final bird of the season

[loner]

this tom was my final bird of the year here in mississippi.he was in the pasture with a hen and the cows would not allow them to go where they wanted.i slipped into the woods and walked several hundred yards to try to get ahead of them and the hen busted me and scooted off to my left.i did not see the tom leave so i circled around to the direction i thought he went.the pasture was open with only a few sprigs of sedge grass here and there so i was afraid i had lost out.there was a small rise i was on and i saw his fan in strut so i laid down facing him and called softly with my mouth call.he started towads me but all i could see was his fan .he kept coming thinking i was his lost hen i guess.at about 35 yards i put the bead below his head and squeezed.SNAP! stood tall and i thought it was over.i had my face net and gloves on and must have blended pretty well as i eased my hand to the bolt and eased the shell out and let the other ease into the chamber.i put the bead back below his head and BOOM! i call this bird the 'low crawl' tom.his beard was about 10" but only had about 3/4" spurs. since, this keeps my consectutive streak alive,i'll be glad to take him.:yes:

[barry]

Congrats on a fine bird!

[JVA54]

      Congrats!!

[Hognutz]

Congrats on a very nice gobbler. Well done, Loner..Mike

[hookedspur]

 

[Wrangler95]

Very nice gobbler,congrats!!!

[strutnva]

good bird

[M,Yingling]

Congrats

[cannonball]

Congrats!

[turkey slayer]

Nice bird congrats

[BOFF]

Congrats!!!

What model, brand gun? Was the primer indented on the shell?




God Bless,
David B.

[loner]

Congrats!!!

What model, brand gun? Was the primer indented on the shell?
bad shell with hard primer.good imprint from firing pin.just an old shell i was using up. it was a 3" win supreme #5 just like the one behind it that did fire.never had a misfire with the gun before.




God Bless,
David B.

[WyoHunter]

Nice bird! Congrats!

[vaturkey]

Congrats Loner ! Great Gobbler !

[bowhunter84]

congrats