Osage Roost
All Hunting => Spring Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Ryan T on March 20, 2011, 11:03:38 PM
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Had to cast a spell on me, but it seems to have taken....
The day before the opener, me and my dad went to listen. We heard 7 the day before the season. Opening
day I heard one bird twice. Next day, same bird 6 times. Next day I pulled an all day affair and almost killed
him at 11ish, he only gobbled 15 or so times all day. Then the next 4 days I heard a combined 5 gobbles... I was
hunting hard and I was LOW...
Saturday morning came around and I went back to the opening morning bird, he wasn't there. :( BUT
I found a gobbling turkey or two not far away... It wasn't until 8:30 and they didn't gobble much, but they gobbled plenty!
Got a few of his hens interested with some kee kees and lost yelps... Then I sparked his interest once he gobbled...
I cut his gobble of with my Ebony/Maple Morgan box..... with a barrage of cuts and yelps... He dropped out of strut,
he was about 300 yards, and looked my direction.... He then went back in and gobbled 4 times in about 30 seconds..
on the 4th gobble, I poured it to him again... He walked 250-300 in full strut dragging hens behind him... I pounded
him at 20 yards.. He never flopped....
Big ol beard, we usually don't have big beards... 12 1/8 on the beard and 1 1/16 sharp spur and the other spur was
broken half way... I should have weighed him, but didn't... He was a big ol 3 year old bird....
Thanks for the box Morgan, I assume that box will see a few more die... ;)
Mr. Eddleman, as soon as I got to Maggie's house, Marlee asked me had I told Mr. Eddleman yet... I laughed and told her
that I had JUST killed the turkey! :D Hope your season is going well..
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/IMG_0700.jpg)
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Nice bird!! Congrats. Nice box there also!
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Great hunt story and a very nice bird! Congrats
Mike
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Congrats..... *bannana*
Nice Morg box call.....
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gOt em
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Good story and a great bird congrats.
Jon
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Really nice bird Ryan, congraturaltions, but I'm still wondering----Why you didn't take the side bet? ??? ??? ???
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ROTFLMBO.....he was skeered John...
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Nice bird!! Congrats. Nice box there also!
*up* *up*
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Good story and a great bird congrats.
Jon
For sure! Congrats! What a way to do it too -- pulling him in a string like that. Great hunt.
*gobble*
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Really nice bird Ryan, congraturaltions, but I'm still wondering----Why you didn't take the side bet? ??? ??? ???
I told y'all I was in on the side bet!!! ;)
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Waiting on the sequel..........
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Really nice bird Ryan, congraturaltions, but I'm still wondering----Why you didn't take the side bet? ??? ??? ???
I told y'all I was in on the side bet!!! ;)
You are saying that you agreed to the terms of the wager when I said that box sitting beside the turkey was being put up for your side of the wager? Funny, I did not read that or see that. But you are saying that now.(Since you have killed a decent bird) Just like an attorney. *lol* Should I kill one before the end of the turkey season that bests that bird according to the rules set here, I expect full payment with a smile. The side bet is on. ;)
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And he ain't getting another box from me.....
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And he ain't getting another box from me.....
So what you are saying Mo is he'd better win this side bet, otherwise he will have to hunt the Eddleman box that he got for a birthday present. *lol* The plot thickens.
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You guys are HARD! *lol* *lol* *lol*
Nice gobbler! *up* *up* *up* *up*
Bill
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He is the one that mopped himself in the corner..... ROTFLMBO
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Get'm... Fine tom, congrats to you!
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Good story,,,,great bird ,,,,,fine hunt ,,CONGRATS
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Really nice bird Ryan, congraturaltions, but I'm still wondering----Why you didn't take the side bet? ??? ??? ???
I told y'all I was in on the side bet!!! ;)
You are saying that you agreed to the terms of the wager when I said that box sitting beside the turkey was being put up for your side of the wager? Funny, I did not read that or see that. But you are saying that now.(Since you have killed a decent bird) Just like an attorney. *lol* Should I kill one before the end of the turkey season that bests that bird according to the rules set here, I expect full payment with a smile. The side bet is on. ;)
Is the bet, the biggest bird? OR the biggest BIRDS??? ???
I KNOW MORGAN JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY, BUT I ASSUME I SHOULD START TYPING IN BOLD LETTERS FOR YOU OLD GUYS TO READ.... SINCE Y'ALL DIDN'T READ WHERE I SAID I WAS IN.... ROTFLMBO
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And I thought lawyers read the fine print. Contest rules state beard lenth X 2, right and left spur lenght time 10. BIGGEST is not mentioned. Rules state that you post showing beard and spur length measurement. Please post according to the rules. Hunter 22 is one of the judges for the contest. Maybe we need for him to come by and do some measuring. He is down your way killing Ms. birds with one of my calls this week. OH--- Hunter 22, calling Hunter 22. *lol*
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Like taking candy from a baby........ RkLu
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