It was a long hunt that started out with me climbing down a bluff, spooking three hens off the roost, getting busted by the gobbler, watching him fly off, waiting till he started back gobbling, and going back down into that Godforsaken holler to finally call him up to about 35 yards in a thick mess and shooting him. After all of that , I had to climb back out to my truck. The video calling sounds like Ned in the First Reader, but I'm calling one handed. I only included it to show just how close I was to this bird. Goodnight. I'm back after another in the morning.
Congrats, Jeffery; he looks pretty good size.
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Splendid work Jeff! Can you give us more pics? I’m from Alberta and we have very few gobblers here. I’d love to go after them with a bow...
ReplyDeleteCongrats. A day hunting is better then a day working.
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DeleteThanks Glen and guys. I'll see if I can't download a better photo. I didn't weigh him David, but I bet he weighed over twenty pounds. His beard was ten inches. He was a young bird (two year old). His spurs were about 5/8". No gobbles for me today. It was windy and I'd have to have been right on top of a bird to hear it.It is going to storm this afternoon and tonight. Rain and wind are forecast for tomorrow. Such is April in Alabama.
ReplyDeleteI see Turkeys both here in TX & where we go in CO all the time - never during hunting season, though.
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That is the way it seems to go. I see them during deer season down here, but let spring hunting season arrive and they make themselves scarce. Especially, if your trying to locate a gobbling bird.
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