Post by firelt72 on May 4, 2008 9:32:04 GMT -5
Friday we were hunting on land in Greene Co and we set up in an open gate area leading to a field from teh woods. It was about 6:30a when we started. We set up 3 hens, BMobile with a great looking tail fan (Thanks Woodmaster) and a jake. I called about every 15min or so. Not gobbles or anything all morning. About an hour of sitting there we were chatting quietly when in mid sentence Josh says, "Dude, theres a birds." I look up to see a bird standing in our dekes...I couldn't see his beard or hooks, but I told Josh its a male, do you want him? Josh said yes, I said take him. Josh pulled up the 870 and I started cutting hard, the bird stood and looked at my area.......Dead bird at 15 steps. It was his first bird ever; he took a 14 lbs Jakes. He was pumped and we hunted the rest of the day for me.....I will be back out Wed-Saturday at this rate 
. He is 100% hooked now. The story is the funniest since we were just talking low and having a great visit and then the bird shows up. I think he heard the spares calling and came in for a look. I also followed up with a fighting purr to see if there was another bird that would come in. All in all a great hunt and a trophy for Josh.
. He is 100% hooked now. The story is the funniest since we were just talking low and having a great visit and then the bird shows up. I think he heard the spares calling and came in for a look. I also followed up with a fighting purr to see if there was another bird that would come in. All in all a great hunt and a trophy for Josh.