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Dead quiet till @610 and then it was over by 620 lol. My boys first bird finally and a good two year old to boot. 9.5 inch beard, 3/4 inch spurs. @20 yards with the 870 and XR 6’s. We made it out just before the rain.

This will go down as one of my all time favorite hunts. This Jake read the script perfectly. She was home showered and in bed by 7, now I’m out crawling around getting soaked! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Decided yesterday afternoon to go out for the opener , my first turkey hunt ever was a success . 21 pound bird ,8 7/8 beard . I had a bunch of great guys feeding me info lately on dos and dont of turkey hunting .

6 a.m. had to wait an hour and a half for all the birds to leave called in 4 long beards 1 Jake and 9 hens Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk

Doubled up this morning! 6:22! My friends first bird! Just a couple of Jakes, but what a memory! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My son scored on a bird with his compound bow. Notice the arrow in the bird. valoroutdoors.com

On the board, GF knocked down her first ever. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bird down, waiting on the other two strutters and their hens to leave.

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Bird down at 630!

Have my son with me this a.m.Heard distant gobbles earlier. Ran into 2 hunters on my neighbors property. But got a participation award already.

Just over a 10 inch beard he came in double gobbling I thought he was gonna run my decoys over was a awesome morning

I got a last minute invite to hunt with a friend on his lease, which is PRIME turkey ground....It used to belong to my brother in law years ago... He had a blind set up on the end of a corn stubble field... ZERO roost gobbling, from a spot where on a decent morning you might hear 5 or six gobblers... After flydown, we started to hear a faint gobble now and then but distant enough that it was hard to tell even what direction it was in...I let my friend do all the calling, since it was his ground, and he was very good with mouth calls, pots and a box... Finally, we heard a gobble that sounded close enough to do business with.... Three longboards came in, and they all looked about the same size to me...He was busy filming the hunt, and when I dropped one, he could have easily killed another one, if he had his gun in his hand rather than the camera... 19 pounds, 10 inch beard, 1" spurs..A solid 3 year old and a nice way to get the pressure off early in the season.. 7:45 AM... I'm looking VERY much forward to hunting with Moog on MY ground in the morning, hoping to help him get his first gobbler..

I fiddled with the pictures from this morning to get a picture lightened up enough to be able to even see the bird. For some reason my phone pics were coming out really dark for being g taken at 730 am. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk

I think laughter may have screwed up my hunt but it was totally worth it. Me and my long time buddy went out behind my house to a blind I built a long time ago. We snuck in ok and pretty quiet. We got in and sat in our fold out chairs. We heard his rip a little but figured it would be ok. After about a half an hour the bottom gave out and he went flying ass first through the chair and got stuck. I haven't laughed so much in a long time. Turns out there was a turkey roosted pretty close and I'm sure it was spooked by us as when it flew down it coasted out quite a ways and never made a peep.

Well that sucked . Had a hen in the field for 2 hrs , she didn’t make a peep. One of these years we’ll hook up .

Thank you! State land bird down

Had 2 come in silent. Little stretch for daughters 20. ( 40 yards ) I passed with the 12 hoping they’d get closer. They walked off throwing one gobble.

I'm 5 out of 6 for taking a new hunter out ( not a youth) and helping them get there first bird. This year I'm not as confident as other yrs. Not sure why? I know the birds are there. Maybe it's because it very well be the last turkey season on this property. It's sold and closing is end of May. Lots of history here. Nephew Mark took his last gobbler on this property before he past. His younger brother, Adam, took his first bird under the same tree with his brother's 870. Unfortunately, Adam passed too. Both of his sons took their first birds under the same tree with the same shotgun. I'm not sure why I'm not feeling confident this yr. I would rather have a new hunter take his first bird under Mark's tree, then me taking what might be my last chance to ever take a bird under that tree, let alone the property.

Venison steak and fries. Fries made the crappy way! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This decoys looking this way, this ones looking that way, and this guys in the middle like “what do you want from me?” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Glad I have my phone with me to let me know it’s not raining right now, sure was getting confused by all this water falling out of the sky.

Hayburner with galaxy hops. Been up since 3 to hunt birds. Daughter crying as school , graduation, prom , ballet as senior send off ( been dancing 13 years and waited for this forever) , last recital all donesville. Feel so bad for her and all seniors. Back in the trenches tomorrow hopefully she tips a bird over. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We tried. . It was awesome listening them talk . I cant wait to get one . Come hell or high water I will get one . Lolol

My chair just broke and I fell on my @ss.

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The only call i used was a double plunger Quaker boy box . Mostly soft purrs (TFs recommendation ) Once i could tell his gobbles were headed in my direction ,i stopped calling all together ( The Real TCIII tip )

Ended the day on an intense note. Ended up at a different piece and came across some hens with no boy friends. So we got back to the truck at 1145ish. It's a dead end road so we are just driving back get just about to the end and had one about blow our ear drums out gobbling next to the road. So I throw the truck in park grabbed my gear and jumped into the woods. This is 11:51 I remember because I told my brother we have 9mins. He hits his call and the turkey blows up while sitting next to the truck. Pops on top of the ridge 50yrds away then drops back down the way he came. So I snuck up to him as my brother called. Birds going nuts the whole time next thing I heard was a tap on my truck and my brother saying time was up. So I snuck back to the truck with the bird gobbling within 50yrds.

Congrats! Thats awesome

Yes. First and last painting of my uncle Billy Batts. He went missing and we never saw him again. Swell guy with well shined shoes - always.

is this an authentic Moog?

Is something wrong with Sam? Her eyes are open!!!!! Go get ‘em! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Same. Was in bed at 9 and couldn’t fall asleep till much later. A restless sleep too of course as I’m still a 12 year old with excitement Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nighty night. Catch you guys in the morning

Hey The_Real_TCIII...... I was thinking about wearing this shirt underneath my camouflage tomorrow. Think it might bring me some good luck ? Lol

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Here’s my Stella and Cooper

Hang in there you crazy turkey hunters...2:15 left!!! Ramp/bacon biscuits Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Kid came from a family of rats. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

2 shots on property line right where 2 birds headed. Ballz.

Well I am not really sure what happened. Had that Tom in the field for at least an hour. Never would come closer than about 100-125 yds. Then he just ran out of here like a coyote was chasing him. Wondering if he caught glare of my binos. Oh well, 5 more hours to go. Time for a snack.

i feel like this waiting for everyone to lite up this thread! good luck folks and congrats to ones already tagged. Saw lots of birds out on way to work. And one poor guy hunting and birds fanned out across the road from him.

Let’s Fn go. Good luck everyone!

Here's to being essential and likely not making it out tomorrow morning. ...and yes I'm out of great beer too. Definitely not bad but not great. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Turkey burgers seasoned heavily with Bionic’s “Chicken Rub”, seared in great great grandma’s cast iron pan, topped with swiss, and a sprinkle of Cow Massage

My problem is I can’t fall asleep early Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I face them away or to the side. Not towards as like you said why draw the attention to you.

When I posted I said it was probably an exaggeration, but to me it APPEARED to be four feet long... Of course, I happened to be taking a leak at the moment, and sighting the critter along the length of my penis, there may have been an issue of perspective...

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