Turkeyquest 2013.

[nastygunz]

Well it has been a wild and woolly 2013 wild turkey hunting season. It has been cold, and rained and been some strange weather. I have seen barely any birds out in the fields at all. I have been hunting the weekends with my older brother who is new to the turkey hunting game. He had a nice Tom come up behind him about 10 feet away, and then run behind him and myself at about 15 feet and make his escape. That sure got him fired up! We finally struck pay dirt about 9 o'clock one morning when I saw a big Tom across the top of a field through my monocular. I had my brother get ready and then I started calling on my box call. Shortly I saw the big Tom in full strut and another Tom trailing him in heading down the field towards us and our decoys. The boss Tom came over the crest of the field and saw the hen decoys and went into full strut at which point my brother let loose with his 12 gauge over and under shotgun. The Tom dropped like a rock and my brother had his first turkey, a shade over 20 pounds with a 9 inch beard. I think he may be a turkey addict now! I am still on the hunt for my bird. During the course of the hunt we have seen 3 coyotes, 2 bears, a porcupine, 2 deer, and lots of birds and squirrels:

[coyote101]

Way to go Nasty.  Congratulations to you and your brother. 

Pat

[nastygunz]

Thanks!..back at em this weekend!

[HaMeR]

Congratulations to both of you nasty!!!!!!!!   

[FinsnFur]

I missed this one
Nice work Nasty and bro in tow

[nastygunz]

Thanks guys...came real close Saturday no shot though..did have a bear in front of us and one behind us grazing in the fields...one got to 50 yards and I had to tell him to git..keeps you awake..first time ever had a partridge hop on a stump 30 feet from us and start drumming,pretty awesome!