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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Huntmossberg8 on April 26, 2015, 09:22:51 AM

Title: Second Week Tom
Post by: Huntmossberg8 on April 26, 2015, 09:22:51 AM: First time turkey hunting on four years, but I got a couple days off and made a quick hunt. Birds were scattered and seemed to be pretty content with their hens, but I managed to get a bird and had a great trip.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi116.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo37%2Fbigbucks8%2F2015Merrium_zpsauxhdhdb.jpg&hash=4ec84bdabbb5dcd17b0b93f8d363d18306b0eb1a)
Title: Re: Second Week Tom
Post by: HUNTaHOLIC5 on April 26, 2015, 09:24:52 AM: Nice bird and cool picture! :tup: Were they gobbling much?
Title: Re: Second Week Tom
Post by: Huntmossberg8 on April 26, 2015, 09:34:17 AM: The birds were gobbling quite a bit, but there was some weather moving in while I was there and the birds I was hunting were pretty flocked up with hens and did not have much interest in my sets or decoys. This was the only Tom I got in range, but I heard a lot of birds. This Tom was with 9 hens and it took my entire bag of tricks to get him in.
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on April 26, 2015, 09:41:56 AM: :tup:
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Post by: wannabhntr on April 26, 2015, 09:55:58 AM: That's a great picture. How do you get the fan to stay open that we'll without holding it?
Title: Re: Second Week Tom
Post by: Huntmossberg8 on April 26, 2015, 09:57:43 AM: Witchcraft. :tup: No, actually I took a couple pictures holding it open like normal, but for some reason when I let go it pretty much stayed like that so I snapped a couple pictures. Maybe because it was wet? :dunno:
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Post by: PA BEN on April 26, 2015, 01:51:18 PM: :tup:
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Post by: WaltAlpine on April 26, 2015, 10:44:35 PM: :brew:
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Post by: kisfish on April 26, 2015, 11:23:13 PM: Great pic and congrats to you......... :tup:
Title: Re: Second Week Tom
Post by: RadSav on April 26, 2015, 11:56:11 PM: Quote from: Huntmossberg8 on April 26, 2015, 09:57:43 AM
Witchcraft. :tup: No, actually I took a couple pictures holding it open like normal, but for some reason when I let go it pretty much stayed like that so I snapped a couple pictures. Maybe because it was wet? :dunno:

That is pretty darn cool :tup:

I have a few 8" very lightweight bungee cords. I've wondered if I could grab on tail feather wrap it around the legs and to the opposite feather and get a picture like that. Seeing how nice that picture looks I might have to try that next time. Congratulations on the bird.
Title: Re: Second Week Tom
Post by: caribou creek on April 27, 2015, 07:05:40 AM: Just cut a small stick with a Y on one end open up the fan and put the other end against the bottom tail feather, works great with a little pratice!

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Title: Re: Second Week Tom
Post by: Gobble Doc on April 27, 2015, 11:09:58 AM: :tup:
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Post by: Yelper Guy on April 27, 2015, 02:46:42 PM: Cool pic & bird!