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Title: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: ccleroy on April 14, 2011, 09:58:35 PM
Worked this bird and his buddy off the limb until 10 when the ladies didn't want to play anymore and took them away,Had to take my wife to the doctor and when I got back at lunch I went back after them....spotted them in the field and went to work,they closed the distance to 80 yards and totally changed their minds?WTF?.....headed the oposite direction so I gave them a hour or so while I sat and pondered what to do........so I trek off to another field and setup alond the lines of where they were headed and hit the call,nothing........little later nothing....then out of nowhere bam one of them is a 50 yards......then a hen down the field appears and the strutter behind her.....the gobbler closest to me sees them and heads their way,Dangit. He gets all the way to the other side of the field with the hen and his buddy and I said well the its getting late time to make something happen,since they were heading away for the third time today.........Hit a loud series of yelps and cut down real hard on the mouth call and my Aluminum call and followed it up by a gobble........you should have seen the mood change.....both locked into full strut and hammered back the whole way to the gun leaving the hen behind.........It has been one long day but a dang good one........

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/ccleroy/4-14-11LongDay.jpg)

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/ccleroy/PaduakAnodizedAluminumoverSlateandOsageOrangeStriker4-14-11.jpg)
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: BOFF on April 14, 2011, 10:18:35 PM
Well Done!!!

Congrats on a successful hunt.
Third time was the winner!!



God Bless,
David B.
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: spur collector on April 14, 2011, 10:21:13 PM
Way to go, Congrats on a successful hunt.
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: cannonball on April 14, 2011, 10:22:00 PM
Nice gobbler, congrats :you_rock:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: hookedspur on April 14, 2011, 10:31:51 PM
Quote from: spur collector on April 14, 2011, 10:21:13 PM
Way to go, Congrats on a successful hunt.
:agreed: :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: Hognutz on April 14, 2011, 10:54:43 PM
Congrats. He looks like a pig..Nice beard. Really nice beard..Well done..Mike :you_rock:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: Flydown on April 15, 2011, 07:45:56 AM
You da man Ricky!!!!! Congrats on winning that battle! Now go get the next one on the hit list! :you_rock:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: bowhunter84 on April 15, 2011, 08:25:18 AM
congrats :icon_thumright:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: Mailman on April 15, 2011, 08:38:05 AM
congrats
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: Bagg-it Tag-it on April 15, 2011, 08:47:43 AM
Congratulations! Your camera takes great pix too.
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: TheTwistedOne on April 15, 2011, 09:29:49 AM
That's how to make a day of it!  Way to keep after them!

I love that we can hunt turkeys all day here in the Lowcountry.  There are multiple opportunities for the folks who are willing to stick it out for the long haul.

Congrats on an excellent gobbler.  Pulling him off a hen is no small accomplishment!
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: tnturkeyman28 on April 15, 2011, 09:32:33 AM
 :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: LX_Trkyhntr on April 15, 2011, 09:50:04 AM
Nothing like toting one out of the woods that you have been in a long battle with!!  Great job, great pics as always!! :you_rock:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: turkey slayer on April 15, 2011, 08:10:27 PM
Congrats!!!!
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: socalturkeyman on April 15, 2011, 11:38:58 PM
way to get it done! Its all about crunch time gobblers!! :you_rock: :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: tjh24 on April 16, 2011, 07:48:58 AM
awesome!!!
Title: Re: 4-14-11 Long Day
Post by: trkycaller on April 16, 2011, 09:03:07 AM
Congrats!!