4-15-14
This morning turned out to be a good one even though the rain was pretty heavy at times. I set up on a field and actually sat in a blind (can't stand hunting out of them), but with the forecast calling for heavy rains I chose to stay dry. Well the weather man was correct and the rains came soon after first light, it actually got so bad I zipped up all the windows and sat there wondering what I was doing. A little after 9:00 the skies started to get brighter and the rain slowed a bit to where I gave out a few soft calls on the trumpet and gobbled on the haint to sound like some turkeys in the field. After about 5 minutes a hen came to the edge of the field and checked out my DSD hen and jake. As I was reaching for my gun incase she had company I looked back in her direction and the gobbler was running straight towards my jake in half strut. He made it to the decoy and began to beat up on him. I was able to get my gun out the window and had to wait for him to stop the beat down so I wouldn't shoot my decoy, he eventually stretched his neck up high and was ready to start pecking again and I let loose. He never flopped, Longbeard 3 1/2 #6's at 25 yards is pretty devastating!!!
20 1/2 lbs, 10 1/2 inch beard, inch spurs
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Well Done!
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Congrats on the bird! I'm with you on the blind thing, don't like hunting out of them at all.
Nice. Congrats.
Dry is a good thing. Congrats.
Congrats
Congrats ! Great Gobbler ! :icon_thumright:
Nice!
Way to go!!! Blinds are nice when the sky's open up, funny now I look back to when younger and would sit in a downpour. Now the pop up is in the truck for the days they call for rain... Guess i may be smarter or have gone soft but hey dry is nice and they work!, congrats on the bird he is a nice one.
Congrats!!
nice :icon_thumright:
very nice :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Congrats!!
Yup ... no need to get wet. Congrats.
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Congrats!!
Nice bird ... Congrats!
Congrats!!!
:happy0064:Very nice going,congrats!!
Quote from: Vaturkeyhntr on April 15, 2014, 05:39:19 PMthe rains came soon after first light, it actually got so bad I zipped up all the windows and sat there wondering what I was doing.
I've done that too. Got drawn for a really good hunt in FLA. Cold front was pushing through, pouring rain and high winds. I set up the blind in the rain, and sat in it. The wind was so strong I actually had to hold it down during the storm. :lol: Killed a nice gobbler that morning though!!
Congrats on your gobbler, and way to stick it out during that storm!! :icon_thumright:
Nice job
Congrats! :icon_thumright: