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Started by WNM, April 10, 2012, 06:45:26 PM

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WNM

Got on this bird last Monday morning, but when we tried to cut the distance, we came over the ridge/hill/mountain the same time the turkey did. We made eye contact at 15 yards before he flew off without a shot.

Got back to the same area Wednesday and heard him gobble around 7:00. I was trying to call him for my buddy. He came in wrong, and we had him at 10 yards without a shot before he figured something wasn't right. We made a big half-circle after he left. I got him fired up again, and once again he came in wrong for my buddy. These birds in the upstate (or at least this one) come to the top of a hill before they'll try and come down the side at any point. This time I could get on him though. Dead at 7:39. My first public and non-lowcountry bird.

He hit the ground after the first shot at 50 or so yards and took off flying, but the second shot dropped him for good.

These hills are a lot different to hunt than the flat swamps and pines back home.

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Since then, I've been back hard on the public land trying to get my buddy on a bird (he killed his first earlier this year in the lowcountry). We should have killed a bird or multiple birds 4 out of 5 hunts (including one miss where I told my buddy not to shoot until the bird worked closer, and he shot after he took 2 more steps  :TooFunny: ), but we keep finding a way to mess it up. That's turkey hunting.

I've always been a self-taught solo hunter, and I'm relearning how to hunt in new terrain with another person. If I had been on my own, I probably could have filled my last 2 tags, but it's pretty neat going after 'em with another shooter.

VA_Birdhunter

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Way to seal the deal!!!  Congrats!!  :icon_thumright:
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Congrats!!!

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Wrangler95

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Very nice,congrats!!
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870supermagnum

Congrats on a really nice bird.  I've hunted a lot solo, but hunting with a buddy gives you memories you can share with a friend.   :happy0064: