#3 and #4 tagged out Tennssee

[catman529]

Yesterday 4-5-2013 I spent hours on a flock of birds that would not come to calls. Hens yakking and fighting and jakes gobbling. Seemed more like pre-season behavior. Finally began the long tedious sneak, gradually closed the distance, spotted a strutting tom in the group, and by a little after 1 pm I was sneaking out the edge of the woods into tall reeds around the edge of a field where the tom was strutting with a hen. I ambushed him from in the reeds at between 35 and 40 yards. 

Bird #4 came today 4-6-2013 at 3pm, he was alone and came to the call, but he came in from the extreme right and I didn't feel comfortable swinging the gun so I let him walk, circled around and re-setup on him, and called him in again, this time smacking his head as it popped up from below a slight embankment.





I killed bird #1, 3, and 4 on the same WMA, and bird #2 on another WMA in the same county. Early season public land birds are not as pressured, and I found some spots that did not get much traffic from other hunters. I called in all but #3 with a homemade tube call, but also used a wingbone a little during the past 2 hunts. I hunted 4 times and killed on every hunt, which is crazy I don't know how I did that.

Season was open 1 week and I never would have guessed I would tag out in that time. Been blessed with a very successful season, but it is also bittersweet because it's over so quickly. I might relieve some pain and call in a bird or two for a friend or two.

[VaTuRkStOmPeR]

Good job!  Way to leave no tag unfilled.

[jakebird]

Congrats on an awesome season! The fact you used homemade calls and did it all on public land just makes it that much sweeter!

[captin_hook]

You had a great season. Congrats.

[mtsrunner]

That is impressive. I would hate to see what you could do on a private farm with truly unpressured birds!


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[alloutdoors]

Sound like a pretty good season, congrats!

[Gold Spur]

Congrats on some awesome birds...

[renegade19]

Dang Dude!  As my buddy would say, "Save some for seed!".     Good work there.

[barry]

You didn't waste any time that's for sure.
Post a pic of your tube call, all I use is home made tubes as well.

[catman529]

You didn't waste any time that's for sure.
Post a pic of your tube call, all I use is home made tubes as well.

[darn2ten]

Congrats man, way to getter done!

[weave]

That is awesome, way to get it done

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[slamman]

congrats very nice.

[Rio Fan]

You took care of business this spring, congrats on an awesome season. 

[Ruger M77]

congrats!