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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3032 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Almost Heaven.. Snow Cold and Wind.. Turkey on the Ground
Well After I left Freddy's house I went over to WV to my homeplace to hunt the opener on Monday and Tuesday.. I was hoping to get out and listen Sunday but the Wind and Cold kept me in Bed.. I needed the rest anyway
Monday morning greeted me with an inch of fresh snow, 35 degrees and gusting winds..
But I braved the elements and went to one of my honey holes.. at 6:15 a Gobbler pierced through the 20 MPH winds way down in the holler below.. he gobbled well and I was about to head his way when two rang off right where I hoped they would be.. about 250 yds down the ridge I was on.. I decided to try to get a little closer and as I was sneaking along the ridge top I busted two hens off roost and the gobblers went nuts at their wing beats.. I got a big smile and thought oh boy I've scared off the hens .. this is perfect.. the were still hammering pretty hard.. But you know what they say about best laid plans . I setup and called some but at 6:30 they shut up .. I heard them flydown and thought they were on the way but by 7:00 still no birds in view and the one in the hollow along with another in the hollow below were still hammering hard.. so I decided to go after them.. I played the game with one until around 9:30 but he had hens.. I saw them once and he would not leave them .. he shut up and I slipped out and hit another spot but could not strike another gobble before the bell rung.. snow was melted away by noon..
Tuesday I hit another Honey hole .. and was greeted with no gobbles at all by 6:30 I was getting worried, and was questioning my decision to not go back to the same place as Monday.. but then I heard a hen tree yelp a few times so I snuck down and setup a jake and hen deke in the scrub brush half pasture in front of the tree line they were roosted in.. then setup and tree yelped back to her .. in a few minutes I heard 3 or 4 birds fly down.. and the boss hen was fired up and ready to fight.. I purred aggresively to her and cut hard.. she came right back at me.. in just a few seconds I see turkey heads.. its at least 3 hens and they were checking out my dekes.. then I saw what I was hoping I would see.. 2 big white heads materializing over the rise.. when they got to where they could see the dekes they both ran at them hard and one blew up into strut.. then went back to running at the dekes.. it all happened really quick.. when they got to the dekes they got nervous and turned to retreat but not before I got the strutter in the scope and greeted him with a load of Nitros
He was a nice bird.. I would say at least a 3 year old..
22.5 lbs
11 inch beard
Right spur 1 3/16
Left Spur 1 1/8
Awesome hunt.. absolutely no gobbles .. but a bird on the ground .. it was overcast and cloudy and low light and the picture is not very good and doesn't do the bird justice.. but here it is anyway..
Here is a better pic of his beard and spurs later in the day..
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
Last edited by WVBOY on Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:45 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:29 pm |
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Earl
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:49 pm Posts: 572 Location: Durham, NC
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Congrats, Heck of a bird!!! I am glad the monkey let you have your shells back!!!
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:47 pm |
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Ryan Tucker
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Congrats on your success!
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:56 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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Congrads again Randy!!!
_________________ "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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Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:02 pm |
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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sounds like you are on a roll. Keep it up good job!!
Doug
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:36 pm |
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gobbstopper1946
Longbeard
Joined: Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:21 pm Posts: 275
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Congrats! Real good bird.
GS...
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:29 pm |
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Econo
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:09 pm Posts: 2070 Location: Buena Vista, Va.
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nice bird.
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:04 pm |
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Kessler
Jake
Joined: Fri Apr 15, 2005 5:33 pm Posts: 22 Location: Prince George,Va.
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Nice bird!
Where abouts did you go in WVa?I'm suppose to go up to my home place in Union this weekend for some turkey huntin and trout fishing,and hopefully find a bag full of morels.
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:16 pm |
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Neill
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:30 pm Posts: 988 Location: Lexington
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Congrats, those are some awesome spurs!
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:19 pm |
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke
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Congrat's again Randy!! Nice spurs!
_________________ "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
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Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:49 pm |
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Coach
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:54 pm Posts: 142 Location: richmond, Virginia
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Sound like a great hunt
This is great. Sure glad to hear te story.
Rob
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:37 am |
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TK582
Longbeard
Joined: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:43 am Posts: 295 Location: Fredericksburg
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Randy, Great Job. What a trophy. Hope all works well the rest of the season in VA. Did you get my email I sent you? Again.. Great job
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:42 am |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3032 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Kessler wrote: Nice bird! Where abouts did you go in WVa?I'm suppose to go up to my home place in Union this weekend for some turkey huntin and trout fishing,and hopefully find a bag full of morels.
I hunt around Frost in Pocahontas County .. used to play Union in Basketball about 15 years ago .. I remember the Small Gym there..
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:29 am |
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Big Bird
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:08 pm Posts: 604 Location: Christiansburg, VA
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Way to go WVBoy! Congrats on both birds. Hope those WV birds keep talking as I just bought my WV license!
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:44 am |
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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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Congrats Randy on a couple of fine hunts. You're on a roll now.
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Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:37 pm |
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