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Post by bellbucksnbeards on Apr 27, 2010 15:50:01 GMT -5
I got set up around 5 yesterday evening. It had bean a really tough and frustrating season so far. The toms seem to care less about a decoy or us calling. They actually seem to avoid the decoys. So I decided I would just deer hunt them. No decoys out and no calling. I wasn't setup for a half hour or so and look over my shoulder and a tom was looking at me through the finger of woods I was sitting on. He had already busted me and he ran off. The gnats were BAD. But I was toughing it out and wanted to sit as long as I could. Finally at 7 pm, a hen comes to the field 30 yds from me. She was acting funny, walking at a good pace. She was out there for maybe a minute when I see the tom come out at the same spot the hen did. Like a buck on a hot doe, the hen was the only thing on his mind. I switched on the camera and clicked the safety off on the Benelli and the next place he was going was the smoker! ;D All self-filmed! 21 lbs 9" beard 22mm spurs The video:
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Post by crappiepro on Apr 27, 2010 16:07:31 GMT -5
Nice bird!! Cool Video too. How far was that shot,looked a mile!!
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Post by Decatur on Apr 27, 2010 16:22:38 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by swilk on Apr 27, 2010 16:38:51 GMT -5
He took 33 jogging steps to get there so it had to be close to 40 yards or so.
very cool.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Apr 27, 2010 17:23:21 GMT -5
Very nice bird and video!Congrats!I like that bait shop,I always stop there when I go fish the strip pits.
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Post by vectrix on Apr 27, 2010 17:39:41 GMT -5
Congrats
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Post by hoosier on Apr 27, 2010 17:48:57 GMT -5
Way to go young man!
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Post by tickman1961 on Apr 28, 2010 7:43:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics and video! Great job.
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Post by jkratz on Apr 28, 2010 14:02:54 GMT -5
Cool video and pics. congrats on a great bird.
Kratz
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Post by Greenedog on Apr 28, 2010 19:04:36 GMT -5
I'm proud of ya Chase!! It's funny, when we checked Chase's bird in at the 4-WAY Bridge Bait Shop I grabbed a copy of The GAD-A-BOUT and there's an article in there by Joe Martino about "deer hunting" turkeys. Just exactly what Chase did!
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