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Offline GrampasGuns

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It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« on: April 15, 2016, 11:17:51 AM »
Shot my first tom this morning. Came in Strutting and putting on the whole show. I've hunted HARD for turkeys the last 5 seasons and always came up short, missed chances, hung up birds, anything that could possibly go wrong always did. It all paid off today tho!!

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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2016, 11:21:27 AM »
Congrats


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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2016, 11:21:39 AM »
Congrats!  :tup:
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2016, 11:22:02 AM »
Way to keep at it! Never forget the first bird!
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2016, 11:26:11 AM »
Congrats on a fine hunt and tom! 
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2016, 12:51:13 PM »
Congratulations!
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2016, 01:06:51 PM »
Congrats!  I hunted solo unsuccessfully for two seasons before killing my first tom in 1992.  I remember that one more vividly than many of the others.
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2016, 01:12:44 PM »
Congrats on your first bird!
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2016, 01:57:37 PM »
I have to disagree , I had to think about it to remember the first one.
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2016, 02:41:36 PM »
grats :IBCOOL:
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2016, 02:50:59 PM »
Nice one!
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2016, 03:27:33 PM »
Last summer,  when I went to Bonners Ferry, I got 3 with the truck because they just would get the **** out of the road.
On the way home and traveled through Grand Coulée, got another Tom and a hen.
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2016, 04:25:50 PM »
Good job on your first!   :tup:
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2016, 05:17:53 PM »
Way to stick with it! All the heartache goes out the window once you connect. Good job! :tup:
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Re: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2016, 05:22:16 PM »
Congrats to you. ..
Now go get another.  Lol
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