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best stories
#2096285
04/24/17 03:44 AM
04/24/17 03:44 AM
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Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191 Opelika, Alabama
RacksnSpurs
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3 point
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3 point
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191
Opelika, Alabama
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lets hear the best turkey hunting story you have had all year
"The old man used to say that the best part of hunting was the thinking of going, and the talking about it after you go back."
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Re: best stories
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#2096469
04/24/17 06:24 AM
04/24/17 06:24 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,108 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,108
Sylacauga, AL
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lets hear the best turkey hunting story you have had all year I found 4 different turkeys that were alone and lonely for a hen, and all 4 were dead within 30 minutes of fly down. I haven't had many years like that; it was just good luck. I attribute it to the fact that I roll around like a dog in the blood and feathers after killing one. Yekrut taught me that powerful jinx preventative. Also, I have hunted in the same shirt and pants all season and wouldn't dream of washing them. The little things add up. I spent 2 hours on the other one, but I've gotten old enough that I prefer the easy ones that don't leave you with much of a story.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: best stories
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#2096477
04/24/17 06:30 AM
04/24/17 06:30 AM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,783 Owens Xrds
AUwrestler
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 2,783
Owens Xrds
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This year. It was being in the blind with my daughter for her first hunts ever. The morning my dad killed his first, my daughter stepped out the blind to potty and as she did she had a loud fart. When she farted a turkey gobbled behind us. Eventually killed that bird or his friend.
I believe that this is a practical world and that I can count only on what I earn. Therefore I believe in work, hard work. -George Petrie (1945)
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Re: best stories
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#2096538
04/24/17 07:39 AM
04/24/17 07:39 AM
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Joined: May 2015
Posts: 1,050 Jackson County
NEbamahunter
6 point
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6 point
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 1,050
Jackson County
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lets hear the best turkey hunting story you have had all year I found 4 different turkeys that were alone and lonely for a hen, and all 4 were dead within 30 minutes of fly down. I haven't had many years like that; it was just good luck. I attribute it to the fact that I roll around like a dog in the blood and feathers after killing one. Yekrut taught me that powerful jinx preventative. Also, I have hunted in the same shirt and pants all season and wouldn't dream of washing them. The little things add up. I spent 2 hours on the other one, but I've gotten old enough that I prefer the easy ones that don't leave you with much of a story. That truly is amazing! I can count on one hand (one finger specifically) how many I have killed off the roost in the last 5 yrs that didn't have at least a cpl hens with it... can still count on one hand (2 times) how many I killed within 30min of flydown.
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Re: best stories
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#2096646
04/24/17 09:51 AM
04/24/17 09:51 AM
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,860 AL
Gobble4me757
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,860
AL
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Killing "Houdini" made my year...posted the story before but i called the bird up both times I hunted the property last year (kid missed and I missed)...this year the first time I hunted it, I called 3 times over 2.5 hours and killed him at 35 yards...same bird because I checked old trail cam pics and all
2017 Team Aldeer Turkey Contest Champion 2018 Team Aldeer Turkey Contest Champion
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Re: best stories
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2096884
04/24/17 02:39 PM
04/24/17 02:39 PM
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Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 5,588 Lee County, Alabama
dBmV
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 5,588
Lee County, Alabama
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I already posted mine. First bird I ever killed, it was pretty quick after setting up on him, but a great show for the first time. The best story is the one I killed Saturday posted under "he made me work for it". I had to use stategy and woodsmanship to take that bird on. It was also the first kill using a box call, arthritis was giving my right hand fits. I'm just hoping there will be lots of good stories to come.
What you do today, you have to sleep with tonight.
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Re: best stories
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04/25/17 03:06 AM
04/25/17 03:06 AM
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Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191 Opelika, Alabama
RacksnSpurs
OP
3 point
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OP
3 point
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191
Opelika, Alabama
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Good stories boys I wish i had some to share:(
"The old man used to say that the best part of hunting was the thinking of going, and the talking about it after you go back."
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Re: best stories
[Re: RacksnSpurs]
#2097539
04/25/17 09:08 AM
04/25/17 09:08 AM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 42,142 UR 6
top cat
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 42,142
UR 6
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I stopped being mad at them a few years ago. Haven't been in three years.
