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I spend a lot of time in and around public land, but haven't tried to hunt it much until this year. My private spots have been good enough to suffice. This year, that changed, so I had to branch out to kill a turkey. Went with a friend who is one of the best turkey killers I know. Climbing up and down those ridges ain't no joke, and the extra weight on the way out didn't help, but it was well worth it! ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/0wbnhGY.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/vd4ntim.jpg) It was a tad windy, which seems to be the normal conditions of my hunts this year. We struck a bird up that gobbled his head off and came in on a string. He was dead by 7:45 am. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/uiu4nYK.jpg) He was a heck of a public land bird, with three birds and sharp 1" spurs. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/GQmBkjD.jpg) As we were climbing out from that area, we struck another bird on the ridge of another holler. We set up and that bird was dead within 10 minutes of his first gobble. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/EbRZ7LY.jpg) What a morning in the turkey woods. Lots of cool flowers popping out now too. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/4x5yhlp.jpg) My daughter was excited and loves eating turkeys. ![[Linked Image]](https://i.imgur.com/QToERb3.jpg) This was a day and hunt I'll never forget.
Scientist and Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters and Alabama's Best Fly Fishing
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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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SOA Professional
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That’s awesome man! Congrats!
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Freak of Nature
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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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That was a good one.
Any Public Land bird is an accomplishment with as many people that have started hunting them there lately.
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Booner
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Booner
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Man y’all had a day! Those are the spring mornings we dream of.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4
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 very nice!
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Awesome story and pictures!!!!!
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I hear fried turkey is best with redeye bass. 
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Man that is really, really cool. Good for you. What a day!
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Man, that's awesome!
Great story and excellent pictures as always.
Does anyone know the name of that flower?
I've been seeing them on my place this year.
I ain't fightin nobody that swings around in trees with a running chainsaw like Tarzan. - FurFlyin
Oh I just thought u were a dumba$$ 🤣 my apologies… - jb20
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Awesome! Trying to get my first one too!
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Congrats. That’s a great morning especially on public
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Dances With Weeds
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Does anyone know the name of that flower?
I've been seeing them on my place this year.
Its a wild iris of some kind Congrats on the kills!
Last edited by CNC; 04/11/22 11:14 AM.
"For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his soul?" .....Mark 8:36
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I believe the flower is a dwarf violet iris
Scientist and Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters and Alabama's Best Fly Fishing
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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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Awesome public land bird! Congrats!
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Congratulations man. Looking forward to mine.
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Wow, what a hunt! Congrats!
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Congratulations, awesome day!
Love a good hunting story, love my family and friends. Some people you can't, but acted like do.
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