Got One!!

[ghost5]

I spent a miserable night tossing and turning so after a couple of hours sleep I got up to storms heading in and decided to stay home. That was tough since this was going to be my first chance to get out. About 7:30 I couldn't stand it so I grabbed my stuff and pulled out at 7:45, at 7:50 I was getting out of the truck at one of my good spots. As soon as I got out I heard toms gobbling at crows so I cut through the woods and got set up. Never heard another gobble, never saw the birds. Poof! just gone. I tried a couple of other spots but never got an answer so about 9 I decided to head home and get to turning stuff.

As I was driving out I saw a bird across a field and when I glassed it it was a longbeard and had a buddy. I slipped out of the truck, grabbed my gear and took off through the woods to cut them off. These birds follow the same path all the time, just along a field edge. Sure enough when I got to where I wanted to be the toms were only about 50 yards away. I squatted down behind a dead fall and softly hit my diaphragm a few times. After the third set of calls here they came down the access road, when they got to 16 yards I dropped the hammer on my CVA 12 gauge muzzleloader. 105 gr of 777 and 2 ozs of mixed 5 and 6 shot did the rest. Let the flopping commence 

Ten inch beard and 1 inch spurs and a very happy me. Not too shabby for a first morning 5 minutes from my house.

[Shadetree Callers]

Congrats !!!

[Turkeybuster]

Congrats. sometimes things do go right nice bird.

Jon

[Silverspur]

Congrats on a fine gobbler!

[West Augusta]

Congrats on a fine trophy Tommy.  With a muzzleloader no less.

[TRKYHTR]

Nice beard on that turkey. Congrats,

TRKYHTR

[jmck]

Congrats ont he fine gobbler
keep after em

[ghost5]

Thanks everyone. I haven't killed many birds so this one is my best so far. I went back the next day and somehow missed his buddy at 14 yards . I think I shot high. That would have made my year since the one I missed is just as big.