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Post by hatchetjack on May 12, 2017 16:28:47 GMT -5
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Post by jjas on May 12, 2017 17:17:09 GMT -5
Congrats!
How much did that big bird weigh?
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Post by Woody Williams on May 12, 2017 18:04:11 GMT -5
Congratulations Jack!!
Tell us your "belly crawl" story?
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Post by hatchetjack on May 12, 2017 18:31:08 GMT -5
21.5 lbs
9.5" beard
7/8" spurs
Got a chance to hunt Atterbury Fish & Wildlife Area this year. I got drawn for last choice this morning and everyone took the spots I had scouted. Ended up in an area I had driven by but not even walked. I had spotted a couple of hen turkeys earlier but never heard a gobble from that area. Got in about 200 yards from the car on a power line and kept hearing a couple of different gobblers on the roost but a long way off. I picked up most of my stuff and started towards the closest one. Crossed a little creek and settled down on the edge of a field and called using 3 different calls. I had a box call that got him out the tree and headed toward me. I used my slate and got him to about 60 yards. He wasn't coming any closer. Try as I might I couldn't get him to move any closer so I went to him crawling about 30 yards and purring with my old push button call. He came in and I shot him at about 25 yards. It was 7:30 AM. Back home by 9:45 AM. I will add that carrying this guy out I was sure he weighed 35 lbs. Turkey hunting is tough on old guys.
Jack
P.S. When I backtrailed myself it looked like my vest had exploded. Found my slate in my crawl/drag marks and my striker had fallen out when I was wrestling the bird so it was on the ground under the birds. My box call was nearly back by the creek and my decoy and turkey seat were a hundred yards back where I started. I gotta lighten the load next year.
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Post by butlerj on May 12, 2017 21:34:24 GMT -5
Way to go! Nice bird!
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Post by featherduster on May 13, 2017 3:12:09 GMT -5
Nice bird and a nice lawn too.
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Post by greghopper on May 13, 2017 4:18:26 GMT -5
Congrats......nice story also!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on May 13, 2017 6:03:20 GMT -5
Way to go Jack! Atterbury isn't an easy place to kill a turkey.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on May 13, 2017 7:13:55 GMT -5
Well done! Sounded like an exciting hunt!
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Post by hatchetjack on May 13, 2017 10:15:12 GMT -5
Way to go Jack! Atterbury isn't an easy place to kill a turkey. Yeah. I think this was the 6th bird taken this year. I heard gobbling everytime I stopped there but only saw 2 gobblers and this was the only one in range. |
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