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Finally!!!
Topic Started: May 7 2008, 11:30 AM (380 Views)
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Well, i went out this morning thinking it may be my last chance at filling my tag for this seson due to work, academic commitments and a new baby boy on the way in June or end of May i think. So, even a jake would fill the bill at this point.
I setup on a plowed field edge. I have been hunting green fields but nothing has been coming out in them until the afternoon. I've been seeing birds in the morning in plowed cornfields and heading to dusting areas.
I was in a similiar spot the morning before but the birds flew down, didn't even look at my decoys and headed to where some distant gobbling was going on.
This time i was setting up right where they were flying down. They had no choice but to look at my setup.
It was quite light out when i heard my first gobble and it was way way off, not a noise from where they were roosted the previous morning. I was getting worried that they hadn't roosted there. I started second guessing where i had setup and maybe i should start slowly heading towards the gobbling. I had to get aggressive and make my own luck.
I tried a crow call and they gobbled immediately, 3 birds at least. Before i moved i tried a soft yelp....... Gobble ........Gobble, right off my left shoulder. I was staying put!!!!
Now are these birds just going to take right off and head to the other gobblers? I wasn't going to let that happen. I did a few more soft calls and then cut myself off with a jake gobbler, they all lit up again. I gave a couple fly down calls, waited for them to stop gobbling , then i gobbled with some real agressive cutting after that, then i gobbled everytime they did. To my surprise some hens starting cutting, real loud, real agressive. The contest was on. I tried to out do them, they were now coming hard. I figured the toms would be in tow.
While peering over my shoulder i caught some movement out infront of me near my decoys. 3 jakes were approching fast, but so were the hens and still spitting mad. I had to quite calling. two hens arrived with jakes and were getting real close to the decoys. The setup was going to be blown any second when the decoys don't respond.
More movement approaching the decoys, two more birds coming in. One was running, another jake, and one just walking fast, he'd do a half strut, walk, half strut walk. he didn't have a big beard but also didn't have a real predominant step in his fan, granted he wasn't at full strut, then he started gobbling. Was he a 2 year old with not a great beard or just a dominant big jake?
The hens were right at the decoys, a slight breeze gave my bob n head jake some movement which was perfect timing. The other hens were real close i could hear them walking, too close to look and see if a mature tom was with them, i couldn't wait any longer, two of the jakes turned and started to leave. I gave one cluck, his head came up, i lined up the fire sights on my Super X2 and squeezed the trigger (yes, shotgun, long story) He did a back flip, birds scattered everywhere. The hens behind me started screaming out the alarm putt, i leaned forward out into the field and saw two more birds running back into the woods, i swear i could see the big beards swinging as they ran about 30 yards away.
I counted 9 birds. I have no idea where they all came from? I've haven't seen anymore then 3 birds together.
When i got up to my turkey it was clear to see that he was just a good sized jake. His fan does not have the real dominant jake tail that the other birds do around here, and by not going to full strut i couldn't tell. It didn't matter. My tag was filled. The hunt was absolutely awesome and what a lesson i learned in calling, i wish i would have had it on tape. This was the best turkey hunt i've had and it was a jake.
On the way home i drove by another spot that i have and saw two very large toms in full strut on a fence line, no hens to be seen. I know where i'm going with bow if i can get out again.
My turkey had a 5" beard, and weighed exactly 16lbs.
As i write this, i found out that our OB doc has now taken my wife Gail off work until she delivers. woohoo . She feels fine, but is also a paramedic, and there just isn't any type of work that she can do at this point. Soooo. I'm off to get another tag. I will be out hunting hard with the bow Saturday and Sunday, and my dad has agreed to be the camera man.
What an awesome morning..



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great bird congrats on an awesome hunt
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Good story and a great result!
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Congratulations! :cheers:
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Nice Bird Congrats. :cheers:
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Awesome bird, congrats, :cheers:
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Good Job.. congrats.
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Wow, very nice! Great story. Congrats!
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Awesome congrats
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Nice story and pics.
Congratulations.

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right on, congrats to you..
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Congrats Bryan

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Lets here the long story.... 82nd got eaten by a DXT lol)))


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Congradulations, thats an awesome story! :allright:
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:cheers: :cheers: CONGRATS, woohoo AWESOME BIRD woohoo .
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WTG.. :allright:
Best of luck on that second tag.
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Way to go !!!!! I tell ya I'm starting to second guess my abilities with those overgrown chickens. Been out only twice so far ( Mon and today ) and I heve never had such slow action or basically no action. Well done, now dust off that Airborne and go shishkabob one woohoo
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Good stuff. Congrats. Sounds like an exciting morning. Good luck filling that second tag.
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Congrats :cheers: Good luck with your
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Nice work Brian.
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Great bird and story.I hope all goes well with the new addition to your family.All the best!!
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Right On!!!....Sounds like you had a great time....Congrats on your bird :allright:
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Congrats on a nice bird.

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nice to hear it came together for ya. Congrats.
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Nice bird.

Congrats Bryan


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Nice Bird Congrats! Hope you can get out with the bow.-Crazy 8 :archer:
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congrats on a nice bird. :allright:
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