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I was set up this morning on an inside corner of the woods where I heard a gobbler yesterday morning.

 

I had my pretty boy full strut decoy out in the remains of last year's buckwheat field, along with a couple of feeder hen dekes. 

 

No roost gobbling, which did not surprise me because the birds have been pretty tight lipped here so far this year.

 

When it got light enough so that I thought birds would be on the ground, I did a little light clucking and yelping.  No response, but a few minutes later I heard some very soft clucking, and a dainty little hen came out into the field. She was a very petite and graceful little lady.. Reminded me of one of my old girlfriends..

 

She eyed my decoy spread and went pecking her way up across the food plot..

 

I waited until she was out of sight and gave a soft string of yelps on my box call..

 

A gobbler answered about 100 yards down in the woods....I yelped softly again and he gobbled right back..I was in business..

 

He gobbled again and I knew he was coming...I let him gobble and only gave a couple clucks and a soft yelp to let him know I was still there..

 

He gobbled just inside the wood line and I got  a glimpse of a white head...

 

Next thing I knew he was standing just outside the woods in full strut eyeballing my decoy spread..

 

He started advancing toward my gobbler decoy, still in full strut...The closer he got to the decoy, the faster he ran...I couldn't shoot him because he as running too fast !!

 

He hit my decoy broadside at an impact velocity of about 30 MPH...The decoy went rolling and the stake broke right in half !!

 

He swirled around and looked down at the upside down decoy, as if to admire his handwork, and I ended the show with a load of copper plated #6 shot...

 

The way he acted I would have expected he was a dominant gobbler...Nope...Just a  typical Steuben County 2 year old...19.5 pounds, 8.5" beard and 7/8" spurs...he sure THOUGHT he was hot stuff though....hehehehe....

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Lawdwaz Grand Master

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Well done Dan!

 

That had to be unreal.  I probably would have emptied the gun and never clipped a feather. :)

 

I gotta get you some film for that darned camera................

 

How about Gator, any action?

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Pygmy Experienced

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Well done Dan!

 

That had to be unreal.  I probably would have emptied the gun and never clipped a feather. :)

 

I gotta get you some film for that darned camera................

 

How about Gator, any action?

I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and learn to post pictures online..

 

Some action for Gator, but no dead turkey yet..Cancelled our Maine trip..we'll be hunting here again tomorrow.

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Congrats!

 

I've been getting my butt kicked by tight lipped/henned up gobblers. I have a big old Steuben County longbeard roosted, well kind of...saw him picking out in a field around 7:00. He appeared to be all alone and looking for company as he kept fanning out and then would throw his head up looking for admirers.  Hopefully, he will be in the same mood at first light.  But, ya just never know what these stinking birds are gonna do...

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Congrats!

 

I've been getting my butt kicked by tight lipped/henned up gobblers. I have a big old Steuben County longbeard roosted, well kind of...saw him picking out in a field around 7:00. He appeared to be all alone and looking for company as he kept fanning out and then would throw his head up looking for admirers.  Hopefully, he will be in the same mood at first light.  But, ya just never know what these stinking birds are gonna do...

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Good luck ! Don't feel bad..I know a number of deadly gobbler slayers who are getting their butts kicked so far this season..

Now I better get my sorry old butt to bed so I can get up in the morning and try it again.

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I had a female turkey decoy kicked off of it's stake a few years ago but it was not by a turkey , it was by a spike buck . Decoy was set up in a small clearing and I was behind a big downed tree calling.  The deer circled the decoy a few times , then kicked it off of the stake with it;s hind leg. I guess he did not want anything in his area. Did not hurt the decoy it was one of the blow up type.                                                                                                              Congrats on the Tom.

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I guess I'll have to bite the bullet and learn to post pictures online..

Some action for Gator, but no dead turkey yet..Cancelled our Maine trip..we'll be hunting here again tomorrow.

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