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| Posted: 11 May 2008 11:35 PM | ||
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17lbs 9.5 inch beard 3/4 inch spurs shot it at about 35 to 40 yards It was his first, I am posting pic for him, he can put his own story on it. Turkey was shot in the Gap. __________________ "from my cold dead hands"
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 3:46 AM | ||
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I was hunting on May 10, 2008 in North Jersey. It was getting light, real foggy. I put up my blind and started heading to the field to put up my decoys. I put the first one up and as I stuck the stake in for the second one I heard a gobble across the field through the fog. I ran back to my blind, on the way heard another gobble. Got into the blind set up the chair, grabbed the call, and layed my 1187 across my knees. I purred and made a couple of yelps. Then I stayed quiet for 10 minutes and tried again.
I remembered reading on here that when it is wet and foggy the birds don't gobble much, so I called again and then stayed quiet. About 30 minutes later O heard "funny noises behind me, crap I had to turn. I peaked out of the window, and saw a hens head looking in my direction. She walked to my left a little, made some noise, they stayed still. She then walked back to my right. I skrunched down in my chair staying below the windows, and dropped to one knee. I rested my left elbow on my left knee and peeked up a little, this time I was a beard and a blue head. It was a TOM!! He turned away from me and followed the hen. I put the gun out of the window. He was in my sights, but walking away with his head down. I took the safety off slowly. He walked left to right, left to right, then his head went up and POW!!! She ran off, and he dropped wings flapping. I put the gun on safety and fast walked up to him. He was down. Neck was broke, but mouth was moving open and closed no sound. Yes!!! I forgot my radio that morning to I made call to my buddy who I was hunting with. Hey Dave. what next, do I grab the legs, ring its neck, grab the neck and the legs? he said ah, I don't know never got one. So I saw he was still, I wnet back and packed up my stuff. After about 5 to 10 minutes walked up to the bird, of course gun loaded and when I got to within about 20 yards he flapped his wings, head down, I thought he was taking off, so I shot again.. dumb beginner mistake. I took some feathers off, and skinned the back of his neck. He was dying with the first shot. Found out later what I should have done.. now I know. I met a cool guy up there Rich. He is a hunter instructor, nice guy. We talked for a bit untli my other buddy showed up and we went and checked the bird in. 17lbs 9.5 inch beard 3/4 spurs 35 yard shot. 1187 3.5 inch, rem nitro turkey #5 tight wad turkey choke The bird tasted awsome!!! I am learing to dress the tail feathers, will have picks when its done. Pic1 Pic2 Love it!! I hope to get another next year or in PA with a gun, then I would like to eventually try it with a bow. Hey Dan thanks, I posted it in the wrong room. __________________ "Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the second allows us to do something about it! The second will be taken away first, followed by the first and then the rest of our freedoms."
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 6:04 AM | ||
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 6:51 AM | ||
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Nice story, congrats
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 8:08 AM | ||
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 2:00 PM | ||
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Congrats
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 2:10 PM | ||
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 2:38 PM | ||
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 4:13 PM | ||
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Congrats! The 10th was an awesome day to be in the woods. Birds were talking all day in zone 5 and 2. __________________ Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
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| Posted: 12 May 2008 7:59 PM | ||
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thata boy lou! __________________ Bordentown Deer Club..Tabernacle NJ In The Heart Of The Pines "We Love Our Country...We Love Our Country Nice And Loud"!!!
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| Posted: 16 May 2008 8:17 PM | ||
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Strong work congrats. __________________ Ernrok
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| Posted: 16 May 2008 8:29 PM | ||
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It was very tasty. A couple buddies made a nice meal. The tail I am doing on my own. The middle feather is broke... so I will have to figure something out. I bought the wood mount from Dick's Sporting goods. Borax.. cleaned the feather stems... and put the beard in the shell I used. I will post pics in a couple of weeks when I hope to be finished. __________________ "Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the second allows us to do something about it! The second will be taken away first, followed by the first and then the rest of our freedoms."
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| Posted: 16 May 2008 8:33 PM | ||
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Congrats __________________ F&A Mason
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| Posted: 17 May 2008 2:22 AM | ||
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great job
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| Posted: 18 May 2008 8:41 PM | ||
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nice
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| Posted: 27 May 2008 5:36 PM Last Edited By: lungbuster | ||
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Here are the pics of my first turkey fan (I tried). Again, second shot (not needed) took the tail feather. This is my first mount. I hope it lasts a little. I followed the instruction from the NWTF website and bought the wood from Dicks. I will have a little plate engraved with date time, area, weight, spur length, and beard.
Would have looked better had I not carried it at my waist and not taken the second shot. When I first went over to the bird I couldn't believe how nice the feathers were....were. turkey fan 1 Turkey fan 2 __________________ "Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what's happening, the second allows us to do something about it! The second will be taken away first, followed by the first and then the rest of our freedoms."
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| Posted: 27 May 2008 6:30 PM | ||
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You did a nice job with that. Birds are tough to keep intact
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| Posted: 27 May 2008 6:35 PM | ||
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| Posted: 27 May 2008 8:37 PM | ||
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Sorry I didn't catch this story sooner. Congrats on your first bird, and welcome to the single minded, totally obsessed, one track minded (at least for 6 weeks) group of insane turkey hunters. Now that you have one under your belt, your quest will be never-ending, but your rewards will also be never-ending.
And by the way, your tail mount looks fantastic, it has lots of character and just begs for a story to be told. Great job lungbuster __________________ Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, Diet Coke in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" - Maxine
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