On the board!! Opening day success (Graphic pic)

[Grizz1219]

Been running cameras for weeks and scouting every weekend... Been watching this bird strut the same place every time... So, set up on him opening day, got in position, decoys out, all set by 4:40am.... Lot's of birds hammering on the roost, tons of Jakes by the sound of it... after fly down started working a hen with some Tom's, had her going pretty good but then she went the other way and took the boys in tow... got real quiet... But stuck to my plan, waiting on that strutter to get to this spot... 6:00am I hear a spit and drum behind me... Thinking "Am I making that up or did I really hear it?".... Then it happened again... Knew he was coming.... He walked by me at 3 yards strutting, spitting and drumming following a hen... Hair on the back of my neck was standing straight up!! LOL... Love that feeling... they worked out in front of me.... less than 10 yards but he was still in full strut and not leaving the hen... had to wait till he moved out from her and she was not in the line of fire.. When he was in strut facing away from me and the hen on the other side of his fan, I brought the gun up and waited... She went right, he turned left... 14 yards... I let the Ulti Mag bark and he was down... 20lbs, 9.5" beard and 7/8" spurs.... Nice 2 year old.... Awesome memories for sure.. especially him at 3 yards spitting and drumming... I think the circle on his neck is from the wad hitting him... Your thoughts???? 

[John Barton]

Awesome story. You sure deserve it. Going Monday for first time with no expectations... we all got to start somewhere. Good luck on getting another and filling out your spring tags


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[Grizz1219]

Thanks!!! Heading out to fill tag #2 on Thursday.... Good luck to you guys as well!!!!!!

[TACC]

Great shooting

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[kpkot]

Great story and congrats

 

Did he gobble??

Edited May 2, 2017 by kpkot

[Grizz1219]

Not on the ground... Lot's of birds gobbling on the roost so I am sure he was up there. he was never more than 2 feet from this hen... Spit and drummed the entire time.... 

[grampy]

Congratulations Grizz!  Beautiful bird and great story too!  All the scouting payed off nicely.  Way to go!

[greg54]

Congrats!

[doebuck1234]

Congrats and nice bird!

[hunter49]

Congrats, nice one!

[mpavlus]

Great experience. Every hunt is different.

 

[growalot]

Congrats! Great hunt and bird  It's crazy when they are that close...yesterday I was breathing so hard that is all I could hear and I swore they should have heard it too...lol Turkey hunting is so much fun! You had a plan and stuck to it Kudo's

[Grizz1219]

Time to go play with woods birds now though, I'll be out there Thursday I think... That's where I truly love to hunt them.. just figured as a field bird, he was seen to many times out there... someone would try to hunt him.. Why not me first day?... Now I'll go play in the woods... LOL  Taking the wife out this Saturday to see if I can put her on some birds... fingers crossed... 

[turkeyfeathers]

Adrenaline rush over the top right there. Congrats !
I agree on the wad hitting him. In pattering different loads I found most lock on cups and wads traveling about 30 yards of a 35-40 yard shot. Way to go grizz


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