Post by featherduster on May 16, 2012 15:17:06 GMT -5
This is a photo of my 2012 bird it was 24.6lbs,11"beard,28mm&27mm spurs.
After letting 3 Jakes walk just min.into the opening day of season I sat until approx.12:00 noon when I heard the farmer show up with his equipment to begin planting.
At the very same time 2 very big Toms also showed up and were walking into my decoys as the farmer was coming around the corner of the woods. I panicked and rushed my shot at approx.45 yards missing my target.
I hunted everyday except for 3 days I took off to fish Lake Erie.
Upon my return I decided to switch things up a bit so on the day I bagged this bird I was hunting out of a 18'tall two man deer stand (that"s right a deer stand) that was located at the end of a recently disc ed food plot that was in this woodlot I was hunting.
Right at legal this bird started gobbling next to another woods that I could see which was about a 1/4 mile away. During the next 3 hours I watched him along with 1hen,and 3jakes work their way across 2 different properties until they had worked their way into this food plot where they spent the next 3 hours feeding. They stayed about 80 yards away until they finally decided to head my way again and the rest is history.
NOTE: I never called and I only used a hen decoy.
It was patience that payed off in the long run.
By the way this is the first time I have ever posted a photo on a computer hope it turned out well.
After letting 3 Jakes walk just min.into the opening day of season I sat until approx.12:00 noon when I heard the farmer show up with his equipment to begin planting.
At the very same time 2 very big Toms also showed up and were walking into my decoys as the farmer was coming around the corner of the woods. I panicked and rushed my shot at approx.45 yards missing my target.
I hunted everyday except for 3 days I took off to fish Lake Erie.
Upon my return I decided to switch things up a bit so on the day I bagged this bird I was hunting out of a 18'tall two man deer stand (that"s right a deer stand) that was located at the end of a recently disc ed food plot that was in this woodlot I was hunting.
Right at legal this bird started gobbling next to another woods that I could see which was about a 1/4 mile away. During the next 3 hours I watched him along with 1hen,and 3jakes work their way across 2 different properties until they had worked their way into this food plot where they spent the next 3 hours feeding. They stayed about 80 yards away until they finally decided to head my way again and the rest is history.
NOTE: I never called and I only used a hen decoy.
It was patience that payed off in the long run.
By the way this is the first time I have ever posted a photo on a computer hope it turned out well.
