first turkey...crazy story.

[200racing]

i have been seeing turkey in a grass havested sowbean field in the afternoons since before season. i had tried getting within range a half a dozen times and something always went wrong but not today.
   driving in i saw a bird in strut in the field. i parked on the other side of a finger of woods with a gully in it.they were behing a terrace when i got to the edge of the field so i was able to crawl and get set up facing south. i watch a tom strut and hen fight for almost a hour. as it got roosting time they started going west. there are 2 roost they use and i guessed wrong. as soon a they got out of sight i jumped up and ran down some of our dirtbike trails through the gully to the road and down the road to intercept them.
    when i got to the gap that lets you in the field i saw a bird. the field was howlin and i was wearing a leaf suit. i slowly walked into the gap a bit and stood behind a mutli-trunks leafy sapling. the bird i saw was a tom and he was feeding my way. he got about 30yds and i did a chirp he stood up and i let him have it.
   he rocked back but then turned and flew around the finger of woods towards the other roost i knew about. i went to the truck took my gear of drooped my calls and just took my gun to go search for him. crossed through the finger of woods looking for a bird on roost or base of a tree. i stepped out into the field and thats when i saw him out in the field about 110yds as the crow flies from where i shot him. it looked like a plane wreck there was a 20yd feather trail and slide mark then him crumpled up.
stats 17.9lbs,9in beard,7/8in spurs.

[sugarray]

looks great.  Good hunt and congratulations.

[Basser69]

Congrats on a great bird! 

[redarrow]

Congrats on number one. May he be the first of many.

[bowhunter84]

congrats

[TURKEYSLAYER101]

Congrats! 




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[JVA54]

   Congrats!!   

[kj]

Congrats!!  Great first bird

[Hognutz]

Congrats on a nice bird. Sometimes it is not ''text book'' when it comes to making it happen. You did you what needed to to kill the bird. Great job..Mike

[Duke0002]

Congrats on the hunt and the bird.  Sometimes you gotta fly be the seat of your pants!

[Gobble!]

great first bird

congrats

[archery1]

 
GREAT PCS AND CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST ONE..
THIS WILL BE A MEMORY THAT YOU WON'T FORGET

[PANYHunter]

Congrats on a great first bird!!!

[furtracker]

  Great Job!!

[Wrangler95]

 


Very nice,congrats!!