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success in whatcom county
« on: April 20, 2009, 12:00:06 PM »
 well after 3 days in lewis county, got on a few birds down there. passed  on 4 jakes , got shot at luckily not hit, but my prettyboy got walloped by some a-hole. i got disgusted and came home to whatcom county. went out this morning and bagged a nice tom 10.5 beard 20lbs 1 inch spurs. after 4 different setups i got a hen fired up and he followed her in. i will haves pics later on. with my eastern down going to try for a merriams.      strut

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2009, 12:01:59 PM »
you got shot at and yout decoy got blasted???   :o  holy smokes...

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2009, 01:15:54 PM »
Congrats on the eastern! :tup: Did you yell at he guy who shot your decoy? what a dumb ass! :beatdeadhorse:
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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2009, 01:19:20 PM »
"but my prettyboy got walloped by some a-hole"  That is damn scary right there!   >:(
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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2009, 01:39:13 PM »
pic added

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2009, 03:11:48 PM »
who ever it was hot footed it out of there in a hurry, when i let out a beller. i even had a orange band on a tree 15 yds to my left. i started using those quite a fews years ago after being shot at by an amish hunter in pennsylvania

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2009, 03:16:02 PM »
Nice bird, terrible photo  ;)
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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2009, 03:41:22 PM »
good old camera phone lol

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2009, 04:06:00 PM »
I was just messing with you, nice bird!!   :chuckle:
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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2009, 04:11:46 PM »
Nice bird! Glad you did not get shot when your decoy got nailed. Scary!!
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2009, 06:10:15 PM »
WOW, people are unruly. Congrats on the eastern.

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Re: success in whatcom county
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2009, 03:14:01 PM »
well im on the 3rd day of my trip over here in ferry county. had a couple close encounters so far.  anyone else score on any easterns yet ?  birds have been answering pretty well but still henned up  here where i at.

 


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