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Started by wytrat785, May 16, 2015, 07:15:30 PM

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May 16, 2015, 07:15:30 PM Last Edit: May 17, 2015, 02:55:10 PM by wytrat785
I played a guessing game with this guy for almost a month as to which side of the field he was going to use to strut on. He never really had a pattern I could pick up on. He would gobble on the roost but would go completely silent once hitting the ground and totally ignore all my calls. So yesterday morning I keyed in on the hens and where they roosted with the hopes of maybe they would drag him in. Set up about 60 yards from where I knew they were roosting and let them know I was there with some very soft tree yelps. It worked. The lead hen flew down right onto my decoy with the rest of the hens. 12 of them total. At this point I hadn't heard a single gobble in my area. The lead hen came up to my decoy and let it know she was boss with a long purr and wing slap and then moved off 50 yards out from me with rest of the hens and fed. I let about 10 minutes go by and did some very soft yelping, clucks and purrs. I was watching the lead hen make her way back to me when I heard the tom spitting and drumming. He had heard me and spotted my breeder decoy and was coming in. Only thing was I had a very small opening in the brush for a shot on him because of the angle he was taking requiring me to move my gun a bit. All I could think of while doing that was "24 eyes watching you bud"..lol. He came into the opening and I let loose a load of Longbeard #5s at 35 yards. Dropped him like a ton of bricks. It was a great hunt and satisfying due to the hunting this year here in Kansas being pretty tough. It has stormed almost every huntable day I had. Final stats 22lbs., 11" beard, with 1 1/4" spurs.


eddie234

#1
May 16, 2015, 08:27:06 PM
Very nice, congrats!

alloutdoors

#2
May 16, 2015, 08:32:00 PM
Congrats!

born2hunt

#3
May 16, 2015, 08:32:35 PM
Congrats on a mission accomplished and nice bird at that.
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West Augusta

#4
May 16, 2015, 08:33:05 PM
Congrats on a fine gobbler.
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Rapscallion Vermilion

#5
May 16, 2015, 08:56:42 PM
Very nice bird.  Good hunt.  Congrats.

kyturkeyhunter4

#6
May 17, 2015, 12:15:59 AM
Congrats! Nice Turkey

trkycaller

#7
May 17, 2015, 06:31:04 AM
congrats!

Gooserbat

#8
May 17, 2015, 09:21:07 AM
Good job
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jamo

#9
May 17, 2015, 12:30:17 PM
congrats!

falltoms

#10
May 17, 2015, 01:54:02 PM
 Nice bird

101st501

#11
May 17, 2015, 02:23:48 PM
way to go!!

ridgerunner

#12
May 17, 2015, 03:59:02 PM
Nice job

cramerhunts

#13
May 17, 2015, 05:21:20 PM
Congratulations!

surehuntsalot

#14
June 01, 2015, 10:33:29 PM
congrats
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