Death Valley Bird

[CASH]

T-town and myself have been after this bird for a while.  Both together and separate.  There have been numerous times he has been in gun range, but out of sight.  He is the only gobbler on our lease that gobbles ALL DAY LONG at crow calls, crows, and our calling.  He always has a hen and has been the bane of our existence.

This morning we went to our usual listening spot and hit a crow call at daybreak and of course he gobbled.  He was fairly close, so we chose to set up in place and try to draw him in.  After an hour and a half, he would not leave his strut zone.  We moved a little closer and at one point he was in gun range spitting and drumming, but was on the other side of a rise and we could not see him.  Eventually he drifted off and we went to another area to see if we could get something else interested.

We had a time limit to hunt today, so on our way back to the camp we decided to hit him with the crow call and see if he was still around.  Sure enough he was, so we circled around to try and cut him off.  We were almost to the top of a ridge and we heard his hen scratching.  We knelt in place and let out a couple of soft clucks and purrs and T-town started scratching in the leaves.  A few minutes later his hen came over the ridge in search of us.  She looked around for a few and continued down the hill.  Within a minute or so I saw him strutting about 50 yards ahead.  He walked around looking for us going in and out of strut. 

Dave kept whispering to me to let him get closer, that he was coming our way.  I already had a spot picked out to shoot him, if I had the opportunity.  He stepped into my spot and I laid him down at 40 yards, and then watched him roll down the hill.

[LX_Trkyhntr]

Way to go CASH!!!  Congrats on a fine bird!

[TRKYHTR]

WTG great turkey.

TRKYHTR

[vaturkey]

Congrats Cash ! Nice Gobbler !


                 

[T-town]

I'm so glad that rascal is dead! What a hunt, at-a-way to close the deal!

[OLE RASPY]

good job cash 

[guesswho]

 "em all!

[cannonball]

Congrats!

[Hognutz]

Way to go, Cash..

[NCTURKEYHUNTER]

Nice won,   congrats

[Ol'Mossy]

Congrats 

[lmbhngr]

 

[hookedspur]

Congrats Cash ! Nice Gobbler !


                 

[JVA54]

         Congrats!!

[Basser69]

Congrats my OG brother!!