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General Outdoors => Hunting => Topic started by: Bowman66 on May 03, 2015, 09:11:15 AM

Title: 1st Day Monster
Post by: Bowman66 on May 03, 2015, 09:11:15 AM: So there we were, full camo, hunkered down singing the sweet siren song of a lonely hen. Two gobblers sounding off as they march up the other side of the powerline just inside the woods, out of sight. Heart hammering as loud as the gobbles in my ears. One at a time the 2 red headed beast step from the brush, take one look at the decoys and run, they may still be running for all I know. It's not even 7 am, wow what a rush. Figuring we need to move we stand to pack up, shoot the bull for a bit when my hunting partner looks to our right and sees 3 more stutters headed our way around the corner of the field. He hit the deck I jumped behind a small tree, guns at the ready. Out steps a truely huge turkey, looks our way, seeing the decoys, puffs up and starts a zigzag strut, putting him right on the edge of my comfortable range for my 3 1/2 inch mag. Silent as he came in he turned to head to the other woods, it's now or never in my mind. I shoot and surprise my self, he rolls and hobbles a little, the beast is dead.
Still in shock as I type this, he was truely a one in a life time bird, he has it all.
12" beard 1 1/2" spur and a broken spur at 1 1/4"
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Post by: Pa Goosehntr on May 03, 2015, 09:26:23 AM: ;D ;D ;D First off I'll say congrats ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) Then I must say that's a big bird :) :) :) :) The turkey looks better than you though... :P :P :P :P :P
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Post by: Bowman66 on May 03, 2015, 09:39:59 AM: Thanks Goose!
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Post by: Brushwolf on May 03, 2015, 12:59:57 PM: Nice!!!
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Post by: Misterjake23 on May 03, 2015, 04:36:55 PM: The bird of a life time !!
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Post by: Huntin 4 yotes on May 03, 2015, 04:37:56 PM: Nice bird! Congrats!!
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Post by: Hern on May 03, 2015, 08:21:18 PM: Good Job. Congratulations.
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Post by: jaspr1 on May 04, 2015, 05:40:25 AM: ;D Awesome..and Thanks for the pics ;D ........... 8)
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Post by: HDRoadking3058 on May 04, 2015, 07:14:02 AM: Nice big bird! Congratulations!
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Post by: Lookn4Fur on May 04, 2015, 07:45:32 AM: Congratulations. Great Turkey.
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Post by: Bigcat on May 05, 2015, 07:31:07 PM: Congrats! Awesome bird
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Post by: Bowman66 on May 05, 2015, 10:01:58 PM: Thank you guys! It will be a hunt to remember and tell the grandkids about. Just can't wait to get him up on the wall in a few months!
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Post by: Pa Goosehntr on May 06, 2015, 03:31:26 PM: >:( >:( >:( Son ya can't be eatin wall paper!! ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: Bowman66 on May 07, 2015, 07:10:26 AM: :) :) :) :) :) :)No wallpaper on my plate goose ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D He will now be part of the decor, against the wife's wishes "turkey's are so ugly" get over it lady! LOLOLOLOL 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Post by: Pa Goosehntr on May 07, 2015, 08:18:05 AM: ;D ;D ;D ;D A man after my own heart 8) 8) 8) 8) now jaspr1 would be mounting his new truck on a wall if he could ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)