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Post by ridgerunner on May 2, 2015 12:56:30 GMT -5
Took my daughter out this am. Birds weren't gobbling at all this am. We sat up on a feeding/ field area and put a decoy out..I made a series of feeding purrs and clucks about every 20 minutes, called in two hens , watched them for quite a while. There's a big dusting area out front of us and those hens must have dusted for over an hr..I'd continue to call periodically and after a couple hours of this my daughter taps me on the shoulder and says " There he is, there's a gobbler!!"...I look and sure enough to our extreme right a nice bird has just entered the field, hes looking hard for the hen, I pick up my boxcall and make a few subtle yelps and whines...the bird gobbles immediately and goes in to full strut, he goes through the whole routine with the gobbling, spitting drumming, strutting until he makes his way in to our decoys...I tell my daughter to aim at the head and squeeze it off....She pulls the trigger and drops him in his tracks DRT...no flopping, nothing ,stone dead. Her first turkey kill. Great Morning the Good Lord gave us again today..Doesn't get any better than that. Been a Great Year! I've seen a ton of birds being killed in Indiana this year....bet those harvest numbers are back to normal or better this year.  |
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 2, 2015 22:26:27 GMT -5
That is so cool! Congratulations to you both!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 3, 2015 6:13:28 GMT -5
Awesome bird.. glad you were able to share that with your daughter.
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Post by ridgerunner on May 3, 2015 16:12:24 GMT -5
Thanks guys
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Post by bowhunterjohn on May 3, 2015 16:21:15 GMT -5
awesome !!! great bird too !
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Post by kennie on May 8, 2015 6:26:19 GMT -5
congrats....
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Post by DOC11 on May 8, 2015 6:43:51 GMT -5
Took my daughter out this am. Birds weren't gobbling at all this am. We sat up on a feeding/ field area and put a decoy out..I made a series of feeding purrs and clucks about every 20 minutes, called in two hens , watched them for quite a while. There's a big dusting area out front of us and those hens must have dusted for over an hr..I'd continue to call periodically and after a couple hours of this my daughter taps me on the shoulder and says " There he is, there's a gobbler!!"...I look and sure enough to our extreme right a nice bird has just entered the field, hes looking hard for the hen, I pick up my boxcall and make a few subtle yelps and whines...the bird gobbles immediately and goes in to full strut, he goes through the whole routine with the gobbling, spitting drumming, strutting until he makes his way in to our decoys...I tell my daughter to aim at the head and squeeze it off....She pulls the trigger and drops him in his tracks DRT...no flopping, nothing ,stone dead. Her first turkey kill. Great Morning the Good Lord gave us again today..Doesn't get any better than that. Been a Great Year! I've seen a ton of birds being killed in Indiana this year....bet those harvest numbers are back to normal or better this year. Awesome!! Thanks for sharing! If you dont mind me asking...what part of the state are you from? Around my area, this is about as bad as Ive ever seen it for turkeys. I dont know of a single person that has got a bird that hunts within 30 miles of me and we have 3 really nice reservoirs close to us. I live around the Wabash county area. I dont know whats going on, but its been a very bad year here. |
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Post by Woody Williams on May 8, 2015 6:56:32 GMT -5
That s great!!!
Congratulations to that young lady ..and dad too!
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Post by ridgerunner on May 8, 2015 15:08:44 GMT -5
Took my daughter out this am. Birds weren't gobbling at all this am. We sat up on a feeding/ field area and put a decoy out..I made a series of feeding purrs and clucks about every 20 minutes, called in two hens , watched them for quite a while. There's a big dusting area out front of us and those hens must have dusted for over an hr..I'd continue to call periodically and after a couple hours of this my daughter taps me on the shoulder and says " There he is, there's a gobbler!!"...I look and sure enough to our extreme right a nice bird has just entered the field, hes looking hard for the hen, I pick up my boxcall and make a few subtle yelps and whines...the bird gobbles immediately and goes in to full strut, he goes through the whole routine with the gobbling, spitting drumming, strutting until he makes his way in to our decoys...I tell my daughter to aim at the head and squeeze it off....She pulls the trigger and drops him in his tracks DRT...no flopping, nothing ,stone dead. Her first turkey kill. Great Morning the Good Lord gave us again today..Doesn't get any better than that. Been a Great Year! I've seen a ton of birds being killed in Indiana this year....bet those harvest numbers are back to normal or better this year. Awesome!! Thanks for sharing! If you dont mind me asking...what part of the state are you from? Around my area, this is about as bad as Ive ever seen it for turkeys. I dont know of a single person that has got a bird that hunts within 30 miles of me and we have 3 really nice reservoirs close to us. I live around the Wabash county area. I dont know whats going on, but its been a very bad year here. Central Indiana, Parke County. |
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Post by ridgerunner on May 8, 2015 15:10:41 GMT -5
That s great!!! Congratulations to that young lady ..and dad too! Thanks Woody! She's killed deer before, but first turkey. She was excited! Can't wait until next year! |
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Post by jimstc on May 8, 2015 15:15:07 GMT -5
Awesome!! You gotta be proud of her! Outstanding hunting. Wonder where she learned it?? LOL
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Post by ridgerunner on May 11, 2015 17:24:54 GMT -5
Awesome!! You gotta be proud of her! Outstanding hunting. Wonder where she learned it?? LOL Her Mother...  |
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Post by jimstc on May 11, 2015 17:42:51 GMT -5
Awesome!! You gotta be proud of her! Outstanding hunting. Wonder where she learned it?? LOL Her Mother... For sure. Genetics are what counts....... |
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