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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 4,260 Likes: 2
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 4,260 Likes: 2 |
Coleman killed his 3rd gobbler in 3 hunts this morning. He got bumped up to varsity baseball right after youth weekend, so he’s been on a field almost every day since. Went to our first place at daylight and heard a bird way off. We got in the truck and went that way. Made our way to the back of a food plot surrounded by big pines that burned this past September. Beautiful turkey woods BTW. These woods are wide open and we could see a LONG ways. Decided to give Coleman my 12 with the 3.5” Apex TSS. Got 2 to answer us to our left. Then a single answered to our right. We set up on a ridge just off this plot between the 3. All 3 would answer me, but didn’t seem to want to budge. This went on for 20 minutes. We then had a train come through, which tends to shut them up for a while. 5 minutes after the train left the area, I checked them with a cut. The bird to the right had cut the distance in half. I went quiet and after about 2 minutes, he sounds off at about 90 yards just over the next ridge. I then started hearing him drum. Told Coleman to shoulder my gun and get ready. Not long after that, he tops the ridge and goes to gobbling. I ease up the rangefinder and he’s at 80. He stays at this spot gobbling and drumming for 5 minutes. He comes down the ridge a bit, stops, and gobbles. After about a minute of scanning the woods, I see him tuck those wings and turn to leave. I ranged him at 73 and told Coleman to put the sights on his eyeball and shoot. I hear the safety click off and BOOM!!! The Apex TSS rocked his world!! ![[Linked Image from imgur.com]](https://imgur.com/GAxFW3X.jpg) In this pic, we were set up at the top of the hill in the background. He shot the bird on the ridge to the left of where we walked out. ![[Linked Image from imgur.com]](https://imgur.com/zsvPJrv.jpg)
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Joined: Jun 2002
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Joined: Jun 2002
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10 1/8” Beard
1” Spurs
17 Pounds
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Joined: Jun 2021
Posts: 5,635 Likes: 34
Inter Loin Gourmet
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Joined: Jun 2021
Posts: 5,635 Likes: 34 |
Great hunt and good bird!
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Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 10,381 Likes: 150
Glad He Doesn’t Have One
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Glad He Doesn’t Have One
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 10,381 Likes: 150 |
Congratulations. Sounds like he needs to start calling them for you 😂
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,611 Likes: 3
10 point
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,611 Likes: 3 |
Awesome hunt and story sir! Congratulations
"Guess I just got too much Mathews in me!"
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,159 Likes: 6
10 point
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 3,159 Likes: 6 |
Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 4,976 Likes: 39
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 4,976 Likes: 39 |
Love a good hunting story, love my family and friends. Some people you can't, but acted like do.
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8 point
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14 point
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Joined: Mar 2005
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