LUCK:::; When presistence, dedication, perspiration and preparation meet up with opportunity!!! - - - - - - - -A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jeferson - - - - - - - -
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#2098782
04/26/17 03:07 PM
04/26/17 03:07 PM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,169 Tuscaloosa, Ralph,Fosters
Turkeyboy
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6 point
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 1,169
Tuscaloosa, Ralph,Fosters
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Killed two older birds with nice Spurs and beards that never gobbled, came in strutting at least. Killed two 2 year olds, one gobbled 5-6 times and one gobbled about 40 times, watched him come across a beautiful hardwood hollow then he disappeared behind some stuff and reappeared on the side of hill to my hard left. I managed to twist around when he went behind some brush but I got off the tree . When I shot AC870s 935 MB flipped me over and down the hill in a little ditch! When the old man got up I couldn't see him, but he was there. Winchester LB XR no5s kilt him dead dead at 18 steps. Have to say I liked the goblin bird the most.
The Earth is Gods footstool
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#2100034
04/27/17 05:32 PM
04/27/17 05:32 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910
Clanton, AL
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I've actually missed TWO this year at 10 and 15 yards. That's a first for me, and I can't believe preacher didn't share his jinx preventative with me. I'll definitely try that, if I don't miss the next one.
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05/08/17 09:56 AM
05/08/17 09:56 AM
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Joined: Jul 2016
Posts: 7 Alabama
EllisWyatt
spike
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Alabama
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Here’s the story of my first successful turkey hunt. I’ve never hunted turkey much, but I’ve recently caught the bug. Though I was only able to go out twice this year, the first time was a charm for me this season. I’m sure I made every rookie mistake in the book, and I have a feeling that luck and low-intelligence birds were both factors.
In order to avoid oversleeping and arriving late, I decided to camp out under the stars at my listening spot. I camped out at this location in March and woke up to a turkey gobbling his head off for an hour and a half. No such luck this time though.
I was awake and alert by 5:45, and attempted an owl call around 6:00. Nothing answered, but not long thereafter, I heard a gobble in the distance toward the NE. I was hoping to hear one closer, so I checked nearby pastures. I sat in one for a bit and put out my decoys. I tried to call one up using my slate call. Nothing answered me, but by 6:20 I had heard the distant gobbler a few more times and I also heard a hen that was answering him located in the same direction. I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to coerce him to come to me instead of her, so at about 6:30, I packed up my gun and decoys and starting walking in his direction, without a good idea of how far away he was.
I knew that he was no closer than the Bridge Cut, which is a half-mile from campsite and 500 yards from where I was sitting in the catch pen pasture. As I approached the pasture, I wasn’t as careful as I should have been and I was halfway across the old south bridge before I realized a hen 20 yards into the pasture was staring at me. I froze and waited for a few minutes until she put her head back down and started eating again. Though I knew I had already spooked her. I dropped low and slowly moved back across the bridge. This creek is deep with steep banks. Visibility across the creek was low because of trees and brush on both sides, so I could no longer see the hen or what else may have been with her. I crawled down into the creek and slowly up the other side, and though I tried to be quiet I was noisier than I wanted. When I crested the top of the creek bank I immediately saw two gobblers puffed up and looking in my direction. I had clearly spooked them as well with my noise. My position was not good because I had climbed up the creek at their exact location and they were staring at me. I had to go back down into the creek and climb up in a new location. This time I was about 5 yards east of the bridge. I could now see there were two hens and two toms all about 10 yards into the pasture north of the wood-line. They were all about 60 yards from me through some thick brush.
At this point, I had been able to get in a kneeling position but I had no shot and no way of moving without being seen. All four turkeys were looking in my direction and knew that something was amiss. In fact, the hens quickly started for the wood-line near the location I initially climbed up, but one of the toms ran to cut them off. I don’t know if he was trying to protect them or if he just didn’t want them to leave. All four were no longer eating; they appeared to be wanting to get to cover. Luckily for me, they started walking the wood-line in my direction instead of toward safety. When I thought that I was blocked from their view, I raised my gun to shooting position. But the lead tom saw me move and turned to run the other way. I thought I was done, but I again got lucky. The other three continued to walk toward me. There was an opening in the brush about 10 yards to my left (West) and the three were heading right for it. When they got there, they stood together so that I couldn’t get a clean shot on the tom. But after about 10 seconds both hens moved leaving the tom and I took the shot. He was down at about 7:15 am. He weighed 20 pounds and had 7/8 in spurs and a 9.5 inch beard.
