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GOOD FRIDAY
#2088084
04/14/17 04:34 AM
04/14/17 04:34 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 7,921
sj22
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14 point
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OP
14 point
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Was great! This one did what makes getting up at 4 am worth every minute of sleep I don't get during turkey season. I went to a block of cutover where I killed #2 at earlier this year and got on the highest hill in the middle of it in the dark and at daybreak he gobbled bout 300 yards away in the neighbors beautiful hardwoods. I got where I could see down a rd in the cutover towards where he was and found a little tree to get by, this is clear cut and not much to set up by but I felt like I would be ok because I was above him. He was gobbling his head off at everything, I give him a few clucks and some soft yelps and he gobbled 7-8 times in a row! I waited, few minutes go by and the next time he gobbled he was on the ground, I called and he hammered, I waited and he finally showed up in the cutover. He was strutting and inching my way, he gobbled 3 times at about 60 yards and kept easing my way, when he got to about 25 yards I let him have it! Here's the road he came up  I wish every hunt was as good as this one, he's as pretty a bird as I've ever killed, and the show was amazing, hate that it had to end   
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Re: GOOD FRIDAY
[Re: sj22]
#2088085
04/14/17 04:36 AM
04/14/17 04:36 AM
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Posts: 741
crockrj
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4 point
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Re: GOOD FRIDAY
[Re: crenshawco]
#2088237
04/14/17 06:53 AM
04/14/17 06:53 AM
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Joined: Jan 2014
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sj22
OP
14 point
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OP
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I bet it was pretty watching him come up that road. Congrats! Sure was man
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Re: GOOD FRIDAY
[Re: Hevishot13]
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04/14/17 08:32 AM
04/14/17 08:32 AM
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sj22
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I love those two middle feathers on the fan! Congrats! I think I've asked this before but I wonder what causes that? I've killed several like that but not as far up the feathers as this one. It sure looks good though
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Re: GOOD FRIDAY
[Re: sj22]
#2088328
04/14/17 08:46 AM
04/14/17 08:46 AM
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Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 7,830
North Alabama
Hevishot13
14 point
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14 point
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North Alabama
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I love those two middle feathers on the fan! Congrats! I think I've asked this before but I wonder what causes that? I've killed several like that but not as far up the feathers as this one. It sure looks good though idk but I love it! I killed a bird Sunday that had it but it was only about 1.5 inches long, and the secondary fan covered it. I've never killed one that looks like yours, you lucky dog!
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Re: GOOD FRIDAY
[Re: sj22]
#2088449
04/14/17 12:40 PM
04/14/17 12:40 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,921
Huntsville
buckbrush
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2009
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Huntsville
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I love those two middle feathers on the fan! Congrats! I think I've asked this before but I wonder what causes that? I've killed several like that but not as far up the feathers as this one. It sure looks good though They did a study on some farm birds and found out poor nutrition at the time the birds were developing those specific feathers. When the right nutrients were added back the next set of feathers were normal. I believe the study was done in Mississippi. Congrats on the great bird.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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