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When a plan comes together!!
Topic Started: Apr 26 2008, 04:24 PM (212 Views)
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The alarm went off at 3:00am this morning and I had no problem getting up! Like most of you, I was pumped for opening day and wanted to make the most of it! I was at my set up at 4:00am, but decided to sit and listen before I put out any decoys and settled back into my natural ground blind. Just before 5:00am the first gobble rang out along the treeline! The gobbling was sporadic until I heard some hen talk then all heck broke loose. The whole treeline lit up with gobbling and I knew my hunch on where to set up paid off!

I purposely set up farther away because the corn stubble was so high and I knew from scouting that the birds quickly travelled to the field I was set up on. I knew I would have to wait awhile for them to show up, but the wait was worth it. I decided not to put out the decoys because they were heading in my direction and wanted to be able to make a quick location change if needed. I did a few clucks and purrs on my pot call to let them know I was waiting for them!

After a lengthy gobbling performance, things went quiet and I knew they were on the ground. Though I couldn't see them, I could hear the odd yelping and gobbling and could follow their progress towards me. At one point I heard some fighting purrs as well and knew they were close. Soon, on top of a ridge I saw 2 jakes chasing each other and fighting. As I glassed them I spotted movement behind them and a large group of turkeys appeared. I never did get an accurate count but there were many hens, jakes and longbeards!

I started cutting and yelping with my mouth call and almost immediately a group of jakes charged towards my set up. I backed off of the calling and they still came within 20 yards of me! Soon they lost interest and went off to search for a hen. After a bit I got back on the mouth call and 2 longbeards broke strut and started to head in my direction! Luckily for me, the largest of the 2 was a little more eager and after standing awhile and looking in my direction for the source of the hen talk, he broke into a run and came right in like the jakes before him. I stopped him at 20 yards with some cutting, centered the crosshairs on his waddles and the Winchester roared! The Winchester High Velocity load with #5 shot put him down with barely a twitch!

Much to my surprise, the other birds kept up their socializing and strutting, and the group of jakes came back briefly to put a beating on my downed bird!

What a great way to spend a morning!

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spurs both just under an inch but very sharp!

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Nice one Todd!
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Wow, what an awesome bird, congrats, :cheers:
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Nice story and pics, Congratulations.

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:cheers: Congrats on a great looking bird. :cheers:
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Congrats nice one :cheers:
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Great story! Great morning indeed. Congratulations. Another super Tom. :cheers:
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Congratulations on the nice bird, Todd. :cheers:

Great story and pictures , ;)

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what a bird, congrats
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Congrats :cheers:
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Good work on the bird and thanks for the story. :allright:
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Congrats on an excellent tom :cheers: :cheers: Brent j..
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Nice bird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :allright:
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:allright: congrats
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:thumbsup: thats the way to do it man, congrats :cheers:
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congratulations
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:allright: :cheers: Great story as well!
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Awsome. You got to love when a plan comes together.
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congratulations Todd! Nice pictures too!
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