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[Re: EllisWyatt]
#2109609
05/08/17 10:10 PM
05/08/17 10:10 PM
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Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,259 Clayton, AL
BC_Reb
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,259
Clayton, AL
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Here’s the story of my first successful turkey hunt. I’ve never hunted turkey much, but I’ve recently caught the bug. Though I was only able to go out twice this year, the first time was a charm for me this season. I’m sure I made every rookie mistake in the book, and I have a feeling that luck and low-intelligence birds were both factors.
In order to avoid oversleeping and arriving late, I decided to camp out under the stars at my listening spot. I camped out at this location in March and woke up to a turkey gobbling his head off for an hour and a half. No such luck this time though.
I was awake and alert by 5:45, and attempted an owl call around 6:00. Nothing answered, but not long thereafter, I heard a gobble in the distance toward the NE. I was hoping to hear one closer, so I checked nearby pastures. I sat in one for a bit and put out my decoys. I tried to call one up using my slate call. Nothing answered me, but by 6:20 I had heard the distant gobbler a few more times and I also heard a hen that was answering him located in the same direction. I knew that I wasn’t going to be able to coerce him to come to me instead of her, so at about 6:30, I packed up my gun and decoys and starting walking in his direction, without a good idea of how far away he was.
I knew that he was no closer than the Bridge Cut, which is a half-mile from campsite and 500 yards from where I was sitting in the catch pen pasture. As I approached the pasture, I wasn’t as careful as I should have been and I was halfway across the old south bridge before I realized a hen 20 yards into the pasture was staring at me. I froze and waited for a few minutes until she put her head back down and started eating again. Though I knew I had already spooked her. I dropped low and slowly moved back across the bridge. This creek is deep with steep banks. Visibility across the creek was low because of trees and brush on both sides, so I could no longer see the hen or what else may have been with her. I crawled down into the creek and slowly up the other side, and though I tried to be quiet I was noisier than I wanted. When I crested the top of the creek bank I immediately saw two gobblers puffed up and looking in my direction. I had clearly spooked them as well with my noise. My position was not good because I had climbed up the creek at their exact location and they were staring at me. I had to go back down into the creek and climb up in a new location. This time I was about 5 yards east of the bridge. I could now see there were two hens and two toms all about 10 yards into the pasture north of the wood-line. They were all about 60 yards from me through some thick brush.
At this point, I had been able to get in a kneeling position but I had no shot and no way of moving without being seen. All four turkeys were looking in my direction and knew that something was amiss. In fact, the hens quickly started for the wood-line near the location I initially climbed up, but one of the toms ran to cut them off. I don’t know if he was trying to protect them or if he just didn’t want them to leave. All four were no longer eating; they appeared to be wanting to get to cover. Luckily for me, they started walking the wood-line in my direction instead of toward safety. When I thought that I was blocked from their view, I raised my gun to shooting position. But the lead tom saw me move and turned to run the other way. I thought I was done, but I again got lucky. The other three continued to walk toward me. There was an opening in the brush about 10 yards to my left (West) and the three were heading right for it. When they got there, they stood together so that I couldn’t get a clean shot on the tom. But after about 10 seconds both hens moved leaving the tom and I took the shot. He was down at about 7:15 am. He weighed 20 pounds and had 7/8 in spurs and a 9.5 inch beard. Awesome story man! You seem to be a heck of a woodsman to keep your bearing through the chaos!! I wouldn't wash my camo after that hunt!
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#2109789
05/09/17 04:25 AM
05/09/17 04:25 AM
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Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191 Opelika, Alabama
RacksnSpurs
OP
3 point
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OP
3 point
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 191
Opelika, Alabama
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Heck of a hunt man! I have one more go at it this weekend!
"The old man used to say that the best part of hunting was the thinking of going, and the talking about it after you go back."
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