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Post by tomthreetoes on Apr 17, 2016 9:58:06 GMT -5
Mine came in, around 4:30PM on opening day, from a different direction than I was expecting and caught me turned the wrong way but when he went behind a tree I was able to turn on him and make the shot at 12 steps. The first time in 25 years of hunting I was able to hear one drum. My wife thought her hunt had ended the morning of day two when she missed a big strutter at flydown but she decided to stick it out. It paid off around 10:00 when five mature birds came in. To her credit she stayed calm and waited for them to separate, taking the last one in line when they tired of the decoys and turned to leave. It was the first time either of us had multiple gobblers come in together. We had to draw for our hunting areas and drew the next to last choice. Our disappointment was short lived however as the birds had just moved into our area thanks to a recent burn. We had blast, lots of gobbling both days and met some really nice folks.
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Post by jimstc on Apr 17, 2016 11:53:03 GMT -5
That is awesome! Congrats to you both. I was scouting an area yesterday with several recent burn areas and wrongly concluded that the area would be tough to hunt. Will you please educate me as to turkey hunting and recent burn areas? Thanks.
Edit to add: Just got an education. Read 6 or so articles on the effect of burns and hunting. Thanks for the education!
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Post by deadeer on Apr 17, 2016 13:02:38 GMT -5
Hey way to go! Just goes to show you NEVER know what can happen. So many outside influences can save/ruin the day. Just gotta stay persistent. Congrats!
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Post by GS1 on Apr 17, 2016 13:46:56 GMT -5
Congratulations!!can't get much better than that.
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Post by nfalls116 on Apr 17, 2016 14:23:28 GMT -5
And no pictures?!
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Post by tomthreetoes on Apr 18, 2016 8:39:54 GMT -5
I would if I knew how. I'm not very tech savy.
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