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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 5:54:29 GMT -5
Best trip up ever! Usually this is my toughest hunt each year. By the time I get up there to hunt, they have been hunted for a month. This year they had already killed 13 birds off the farm. That being said we still saw more birds than in 10 years. My buddy started it off. I put him in a location where I new in previous years they roosted. I didn’t expect to put him right under one though! Two minutes after legal shooting time he pitched down at 30 yards and got a face full of shot. His best bird ever. 24 1/2 lbs, 10 inch beard, 1 1/2 inch spurs!  |
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 6:03:11 GMT -5
Mine was nothing special, just a simple ambush. By this stage of the season, they have seen and heard every decoy and call.  |
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 6:04:52 GMT -5
Stats;
22 lbs
9 inch beard
5/8 inch spurs
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 6:12:07 GMT -5
Doubled up on birds the first day so we went fishing the next two. Ended up getting 30 bluegill, 8 nice crappies, 4 keeper northerns, and 10 big catfish, two of which were blues.  |
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 6:14:39 GMT -5
Caught everything out of a drainage ditch off of the Fox river.  |
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 6:17:01 GMT -5
All of the catfish and northern were caught with dead bluegill on the bottom. My biggest northern was 35 inches long.  |
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 6:17:52 GMT -5
This was one of the smaller cats.  |
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Post by parrothead on May 9, 2021 7:32:40 GMT -5
Great trip. Did you look for any mushrooms to top it off?
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Post by deadeer on May 9, 2021 7:34:37 GMT -5
You are living right! Heck of a trip! Congrats on all your successes!
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Post by featherduster on May 9, 2021 7:58:42 GMT -5
WOW! what a trip, that is a fantastic picture of Bruce with that monster turkey.
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 7:58:54 GMT -5
Great trip. Did you look for any mushrooms to top it off? Looked but didn’t find any. |
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Post by schall53 on May 9, 2021 7:59:38 GMT -5
You are living right! Heck of a trip! Congrats on all your successes! Thank you sir. |
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Post by whitetaildave24 on May 9, 2021 8:32:48 GMT -5
Congrats on a great trip and thanks for sharing.
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Post by bullseye69 on May 9, 2021 8:36:53 GMT -5
Excellent job Smithers.
I'm green with envy!!!!
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Post by ninepntr on May 9, 2021 8:39:58 GMT -5
Looks like Great fun, Congrats!
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on May 9, 2021 9:46:39 GMT -5
Sounds like a good time!
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Post by genesis273 on May 9, 2021 12:16:06 GMT -5
What an outstanding trip that was! Congratulations on all the success!
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Post by mstr2175 on May 10, 2021 4:46:34 GMT -5
There’s just something special about that state when it comes to game. Congrats, looks like a great time!
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Post by esshup on May 10, 2021 9:21:09 GMT -5
What a heck of a trip!!!!
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