MY WIFE PHOEBE HAS BEEN GOING WITH ME HUNTING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS BUT HAS NEVER WANTING TO TAKE A BIRD BEFORE, WELL THIS YEAR SHE CHANGED HER MIND, SHE WAS READY TO HARVEST A GOBBLER, SO I GOT HER A 12 GAUGE STOEGER MODEL 2000 ,GOT HER LINE IN. I HAD BEEN WATCHING 2 LONGBEARDS FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS NOW AND PUTTING THEM TO BED AT NIGHT. WE GOT UP THIS MORNING AND SHE WAS ALL FIRED UP AND READY TO GET HER BIRD, WE GOT THERE AROUND 5:45 GOT SET UP, WAITED FOR DAY BREAK, DID SOME SOFT TREE YELPS GOBBLE, GOBBLE ABOUT 100 YARDS OFF, DID A FLY DOWN AND THEY HAMMER OFF AGAIN, HAD MY JEFF MCKAMEY BUTTERNUT WITH A WALNUT STRIKER BOX CALL AND STARTED WORKING ON THESE BOYS, MAN THEY WAS FIRE UP, HEARD SOME HENS START UP OFF TO OUR LEFT AND ALL GOT STILL AND QUIET, PULL OUT MY IRONWOOD TRUMPET AND STARTED ON IT, STILL WAS QUIET, NOTHING AGAIN UNTILL 8:00 TRYED MY TRUMPET AGAIN, THEY SOUNDED OFF ABOUT 150 YDS TO OUR LEFT, HIT HEM AGAIN BAM BAM PICKED BACK UP THE Macmey box AND BROUGHT THEM ALL THE WAY TO ABOUT 60 YDS, AND USED A MOUTH CALL TO GET THEM 25 YDS, MY WIFE DROPPED THE FIRST BIRD 10 1/4" BEARD 1 1/8" SPURS SHARP AS NEEDLES, WEIGHTED 21 LBS, I DROPPED THE SECOND BIRD, 10 " BEARD, 1" SHARP SPURS AND WEIGHTED 20 1/2 . NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE THE DESIRE TO TAKE A GOBBLE AT 60 YEARS OLD, GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH A WONDERFUL WIFE AND NOW A GREAT HUNTING PARTNER.
