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Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days

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WVBOY King of Spring Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3025 Location: Powhatan, VA	Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Since TN moved the season back to mid April.. my cousin that lives in Nashville and I decided to try some new ground in MS.. I got access to a little private from a guy I have known for years and it backs up to some public.. we actually killed both of these birds on the public ground .. go figure.. Took me a few days to find the birds, but once I found them we were in them for a couple of days.. I got there and hunted Friday.. never heard a bird.. Jonny was tied up and couldn't make it until Sunday evening.. I found one on Saturday in high winds but was able to call him in and seal the deal.. I also found the most sign I had found on anywhere I had been so far.. I left it alone on Sunday to save it for Monday when Jonny arrived.. I hunted another piece of public.. heard one give two gobbles but didn't find much sign.. on Monday we hit that spot again.. but it was a miserable morning .. misting rain.. he never gobbled.. went back to where I found the sign and killed that one.. and ran into some.. I dropped back to call before I realized there was more than one.. and it was too late to move at that point.. Jonny killed one .. we gave the other two an hour then fired them back up.. ended up calling 4 in.. two more came in from a different direction.. needed another 10 yds and I would have taken the shot.. but I never felt good about it.. we played with them again Tuesday morning and even got one to 80 in full strut.. but he wouldn't fully commit either.. before rolling back to our respective homes.. pretty good trip for going in blind and not knowing anything about the place.. My Bird Jonny's Bird (Double Beard) _________________ RB Take me Home Country Roads.
Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:34 pm

Bird Dog King of Spring Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2649 Location: central Va	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Congrats!!
Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:39 pm

Gobblenow Co-Owner/Dog Feeder Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3787	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Great job by two of the best. At this game. Congrats to both of you. But the result was never in doubt. _________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art." - Archibald Rutledge
Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:35 pm

Gobblenow Co-Owner/Dog Feeder Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3787	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Duplicate _________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art." - Archibald Rutledge Last edited by Gobblenow on Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:35 pm

skimerhorn King of Spring Joined: Wed Feb 13, 2013 2:28 pm Posts: 526 Location: Beaverdam va	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Those Mississippi birds are in trouble now! _________________ "Hunting is fun"-Jim Shockey
Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:20 pm

jaybird Longbeard Joined: Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:06 pm Posts: 125 Location: McLean,Virginia and Huntly, Virginia	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Congratulations!
Wed Apr 05, 2023 7:34 pm

Wild Bill 2 Year Old Joined: Mon Feb 17, 2020 4:02 pm Posts: 74	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Congrats to both of you its hard when they stand at ten steps out of range and don't commit Wild Bill
Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:12 pm

HODY Boss Gobbler Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm Posts: 1563 Location: Central VA	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Congrats again guys. Great trip _________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:53 am

brwndg King of Spring Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:01 am Posts: 613 Location: Bluemont, VA	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Sounds like a new tradition has been born. Congrats on a successful trip! _________________ "If turkeys could smell, you'd never kill one" - Bud Trenis my turkey hunting mentor & dear friend
Fri Apr 07, 2023 6:06 am

TScottW99 Boss Gobbler Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Congratulations! Great trip and great memories! _________________ "What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer
Fri Apr 07, 2023 7:21 am

Greyghost King of Spring Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Wouldn't have expected anything else. Congratulations to all. Earl _________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:25 pm

Bigmeat King of Spring Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am Posts: 661 Location: Hagerstown, MD	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days VID E O VID E O, say it with me! Nice job gents
Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:57 am

WVBOY King of Spring Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3025 Location: Powhatan, VA	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Bigmeat wrote: VID E O VID E O, say it with me! Nice job gents Not the best.. didn't have my big camera setup either hunt.. barrel cam and a little cell phone is all I got.. but here you go https://youtu.be/ww5cHJGzgvA _________________ RB Take me Home Country Roads.
Mon Apr 10, 2023 2:58 pm

vagrousehunter King of Spring Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:41 pm Posts: 813 Location: WV Eastern Panhandle	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Congrats. Great hunt and ethics.
Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:38 pm

Bigmeat King of Spring Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am Posts: 661 Location: Hagerstown, MD	Re: Slipped out to Mississippi for a few days Good stuff, somebody needs to thin the trees in that woods, didn't think Johnnie was ever gonna get a shot
Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:01 pm

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