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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Swamps, Dogs, and Crazy Turkeys… our SC Adventure!
Last Wednesday was the opener in the SC Low Country and I headed down that afternoon. They had some excitement before I arrived with our host Brady missing a gobbler a time or two the first morning after hearing a barrage of gobbling at daylight. That evening, in the same area after watching around 50 turkeys, Ken was able to bag a really nice longbeard as he was slipping out in a field in the late afternoon.
The next morning several of us (Brady, Mel, Diablo, Josey and I) all started along the edge of the swamp where the 50 birds were seen the day before. For those of you that don’t know… turkeys catch on quick! All they need is to be shot at or see on of their buddies whacked and it becomes a different ballgame. We heard several turkeys gobbling back in the swamp and Mel and I had one hen come by us at about 6 feet. Diablo and Josey had several gobblers fairly close and worked them for quite a while but they wouldn’t come out of the swamp. Finally, about 8:30 4 jakes made their way across the field to Diablo and Josey and after doing a dance in the blind to get turned around Josey was able to bust one jake about 30 yards and as another one took flight he dumped him in the ditch as well. (2 birds a day is legal in SC).
That afternoon we all headed out to watch some fields and try to roost birds for in the morning. The afternoon was really slow for everyone except Mel who had setup in the hotspot and had 12 turkeys feed right in on him. He noticed that one of them had a nice beard and dwarfed the other turkeys. He had a thought that it might be a bearded hen, but wasn’t totally sure and decided to go ahead and take the 25 yards shot. He made it and had a beautiful bearded hen for his long hours in the blind. She weighed in at 14 pounds and had a 7.5â€
_________________ "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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Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:24 am |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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great time I am sure and I am jealous.....beautiful photos Jeff....
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:51 am |
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Charliedog
2 Year Old
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:01 pm Posts: 96 Location: Crozet, VA
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What a great time. Thanks for sharing.
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:14 pm |
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Ryan Tucker
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Sounds like a great hunt! Glad to hear things went well. Nice pics!
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:39 pm |
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SCbigten
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:37 pm Posts: 56 Location: Charleston SC
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Almost unfair!
It is almost unfair to bring such advanced turkey hunters down here to the Lowcountry to hunt our remedial birds! They don't seem to have a chance as the score is now Visitors =2 Home =0
It was a great hunt I'm just sorry I was not on the other side of the tree!
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:41 pm |
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Freddy
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:50 pm Posts: 3138 Location: Goodview, VA
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Hey man! Glad to see you registered! In hindsight, I should have handed you the call so I could continue to film! Those turkeys in there are tough, but oh what fun!
_________________ "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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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:46 pm |
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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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Another spring... another great start!
Congrats Guys! Awesome Pics!
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:13 pm |
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hendup
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:08 am Posts: 1622 Location: Cartersville, Va
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Great hunts!! Hearing about it and seeing the pics is really getting me pumped!!!
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:00 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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Great Job guys. Nice pics too.
_________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:01 pm |
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2720 Location: Bedford, VA
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our SC adventure
Congratulations to all. Loved the stories.
If we didn't have photos and tales for memories of our hunts, would we enjoy it as much?
barry
_________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:12 pm |
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm Posts: 2092
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Great job on an early season hunt!
Doug
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:19 pm |
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peacemaker
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:15 am Posts: 2632 Location: Campbell Co., VA
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Thanks for such a great post! I wish the little guy could have scored! Sounds like he'll have plenty more opportunities and will probably out-hunt us all in no time!
_________________ "I'd rather look bad doing something hard than look good doing something easy." -- Tom Kelly
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:33 am |
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tut
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:28 am Posts: 1181 Location: Hamilton, va
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great photos
Have to admit. Those photos are first rate to look at. That barn just sets the stage as its certainly been there for 100 plus years I would think.
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:03 am |
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FlatLand Gobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:46 am Posts: 753 Location: Hampton, VA.
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Sounds like a good time was had by all! Congratulations guys!
_________________ Ron
"Turkey hunting, when you knock all the feathers off it, is a game of infinite variables, played on a field of unlimited dimension, against an opponent who doesn't know the rules and wouldn't play by them if he did." ...Jim Spencer
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:36 am |
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Shaggy
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:06 am Posts: 186 Location: Lancaster, PA
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Sounds like a great time... excellent pics as well!
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 12:17 pm |
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