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Title: Old gobbler
Post by: High plains drifter on May 12, 2017, 07:33:33 PM
Well, I got a nice gobbler today, and I called him in from a 400 yards, across a county road, which was really surprise ing , because I saw him cross, going the other way, up onto a mountain.I saw him strutting, no hens , no other birds, so I got up onto the hill behind him, and hid.He just disappeared across the road, and I thought it was done, but I hid, and called, and he gobbled.I gave him a few more yelps, and he gobbled, then I saw him way out there, coming my way at a stroll.Called again, and he crossed the road, and he pin pointed my call on the hill, and came up there, and I got him at 10 yards.My point is,even if they are a quarter mile away, they can still be called in.This happened at 9.00 am.It was kick that I saw him, and had permission .Ya gotta love turkey hunting, and respect the bird.
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Post by: guesswho on May 12, 2017, 07:37:59 PM
Congrats and good job.   It's funny, you may call one in from half a mile, but on the next hunt can't call one from a hundred yards.   It's what keeps me going back. 
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Post by: High plains drifter on May 12, 2017, 07:42:16 PM
Quote from: guesswho on May 12, 2017, 07:37:59 PM
Congrats and good job.   It's funny, you may call one in from half a mile, but on the next hunt can't call one from a hundred yards.   It's what keeps me going back.
. True, I thought that bird was gone, when he went up the hill, on the other side of the road. When I heard that gobble, I couldn't believe he would come back.
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Post by: Gooserbat on May 13, 2017, 12:08:32 AM
Part of the game we play.  Congratulations
Title: Old gobbler
Post by: Gentry on May 13, 2017, 12:37:31 AM
It's simple when they ready to die.


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Post by: appalachianassassin on May 13, 2017, 01:44:31 AM
good job
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Post by: renegade19 on May 13, 2017, 06:06:25 AM
 :icon_thumright:
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Post by: chatterbox on May 13, 2017, 06:35:04 AM
Well done!
We had a similar hunt last week.
We had a bird gobble from over 300 yards away, and come in on a string right down my sons gun barrel within 10 minutes.
Like Ronnie said, it's what keeps us coming back.
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Post by: lunghit on May 13, 2017, 07:47:14 AM
Good job! It's nice knowing that birds react differently and you never know what to expect. I had a great hunt this year where I got to watch two mature birds follow a hen in my field for over an hour. One turkey finally broke away from the hen and came to my decoys and he was my biggest bird to date.
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Post by: kyturkeyhunter4 on May 13, 2017, 10:19:45 AM
Congratulations!  :icon_thumright:
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Post by: High plains drifter on May 14, 2017, 12:40:30 AM
It's amazing how they can pin point a call from a long ways away.This bird knew exactly where the hen was, and I shot him through a bush, with a 12 guage.He was real old, and a herd bull I guess.He was by himself, strutting in a hay field, no other birds around.I knew the ground, because I got a bird there 5 years ago, in the exact same plsce.I think he busted me when I first tried to get close to him, and he went a quater mile up a mountain.Then he gobbled, and came all the way back. Strange.
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Post by: tha bugman on May 15, 2017, 09:56:02 AM
 :happy0064:
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Post by: hobbes on May 15, 2017, 10:01:26 AM
Congrats!   

"Herd bull"  :)    You'd be surprised how many times I've heard turkeys referred to as a herd here in Montana. 
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Post by: High plains drifter on May 15, 2017, 10:52:59 PM
Lol, that's a montana thing.
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Post by: Gold Spur on May 16, 2017, 12:49:15 AM
Congrats  :icon_thumright:
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Post by: beagler on May 16, 2017, 04:48:51 PM
Love it when a plan come together!