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Redemption! (pic added)
#121583
04/22/11 11:52 AM
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Matt Brock
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Matt Brock
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I have hunted my behind off all year, and the only two shots I fired, until today, were both on opening day. As bad as I hate to fess up, yes I missed TWO on the opener.
You'd think with 2.5 weeks of vacation one could kill a bird. Well, it didn't happen, until today. I saw three birds yesterday evening at 7:15 and knew they wouldn't go far. I knew the ridge they usually roosted on when they left the field. I set out my trusty hen decoy before daylight this morning and did a flydown.....nothing. Yelped a while, nothing. I picked up my junk and commenced to walking about 2 miles round trip, looking for a bird.....nothing. I came home at 9:30 and fixed myself a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwhich. By 10 am I was headed back out. I went to the same field I saw the three birds on yesterday evening and decided to wait it out. I didn't wait but an hour, and by 11:15 I downed my first bird of the year, with the new Heavy Shot Magnum Blends at 46 yards. They ate his lunch. I'm thrilled with their performance out of my gun. They hold tight real well.
No pics yet, but he had 7/8" spur on right, 15/16" on left, 9.5" beard, and didn't weigh him.
Here's where the redemption comes in...........I'm pretty certain he's one of the birds that either I or my dad missed or knocked down. He had several swollen knots on that old head that had healed up.....and they contained shot. It's been a great Good Friday!
Last edited by Matt Brock; 04/23/11 08:19 AM.
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Re: Redemption!
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04/22/11 11:57 AM
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Hartselle Al.
n2deer
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Congrats Matt, good luck the rest of the year.
Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.
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Re: Redemption!
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04/22/11 10:05 PM
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MTeague
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14 point
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Posts: 7,688
Falkville
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congrats
Last edited by MTeague; 04/22/11 10:06 PM.
I had much rather be tried by twelve than carried to my grave by six!!!!
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Re: Redemption!
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04/23/11 05:52 AM
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Matt Brock
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Matt Brock
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Finally figured out how to get pics off the phone and onto the computer. 
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Re: Redemption!
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04/25/11 07:51 AM
04/25/11 07:51 AM
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Chelsea, Al
HOWTON21
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Well look at this. Turns out you could do it on your own. Congrats!
Last edited by HOWTON21; 04/25/11 07:52 AM.
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Re: Redemption!
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04/25/11 08:11 PM
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Matt Brock
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Matt Brock
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Well look at this. Turns out you could do it on your own. Congrats! Yeah, well it took long enough. 
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Re: Redemption! (pic added)
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04/19/21 05:20 AM
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bham
crocker
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Re: Redemption!
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04/19/21 08:47 AM
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BhamFred
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shitforbrains is posting ten year old threads......
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Redemption!
[Re: Anonymous]
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04/19/21 10:11 AM
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Earth
TDog93
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Booner
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^^^^^
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congrats MBrock
Been tuff here also - working my butt off for some new spots - ain’t had many opportunities
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self
We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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