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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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A first for me too.
Took a fellow that said he had been spring huntin for 10 years but had not taken a turkey yet. So after he had gotten close to a shot with a friend of mine that morning ,I met them at 8;00. We hit the woods and worked up to a little ridge. I called softly before topping out but no response . We listened for about 10 min. I had planned on going on over a couple ridges before doing any thing but i thought, better blow the crow call just in case. couple short blasts nothing, then some rawcous notes followed by 4 quick blasts and there they were! 150 yds on the side of the next ridge ahead. We set up in a little opening. and I called and could tell it was more than one. A little later i cut at em and they liked it better and started moving our way. After a little silence i heard a crash over our right shoulder thought it might be them but no. after a little while my next calls fell empty. we sat a good while there trying to figure what was going on then i yelped louder and cut a little Gobbleoble out in front about 100 yds , I gave em the cuts again 65 yds came the response. I could hear them walkin straight in perfectly, then I saw them 1, 2 ....5! 5 longbeards, 1 struttin. I figured this boy was about to pass out and later he said he was. They got to the edge of the clearing and I was hoping he would let them walk on in so I could double up as i was behind him on his left about 15 yds but when they hit 40 yds from him he flattened the first one. after 10 years I told him I'd have done the same thing! It was his first gobbler and the first time I'd called in 5 all being longbeards. That gobbler may still be making the rounds. 17 1/2 lbs /10 in / 3/4 spur A great hunt.
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Wed May 03, 2006 8:51 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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Awesome.. congrats to you both
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Wed May 03, 2006 9:32 am |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3806
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YESSIR
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Wed May 03, 2006 11:07 am |
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Great Story... It most likely took alot of self control to let them even get to 40 yds.
Good Job by Both,
Tom
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Wed May 03, 2006 11:21 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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Right on... those other 4 will be fun to play with next year! Congrats to both!
_________________ "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 May 03, 2006 11:30 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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Way to go! My compliments for you sharing with someone who hadn't been able to kill one. Thats awesome.
_________________ 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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Wed May 03, 2006 12:46 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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You da man! Congrats and high fives all around.
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Wed May 03, 2006 1:49 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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Sounds like great fun!! I love it!!
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Wed May 03, 2006 5:36 pm |
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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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Very nice!!! Good job with the locator too. What's Tom Kelly say about calling up a turkey for someone else.... something about a dead elephant sale in August? Congrats!!
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Wed May 03, 2006 7:45 pm |
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Fredric P Dunwoody
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Bird Dog that was a wonderful sounding hunt for you both. But, you have me wondering what the loud "crash" was that you heard a little bit before the 5 Longbeards came in ??? Have many more enjoyable hunts and keep us up to date.
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Wed May 03, 2006 9:13 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 awesome hunt!
Doug
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Wed May 03, 2006 9:59 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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Fredrick , for all I know it was just a limb falling out of a tree, I never heard anything run off and it has happened to me before. heck it might have done us a favor. the toms shut up for little while and they had moved into perfect position when they opened back up. Good to see you lurking around here, might as well join in.
Freddy, I was thinking next week! He didn't take the strutter!
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Wed May 03, 2006 10:10 pm |
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