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#1 and first public land gobbler #2073233 03/29/17 09:52 AM 03/29/17 09:52 AM
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 10,645 Past Ol’ man Finley’s plac... Southwood7 OP Booner
Southwood7 OP Booner Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 10,645 Past Ol’ man Finley’s plac...	Boys I am proud of this one so bear with me on the pics and story Thank the Lord for letting me redeem myself after the miss. I've been chasing turkeys for 7 springs and this is my first go around at hunting public land for turkeys. I spent a lot of shoe leather and gas scouting cahaba in February and early march and found a couple of promising spots. Well I've been on birds but after a miss, a couple of butt whoopings, and another hunter driving in on me and scaring a gobbler off I decided to give that spot a rest and try a new one this morning. I heard two birds this morning. One bird gobbled early, I moved on him but he never gobbled enough to get a good bead on him. So I circled back to where I started. At 730 the bird I heard early got cranked up again. I was calling to him and a bird in front of me gobbled. He was coming to me so turned my attention to him. As I was moving to get setup on him I spotted a hen in the road and bailed off the side of the road into a little ditch. Well, that's where I was pinned down for the rest of the hunt. About 35 yards in front of me there was a road that cut to the left. This bird gobbled and strutted to me but he stayed just out of sight on this little road. From 8am until I pulled the trigger at 9am this bird gobbled,spit and drummed in my face and I just couldn't see him. He was above me on the other road with thick briars and saplings between us. He was gobbling so hard it sounded like he was choking at the end of his gobble. After much coaxing and 10 minutes of the silent treatment he finally stepped out in the road, I could only see from his waddles up but that is all I needed. 35 yard shot and 7+ miles round trip walk. He was a hard gobbling 2 year old. 18lb 5oz, 9 7/8 beard and matching 6/8 spurs. The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073236 03/29/17 09:54 AM 03/29/17 09:54 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 26,436 Helena 3 3toe Talking Turkey
3toe Talking Turkey 3 Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 26,436 Helena	Congrats! Pulling the trigger on a public bird is awesome.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073244 03/29/17 10:00 AM 03/29/17 10:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 38,489 N. Bama 257wbymag Boo Boo Head
257wbymag Boo Boo Head Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 38,489 N. Bama	Good job! Well earned bird there. Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073249 03/29/17 10:03 AM 03/29/17 10:03 AM
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 5,017 Marion, Fayette, Lamar, piddli... Lonster 12 point
Lonster 12 point Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 5,017 Marion, Fayette, Lamar, piddli...	Paintbrush beard! Congratulations.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073252 03/29/17 10:06 AM 03/29/17 10:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,057 AL BamaGuitarDude 12 point
BamaGuitarDude 12 point Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,057 AL	congrats dude! ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073255 03/29/17 10:07 AM 03/29/17 10:07 AM
Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,825 North Alabama Hevishot13 14 point
Hevishot13 14 point Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,825 North Alabama	Congrats Matt that's a fine first bird buddy! He's got a thick beard!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073268 03/29/17 10:18 AM 03/29/17 10:18 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,264 Cantonment FL wareagle22 8 point
wareagle22 8 point Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,264 Cantonment FL	Congrats Matt!! Fatal Attraxion Custom Calls

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073277 03/29/17 10:32 AM 03/29/17 10:32 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,861 Montgomery / Luverne crenshawco Booner
crenshawco Booner Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,861 Montgomery / Luverne	Good work Matt, I knew you'd figure them out before long

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073294 03/29/17 10:41 AM 03/29/17 10:41 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,613 Dothan, AL jellyhead11 8 point
jellyhead11 8 point Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,613 Dothan, AL	Congrats man! Way to stick with em If you're too busy to hunt or fish.... You're too busy

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073297 03/29/17 10:42 AM 03/29/17 10:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,916 sj22 14 point
sj22 14 point Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 7,916	Congrats man, when you get one of them hard headed rascals you've done good

