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Title: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Yelpy 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.

          



    
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: letinmfly on May 04, 2010, 01:49:05 PM
Sorry to hear that Tom.   :-\
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: Bulldogmikey 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!

Mike
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: John from NY on May 04, 2010, 05:03:27 PM
Sorry to hear that. Keep your chin up. It happens.
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: 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.

 Al
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: turkey stew on May 04, 2010, 06:16:19 PM
Sorry to hear that. Keep your chin up. It happens.
That can happen to any hunter!
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: BigTomsCalls on May 04, 2010, 06:58:47 PM
If you hunt Tom, it's bound to happen sometime. Don't let it get you down.

 Al

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Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: augiedog55 on May 04, 2010, 08:41:02 PM
I know how you feel. I've done it before.Keep after them Tom
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: Yelpy 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.
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: Porter on May 05, 2010, 05:43:13 AM
Man sorry to hear that... that stinks for sure :(, but it's happened to many hunters...
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: Zumer 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


             
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......
Post by: Yelpy 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.

(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/yelpy/calls038-1.jpg)

(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/yelpy/calls032.jpg)

(http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad358/yelpy/calls044.jpg)



  
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: augiedog55 on May 06, 2010, 05:44:56 PM
How quickly things can change. Congradulation on a fine bird with some awesome hooks. *dance*
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: letinmfly on May 06, 2010, 06:00:52 PM
Congrats on a nice bird Tom!!  *up*
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Frozen Crow on May 06, 2010, 06:11:41 PM
That's awesome Tom!!  Congrats!!  Those are some great hooks!!

Lee
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Bulldogmikey on May 06, 2010, 06:14:02 PM
Good job Tom! Glad to see you get one the next day!
Mike
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Yelpy on May 06, 2010, 08:17:52 PM
That's awesome Tom!!  Congrats!!  Those are some great hooks!!

Lee

This is the first bird in the area that I have ever taken with sharp hooks. Most of the birds around here have there spirs wore off from the rocky hill sides.

Thanks for the compliments! I appreciate it!
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: hunter22 on May 06, 2010, 08:41:16 PM
Congrats Tom. Great bird. I know you feel better now.
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Porter on May 06, 2010, 09:42:52 PM
Way to go man!  That's a great bird!
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: J R Hunt Camp on May 06, 2010, 09:49:11 PM

   How quickly things can change. Congradulation on a fine bird with some awesome hooks. *dance*


... ain't that the truth Bruce - Congrats Tom on a great hunt & a mighty fine gobbler right there - real fine set of hooks on him for sure ... 8) 8) 8) 8)

Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Gitzit69 on May 06, 2010, 09:49:15 PM
Congrats on a nice bird Tom!!  *up*
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Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Blackfalcon on May 07, 2010, 07:13:49 PM
Congrats Tom!! *up*
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Zumer on May 08, 2010, 12:00:23 PM
Atta Boy, Tom......

     That's how ya make up for not getting the first one......Ya knock the snot outa the second one....

     Good for you..... *up*

     Zips
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: BigTomsCalls on May 08, 2010, 02:07:29 PM
Congrats!!! *up*
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Yelpy on May 10, 2010, 08:23:09 PM

  Just want to say thanks again.. I sure do feel better but the first one still sticks with me. I replay it over and over every time I am in the field and then some.
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: blingbones1 on May 13, 2010, 02:30:18 AM
congrats yelpy  *gobble* *gobble* *gobble* *gobble*
Title: Re: Put one on the ground......( Updated with pics this time)
Post by: Ghost Maker Calls on May 13, 2010, 09:35:51 PM
Nice bird, Congrats