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I hate it when a plan comes together
Topic Started: May 7 2007, 11:00 AM (374 Views)
Tom2
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I hate it when a plan comes together

Monday morning was cool but the wind was really blowing. I decided to change my tactics on turkeys today (the night before) and went to a different area of the farm. Since I had a longer trip by ATV I left my bow at camp and took the shotgun. Got to the gate at the edge of the field (mixed woodland/high ridges & field 30 acres) which I planned to start with a blind setup. Set up a cloth material blind and two decoys, a feeding hen and a hen in waiting. I did not know how the calling would go today as the wind was really blowing but I started out with the slate and soft calls and progressed to agressive. At about 45 minutes after I started to call I could hear a hen putting behind me on the high ridge. This went on for about 10 minutes before she alarmed and went silent. I found out why when a coyottee came across the field, but stopped at about 75 yards then went away. I tried to coax it back in with my turkey ccalls, but it would have no part of it, finally running all the away across the field onto the south boundry road (over 300 yards).

About 10 minutes later I saw movement and thought the coyottee was coming back, but then I reconized the TURKEY WADDLE, even at that distance. The turkey came out of the same spot on the fenceline as the coyottee went through 10 minutes earlier. Well low and behold, the Tom was on a dead run for my decoys but stopped out at 190 yards (range finder) and stayed there for 20 minutes. Well by golly, that is just a little too far out of range. Since I have ben busted before by turkeys at greater distances then this, I was extreemly carefull to not move to much.

Finally the turkey started to walk, but not toward me (north), it started to walk in a north/west dirrection. None of my calls seemed to get his attention until I popped in my mouth call. The Tom semmi strutted out at 150 yards, and was now coming in my diffection, a very good sign I would have to say. At 80 yards he started to gobble and full strutt, but then disapeared behind a hill and went silent for 10 minutes. I was wondering if he got spooked and back tracked on me. I started a few clucks and was cut off by a gobble before my third cluck, but the Tom was not where I thought he would be. He came out at the very top of the hill (35 yards) due west of me, in the wide open with nothing between me and him (from my shoulders up).

What a sight. Lucky for me, the Tom decided to walk around a pine so I could move into a shooting position. Now in a full strutt, and still not getting the attention of my two hen decoys, he started down the steep hill (about a 40* slope) towards the feeding hen, ZIG - ZAGGING. With him walking due east and the morning sun as bright as it was, I could see almost every colour in his feathers as he strutted down the hill. He kept his tail pointed at the hens all the time, even in his turns. Finally at 22 yards (4 yards from the feeding hen) something caught his attention and started to worry him, but he stopped behind a fence post on me and I was not in a good position to shoot. With him beiing only 10 yards from the woods, he started in that dirrection when I moved just enough for him to stretch his neck out for my #5's to do the job.
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I hate it when a plan comes together, Tag filled ........ 21 lbs, 11.25" beard and 7/8" spur.

Tuesday, Time to get a turkey for the deep frier.

Started out in the same location with a very cool morning (belowing freezing), but little wind, looks promising. But no action or even any noise from a turkey. At 10:30 I went for a walk to the road on a scoutting trip and then over to a known dusting area. I had seen that there had been a couple of birds using the dusting area I decided to sit and call there for a bit. Since I had not received any responce to my calls earlier, I decided to become very agressive with my calls. I started out with a lonely hen on the slate, but then using my Boss Hen mouth call, I started to tell her off. I put on this fighting hens routine for a little while until I had the lonely hen telling off the boss hen (just having some fun with my calls, I already had one in the freezer). 10 minutes later there was a gobble, coming from just over my right shoulder and standing in the open. Just my luck, I am right handed and the gun is across my lap pointing the other way. Well maybemy luck is changing, he walks between two pines, just enough time for me to move my body and shooting stick for a left handed shot (just the reason I practice shooting left handed). I could see that he was just a Jake, but it would be good for the deep frier (just about all of the two years old I have got have been too big for the frier). Have you ever noticed that when you are shooting, or trying to shoot with your oppisite hand, that you become very deliberate in your actions. I decided to stop the Turkey this time out a little further to let my pattern become a little larger and more effective since it was wrong handed. Stopped him at 35 yards.

I hate it when a plan comes together, Tagged out ............... jake for the deep frier, double short beard, but real thick.

Wednesday, NO GUN - NO BOW ....... just the camera back to the normal area I hunt on the farm.

Got a couple of pictures of a bearded hen, a large hen, some deer (five in total). No gobbling but that bearded hen did try to tell me off. Why is it that females are mouthy like that. HE HE HE HE HE HE

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Well my dad still has a tag to fill so maybe I will get some more pictures.

Don't we all hate it when a plan comes together.
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Way to go! nice looking tom, In four years of turkey hunting have yet too see a double bearded bird that I know of.

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Congratuations on the nice bird, Tom! :thumbsup:

Thanks for the story and pictures! ;)
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Congratulations Tom2.

Thanks for the detailed story. It was a nice read.

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yup, would have to agree it was a good read, and congrats on filling your tags :allright: :cheers:
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:allright: Thats what we like
just relax and have fun

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Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice pics!!!! :allright:
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Congrats on a great hunt Tom :cheers: and some nice pics.
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:allright: nice pics,and congrats on a nice hunt. :allright:
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Great story and pictures! I enjoyed that... :thumbsup:
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