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Post by HillBillyJeff on Oct 1, 2011 17:52:43 GMT -5
Got to my blind before light and settled in for what I hoped to be a fruitful morning of turkey hunting. About 7:30 I hear some turkey talk about 150 yards to the east of me, somewhere around the big white oak that is in that area. Hoping that they would come my way like I have seen them do on the trail cam, but all I saw in the morning was a hen turkey. Later in the day I move my blind To the east so I can have a little bit better range of view, even though I won't be in sight of the fence they like to try and jump. Early afternoon I hear a corn picker going and decide to talk a walk around the field of corn and see where he is picking at. Picking the field north of me. So I continue to walk around the field and as I am coming back to where the cornfield hits the woods I see a nice little rafter of about 12 birds with the majority of them having beards. I pull up and take a shot. Birds scatter and a couple fly up. I look down in the weeds by the end of the corn and there is a turkey head sticking up, but he can't move. Stuck him in the neck. Disappointed with the tail, still debating on fanning it out or not. Decent 8 inch beard. Figured the bird to be year and a half. Didn't measure spurs but guessed them at a 1/2 inch. Figured he'd been double figures in beard length by spring season, with a much better tail. Not a heavy bird at 15 pounds, but he will eat well.
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Post by antiwheeze on Oct 1, 2011 19:17:48 GMT -5
Awesome! Congrats!
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Post by gobblerstopper on Oct 1, 2011 19:22:28 GMT -5
Congratulations!!
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Post by throbak on Oct 1, 2011 19:31:47 GMT -5
this time of year called a super jake nice bird congrats
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Post by Decatur on Oct 1, 2011 19:32:01 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by greghopper on Oct 1, 2011 20:08:43 GMT -5
Nice Turkey...... And Clogs
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Post by HillBillyJeff on Oct 1, 2011 20:36:59 GMT -5
Actually those are my neoprene shoes for loading and unloading my boat in warm weather and for wading streams lol. I hadn't planned on doing a lot of walking.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 2, 2011 23:41:02 GMT -5
Well done; I'm having a reall issue right now - I have to decide wether to sit at a better turkey spot or deer spot. Turkey....deer.....turkey....deer....
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