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073310 03/29/17 10:52 AM 03/29/17 10:52 AM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 391 FL-AL Z Zbrann 4 point
Zbrann 4 point Z Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 391 FL-AL	Pretty bird and great story.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073314 03/29/17 10:54 AM 03/29/17 10:54 AM
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 8,399 A Atoler 14 point
Atoler 14 point A Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 8,399	Congrats! Cahaba birds are the toughest of any wma I've hunted in Bama or Georgia.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073318 03/29/17 11:03 AM 03/29/17 11:03 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 5,509 Luverne tbest3 12 point
tbest3 12 point Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 5,509 Luverne	Congrats teammate! Been a long time coming for you this season.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073335 03/29/17 11:23 AM 03/29/17 11:23 AM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 217 Alabaster, Al. USA B bulldog 4 point
bulldog 4 point B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 217 Alabaster, Al. USA	Congrats man, Cahaba birds are tough. They have been whooping up on me too this year.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073350 03/29/17 11:43 AM 03/29/17 11:43 AM
Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 867 Pike Road, AL J jdfarm23 6 point
jdfarm23 6 point J Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 867 Pike Road, AL	That's an awesome hunt and a huge accomplishment. You should be proud. Congrats

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073364 03/29/17 11:54 AM 03/29/17 11:54 AM
Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,502 Cullman,AL T turkey_killer 8 point
turkey_killer 8 point T Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,502 Cullman,AL	Nice!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073386 03/29/17 12:22 PM 03/29/17 12:22 PM
Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,569 Jasper M mikewhandley 8 point
mikewhandley 8 point M Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,569 Jasper	Sweet, congrats

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073403 03/29/17 12:38 PM 03/29/17 12:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 23,919 Clarksville, TN /Greenville, ... bill Freak of Nature
bill Freak of Nature Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 23,919 Clarksville, TN /Greenville, ...	Good job! "Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles" - Bauvard

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073423 03/29/17 12:56 PM 03/29/17 12:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 10,599 Central, Al Bustinbeards Booner
Bustinbeards Booner Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 10,599 Central, Al	Congrats Brother! Originally Posted By: Wiley Coyote Well, the way I see it is there's just too many assholes On a good day there's a bunch of assholes in here. On a bad day there's too many assholes in here.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073431 03/29/17 01:03 PM 03/29/17 01:03 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,884 McCalla, Al A albowhntr 8 point
albowhntr 8 point A Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,884 McCalla, Al	Congratulations!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073432 03/29/17 01:06 PM 03/29/17 01:06 PM
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outdoorobsession Unregistered O	Cmon Southy..Cahaba WMA?? Whos kiddin who???!! That road looks just like the one going thru Whildbills sanctuary I thought! So I looked at that meta data bs stuff thing a ma jigger on the photo..Yep, Iphone..Gps coordinaytes.Plotted and yep...Whildbills place from the directions and corrdinates sent by Ole CM! You dang scoundrel you...great job getting one of those PBTs! Betcha when you cut him open youll find him full of crickets! Honestly though great Bird! especially public land! Congrats! Last edited by outdoorobsession; 03/29/17 01:07 PM.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073486 03/29/17 02:00 PM 03/29/17 02:00 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,329 Northeast Florida BamaGrad85 10 point
BamaGrad85 10 point Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,329 Northeast Florida	I came, I saw, so I killed them all......Vern

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Lonster] #2073493 03/29/17 02:07 PM 03/29/17 02:07 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 16,495 Guntersville AC870 Old Mossy Horns
AC870 Old Mossy Horns Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 16,495 Guntersville	Originally Posted By: Lonster Paintbrush beard! Congratulations. Beautiful bird. Congrats! “Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.” On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073495 03/29/17 02:08 PM 03/29/17 02:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,169 Tuscaloosa, Ralph,Fosters Turkeyboy 6 point
Turkeyboy 6 point Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,169 Tuscaloosa, Ralph,Fosters	Like that brush! Congrats The Earth is Gods footstool

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073520 03/29/17 02:55 PM 03/29/17 02:55 PM
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 443 Robertsdale, Al. S seapro19 4 point
seapro19 4 point S Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 443 Robertsdale, Al.	Awesome! Great job! "shoot low boys they're ridin shetland ponys"

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: seapro19] #2073522 03/29/17 02:58 PM 03/29/17 02:58 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 966 Jacksonville,AL alight1983 6 point
alight1983 6 point Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 966 Jacksonville,AL	Nice. Those are hard to come by. The bird possesses a remarkable ability to turn arrogance into hopelessness. Tom Kelly

