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Paul Beasley #2 6 (16.2%)
Road 8 (21.6%)
Annie Oakley 18 (48.6%)
buckchaser 5 (13.5%)
TerryM 0 (0%)
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Turkey contest #7
Topic Started: May 3 2008, 09:03 AM (344 Views)
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Paul Beasley #2
well, Kevin and I are done. We had an unconventional double this morning. I say unconventional because all our other doubles were legitimate ones where the two toms came in together and were shot simultaneously but this morning, a single tom broke away from the flock and came in first. The footage was too good to pass up so Kevin took him. The group of birds with two other toms were about 200 yards away half over a knoll and we still worked them in. We swapped the camera and I ended my season on one of them. So if we had waited, we would have been able to shoot the pair of them but the ending was really cool as the last tom standing put the spurs to my tom as soon as I shot him. It was some awesome footage!

So it's all over for Kevin and I.

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Haven't measured them yet but my bird was missing a spur. He didn't even try to grow one. And Kevin's had some bad genes because despite being a full fledged tom, his spurs are really short a pointy. Very strange.

That makes 4 doubles for Kevin and I and 5 for me in total. Both this year and last my two tags were shot in doubles...I enjoy the social aspect of the turkey hunt!

Road
Heres how the morning went...

All set up in the blind with the video cam rolling

Had a tom come in to 12 yrds and let him walk :crycry: my video tape was full

20 min later had a yote attack my jake decoy

set the decoy back up

40 min later had 2 toms come in to 12yrds

Went to draw my bow and saw that one of the blades opened :crazy:

They walked off to the right about 30 yrds so i pulled the gun out of the case and gave it to him.

I HAD all this on video untill i tryed to up load and all get are errors :crycry:

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22 lbs 9 oz
9 13/15
1 3/16
1 3/16

:allright:

Annie Oakley
woohoo I got my son on the bus at 8:20 yesterday and was sitting at my blind by 8:35. With my decoys out in front of me I started calling. After about 15 min. I could hear a Tom way off in the distance, he sounded like he was getting closer but then I realized there were about 3 or 4 Toms gobbling. A hen came up out of the gully behind me and joined my decoys I thought :allright: a live decoy. I could see a Tom not in full strut heading towards me from the other side of the field. As he got closer 3 more Toms in full strut popped out of the gully way ahead of me. The Tom that wasn't in full strut was by now about 40 yrds away from me and the hen seemed to be slowly heading towards the other Toms, they were about 60 yrds. away. I didn't want to chance the Tom that wasn't in full strut go with her so I lined him up and down he went. :shoot:

Here are a few pics.

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buckchaser
My week ended on a very high note with the harvest of my first wild turkey. I've been battling bronchitis all week and had a very busy week at work as well so I was eager to escape to the turkey woods this evening. I was hunting two farms that border my parents' property. Arriving just before 5 PM, I slipped along the fencerow, crossed the creek, and stealthily made my way to my setup. Located under a huge tree that provides a viewpoint into both a large cut corn field and an overgrown field, it is a prime spot for spotting birds.

After about 45 minutes of sparse light calling I spotted the fan of a strutting tom emerge from the woods about 400 meters away in the overgrown field. With a few minutes the field had filled with at least 5 male birds and 4 hens. One of the males was clearly the dominant bird, shadowing the hens and frequently exploding into full strut. Realizing that my chances of calling any of the male birds away from the hens was very unlikely at this early point of the season, I abandoned my gear (save my shotgun, box call, and binoculars) and began sneaking toward the birds. Taking advantage of slight changes in topography and the scattered trees/bushes in the field, I was able to close to within 150 meters of the flock. After watching the birds move around the field (and completely ignoring my calls) for about 15 minutes, I decided it was time to take the game to the gobblers. Bringing only my shotgun I began to belly crawl toward the birds, keeping small conifers between myself and their line of sight. At this point, only three male birds remained within reasonable distance. Suddenly, one of male birds began to work his way toward me. Fortunately I had positioned myself behind a small 4 foot conifer as he worked his toward me. Once he passed 50 meters I realized a shooting opportunity was imminent. However, he continued to come straight toward me, meaning I could not take a shot without exposing myself from behind the conifer. Finally he began to veer to my left. As he stepped into my line of fire, the moment of truth had arrived. The bird was moving slowly, but my window of opportunity was very narrow as the bird would doubtless spot me as my shape became evident behind the tree. My Browning BPS roared and the load of Winchester High Density #5 shot dropped the bird instantly. My parents heard the shot from their house (about 750 meters away) as well as the war whoop I let out when the bird fell.

The bird is an excellent specimen of a mature (yet still quite young) male turkey. He weighed 17 pounds, had a 9 inch beard, and 0.75 inch spurs. As always when taking a magnificent creature such as this wild turkey, the exhilaration of the moment and realization of lots of hard work is tempered by the fact I have killed the animal.

I have photos, but am not certain how to post them. Any advice?


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TerryM (i'm a woose)
Well I haven't had the chance to get out yet because of work and being away last week and had decided to do a hunt in the morning but with the weather station caling for 25 kmh winds, 100% chance of rain and Thunder I decided... Naaahhh. The season's long enough lol)))
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