Iowa Limb Hanger

[chadly]

First season Iowa runs Monday thru Thursday.  Monday and Tuesday had wind advisories.  I never heard a bird.  Wednesday woke up to an inch of snow and went back to bed thinking they would be wet and quiet.  I went out mid morning for a few hours and they were talking.  It's so exciting to hear a bird after being beat a few days.  I got bird in twice on two different setups.  However in each time while the birds were 25-30 away they seen me before I saw them.  No shots.  Went to work for a while and hit a spot on the way home.  About an hour before fly up a hen starts yelping something fierce about 100 yards away in a field.  She is coming my way and a strutting tom behind her.  She kept running around and he kept chasing her.  I thought I was in the deer stand watching a rutting buck.  She kept yelping and I did my best to duplicate what she did.  Both the tom and her would stop and look my way every now and then.  Finally after about five minutes the tom came in to investigate.  I shot him at 17 paces.  I'm so grateful for this bird as I could not hunt today, the last day of season as I had to get back to work.  Thank you Lord for a fun few days in your creation.

[USMC0331]

Outstanding

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[Yoteduster]

Congrats on a really nice bird

[1iagobblergetter]

Congrats. First season has been rough..

[Gooserbat]

Congrats

[ElkTurkMan]

Congrats!  When I lived in Iowa we would always hunt he first season as well.

[reflexl]

Awesome bird!

[Beards and Hooks]

Congratulations nice bird

[POk3s]

Awesome job on a great bird.

I sure enjoyed my time in Iowa last year and am going to miss hearing those thunderous eastern gobbles this year!

[Bagg-it Tag-it]

Way to keep after it! It can always change for the better

[Gobblerslobber]

Congrats! Gotta love those long hooked limb hangers!

[Hobbes]

Good looking bird.  Congrats.

[tomstopper]

Congrats.

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[MK M GOBL]

Congrats!

Our WI season started on Wed, had some luck but weren't talking much until around 10a-11a, then things livened up, sun was out, still cold but it worked.


MK M GOBL

[CT Spur Collector]

Good job...nice story.