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073545 03/29/17 03:14 PM 03/29/17 03:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,241 Clayton, AL B BC_Reb 8 point
BC_Reb 8 point B Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 2,241 Clayton, AL	Awesome man!!!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073568 03/29/17 03:25 PM 03/29/17 03:25 PM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 6,778 Alabama 3 3FFarms ALDEER SPONSOR
3FFarms ALDEER SPONSOR 3 Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 6,778 Alabama	I'm proud of you buddy. Not too many people work as hard as you do in the woods. Glad you finally closed the deal on one! However, it should embarrass you that this bird scored higher than your bowling score earlier. Congrats bro! Originally Posted by CNC Ya'll are just overthinking it now

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073570 03/29/17 03:26 PM 03/29/17 03:26 PM
Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,101 Bagley Al. Jmxinc 10 point
Jmxinc 10 point Joined: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,101 Bagley Al.	Your hard work paid off ! Congrats Every day's a gift !

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073612 03/29/17 03:56 PM 03/29/17 03:56 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 5,050 Fayetteville, Tennessee Bamabucks14 12 point
Bamabucks14 12 point Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 5,050 Fayetteville, Tennessee	That's a great story! Congrats! I can't wait to get after them here soon! "Here, take this land mine and protect your property with it." -Ron Swanson

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Bamabucks14] #2073622 03/29/17 04:01 PM 03/29/17 04:01 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 14,304 ArmPit of the south D DeerNutz0U812_ Booner
DeerNutz0U812_ Booner D Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 14,304 ArmPit of the south	Story and Beards... Congrats! Did you know that Beer Nutz are over a Dollar...and Deer Nutz are under a Buck...

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073640 03/29/17 04:18 PM 03/29/17 04:18 PM
Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 928 Bama 2 202P&Y 6 point
202P&Y 6 point 2 Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 928 Bama	Sweet! Proverbs 3:5-6

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073712 03/29/17 05:25 PM 03/29/17 05:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,527 Rainbow City, Al B BatesConst 8 point
BatesConst 8 point B Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,527 Rainbow City, Al	Fine bird.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073715 03/29/17 05:35 PM 03/29/17 05:35 PM
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,803 LASW turkey247 12 point
turkey247 12 point Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 4,803 LASW	Congrats man!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073789 03/30/17 01:14 AM 03/30/17 01:14 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,621 Harpersville, Al. L Leprechaun24 10 point
Leprechaun24 10 point L Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 4,621 Harpersville, Al.	Congrats nice bird

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073813 03/30/17 02:24 AM 03/30/17 02:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 9,868 Mobile, AL A alhawk 14 point
alhawk 14 point A Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 9,868 Mobile, AL	Congratulations

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073897 03/30/17 03:49 AM 03/30/17 03:49 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 289 Celina,Tennessee gobbleman 4 point
gobbleman 4 point Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 289 Celina,Tennessee	Great going,congrats!!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073906 03/30/17 03:59 AM 03/30/17 03:59 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,104 Sylacauga, AL poorcountrypreacher Booner
poorcountrypreacher Booner Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,104 Sylacauga, AL	Congrats! All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073916 03/30/17 04:07 AM 03/30/17 04:07 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 943 Danville, Al J JDawg 6 point
JDawg 6 point J Joined: May 2008 Posts: 943 Danville, Al	congrats

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2073978 03/30/17 05:08 AM 03/30/17 05:08 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 88 Bham, AL H Hamil007 spike
Hamil007 spike H Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 88 Bham, AL	Congrats!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2074064 03/30/17 06:39 AM 03/30/17 06:39 AM
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,244 Central, AL 280Rem. 12 point
280Rem. 12 point Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 5,244 Central, AL	Congrats

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2074100 03/30/17 07:23 AM 03/30/17 07:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,231 Central Alabama Y Yelp softly 10 point
Yelp softly 10 point Y Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,231 Central Alabama	A public land bird in Bama is a good accomplishment. Congrats. "When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand." "YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2074309 03/30/17 12:50 PM 03/30/17 12:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,226 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen James Freak of Nature
James Freak of Nature Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 52,226 Gee's Bend/At The Hog Pen	How many people am i willing to sacrifice for freedom? Everyone. All of them... Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many!

Re: #1 and first public land gobbler [Re: Southwood7] #2074530 03/30/17 03:56 PM 03/30/17 03:56 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,153 Leeds S Smells 8 point
Smells 8 point S Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,153 Leeds	Green with envy I am! Hope to be right behind you! Great job!

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