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Offline Yelpy

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Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
« on: May 04, 2010, 11:44:07 AM »
  
   .......and it got back up.  :'(  As it was flying away I emptied the Benelli with no luck on nocking it down again.  :-[

  Called it in with the Walnut over Black Limba with an Osage base made by Lee.

          



    
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 01:49:05 PM »
Sorry to hear that Tom.   :-\
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 02:43:09 PM »
That is awful, for you and the bird! I know you are sick at your stomach! Maybe it will never happen again!

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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 05:03:27 PM »
Sorry to hear that. Keep your chin up. It happens.
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2010, 06:03:55 PM »
If you hunt Tom, it's bound to happen sometime. Don't let it get you down.

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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2010, 06:16:19 PM »
Quote from: John from NY on May 04, 2010, 05:03:27 PM
Sorry to hear that. Keep your chin up. It happens.
That can happen to any hunter!
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2010, 06:58:47 PM »
Quote from: SS Custom Calls on May 04, 2010, 06:03:55 PM
If you hunt Tom, it's bound to happen sometime. Don't let it get you down.

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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2010, 08:41:02 PM »
I know how you feel. I've done it before.Keep after them Tom
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Offline Yelpy

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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2010, 08:54:40 PM »

 It was upsetting and will bug me for a long time.

 I took the gun out tonight to just check and make sure it was still shooting OK and I found out that for some reason the pattern is stringing. I could not believe it. I tryed 2 different barrels with the same choke and both barrels I put on the gun patterned great except for the original one. I also tryed another choke the same as the one I have in it and still patterned like crap. I am not to sure what happened but I will be on the phone with Benelli tommorrow.

 Thanks guys for reply's.

 It wasn't the first time this happened to me or a turkey and I am sure it won't be the last. Maybe he will be back in the tree in the am.
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2010, 05:43:13 AM »
Man sorry to hear that... that stinks for sure :(, but it's happened to many hunters...
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2010, 07:20:44 AM »
Yelpy,

               Your not a virgin in that territory, for sure......Sorry about what happened to ya......Part of hunting at times... *aah*  Been there done that and have empty casings to show for it....

                I know a guy that has two kills and three (3) misses this spring.....He's a force in the turkey woods, too....It happens to ALL of us....

                Pick your chin up........Zips

             
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Re: Put one on the ground......
« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 04:54:54 PM »
 Put this one on the ground this morning at the same tree where I had shot the other one. It was a long hour and a half watching him strut on the top of the hill in the field. I didn't think he would come in because of the hens that were meeting up with him in the field. Good thing for a friend of mine having an extra barrel.

 Brought him in with a Walnut over Popular short box from Frozen Crow. Thanks, Lee! And a diaphram call.

 20lbs. with a 10 inch beard and 1 inch spirs.









  
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Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 05:44:56 PM »
How quickly things can change. Congradulation on a fine bird with some awesome hooks. *dance*
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Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2010, 06:00:52 PM »
Congrats on a nice bird Tom!!  *up*
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Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2010, 06:11:41 PM »
That's awesome Tom!!  Congrats!!  Those are some great hooks!!

Lee
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