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Post by genesis273 on Apr 20, 2019 5:12:19 GMT -5
If anyone's going, have a great time! Makes some memories and best of luck! Hunt safe and God Bless! Don't forget to share some pics if you can!
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 20, 2019 8:49:09 GMT -5
Woodmaster texted me that Peyton (his grandson, my great grandson) got a longbeard this morning!
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Post by hunthard4 on Apr 20, 2019 9:32:25 GMT -5
I took the boss’s son this morning. He was also successful for his first gobbler ever. He was excited. His dad even more so. Never hurts to help the bosses kid. He was soaking in the whole thing. Very fun hunt.
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Post by deadeer on Apr 20, 2019 10:27:04 GMT -5
Way to go youngsters!!!
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 20, 2019 11:00:37 GMT -5
Awesome! Congratulations to both!
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Post by ukwil on Apr 20, 2019 12:57:35 GMT -5
Had some prior commitments this morning amd couldn't get out till this afternoon. Set up on some of the public around Brookville Lake. Walked up to a spot I had previously hunted and a bird was already in the field. It walked off, so we set up the blind a decoys in the general area. It's an L shaped field and we are in the outside corner. Birds traditionally roost west of here about 150 yards or so.
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Post by span870 on Apr 20, 2019 13:28:22 GMT -5
Had some prior commitments this morning amd couldn't get out till this afternoon. Set up on some of the public around Brookville Lake. Walked up to a spot I had previously hunted and a bird was already in the field. It walked off, so we set up the blind a decoys in the general area. It's an L shaped field and we are in the outside corner. Birds traditionally roost west of here about 150 yards or so. I know where you are. Used to hunt it a lot when I lived up north. Sat there all day once and called in 18 birds during the day. Only gobbler was just at first light and he wasn't coming those last ten yards. Good spot
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Post by ukwil on Apr 20, 2019 17:57:04 GMT -5
Ryleigh decided she was ready to go some hunted our way back to the truck. Get to the truck change and as we go to leave I look in a field behind the parking area and there stands 4 big gobblers about 150 yards. Game on...we get dressed again and take off after them. Get to about 50 yards of where we initially seen them and set up. I hit the box call and immediately get cut off by multiple gobbles. This goes on for 45 mins: they gobble close and then the next time they are farther away. I figured they had hens with them. Finally it goes all sent for like 30 mins. We decide to sneak up along the field edge another 50 yards or so to where we can peak over the hump in the field and there they are. Problem was the deer that were also in the field we didnt see. They walked into our setup and blew which cleared the field out. Those 4 gobblers must have gobbled 100x and yes they had 2 hens with them, thus why they were hanging up. I hate we didnt seal the deal, but Im glad she got to see what it's all about. She had the wide eyed look and a big smile every time they gobbled
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Post by featherduster on Apr 21, 2019 18:49:53 GMT -5
BUCK FEVER !!!! Saturday the wind was roaring out of the North as we walked to our cozy double bull blind set up in a tight Northeast corner of a field on the south side if a ditch which has a dirt covered lane over a culvert leading to another field to the North. Behind us is a pathway that traverses through a 12 acre woods which has a food plot on the East end. We are in place 45 minutes before shooting time and glad we are in a blind because it's cold and again the wind is roaring out of the North. Shortly after legal 2 Toms fly down into the field across the ditch then walk quickly across the opening of the lane before my grandson could get ready, disappearing for the day. A short time later 2 hens do the same but they came onto the bridge lane and visited with our decoys for about 15 mins before walking right past the blind into the woods. My grandson and I had a cornucopia of great foods so we feasted and enjoyed the day until we called it quits at 1:00 pm without any further activity. Before we left we moved our blind to the North side of the ditch for Sunday morning. Sunday again found us in the blind about 45 mins before shooting time,it was cold but the skies were clear and it was calm. Shooting time came and went without a sound until a gobble in the woods behind us an hour later. I talked to this bird for about 45 mins till he and another tom appeared in our field to the hard right at about 100 yards and running toward us. My grandson got his gun up on his shooting stick and was aiming at the two when they stopped at about 20 yards to our right, their heads were about 6 inches apart so he waited till they got about 4 foot apart from each other. I told him to shoot, shoot, shoot, then I notice he is pulling the trigger but his finger is behind the trigger guard and not on the trigger he is in a panicked state, I again repeated shoot,shoot,shoot but by now the 2 birds have reversed direction and our headed to places unknown.
I am devastated and very upset because it has been 3 years in the making to get this perfect moment and we come up empty. In hind site at least he didn't shoot and cripple or miss the bird he just panicked or got buck fever.
Well plans are already in the making for the next time.
My grandson killed his first deer last year with a perfect shot and he has killed several ducks with nearly a miss but I think with all this talk and preparation and then seeing these 2 big birds running up to you at eye level was an overload. So dads and mentors keep it low key, bring lots of snacks and let the day play itself out.
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 21, 2019 19:07:00 GMT -5
Ah, but you made a memory that will never be forgotten. Stuff like that happens to the best of us. As long as you both had fun and made memories that is all right that is necessary. A kill is just icing on an otherwise great cake.
Good luck in the future..
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