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Offline PA BEN

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Finally got-er-done
« on: April 27, 2014, 06:07:53 PM »
No gobbles last night, no gobbles this morning, then snow. What a morning, I saw this Tom w/6 super Jakes hunkered down in the snow and work their way to the tember. I went back out around 12:45 when it cleared up. I saw this guy w/Jakes and 2 hens. He wouldn't gobble to calls at all. So I sat at the top of a ridge where I thought he might come through. They didn't come by and still wouldn't gobble to calls. So, I very slowly worked my way down the ridge. I saw something in the trees and look at it with my bino's. It was a tom laying down, couldn't see him all that well and didn't know if it was a Jake or not. I belly crawled pushing my shotgun ahead of me, it was very wet so I did make any noise. After about 75 yds or so I came to a rise and pecked over, nothing, looked over the area w/my binos nothing. I stood up took one step and this Jake got up at 30 yds or so. I froze and made a yelp w/a mouth call. All I could see was movement from several birds, made another call and they started feeding. One Tom came into the open and I saw it was a long beard, I did a loud cut and he stopped and stuck his head up. Bam game over at 50 yds. 2oz of #6, red dote site did the job. I picked 5 or 6 #4's out of him from someone shooting him a while back. 1/4 of his breast and one leg was full of pus, but the wounds were old not from spring.
BTW, the big guy I've been after has his name on tag #2.
 

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Re: Finally got-er-done
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2014, 06:15:39 PM »
That is a nice long beard! Was the snow what was keeping them from gobbling this morning? My partner was calling one in and the minute it started snowing, he went silent.


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Re: Finally got-er-done
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2014, 06:42:30 PM »
Don't know, I didn't hear any gobbles last night or this morning while it was still clear out. Some times they just shut up for a while and one day they are gobbling their heads off.

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Re: Finally got-er-done
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2014, 08:15:06 PM »
Nice work PA!  Good story.  Nice bird.

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Re: Finally got-er-done
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2014, 09:03:59 PM »
Way to get her done PA!

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Re: Finally got-er-done
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2014, 06:51:34 AM »
Nice Work, I figured you'd probably  get him.  That has to be one of your more satisfying hunts.

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Re: Finally got-er-done
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2014, 07:15:58 AM »
Congrats, good for you!

 


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