My first WV bird!! Double beard!!

[sugarray]

I am getting a little extra money working about 20 mins east of where I live. I have a colleague that lives within 10 mins of the hospital so she let me hunt.  Her husband and I were standing on the ridge top, in one of their fields and this guy cut loose about 730 last evening.  He gobbled a second time and I knew where he was.  I was up at 345, out the door at 400 and set up at 530.  It was a long walk.  I set up right infront of some greenbriars and put a down fall limb to my left where I thought he would come out.  He gobbled at 550 and I responded with a soft tree yelp.  He gobbled a few minutes later and I yelped again.    I did a short fly down and a light yelp and he answered.  I knew he was coming.  In about 5 minutes he gobbled like I have never heard before about 20 yds away.  He was to my left and behind me so I sat still.  I finally heard him and then saw him and he came through the fence 5 yds to my left.  Walked straight to the decoys and then past them.  I shot him at about 40 yds.  He never strutted nor payed a lot of attention to the decoys.  He flopped some.  Man he is a nasty bird.  Wound on his head and under one wing.  Tail is all beat up.  Seems to only be a 2 yr old with 1" spurs.  Also, beard just has a few strands in the center and a 2nd beard broke off right at the nub.  My first double beard on the ground after only 23 mins.

[Hognutz]

Congrats on the bird, Ray. Do you figure he was shot before, or did he get the wounds from a fight? Either way, he is a dandy.. Well done..Mike

[Basser69]

Congrats on a great bird! Looks like he had been whooped up on 

[sugarray]

Congrats on a great bird! Looks like he had been whooped up on 

This is what I think. His tail was all beat up too.

[hobbes]

Congrats!

[trkycaller]

Congrats!!

[tjh24]

Congrats!!! 

[Wrangler95]

 


Very nice,congrats!!!

[Jay]

  You need to get the bird that whiped his butt.

[TrackeySauresRex]

  Congrats  Ray !

[cannonball]

Congrats!

[WVhuntEER]

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

[BowBendr]

Way to go Ray ! Congrats. 

[Tail Feathers]

Congratulations on getting that gnarly old tough guy!   

[vaturkey]

Congrats on a great gobbler !!