Osage Roost
All Hunting => The Ol' Skinnin' Shack => Topic started by: West Augusta on April 27, 2015, 02:32:08 PM
-
It was a pretty chilly opening morning here in West Virginia. My windshield on the truck was iced up this morning and I looked like I was going deer hunting not turkey hunting. Well this morning found me at the "Witches Grave" which is one of my favorite turkey spots. The boss gobbler there usually roosts over the creek in a very steep hollow. Not today. He was roosted above the first flat on the right hand side of the creek. I was set up above the first flat on the left side. I was ready to chalk this one up to him but stuck with it. He gobbled fairly well on the roost but took off toward the head of the hollow off the roost. I grabbed a cup of coffee and a couple of candy bars and settled in for a bit. After an hour or so I started to hear him coming back out of the hollow. He stopped about where he had roosted and gobbled his head off at a Frank Kruer copper pot call with my Macassar Ebony striker and my Titanium pot with my Dymondwood striker. Slowly he came out his side of the hill until he was directly across from me. I decided to stop calling all together and worry him in. Just a little leaf scratching. That was too much for him to stand. Down a very steep hill, across a small creek and up my side of the hill where he found a load of Hevi 13 MagBlends at 27 yards. I guess he didn't read the gobbler handbook that says they don't go down hill or cross creeks. *lol*
(http://i58.tinypic.com/fjggsz.jpg)
21 pounds 4 ounces
10 7/16" beard
1 5/16" spurs.
My best bird ever.
-
Congrats Steve, That is a super nice gobbler! *gobble* *up*
-
Congrats. Steve that's a fine bird and a good story to go with it.
Jon
-
Well done, Steve! Way to have patients and wait him out! *up* *up* *up* *up*
Bill
-
Steve it sounds like you had a great hunt.
-
Congrats Steve! One fine bird!
-
Congratulations Steve!!! Put it on um!!
-
Congrats, Nice Bird, Patience has killed alot of birds
-
Congratulations Steve! Great start to the season!
-
Well done! Very well done Steve!!!! *up*
-
Well done Steve! *gobble* *gobble*
-
Way to go Steve bust them heads *up*
-
Way to go!...Thats a whopper!
-
Nice one Steve.. Way to go !!
-
Yipee! Way to go Steve and good to see ya had plenty of patience on this solid gobbler!! *up*
-
Congrats Steve.
-
*up* *up*,,,,,,,,,nice longbeard............
-
Congrats
-
congrats Steve and especially on your best bird ever *up*
-
Congrats *up*