Post by lonniephillips on May 9, 2010 18:15:07 GMT -5
Got up early ( 4am) to drive down and hunt turkeys for the last day of the season.
Once we arrived and the sun peeked out the birds started hammering everywhere, but our hunting spot .
We quickly moved to a 2nd location , the birds were still hammering, we setup and called for better than a hour , the birds were responding but too far to travel ( I guess).
gobbling stopped around 8ish
we couldn't get a response so we decided to start going from spot to spot and strike a gobbler.
Things were looking very bleak , I had started thinking another season slipped by without Gavin or I having harvested a bird.
We just about past the last farm we have permission to hunt and I decide what the heck , one last try and throw the towel in.
We drove down a lane and stepped out and grabbed the gear and walked a few hundred yards.
I made a few aggressive cuts and yelps on the slate when all of a sudden and bird hammered right on top of our location!!
We jumped to the ground a crawled to a tree and positioned for a shot , he was hammering and a few more calls and 5 minutes or so later he was in the open field, he was in half strut
I was guessing him around 50 yards,
this is way beyond Gavin's range with his 20 ga. Mossberg
I keep working him but he just won't commit any further.
He was growing tired and weary of the call and started walking away , I decide it's now or never !
I took the shot with my Beneli Nova and the bird went down and wasn't flopping !!
I looked and Gavin and said " I got him" he had a smile from ear to ear and I had to look just like him!!!
I stepped the shot off at 57 large steps!!! WOW! I told Gavin , I never dreamed that possible
The bird is one of my best , not the heaviest at 19 lbs but a 12 inch beard and 19 mm hooks
Once we arrived and the sun peeked out the birds started hammering everywhere, but our hunting spot .
We quickly moved to a 2nd location , the birds were still hammering, we setup and called for better than a hour , the birds were responding but too far to travel ( I guess).
gobbling stopped around 8ish
we couldn't get a response so we decided to start going from spot to spot and strike a gobbler.
Things were looking very bleak , I had started thinking another season slipped by without Gavin or I having harvested a bird.
We just about past the last farm we have permission to hunt and I decide what the heck , one last try and throw the towel in.
We drove down a lane and stepped out and grabbed the gear and walked a few hundred yards.
I made a few aggressive cuts and yelps on the slate when all of a sudden and bird hammered right on top of our location!!
We jumped to the ground a crawled to a tree and positioned for a shot , he was hammering and a few more calls and 5 minutes or so later he was in the open field, he was in half strut
I was guessing him around 50 yards,
this is way beyond Gavin's range with his 20 ga. Mossberg
I keep working him but he just won't commit any further.
He was growing tired and weary of the call and started walking away , I decide it's now or never !
I took the shot with my Beneli Nova and the bird went down and wasn't flopping !!
I looked and Gavin and said " I got him" he had a smile from ear to ear and I had to look just like him!!!
I stepped the shot off at 57 large steps!!! WOW! I told Gavin , I never dreamed that possible
The bird is one of my best , not the heaviest at 19 lbs but a 12 inch beard and 19 mm hooks
..turkey scout
