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April Fools Bird
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King of Spring  Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3038 Location: Powhatan, VA 
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 April Fools BirdThe Youth day opener was good to the boys and I once again this year..
We setup in a blind on a field at daybreak, but never heard a peep. So around 7:30 we went prospecting. Finally found a couple of birds toward the back of the property and fooled with them for a couple of hours, but they would not come. We were headed back to the truck and called in a spot we had walked through earlier, but struck this guy up. He was in the middle of a loblolly pine thicket in between two fields and it was too thick to traverse the way I wanted to get to him. I kept him gobbling with a crow call and backed up and cut down the edge of a cutover and got on the other side of him on the field edge. I thought maybe he would come into the field, but we were so close to him at that point we didn't want to chance crossing the fence. So we setup and hoped for the best. He came right through a nasty thicket and skirted us out of range and got to the fence and I thought he was going to go into the field and behind us.. which would not have been good as we were facing the thicket. Luckily I had Gunner pointed looking down a deer trail right beside the barbed wire fence and when the tom hit that trail he turned and strutted right up it to us.  Here is some video of the hunt. https://youtu.be/Uqb_j1s-CrI Pics    _________________ RB Take me Home Country Roads. Last edited by WVBOY on Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:53 am, edited 1 time in total. |
| Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:59 am |
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King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2650 Location: central Va
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Re: April Fools Bird Awesome. Congrats!
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| Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:49 am |
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King of Spring  Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: April Fools Bird Congratulations Gunner on a great bird. Randy, great coaching and a great video. What a great day for all. Outstanding job by all. Really enjoyed it and thanks for sharing.
Earl _________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey. |
| Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:10 pm |
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Boss Gobbler  Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm Posts: 1565 Location: Central VA
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Re: April Fools Bird Congrats, another great hunt.
_________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away." |
| Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:45 pm |
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King of Spring  Joined: Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:01 am Posts: 635 Location: Bluemont, VA
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Re: April Fools Bird That is an awesome hunt. Your videoing is getting better every year.
Congrats Gunner! Nice Bird - That thick stuff is tough to get a shot off. _________________ "If turkeys could smell, you'd never kill one" - Bud Trenis my turkey hunting mentor & dear friend |
| Mon Apr 03, 2017 12:56 pm |
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King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am Posts: 670 Location: Hagerstown, MD
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Re: April Fools Bird Dandy bird, hunt and video, nice jobs boys!
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| Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:16 pm |
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King of Spring
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:40 pm Posts: 488
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Re: April Fools Bird Awesome hunt! Congrats to all of yall on that hunt! Cool video too!! I love the hunting strategy that killed this bird! Thanks for sharing!!
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| Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:29 pm |
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King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Re: April Fools Bird Randy that was awesome! Nothing like getting your kids involved and looks like they are excited about it! You are on your way creating some turkey killers for sure!
Doug |
| Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:20 pm |
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Poult
Joined: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:11 pm Posts: 10
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Re: April Fools Bird Incredible! Great video but my favorite part was the way he puts his arm around you so proudly when posing with the bird.
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| Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:13 pm |
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King of Spring  Joined: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:36 am Posts: 1063 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Catlett, VA
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Re: April Fools Bird Congrats again gentlemen!
_________________ It's not who you are, it's what you do that defines you. GO HOKIES! |
| Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:05 pm |
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King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 am Posts: 2706 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: April Fools Bird Very nice Randy! Boys are doing well.
V _________________ Vic Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -Pericles (430 B.C.) |
| Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:39 am |
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