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Bird #2 DOWN!
#2473165
04/30/18 08:45 AM
04/30/18 08:45 AM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 20,173
Northport, AL
GomerPyle
OP
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 20,173
Northport, AL
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Figured one last [short] hunt before work on the last day of the season. Same spot where I killed the jake yesterday. I'd heard a bird gobble there last week but never could get on him, and yesterday I thought I heard him gobble on the roost but couldn't be certain, but I figured that was as good a spot to try as any. Did a fly down and a little light clucking and yelping but didn't hear anything else for a bit. Then with no warning, a bird lets out a gobble probably 40yds away over my right shoulder (thank goodness I'm a lefty) and I about pee'd on myself. I was about 10yds in the woods on one side of a road, and he was just inside the treeline on the other side of the road. I could see movement but couldn't really get a good look at him. He took about 5 more steps and stuck his head up in a picture-perfect hole in the brush and I pulled the trigger. Never heard him flopping or anything and was worried I missed. As soon as I shot I took off running, jumped through the briars and underbrush in the tree line and found him laying there. About the time I got to him he twitched a wing so I got a boot on his neck. He flopped and beat me for about 30 seconds and it was game over! I know y'all told me once I got the first one out of the way, the rest would come easier, but dang I didn't realize it'd be this soon after!!! Just under 16# 9" beard 3/4" spurs ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/fIJCPAm.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/26AWCzB.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/UUCY8ZR.jpg)
Last edited by GomerPyle; 04/30/18 08:49 AM.
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars
2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement
3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Bird #2 DOWN!
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2473175
04/30/18 08:52 AM
04/30/18 08:52 AM
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Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 10,656
Central, Al
Bustinbeards
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 10,656
Central, Al
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Congrats Gomer! Glad you got that monkey off your back!
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.
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Re: Bird #2 DOWN!
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2473181
04/30/18 08:57 AM
04/30/18 08:57 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,784
Huntsville
JUGHEAD
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,784
Huntsville
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Dang right brother! Congrats again!!! With all of the lessons you have learned over these years, and now that you have the monkey gone.....it is ON! Tickled to death for you brother!!! 
"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
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Re: Bird #2 DOWN!
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2473192
04/30/18 09:04 AM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,968
Opelika, AL
AU_trout_bum
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,968
Opelika, AL
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Funny how quickly it starts happening after the first. Congrats, dude! I know you've earned 'em!
Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters
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"I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly
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Re: Bird #2 DOWN!
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2473206
04/30/18 09:15 AM
04/30/18 09:15 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 8,404
Atoler
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 8,404
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Re: Bird #2 DOWN!
[Re: GomerPyle]
#2473238
04/30/18 09:43 AM
04/30/18 09:43 AM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,751
Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,751
Montgomery
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Insert Scott Cochran clip here!! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!!!! So proud for u man!!
Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. B”
Aldeer #121
8-3-2000
Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA
Member of Team 10 Point
2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris
1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
LTJG, USNR
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