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Post by BT on Apr 16, 2008 11:03:32 GMT -5
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Post by BT on Apr 29, 2008 19:06:47 GMT -5
And so starts the year!...ugghhhhh!
I am supposed to leave for the happy hunting grounds tomorrow and so what happens?....I have to do a gas valve replacement first A.M..
LOL~I cant catch a break here.
Hopefully I will make it late rather than not at all.
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Post by oldfarmsblueman on Apr 30, 2008 18:06:16 GMT -5
Sorry to here of your bad luck  .I can relate Murphy also lives with me.Murphys law. Any thing that can go wrong will go wrong  Turkeys will still be waiting for you Good luck  |
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Post by bambeklr on Apr 30, 2008 19:30:43 GMT -5
dont sweat it. If you are going to spikers its on there all day!!! That old tom cant service all those hens before 10am. *lol*
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Post by BT on May 1, 2008 20:57:21 GMT -5
What a day!.
I was 20 feet from the blind that we had set up the night before and I heard a Gobble a couple of hundred yards away.
I tossed the diaphragm in and gave a run to him as fast as I could and then jumped in the blind.
I am saying that at this point , a few minutes had passed and as I zippered up the door I heard him maybe 50 - 60 yards away.
I know he heard that god awful loud zipper because he was right on me at 40 yards....holding just inside of the wood line.
He gave one short burst and then I never heard from him again.
That was it for day one and I blew it.
If we had gotten to the blinds a half an hour earlier I am sure that bird would have been in my lap.
I dont know how in the heck he made that distance up so fast.
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Post by fred70 on May 1, 2008 22:00:46 GMT -5
I hear ya there!! Sounds alot like what happend to me!! All I could do was sit there dumbfounded!!
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Post by bambeklr on May 2, 2008 1:26:27 GMT -5
They are somthing else. He isnt going anywhere. Give him another shot and he is toast. Good luck. Man that gobble from close range is a heart stopper isnt it. I love that noise. I have had them hurt my ears!!!
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Post by bow wench on May 2, 2008 7:20:48 GMT -5
What a day!. I was 20 feet from the blind that we had set up the night before and I heard a Gobble a couple of hundred yards away. I tossed the diaphragm in and gave a run to him as fast as I could and then jumped in the blind. I am saying that at this point , a few minutes had passed and as I zippered up the door I heard him maybe 50 - 60 yards away. I know he heard that god awful loud zipper because he was right on me at 40 yards....holding just inside of the wood line. He gave one short burst and then I never heard from him again. That was it for day one and I blew it. If we had gotten to the blinds a half an hour earlier I am sure that bird would have been in my lap. I dont know how in the heck he made that distance up so fast. You probably have 2 gooblers there not 1. This is good news! Not uncommon for them to be roosted close together like that. Too bad you couldn't get a shot at him this time but even if he doesn't come back the other one may well let you poke a hole in him. |
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Post by BT on May 2, 2008 7:58:57 GMT -5
What a day!. I was 20 feet from the blind that we had set up the night before and I heard a Gobble a couple of hundred yards away. I tossed the diaphragm in and gave a run to him as fast as I could and then jumped in the blind. I am saying that at this point , a few minutes had passed and as I zippered up the door I heard him maybe 50 - 60 yards away. I know he heard that god awful loud zipper because he was right on me at 40 yards....holding just inside of the wood line. He gave one short burst and then I never heard from him again. That was it for day one and I blew it. If we had gotten to the blinds a half an hour earlier I am sure that bird would have been in my lap. I dont know how in the heck he made that distance up so fast. You probably have 2 gooblers there not 1. This is good news! Not uncommon for them to be roosted close together like that. Too bad you couldn't get a shot at him this time but even if he doesn't come back the other one may well let you poke a hole in him. Never thought about that  I am a total turkey rookie  |
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Post by oldfarmsblueman on May 2, 2008 8:12:42 GMT -5
The last time I hunted turkey, I call and moved,
if I didn't got a response after 20-30 min.I covered
60 acres with 100's of acres around that.I drove 4
mi. home walked in the door.The phone was ringing
my Son said there were 5 toms below his house sight.
I drove back set out my decoys and called with the
box call.Got an immanent response.5 toms showed up
at the stone wall opening and one took off running
full speed.He charged in like his life depended on him
winning a race.He won the race and lost his life.24 lbs.
And the only one of the 5 to sprint the 175 yds.to the
decoys.
They had eather come a long way or were slow in
following me.The one I took was in an open field with
no cover.I have had Jake's come in fast but most mature
birds sneak in very slowly.
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