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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Two nice birds from Georgia this weekend
Was invited back to the place I have hunted for several years that is near the Florida -Georgia line. My Alabama trip fell through so I Just hunted Georgia this year. Long story short. Birds did not gobble at all when they hit the ground; proabbaly a result of the big cold snap and strong north east wind(low 30's both mornings) that follwed two weeks of near 80 degree weather there..Birds totally henned. Opening morning after the birds hit the ground, I followed birds to a field. Get set up . Watch two strutting gobblers and twenty hens from 125 yards and try to call enough to keep my name in the pot. Had a gobbler come in silently out of a swamp that was behind me , to five yards beside me, on the wrong shoulder, and I moved slightly and he was gone, without putting. Eventually after more than an hour the field flock came my way after a little aggressive calling and the two big birds trailed the hens by me as they left the field. Biggest gobbler went down a t 25 yards. Beard was 10.875, one spur was 1.5, and the other 1.375, both daggers. Later, took a friend back to the same field , as a shooter, and he killed the another big gobbler that came in alone at midday and it was just slightly smaller than my first one. Here are pictures of the spurs and of the two gobblers...mine is on the left. My host did not kill a bird fro the first time in many many years on the Georgia opening weekend. I would rate it as the toughest condtions I have seen there for a opener.
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:18 am |
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RONnTN
Longbeard
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:24 am Posts: 182 Location: Knoxville, TN
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Good job GN! Are you hunting east or middle Tn this weekend? I will be in Grainger County. A fellow i hunt with some took his son on the juvy hunt and the birds were really gobbling on the roost and then for about the first hour. Henned up pretty good. I will still be out there. Warmer temps and maybe decent weather!
Ron
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:30 am |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Great stuff once again GN! You are - The Man! Congrats!
_________________ "You have to pay for every bird you kill and the coin you use to pay for them is time." - Tom Kelly
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:57 am |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3038 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Way to go .. Congrats
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:57 am |
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Turkenator
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:28 pm Posts: 333 Location: Wise County, VA
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Man... what else can I say... AWESOME!
Gotta' love those big hooks! Congrats!
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:52 pm |
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Limbhanger
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:49 am Posts: 331
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Congrats GN! Awesome spurs!
-Eric
_________________ Love those Limb Hangers!!!!
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:59 pm |
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am Posts: 1907 Location: Roanoke, VA
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Nice birds GN. Congrats.
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:09 pm |
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TK582
Longbeard
Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:43 am Posts: 295 Location: Fredericksburg
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Those are what we are all looking for.. Great Job!!!!!
Tom
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:02 pm |
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JayMc
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:56 pm Posts: 58
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Congrats again GN!
Great hunt and story, thanks for sharing.
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:14 pm |
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T.W.
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:02 am Posts: 561
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nothing like georgia,, nice birds
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:22 pm |
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Max
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:40 pm Posts: 1485 Location: Middlebrook VA
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Now thats a nice looking boxcall The bird ain't bad either
Congrads GN !! NICE hooks! What a season you got going!!
_________________ "Son You've Got Three Choices in Life, Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way!" -Joe Rowe- http://www.jkttv.com
Max
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:23 pm |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2650 Location: central Va
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Some nice spurs for sure!
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:40 pm |
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HODY
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm Posts: 1565 Location: Central VA
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GN Nice hooks I mean Daggers, you were correct in that statement.
Congrats, you are off to a fine start. Slow down now some of us have not even held a gun yet.
Nice Box Call.
_________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:00 pm |
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gobbstopper1946
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:21 pm Posts: 275
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Good job GN! A nice gobbler with some sticky hardware. Keep'a callin!
GS...
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:41 pm |
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Nice birds GN. Like my hunting partner would say "GN you in the zone".
Doug
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Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:45 pm |
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