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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: GrampasGuns on April 15, 2016, 11:17:51 AM

Title: It took me 5 years and thousands of miles but I did it!!
Post by: GrampasGuns 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!!(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160415%2F376b49598cabd3b12530e04780630341.jpg&hash=fbce7cf916802629dc8e82bab73b267bd82f85a4)

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Post by: Elkrunner on April 15, 2016, 11:21:27 AM: Congrats

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Post by: HUNTaHOLIC5 on April 15, 2016, 11:21:39 AM: Congrats! :tup:
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Post by: Duckslayer89 on April 15, 2016, 11:22:02 AM: Way to keep at it! Never forget the first bird!
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on April 15, 2016, 11:26:11 AM: Congrats on a fine hunt and tom!
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Post by: kevinlisa06 on April 15, 2016, 12:51:13 PM: Congratulations!
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG 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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Post by: Jester052 on April 15, 2016, 01:12:44 PM: Congrats on your first bird!
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Post by: zike 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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Post by: carpsniperg2 on April 15, 2016, 02:41:36 PM: grats :IBCOOL:
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Post by: h2ofowlr on April 15, 2016, 02:50:59 PM: Nice one!
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Post by: jeffro 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.
Salvaged 4 out of 5.
No camo, no calling.
No outdoor experience, just good eats
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Post by: Tree Killer on April 15, 2016, 04:25:50 PM: Good job on your first! :tup:
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Post by: cbond3318 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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Post by: rosscrazyelk on April 15, 2016, 05:22:16 PM: Congrats to you. ..
Now go get another. Lol
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Post by: Mark251 on April 15, 2016, 05:50:03 PM: Way to go! Congratulations :tup:
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Post by: TheSkyBuster on April 15, 2016, 06:32:20 PM: :tup:
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Post by: sakoshooter on April 15, 2016, 10:03:43 PM: Way to go
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Post by: RB on April 15, 2016, 10:33:22 PM: Right on! :tup:
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Post by: GrampasGuns on April 16, 2016, 12:44:25 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160416%2F3dd112bf2d943b5d5b8bbb20f309652e.jpg&hash=a130515036f8d1e6141251fca7327a70b20d92cd)(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160416%2F8cd00b5a0518ce7754cebd6930632ae4.jpg&hash=ef5441a915ecc52cb362626a81d3e6c3e6f3c56d)

Here's a couple more pics now that I'm back home. What a day, and to think the whole thing lasted about 10 minutes. Was heading to my blind, gobbles came out of the valley below me. I let a few aggressive yelps and my bird and another tom came over the going nuts, I never made it to the blind, sat down and the madness began. I dont think ive ever been so geeked, would like to know how high my heart rate got, I was shakin.So much fun!

Thanks for all the kind words and happy hunting!

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Post by: boneaddict on April 16, 2016, 01:59:31 PM: Congratulations!
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Post by: bearpaw on April 16, 2016, 02:38:38 PM: you are so hooked, congrats :tup:
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Post by: SkookumHntr on April 16, 2016, 03:29:09 PM: Congrats man! Nice bird!!
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Post by: Kit Carson on April 16, 2016, 07:46:17 PM: :tup:
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Post by: Big game archer on April 16, 2016, 07:47:57 PM: Nice tom!!!
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Post by: pope on April 16, 2016, 08:02:40 PM: That's a great bird. And you earned it. Persevere! :tup:
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Post by: Mfowl on April 16, 2016, 08:34:51 PM: Congrats! Great bird. It took me 5 years to seal the deal on my first as well. I promise the next ones will be no less exciting!
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Post by: porcupine on April 16, 2016, 09:35:50 PM: Congrats.
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Post by: tgomez on April 16, 2016, 09:41:02 PM: Quote from: bearpaw on April 16, 2016, 02:38:38 PM
you are so hooked, congrats :tup:
:yeah:, many more to come!
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Post by: seth30 on April 16, 2016, 10:00:40 PM: Congrats :tup:
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Post by: Wenatcheejay on April 17, 2016, 08:00:22 PM: Congrats

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Post by: PA BEN on April 17, 2016, 08:04:36 PM: :tup: