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Title: #2 down
Post by: markTNhunter on April 13, 2011, 08:27:57 PM
slow start this morning temperatures were in the low 40's turkeys werent sayin a word finaly about 10:00 the sun started to warm things up and we heard 2 distant gobbles and man did we have a walk gettn to em off a big ridge down a big holler and up another finaly slip with in 75 yards of one of em got set and called to this bird for an hour and a half he was back and fourth an old logging road blowing the tree tops out gobbling just never could pull him to us he went silent wandered off,so we backed out and went back to the truck.we drove a couple miles up the road walk about 200 yards out an old logging road struck one under the hill got set had ole doug with me again double team calling 2 minutes he was on us shot him 25 yards.

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Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: markTNhunter on April 13, 2011, 08:29:39 PM
20 lbs 6 oz  10 in. beard
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: FinsnFur on April 13, 2011, 09:26:14 PM
NNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnice! :yoyo:
How many birds you allowed?  Man it's like Thanksgiving every day :laf:
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: iahntr on April 13, 2011, 10:15:14 PM
Another beauty !  :congrats:
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: KySongDog on April 13, 2011, 10:18:37 PM
Nice one!    :congrats:

I wonder if the 10 am bird got with hens and then went silent.   :wo:
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: markTNhunter on April 13, 2011, 11:06:35 PM
Semp that more than likly what happen we sit there an hour after he hushed and we heard a hen yelping every once in awhile,i killed this one about 1:00 he was all alone took about 2 min. after we sit to call him up.

JIM you can take 4 birds in Tennessee
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: HaMeR on April 14, 2011, 07:03:11 PM
Monday is fast approaching now & I'll be out there trying again!! Congratulations on a nother fine bird!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: Ol joe on April 15, 2011, 12:30:31 PM
nice bird! wtg!
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: shaddragger on April 17, 2011, 09:53:47 PM
 :yoyo: Sweet!!
Title: Re: #2 down
Post by: lacie23 on April 23, 2011, 03:04:31 PM
Good job !!