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All Hunting => The Ol' Skinnin' Shack => Topic started by: Fl Panhandler on March 27, 2011, 08:07:45 PM

Title: turkey # 2
Post by: Fl Panhandler on March 27, 2011, 08:07:45 PM

Saturday I was cruising thtough some planted pines alternating between a crow call and turkey call with no luck.  I got out a Marlin Watkins box call and got real aggressive with cutts and yelps mixed in when a gobbler sounded off within 20 yrds.  I tried to grab the closest tree.  Busted big time.  That was the highlight of my day.
Sunday I decided to go back to where I got busted and see if he was in still in the area.  At daylight a gobbler sounded off right there in the same area.  He gave me a couple of courtesy gobbles the flew down and walked off presumably with hens.  I got up and went the direction they went to a long downhill food plot tucked into the pines.  I figured I could chill out there while waiting on him to do his business with the ladies.  Around 8:00 I grabbed that Watkins box and got real aggressive like I had on Sat.  I thought I heard a gobble.  A few minutes passed and I definetly heard one then.  Game on!!!!  He covered at least 300 yrds. with the last 200 yrds. drumming and strutting his way to me.  It took him 25 minutes to traverse the food plot to get into gun range.  I was pumped to say the least.  I had never been able to witness a gobbler strut that far in the open like that.  He finally got to 35 yrds. or so and my 20 ga. rolled him backwards.  His left spur was 1 1/4", right spur 1 3/16".  He weighed 20 lbs. 4 ounces.  His beard was 10 1/2".  It was a fantastic hunt!!
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Turkey_2_2011_013.JPG)
I didn't shoot him in strut, he had lost his center feather and was wet also.  He looked kind of disheveled like he had been having a "good time" ;)
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Turkey_2_2011_009.JPG)
This is the food plot he strutted down, I was sitting in front of the black dot (tree) at the bottom of the plot.
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Turkey_2_2011_014.JPG)
I thought the wings had an interesting shade of reddish brown mixd in.
(http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/Turkey_2_2011_018.JPG)
Rick

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: callmakerman on March 27, 2011, 08:12:40 PM

Congrats. That's one sweet bird.  Bill

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: Zumer on March 27, 2011, 08:14:34 PM

Rick,

          A big congrats on a fine gobbler..... *up*

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: letinmfly on March 27, 2011, 08:22:57 PM

Quote from: callmakerman on March 27, 2011, 08:12:40 PM

Congrats. That's one sweet bird.  Bill

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: hunter22 on March 27, 2011, 08:34:53 PM

Rick,

Congrats man. Awesome bird and story.

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: fargobox on March 27, 2011, 08:47:58 PM

Great hunt Rick, congratulations for being patient and sticking with this bird--sounds like you played him just right.

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: Bulldogmikey on March 27, 2011, 08:59:32 PM

Great story, beautiful land, beaytiful bird, great call! Congratulations!

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: turkey stew on March 27, 2011, 09:04:18 PM

Quote from: Bulldogmikey on March 27, 2011, 08:59:32 PM

Great story, beautiful land, beaytiful bird, great call! Congratulations!

RkLu

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: J R Hunt Camp on March 27, 2011, 09:23:35 PM

... what a great gobbler, a great settin', & a great hunt - congrats on #2 !!! ... *cool*

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: 3CB on March 27, 2011, 09:25:51 PM

Fine Turkey bird!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: J.L. Erb on March 27, 2011, 09:31:29 PM

Sounds like he remembered Ole Marlins lil hen, Sounds like he liked her too, a Lil too much mebe. ;D

 Congrats on a fine Day in the woods.

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: JOBUGG on March 28, 2011, 08:36:27 AM

Nice bird!

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: Shadetree Callers on March 28, 2011, 08:56:26 AM

Congrats on a great hunt .

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: Turkeybuster on March 28, 2011, 11:46:19 AM

Fine bird Congrats.

Jon

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: Porter on March 28, 2011, 10:04:06 PM

Awesome bird there!!!  Great hunt and a fantastic ending!

Title: Re: turkey # 2
Post by: KPcalls on March 30, 2011, 08:51:12 PM

Rick, congrats on another fine gobbler...... ;D