Osage Roost

All Hunting => Spring Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Stoned on March 18, 2014, 10:13:36 AM

Title: First Osceola Of The Season Down
Post by: Stoned on March 18, 2014, 10:13:36 AM: First Osceola down for the season, one more to go. We had rain for almost 24 hours, went out yesterday morning when the front was moving in and just left my truck walking down the woods road to get set up and a bolt of lightning hit pretty close so I turned around and went home. Back out this morning, woods still wet and the birds were quiet. Pretty moon breaking through the clouds. Did not hear the gobble; I did some soft tree yelps and later some yelps on the friction call and used Brian Mero’s trumpet this morning and it is deadly. He came in quiet from behind me hard and fast and put the brakes on when he spotted the DSD decoys. He was only 15 feet from where I was sitting; I was using a new Winchester SX3 with a Red Dot scope, he was so close I was afraid to turn on the Red Dot and I put his neck in the center of the scope and pulled the trigger and he went down hard. Beard 10 5/8 inches and the spurs were a tad under 1 ½ inches. Great morning to be in the turkey woods.

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Title: Re: First Osceola Of The Season Down
Post by: West Augusta on March 18, 2014, 10:19:43 AM: Congrats on a fine trophy.
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Post by: B-Ready on March 18, 2014, 10:26:39 AM: Nice one!! Congrats! *gobble*
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Post by: Shadetree Callers on March 18, 2014, 10:44:43 AM: Congrats !!
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Post by: Silverspur on March 18, 2014, 11:04:29 AM: Congrats, that is a fine trophy right there! *up*
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Post by: AlabamaDave on March 18, 2014, 11:05:01 AM: Great gobbler!...Congrats!
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Post by: Hobie on March 18, 2014, 11:25:28 AM: Congrats on a nice gobbler
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Post by: GR8CALLS on March 18, 2014, 01:10:46 PM: I've got the same shotgun! Love it. Congrats on a fine gobbler! *up* *up* *up*

Bill
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Post by: Zumer on March 18, 2014, 01:42:56 PM: Congrats..

Nice gobbler to get the season started... RkLu
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Post by: BluMtnGobbler on March 18, 2014, 03:14:06 PM: Congrats on a fine bird!
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Post by: merocustomcalls on March 18, 2014, 03:55:20 PM: Congrats! Great spurs on that bird!!
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Post by: professorwingbone on March 18, 2014, 03:57:10 PM: Looks more like daggers! Nice and congrats.

Fred
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Post by: TRKYHTR on March 18, 2014, 03:58:25 PM: Congrats Stoner. Nice turkey with sharp spurs.

Joe
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Post by: Blackfalcon on March 18, 2014, 04:20:46 PM: Congrats Stu!! *up*
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Post by: Turkeycaller on March 18, 2014, 04:45:41 PM: Beautiful Bird *up* *up* *up* *up*
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Post by: jmck on March 18, 2014, 05:12:39 PM: Congrats of the great bird
Super spurs
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Post by: firedup on March 18, 2014, 07:25:01 PM: Super nice bird! Love those hooks and those wings!! ;D
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Post by: fargobox on March 18, 2014, 07:28:25 PM: Congratulations...sounds like a fine morning INDEED!
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Post by: Turkeybuster on March 18, 2014, 08:05:36 PM: Congrats. theres some daggers on that one.

Jon
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Post by: ferocious calls on March 18, 2014, 10:43:14 PM: Sweet success! Congrats!
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Post by: ncturkey on March 19, 2014, 11:45:30 AM: Congrats. that is a pretty turkey. Who made that box caller for ya? I like that paint feather on it.
Title: Re: First Osceola Of The Season Down
Post by: Stoned on March 19, 2014, 01:42:16 PM: Quote from: ncturkey on March 19, 2014, 11:45:30 AM
Congrats. that is a pretty turkey. Who made that box caller for ya? I like that paint feather on it.

That call was made by Albert Paul in Mississippi He makes a classic Neil Cost style call. He can be found at www.paulscalls.com
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Post by: Roughneck on March 19, 2014, 03:52:07 PM: Nice bird congrats
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Post by: Pitty on March 19, 2014, 07:41:07 PM: That's a dandy.
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Post by: Pixie Dust on March 19, 2014, 09:37:05 PM: Watch those Spikes....Nice :D
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Post by: longbeard56 on March 20, 2014, 09:30:03 PM: Nice Bird. Congratulations!
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Post by: Morgan on March 21, 2014, 01:52:00 PM: Fine bird...
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Post by: firedup on March 25, 2014, 07:35:15 PM: Very nice bird! Congrats!!