#4 comes by way of Tennessee

Got up to the club this morning and it was a foggy son of a gun. Took me about 50 minutes to make to 30 minute drive because I couldnt see anything. At 6:14 I heard a bird about as far as you can hear one off of the property, it was dead still and I know about where he was at because of the donkey carrying on near him and he was close to a mile the way the crow flies. He gobbled 3 times on the limb and that was all I heard at daylight. I walked and owled, cut, tried it all and didn't hear a peep. I finally decided to head back toward the truck and walk through some pines and just set up on a big hardwood ridge and just call every now and then and see if they would ever sound off. It is still foggy as all get out and about 7:30 when I get to the edge of the pines and let out about a 6 note yelp and get a response at about 250 yards off the edge of the ridge. I set down right there and knee my gun. I hit him again and he sounds farther away. I give him a few minutes and hit im again and he cuts me off and closer. About 5 minutes goes by and he gobbles on his own and closer so I cut him off. He hits me again and in about 1 minute I can hear him drumming and getting close just over the crest of the ridge. I saw a white head go by a hole and thought he had already passed me on the lip of the ridge, but I am pretty sure it was the jake I have been getting all of the pics of with him all spring that I just about shot. I give him another soft yelp expecting a gobble from the right and he hammers to the left where he had been but this time he comes at me and into the same hole the jake had just passed. I can see a full fan and see him gobble so as soon as he cranes that neck again I let the Nitro train loose on him. He fell dead and didn't do anything but the turtle on it's back air kicks. He is a big bird and I could tell from the trail cam pics that he had a good rope and good spurs. He weighed in at 22# on the nose, had a 10.5" beard, and 1 1/4" spurs. I don't think I have another gobbler on the place, but I will be back tomorrow to check and see.

right where he fell




Thick as I have ever seem coming out of his breast.


Turkey porn


The call I made this week that ended his life. 2 reed Ghost

Him and his little buddy

looks like a nice one...good job

Congrats dude... Me and the wife were covered up by them this morning but she has a few family members that don't like me hunting on the family farm and they purposely bumped 7 big ol gobblers off us about 15 minutes after fly down. Went to another farm and called in 2 jakes but I wasn't going to shoot those, ill be back after them after lunch.

Congrats

Congrats killa!!

Congrats!

sounds like someone needs hit with a stick a few times to make them stay on the porch.

Uuuummm, I would be shooting some relatives if I drove all the way up there with intentions of killing a turkey and some jackleg intentionally messed with me like that.
Sorry for the hijack....congrats on number 4 Yekrut!

YEP!

Yep I think unintentionally hi jacked 2 threads..

Congrats again Brandon

Very nice gobbler,congrats!!

congrats

Congrats! Sounds like a fun hunt. I like the before and after pics.

Grats man!

Congrats

I don't care at all, I probably do it all the time to others and don't think about it. Hijack away on anything of mine.

"purposely bumped 7 big ol gobblers off us" I guess I would purposely kick their ass and see how that went. But that's just me.

Congrats yekrut!

Congrats!

Congrats Yekrut. That's a stud bird.

NICE!!!

Well looks like you found at least one bird. I told you last night that you would bust his beak. Good job!

Congrats!!

Yep, but now I don't have another bird to hunt I am pretty sure. I told you if that sucker would gobble I would kill him too. Them suckers don't stands a chance on that place.

Congrats!



Shane

Nice job again Turk! Maybe some of your luck will rub off on me tomorrow!

Good luck, if you need some help over that way just let me know. I got a feeling tomorrow will be my last day in tn this year.

Congrats again! A turkey doesn't have a chance with you after him. I finally killed one yesterday, and was reading this post at noon and just about to reply when I heard a turkey gobble near the camp. I took off after him and chased him for 2 hours, but couldn't get him away from the hens.

Stay on em preacher, it is just a letter of time before you start punching tags. When are you heading to tn? Since you have to come right by my house you ought to stop by on your way up or down.

Good turkey congrats. I'd say that jake will die on day one next season if he is the only mature bird on the place next year. Two year olds that think they are men don't last very long when they get around turkey killers.

Congrats

I just hope he makes it to breed any hens that might be left. I am pretty sure the bird I killed today is the one bird I left last year that kept property line jumping me and I could never keep him on my property long enough to kill. Bad mistake taking up shop was center the place this year though. Keep your eyes and ears open, I am looking for another place somewhere in tn still.

Good bird, you bring the pain too em

Congrats again dude!

Congrats!

Congrats yekrut! Love the trail cam pics. CD.

Dang son I think you need to put on a seminar for us no bird killing idiots!!!!!

Let me paraphrase his seminar.
Go where there are turkeys, call said turkeys, and shoot them in there face.

That's what hes doing. You can also add crawling, limb launching, and the finer points of a bushwhacking from other un named guest speakers.