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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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Kentucky Bird completes "Little Dixie" Slam
The five state slam was completed on saturday am in Ky. I had roosted five longbeards from a field edge on friday night; they could not have gone far in the woods as they were in full strut afte the sun had set..when I got in there the next morning and got set up I could see two of them at 50 yards in full strut on a limb 45 minutes before any light other than the nearly full moon...the drumming was intense as well..sure enough they pitched down perfectly, and when the whole group assembled there were nine full fans , and not a hen in site. Except my decoys ..I took out what I thougth was one of the two largest, judging by the beards...It was 11 inches, but he had one inch spurs so I would guess this was a group of two year old birds. . I hunted hard on sunday am on several different totally henned up birds in another place in Ky, and despite answering every call they were always going away with hens. I t finally got just too hot to hunt, as it was a record heat all weekend. This means my out of state hunts (at least the ones I have planned)have yielded at least one bird in each state; all out of state were mature birds (and the Tenn bird) and were taken on the first morning of hunting in those states. I have sort of referred to this and named it the "Little Dixie slam" since it covered Miss, Ga, Va, Tenn, and Ky...frankly, I really like hunting eastern birds. I have also had people sitting beside me take four birds, and I plan to take some other folks for the rest of the season, ( I still have a tag for Tenn), so we will see what happens now.
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:01 am |
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JayMc
2 Year Old
Joined: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:56 pm Posts: 58
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Congats on another fine bird GN!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:13 am |
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Shaggy
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:06 am Posts: 186 Location: Lancaster, PA
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Congrats GN!!! Glad to hear you had another successful hunt!!!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:46 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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GN, nothing short of amazing. Congrats!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:49 pm |
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Call1in
2 Year Old
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:38 pm Posts: 71 Location: West Virginia
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Your The Man!!!!!
_________________ DRS
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:00 pm |
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Ryan Tucker
Jake
Joined: Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:30 pm Posts: 31
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Awesome! That is quite a feet! Congrats!
_________________ Ryan Tucker
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:13 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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Congrats! you ought to know we don't allow covey shootin though!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:06 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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Congrats GN. You are having another GREAT season.
_________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away."
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:48 pm |
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Fullback24
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:34 pm Posts: 456 Location: Trigg, VA
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Congrats GN........you've really had the Gu Gu going on this spring.
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:52 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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Mr Fun everywhere he goes!!! Congrats on the super hunts!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:04 pm |
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NICE! Congrats to the masked marauder!
:D
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:19 pm |
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Team Turpin
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OOOPS that was me!
No guest!:D:D
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:20 pm |
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Fullback24
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:34 pm Posts: 456 Location: Trigg, VA
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Quote: Mr Fun everywhere he goes!!! Congrats on the super hunts
not to fun for the gobblers!!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:31 pm |
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Tburt
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:09 am Posts: 293
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Outstanding job on your LDS! Congratulations! How perfect to have so many lonely longbeards! Great hunt!
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:50 pm |
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Diablo
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:46 am Posts: 832 Location: SC by way of WV
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why'd ytou shoot the one with the "little" beard??
congrats again masked maniac!
_________________ "A man who insists on adherence to the facts when it comes to his hunting exploits, size of fish...abilities of his bird dog...is an untrustworthy fellow. A fine sporting liar is a gentleman & someone whose acquaintance should be cherished" R. Ruark.
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:03 pm |
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