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Tagged out in S Carolina!!
Tagged out in S Carolina!!
Started by RutnNStrutn, April 10, 2016, 03:41:02 PM
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RutnNStrutn
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: April 10, 2016, 04:01:39 PM by RutnNStrutn
I'm tagged out in Carolina with a nice gobbler on an exciting hunt.
Not much gobbling on the roost that morning, but after relocating, a gobbler fired up 200 yards away at 1015.
He gobbled 84 times in the next 40 minutes, at my calls, song birds and crows. Finally he got quiet, so I fed him silence as well.
After 10 minutes I floated out a few clucks followed by some soft yelps. He roared back his approval from just inside the woods.
Five minutes later he stepped out on the edge of the field. He walked into the field, but wasn't on course. I clucked at him, he raised his head, spotted my DSD hen, broke into strut
and started angling his way in towards her.
It took him about 8 minutes to work his way in. I dropped the hammer on my Dad's old Browning A5 when he was 25 yards out. The Federal Heavyweight #7's hit home and he crumpled into the dirt, a mere 10 yards from where the other two gobblers fell on my last trip. He weighed 18 pounds, had a 9-5/8" beard and twin 1-5/16" spurs.
He was the first gobbler I've taken with Dad's old gun that I tracked down and bought back after Pop passed away.
It was an emotional harvest. I finally got a gobbler with my Dad's gun!! I knelt over the bird, looked towards Heaven and said thank you to my Dad. I know he was watching over me, and was smiling.
Dad's A5 that I tracked down and bought back after he passed away.
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April 10, 2016, 03:43:50 PM
Congrats! Glad you got your dads gun back and put it to good use.
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Dr Juice
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April 10, 2016, 03:52:01 PM
Awesome bird and story brother. Congrats.
owlhoot
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April 10, 2016, 04:02:07 PM
congrats , great story ! Your dads old gun make it real special.
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April 10, 2016, 04:20:16 PM
Congrats!!
mgm1955
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April 10, 2016, 04:30:31 PM
Congrats!!
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April 10, 2016, 04:40:55 PM
Awesome!! That's a great bird and a real nice A-5.
Congratulations!!!
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April 10, 2016, 04:52:09 PM
Congrats!!
A beautiful bird and a great story, thank you.
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April 10, 2016, 05:54:32 PM
Congrats on a beautiful bird. And that's so cool you shot it with your dad's gun.
tomstopper
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April 10, 2016, 06:12:36 PM
Congrats on the bird and great story. I am betting your dad was smiling from ear to ear.
RutnNStrutn
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April 11, 2016, 10:09:52 PM
Thanks guys!! I'm sure he was as well.
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April 11, 2016, 10:17:08 PM
Well done, Sandlapper!!
Britton40
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April 11, 2016, 10:18:47 PM
Very cool.
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April 11, 2016, 10:27:07 PM
Rock on brother! BTW we don't have Turkeys in SC, just sayin ..
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April 11, 2016, 10:36:16 PM
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