guess it had blown out of the nest and the rain was getting closer so I put it in a box and decided I would take it home until this rain gets out since momma hadn't came back. I was heading home and to get it settled when I spotted 2 toms and some hens on a point that we had hunted Sunday but they got on around the field before we could get up to the field edge and get set up. I had a good idea where they was headed so I called dad but he said it was to windy for him and he was gonna work on his house,so I told the baby bird we're gonna make a quick detour haha. I parked the truck and hit the woods. I came up the back side of the point but couldn't see anything so i decided to drop back down on the hillside and crawl to the field edge. I was about 10 yards from the tree I wanted to get to when I heard 1 putt. I look and see 1 tom about 40 yards away so I reach up and turn my barrel cam on. I wasn't in any hurry to shoot so I watched as the hens putted and walked over the ridge. They hadn't made it much more over the ridge when they turned back and this tom was following them and I thought he was the bigger of the 2 so I decided to shoot this one. I watched him come on over the hill and he reached a good spot for me to shoot so I easied my gun up and rolled him. He weighted 19 pound 13 ounces, had a 10 in beard and 1 1/8 in spurs. This is the 2nd bird I have killed with my franchi and so far I love it but I'm gonna change barrel cams. This makes 2 times that I had the cam working but when i shot the battery comes out and don't save the footage. For me my second tag is a bittersweet thing, i hated to punch it but at least i still have some people wanting me to take them.
Congrats!
Congratulations
Beauty, congrats
Congrats! :z-winnersmiley:
Congratulations!
Congrats
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Congrats!
Awesome deal. Congrats.
Congrats , nice bird.
I am to tired to read this all the way through right now but I will come back and read it later. I just wanted to congratulate you, hope I can get there one day.
Congrats on a nice gobbler!!
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Congrats on a really nice gobbler
Congrats, nice set of spurs!
Congratulations! !!!!!
Nice job!
Congratulations how many years did it take you to hit the big 50? What type turkeys are in that group of 50?
I killed my first turkey 17 years ago and it was actually the same farm i killed this 1 on today. All of the birds are easterns, i havent made it to hunt any other species. Some of the birds have been fall birds so not all 50 are gobblers. I don't fall hunt any more because of the populations decline but when i did i wouldn't shoot a tom, i let several toms walk off because i always saved them for spring haha.
Congratulations!! 50 birds is a heck of an accomplishment you should be proud.
Very nice.
Fantastic! That is a beauty of a Tom for number 50.
Congrats
Congratulations
Congrats...Nice milestone..Ive never kept track,but wish I would have kept a journal of all my hunts like my wife told me to do years ago.
Quote from: 1iagobblergetter on April 30, 2020, 07:19:16 AM
Congrats...Nice milestone..Ive never kept track,but wish I would have kept a journal of all my hunts like my wife told me to do years ago.
Good point here fellas, Ive kept a journal since 2010, and wish I'd done it sooner, my son will start one from day one.
Congrats on a awesome bird and milestone!
Congrats!
Congrats on the milestone!
Very cool! Congratulations!
Now for THE REST OF THE STORY...how's that baby bird!? ;)
Quote from: POk3s on April 30, 2020, 04:13:45 PM
Very cool! Congratulations!
Now for THE REST OF THE STORY...how's that baby bird!? ;)
haha so far it is doing well, i was gonna try to put it back to see if momma would take it but it is still raining and windy. also i didnt see her around today. we have been feeding it a few times a day with a dropper, its getting about feeding time now because its starting to chirp more.
Congrats on the milestone!
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Congrats, never been one to count but I have watched 7 get shot this year so far!
Congrats!
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Congrats