Opening day gobbler
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Opening day gobbler
What an awesome morning here in Ga!!
Sorry guys no pics. I dressed him out so fast i forgot to take any.
It could not have been a more textbook hunt.
Got set up . Waited for daylight and heard first gobble way off to my left.
Then i hear one close to my right so I turn that way and give a soft yelp er two.
all the sudden a squirrel starts going crazy in between us. I never figgured that one out but i thought it was gonna kill my chance.
Finally he shut up and after it calmed down the gobbler sounded off again.
So i gave him a few very soft yelps and a cluck. nothing for 5 mins or so then
this repeated about 4 times.
I see something move and its a turk flying from his direction off the ridge to my left. Crap !! I think im done.
Then I here him gobble very loudly from the direction i had seen him fly .
Ohh its on now!! i learned from past years they like to come up from where he had flew so he wasnt comfortable coming to me from where he was roosting. I just gave him a sweet .. here i am come see me yelp and shut up .
then he gobbles closer but to my left so i knew he had circled and was headed up. I just turned that way and waited. After a few mins there he was looking for his sweetheart. I let him get behind an oak and pulled up.
When he comes out i had the red dot on him but i let him put on a show first. he would strut a little then stop and stretch that head high searching for his honey . I had enough and dropped the hammer. I know its not a crossbow
but its still a trophy to me.
9 1/2" beard 1" spurs.
This is no 3 from this same blown down pine tree. And the second kill (same spot) with no decoy and no blind. Im starting to think decoys are useless
Sorry guys no pics. I dressed him out so fast i forgot to take any.
It could not have been a more textbook hunt.
Got set up . Waited for daylight and heard first gobble way off to my left.
Then i hear one close to my right so I turn that way and give a soft yelp er two.
all the sudden a squirrel starts going crazy in between us. I never figgured that one out but i thought it was gonna kill my chance.
Finally he shut up and after it calmed down the gobbler sounded off again.
So i gave him a few very soft yelps and a cluck. nothing for 5 mins or so then
this repeated about 4 times.
I see something move and its a turk flying from his direction off the ridge to my left. Crap !! I think im done.
Then I here him gobble very loudly from the direction i had seen him fly .
Ohh its on now!! i learned from past years they like to come up from where he had flew so he wasnt comfortable coming to me from where he was roosting. I just gave him a sweet .. here i am come see me yelp and shut up .
then he gobbles closer but to my left so i knew he had circled and was headed up. I just turned that way and waited. After a few mins there he was looking for his sweetheart. I let him get behind an oak and pulled up.
When he comes out i had the red dot on him but i let him put on a show first. he would strut a little then stop and stretch that head high searching for his honey . I had enough and dropped the hammer. I know its not a crossbow
but its still a trophy to me.
9 1/2" beard 1" spurs.
This is no 3 from this same blown down pine tree. And the second kill (same spot) with no decoy and no blind. Im starting to think decoys are useless
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Re: Opening day gobbler
That is the perfect Easter Dish. Congrats.
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Re: Opening day gobbler
Congrats!! Sounds like a perfect morning in my book!!
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Re: Opening day gobbler
good goen strum you had me with you all the way
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Re: Opening day gobbler
Congrats on a fine Gobble Bird
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Re: Opening day gobbler
Crossbow, vertical bow or shotgun . Doesn`t matter one bit to me . When trying to outwit something that is 20 plus pounds of eyeball and keen hearing . Use whatever .
Thanks for taking us people who still have a month to go along .
Thanks for taking us people who still have a month to go along .
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Re: Opening day gobbler
Congrats!! Sounds like a great hunt!
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Re: Opening day gobbler
" Land Eagles" !Doe Master wrote:Crossbow, vertical bow or shotgun . Doesn`t matter one bit to me . When trying to outwit something that is 20 plus pounds of eyeball and keen hearing . Use whatever .
Thanks for taking us people who still have a month to go along .
Re: Opening day gobbler
Congrats on the bird
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Re: Opening day gobbler
Congrats!!!
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Congratulations!!!
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Re: Opening day gobbler
Nice!!!
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