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Post by dadfsr on May 29, 2010 5:37:15 GMT -5
Had a call from Dan at about 0520 this AM...He's pretty excited ;D ;D
No details yet other than it was still flopping ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Woody Williams on May 29, 2010 5:56:09 GMT -5
That is great !!
Looking forward to the pic and story..
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Post by greghopper on May 29, 2010 9:11:30 GMT -5
Had a call from Dan at about 0520 this AM...He's pretty excited ;D ;D No details yet other than it was still flopping ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Gee....what time was it there.....  |
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Post by dadfsr on May 29, 2010 14:51:14 GMT -5
Had a call from Dan at about 0520 this AM...He's pretty excited ;D ;D No details yet other than it was still flopping ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Gee....what time was it there..... Same time as here but their sunrise is about an hour earlier than here right now too |
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Post by danf on May 29, 2010 16:03:00 GMT -5
Yep, sunrise here was around 0505 this morning. Think back before Indiana had DST and how early you had to get up to go turkey hunting. That's what it's like here, and it really sucks to get up at 0300! It's been a long season for me, to say the least. Season started 5/3 and runs until 5/31. Can only hunt until noon. Spring is early up here by all accounts (it's early everywhere!) so that really affected the turkey hunting. Every time I've been out before today I hadn't heard a single gobble from the roost, and I'd only heard ONE bird gobbling while hunting.  So this morning I went to a new spot. One that a very reliable source had told me there were birds. My wife and I have been doing some cemetery restoration work on this property, and last weekend there was a tom gobbling at 12:40 pm! Got there a little after 0400 today and as I was getting my stuff together I heard him gobble. He didn't quit either! Got set up, and as soon as the hens that were roosted with him started tree yelping, I did the same thing every time one of them yelped. Turns out there were 3 hens with this tom. They pitched down from the roost and slowly headed my direction. I had my decoy (a Dave Smith feeding hen) set up in a field that was recently planted in grass. The birds took their time getting up the slight hill, but as soon as they saw the decoy they headed right for it. The decoy really got them worked up, which brought Mr. Gobbler in. ;D I had to pick my shooting lanes carefully due to the property I was on, and as soon as he got into my first shooting lane I let loose with a yelp from a diaphragm call and he stuck his head out and gobbled. That was his last gobble. ;D ;D Paced it off at 26-27 yards. He weighed 20 pounds, had 7/8" and 15/16" spurs, and the longest strand on the beard was 10.5" long. NWTF score of 59.125 Here it is, with the new DSD feeding hen included in the picture:  The beard looked like heck, but it had some length to it:  And to top off the morning, while I was trying to find an open check station, this gal was in the road. Remember, BRAKE FOR MOOSE!!    |
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Post by danf on May 29, 2010 16:21:25 GMT -5
Oh, and for those of you that remember my jake from last year and my resulting "flesh wound"; there was NO repeat of that incident this year and there never will be- the scope will NOT be going back on that shotgun!! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by turkeyscout on May 30, 2010 5:53:59 GMT -5
......Congratulations on a fine Gobbler danf...............i'm wondering why N.H. season starts so late? ...way to go......NICE PHOTOS TOO!!........   .....turkey scout |
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Post by danf on May 30, 2010 7:23:10 GMT -5
That I couldn't answer you. But, to give you an idea on where we are in the season, the locust trees just started blooming here late last week. When I was back in Indiana for closing on our house at the beginning of the month, the locust trees there were blooming then.
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Post by Decatur on May 30, 2010 7:26:51 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by HighCotton on May 30, 2010 16:31:58 GMT -5
Congratulations on a fine NH bird.
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Post by dbd870 on May 30, 2010 18:14:46 GMT -5
Way to go - I don't care for glass on a turkey barrel either!
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on May 30, 2010 19:14:16 GMT -5
Congrats Dan. Fine job on a New England Bird.
I'm headed to NH at the end of June for a week of R&R.
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Post by danf on May 30, 2010 20:36:05 GMT -5
Where to in NH? I'm hoping we are in the middle of moving by the end of June, but it all depends on what we hear from a certain bank that owns a certain house.  |
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.....turkey scout
