Tagged out + Les-B-HenI killed

[Pygmy]

I killed another 2 year old this morning..He may have been a brood mate of the first one I shot..

Same weight, 19 1/2 pounds...3/4" spurs..The beard had suffered beard rot and was cut of at about 3", but was heavy...Looked like a shaving brush.

He came in with 2 hens, and surprisingly, when I riddled his noggin at 20 yards, the hens did not flush..

They just stood there putting nervously for a couple of minutes and then settled down and actually started feeding.. The tom fell on his beak and did not as much as quiver for 3-4 minutes, and then he gave a few wing flops..When he did this both hens rushed over to him. The larger hen actually STRUTTED, wings down and tail fannned in a circle around his body..She came to full strut 4 times...The other hen just stood around yelping softly and looking concerned, if a turkey can look concerned.. I watched them for about fifteen minutes and they eventually began preening and feeding right around their boyfriend's carcass..I Finally waved them off... I have heard of hens strutting before, but this is the first time in my 40+ years of turkey hunting that I have ever witnessed it.

[wooly]

Congrats on gobbler #2 Pyggles!

Now if we could just teach you to post pictures the way you kill turkey we'd be all set!

Sounds like a pretty exciting hunt and a unique experience after the kill!

[grampy]

Congrats on tagging out this year!

I've seen a gobbler come over and "stomp" another one after the "stompee" was killed. And I too have heard about what you saw,but have never seen it myself. So cool you got to see it!

[Lawdwaz]

Way To Go!

 

Sounds like a dandy hunt and suitable for video!!

[Mikey M]

Congrats!! Great story too

[ATbuckhunter]

Congrats on tagging out! Strutting hen must have been pretty awesome. You going to put a picture up? 

[ants]

Congrats..Sounds like that Tom sure knew how to take care of the laddies !! LOL!!

[NaturesWay]

Gongrats pygmy. That would be a sight to see in the turkey woods, a strutting hen.

[WNY Bowhunter]

Congrats, sounds like a cool hunt. About 10 yrs ago I was hunting with my dad and called in a hens that strutted and even gobbled a couple of times!!! Good luck in Canada!!!