My time for hunting/scouting has been more limited than ever this year after moving out of state for school but on opening morning I managed to make it happen and get a bird on the ground. After a long frustrating season last year in Arkansas I was afraid I may be banking on out-of-state trips again this year so I'm more than thankful for getting on this bird.
Killed him at 10:45, my dad and I had just started making the loop through the 4th or 5th property of the day (we are both cursed with a bad case of the run&gun sickness,) when we caught this old boy out in the field by himself. It wasn't the prettiest hunt in the world but it was effective, gave him about 3 yelps on the tube and he was on his way. Instead of coming across the field at an angle to us he walked straight across and down the fence row I was sitting in, I let the mossberg bark the first chance I had which ended up being at about 9 steps. Pretty sure I bounced the wad off of him at that distance and there definitely wasn't much flopping either. 3 year old bird, I was on him the last day of the season last year in the next field over but he wasn't buying what I was selling that day. 21 lbs, 10" beard, and 1 1/8" sharp spurs.
Glad to get one on the ground with some limited time but can't wait to head out to Nebraska and Kansas in 2 weeks, hope to have some more pics to share!
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Daggers!!!! Congrats!
way to go :icon_thumright:
Nice to see birds going down back home! Very nice! What part of AR are you from?
Born and raised in Jonesboro, bird came from Greene county though.
Very nice bird. Congrats.
:welcomeOG: Nice
Very nice gobbler. Thsoe daggers are amazing. Well done, son..
Quote from: calebb on April 24, 2012, 09:14:21 PM
Born and raised in Jonesboro, bird came from Greene county though.
Ah cool. Im from the other side around the Dardanelle/Russelville area. Congrats again on a nice tom!
Congrats. :welcomeOG: