Velvet
by Mbrock. 04/28/24 09:16 PM
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#2 Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh@t!......
#2073997
03/30/17 05:27 AM
03/30/17 05:27 AM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,978
South of 20/North of 10
North40R
OP
14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,978
South of 20/North of 10
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Got set up on a bird this morning and as soon as I have him a tree yelp he flew to within 30 yards of me and landed in a small gas line. It was still so dark I couldn't see good enough to shoot and I was literally shocked. Our turkeys NEVER fly down this early. The turkey disappeared on me as quick as I got a good look at him. After a couple minutes I find him again on the other side of the gas line and I can only see glimpses. A hen yelps behind me and he gobbled so I'm sitting pretty. I'm between him and his girls. As I'm watching him work his way back into the gas line I catch movement to my left and cut my eyes over to see 2 more longbeards not 30 steps from me in open swamp. They must've been coming to the other gobbler but hadn't gobbled and I never heard them fly down. I cut my eyes back to the original gobbler and he's still got maybe 10 yards to come before he gets back into the open so I decide to shoot one of the newcomers. I look back over at them and when they both get behind a big pine I swing my gun on them but before I got all the way around one pops out and goes alert. I see the second gobbler pop out on the other side of the tree and he's got a rope so I line up on him and fire! The turkey just runs a couple steps and goes airborne. I'm too confused to even snap another shot. 40 yards with Lb #5's should've mutilated that bird. As I jump up I here wings crash up the gas line so I ease out into it and a gobbler comes flying down the gas gas line right over me. I'm still dazed by the bird I shot that magically flew off. I start easing up toward where I heard the commotion and about 120 yards from where I shot him at there lays my bird stone dead in the gas line! I've never found a bird that I shot that flew off but thank the good Lord for today ending like it did. 10 3/4" beard and 1" spurs.  How in the world did this sucker even flop? Much less fly away!... 
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: #2 Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh@t!......
[Re: North40R]
#2074033
03/30/17 06:00 AM
03/30/17 06:00 AM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 9,977
Hampton Cove
foldemup
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 9,977
Hampton Cove
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I thought you loaded up some TSS? Congrats on #2!
If you want to always win, never play anyone better than you!
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Re: #2 Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh@t!......
[Re: North40R]
#2074054
03/30/17 06:28 AM
03/30/17 06:28 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,104
Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,104
Sylacauga, AL
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Congrats! Stuff like that seldom happens with tss.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: #2 Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh@t!......
[Re: North40R]
#2074094
03/30/17 07:16 AM
03/30/17 07:16 AM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,231
Central Alabama
Yelp softly
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,231
Central Alabama
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That is wild. Congrats. I've looked for a few that flew off, but never found one dead.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
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Re: #2 Y'all ain't gonna believe this sh@t!......
[Re: North40R]
#2074232
03/30/17 10:30 AM
03/30/17 10:30 AM
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Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 5,509
Luverne
tbest3
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 5,509
Luverne
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Now maybe I can even up with you this weekend.
