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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2719 Location: Bedford, VA
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New spot
Buddy of mine calls me and says he has a good place for me to hunt. We ride out and look at it, it looks okay just not a lot of big woods around it.We set up a spot and hope it works. Tuesday morning we get setup, not a lot a roost gobbling but there are several distant birds around us. Very little gobbling after they hit the ground, for the next few hours we get a few ''courtesy gobbles'' and that's it. Around 9:45 I make a call and a gobbler cuts me off, I call again - same thing - GAME ON!! Within minutes there are 6 strutters within range - YES 6!!!. WOW! I've never seen that many strutters in one spot! One birds throws his head up as if he senses something wrong.It's now or never. Game over! As you can see beard had started breaking off Bird answered this tube call in photos made by Mark Prudhomme. Oh yea, my buddy says we can go back again if we want Attachment:
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_________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
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WAGinVA
Longbeard
Joined: Fri May 06, 2011 7:04 pm Posts: 149
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Re: New spot
Great job Barry! Really good to see you out and about. Sure wish I could train myself to use a tube, I have tried and tried and about all I can do is cut. Now go get another one!
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Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:32 pm |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm Posts: 2649 Location: central Va
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Re: New spot
Yeah Buddy!!!! Congrats!!
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Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:54 pm |
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Vaturkeyhntr
Longbeard
Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:04 am Posts: 273 Location: Stafford, Va
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Re: New spot
That’s awesome, congrats!!!!
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Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:30 pm |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am Posts: 3802
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Re: New spot
Hats off to Barry for another trophy bird. Every report is special Barry. Go ahead and fill those tags. We are waiting to hear about it.
_________________ "even after almost a half-century of hunting of the noblest game bird I am going to confess that I am still in the kindergarten; and I doubt if any human being ever acquires a complete education in this high art."
- Archibald Rutledge
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Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:41 am |
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke
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Re: New spot
Congratulations Barry!
_________________ "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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Sun Apr 16, 2023 8:06 am |
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Bigmeat
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am Posts: 669 Location: Hagerstown, MD
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Re: New spot
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Sun Apr 16, 2023 9:25 am |
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WVBOY
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:33 pm Posts: 3036 Location: Powhatan, VA
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Re: New spot
Congrats Barry..
_________________ RB
Take me Home Country Roads.
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Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:27 am |
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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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Re: New spot
Congrats Barry !!! Just logged on to the site here tonight and thrilled me to see your post !!!
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Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:01 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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Re: New spot
Congrats I cant believe you didnt glass them all and shoot the one with the biggest Spurs....LOL
_________________ "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 Apr 19, 2023 1:13 pm |
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playin' hookey
Longbeard
Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:47 pm Posts: 284 Location: Halifax County
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Re: New spot
Looks like you found the "X" as the duck hunters say. Great bird, congrats.
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Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:18 pm |
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2719 Location: Bedford, VA
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Re: New spot
HODY wrote: Congrats I cant believe you didnt glass them all and shoot the one with the biggest Spurs....LOL Normally I would but these birds were about to spook so first come first served
_________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
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Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:47 pm |
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am Posts: 2451 Location: Midland, VA
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Re: New spot
Congratulations Barry. Getting it done with the tube.
Earl
_________________ God, Family, Country, Corps and then the Wild Turkey.
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Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:17 am |
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Vic
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 am Posts: 2706 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: New spot
Congrats Barry. 6 is really something. Best I've done is 4. Now that's a good friend. 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.)
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