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Started by Tom007, January 27, 2023, 11:40:55 AM
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on January 27, 2023, 03:21:04 PMI was hunting one of my favorite WMA's in central Florida. It was a gorgeous morning, cool, clear and crisp. I waited until daybreak, nothing. Finally fly down time was approaching and I had yet to hear a gobble. I came to the end of a trail. I'd seen many turkeys here in the past, so I set up with a hen decoy.I settled in and let out the first calls of the morning......GOBBLE!!!!!! There was a gobbler strutting on the limb 75 yards away. How he didn't see me walking in is beyond my comprehension. I did some soft tree talk and the gobbler hammered. Then he started shock gobbling at everything that made a noise.Finally he flew down towards my decoy. There was a patch of brush blocking my view of the trail before the decoy. When his feet hit the ground he popped into strut. He strutted right in towards the decoy. As soon as he stepped out, he got nervous, dropped out of strut and retreated behind the patch of brush.I could see him easing back the way he came. When he reached the edge of the brush, he stuck his head out and looked my way. I already had the bead on his head, and rolled him at 8 steps. He didn't even flop. The wad was laying right beside his head, and had broken his beak. He was a beautiful gobbler that made the Florida Osceola Registry. 19 pounds, 11 inch beard and twin, curved, sharp 1-1/2 inch spurs. To this day he's my best Osceola. Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk
Quote from: stinkpickle on January 27, 2023, 02:48:53 PMI don't exactly remember how close he was, but I probably could have smacked him with the muzzle instead.
Quote from: GregGwaltney on January 27, 2023, 09:53:35 PMWay too close.....I was hunting in Florida, was working my way closer to a gobbling bird when I entered a cleared lane between two large areas of cypress. I made a few cutts with my mouth call and he gobbled very close to me, I immediately hit the ground, laying face down looking into the low grass lane as there were no trees close by. There was a little mound of dirt that I had my gun resting on, I was laying in 2 inches of water and 12" of grass, very well camouflaged...lol....That gobbler walked right up on me with no hint I was 3-4 yards away, I shot him there or he may have walked over my back. I remember it well even though it happened 30 years ago, I had the bead on him and didn't even need to move, he walked straight to me, crazy hunt.
Quote from: Tom007 on January 27, 2023, 03:23:51 PMLove to see a picture of him my friend, wow, great story.....
Quote from: RutnNStrutn on January 28, 2023, 03:04:23 PMQuote from: Tom007 on January 27, 2023, 03:23:51 PMLove to see a picture of him my friend, wow, great story.....Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk