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Post by Huntnfreak on Apr 30, 2023 11:13:26 GMT -5
I’ll back up a little bit…at the beginning of March I lost one of my spots because a son-in-law wanted to hunt there. Fast forward two weeks ago I received a text saying he wasn’t going to hunt there because he cracked a rib so I was allowed back on. I never had a chance to scout it, but I had an idea of what goes on there. It was a pretty quick hunt…he gobbled on the roost (which I had walked by) and he would answer my light calling. A hen started yelping at me from another direction and next thing I know she’s standing in my decoy spread! She ends up walking 10ft in front of me and I noticed she had a beard. She was clucking and yelping as she walked towards the gobbler. I gave a few more mouth calls and he responded on his way down the field edge. He came in with a jake to about 17 yds. I was softly yelping trying to get him to stick his head up, but they ended up both gobbling at it which was awesome! He finally spun around and I got a shot off!! There’s a link to the hunt. 20lbs. 6oz. 10 1/4” Beard 1” Spurs THP Longbird Measurement was 47” youtu.be/EwlUcw52TTk
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Post by schall53 on Apr 30, 2023 11:33:24 GMT -5
Very nice, congratulations!
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Apr 30, 2023 11:50:17 GMT -5
Congrats and like the addition of the longbird measurement.
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Post by genesis273 on Apr 30, 2023 12:17:13 GMT -5
Congratulations and thanks for sharing!
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Post by HighCotton on Apr 30, 2023 14:30:42 GMT -5
Congratulations Bro! Great bird! And your post reminded me that I need to add some details.
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Post by gumbootbill on Apr 30, 2023 14:49:06 GMT -5
Good job congrats.
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Post by treetop on Apr 30, 2023 16:36:54 GMT -5
Congrats on a fine bird
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Post by featherduster on Apr 30, 2023 16:42:18 GMT -5
Lucky in more ways than one.
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Post by deadeer on Apr 30, 2023 16:47:30 GMT -5
Good going, congrats!
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