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All Hunting => Spring Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: ccleroy on March 30, 2012, 09:12:32 AM

Title: 3-20-12 Killin'
Post by: ccleroy on March 30, 2012, 09:12:32 AM

Started out this AM with a hoot and this bird hammers 125 yards in a pond to my right and 2 other birds 400 yards from him to my left, I head to the closer bird and get set up within 100 yards of him, he gobbled 25-30 times on the limb and I hear his hens start up...I immediately throw out some tree yelps and he cuts me off, I know the hens are closer to him so they will cut me off from the game no doubt....Meanwhile the 2 birds roosted together are hammering making their way to me so I spin on the tree in case the get there first. They get within 80 yards and lockup, I hear hens pitch down then the gobbler behind me and I sit to see what is about to unfold, sure enough the hens leave the hardwoods and head straight to the 2 strutters in front of me, I send out a few yelps off my Billy Buice trumpet and sure enough the lone longbeard is still behind me all alone so I spin once again back to him.......It takes all of 5 minutes of some more subtle trumpet work for him to strut to 30 yards in the hardwoods to me. Looking at him through that red dot was something cool too. I dropped the hammer and walked out happy
Well Fellas I have always been the one to down talk red dot sights and the likes on turkey hunting rigs, always saying I mean really do you need that to kill a turkey? No you do not, but it dang sure is the cats butt for me, I really never understood the fascination with them until I put one on my rig earlier this week. They might not be for everyone but they dang sure have their place on my rig.

17lbs 1 1/8th needle hooks and 10 incher

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/ccleroy/3-30-12.jpg)

Title: Re: 3-20-12 Killin'
Post by: PA Boxcall on March 30, 2012, 10:41:03 AM

Congrats!  Good story and nice photo too!

 *up*

Title: Re: 3-20-12 Killin'
Post by: AlabamaDave on March 30, 2012, 01:18:03 PM

Congrats on A goodun!

Title: Re: 3-20-12 Killin'
Post by: GR8CALLS on March 30, 2012, 01:30:31 PM

 The colors on that gobbler are stunning! Congrats on a nice turkey!  *up* *up* *up* *up* *up*

Bill

Title: Re: 3-20-12 Killin'
Post by: AlanKrow on March 30, 2012, 02:33:22 PM

Congrats..Nice turkey.

Title: Re: 3-20-12 Killin'
Post by: callmakerman on March 31, 2012, 04:34:18 AM

Quote from: GR8CALLS on March 30, 2012, 01:30:31 PM

The colors on that gobbler are stunning! Congrats on a nice turkey!  *up* *up* *up* *up* *up* and yes the red dot works real well and real nice to have as you get older.  *lol* I should know.

Bill