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Well we know he's not at Lowndes WMA!  Dr. B Ha, my guess would be Skyline or maybe Choccolocco Y’all thinking Talladega NF? Cause he’s coming over from Georgia every morning. It dang sure ain’t Tuskegee NF
Last edited by jlbuc10; 07/25/18 01:36 PM.
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Well we know he's not at Lowndes WMA! Dr. B Ha, my guess would be Skyline or maybe Choccolocco Y’all thinking Talladega NF? Well Dave lives in Ga, Chubbs is in Alabama. They have to be in the TNF somewhere in east Alabama.
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Day 16 hurt my feelings, and I wasn't even there. Few things worse in the turkey woods than the feeling of having one come running up and sitting himself on the proverbial tee and then not getting to kill him. That hunt was a PRIME example of why hunting, and specifically picking a spot to setup, mountain turkeys can be so frustrating. No matter if you do everything exactly right, he always has a way to beat you over the head with the terrain features all around you. My heart sank (caught myself mumbling "kill him, kill him, kill him!") when that turkey came running up in there, craned that neck, yanked that head back a little to get a better look, and the gun still hadn't gone off. There was zero doubt he had smelled a rat when he didn't see a hen in those wide open woods and that it was game over. That sucked.
Last edited by JUGHEAD; 07/25/18 03:40 PM.
"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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Oh man. That was gut wrenching. I reviewed the tape and the bird stopped just short of where Dave had made all those scratchings and put on his little hen show before he set up. Like Jughead said, I just knew we were about to watch him fold him up when he ran that neck up. Maybe a redemption video is next!
Dr. B
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Aldeer #121
8-3-2000
Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA
2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
2024-2025 Aldeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris
1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
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That was a tough one for sure. I think we all would have maybe set up the same way, or thoughts of maybe a little closer to that lip. But like Dave said, if you did set up closer to the lip all he would do is skirt to the left or right and get behind you and then it's over. Sometimes you do everything right and they just win. I bet that was an old turkey. If he wasn't he sure acted like one. A love sick 2 year old would have come over that hill like something was chasing him and you would have had to shoot in self defense.
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14 point
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That’s definitely sucks when they get that close and no shot, like said before you can’t win em all but I bet they get some redemption
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That last video was how bout 80% of my turkey season went last year I felt the pain.
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it froze over
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That does hurt there. Hurts even worse when you only get to hunt a day or two a week.....maybe
This is Aldeer! The place people come to vent their frustrations and completely change their stance a few minutes later... 
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That last video was how bout 80% of my turkey season went last year I felt the pain. Couple of times last year I set up too close to a bird and ended up being handcuffed. Picking a spot you believe you can kill a bird is definitely an inexact science and sometimes there's not really a "better choice".
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Maybe I've missed it but I've yet to see them use anything but a mouth call.........you don't need to carry a vest full of pots, boxes, strikers, slates, wingbones, and so on.
Dr. B Pretty much what I’ve started doing last 10 years. Lots of fellow hunters I know doing the same.
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That does hurt there. Hurts even worse when you only get to hunt a day or two a week.....maybe I hear ya. I see where your going
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That's how folks get a knot put on their head.
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geez. They handled that better than I would. What a douche.
Dr. B
AKA: “Dr. B”
Aldeer #121
8-3-2000
Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA
2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
2024-2025 Aldeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris
1938-2017
UGA Class of 1960
BS/MS Forestry
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[quote=crenshawco]Which one of y'all bumped their bird? Prolly Southwood😁!! Maybe not, I think he had limited out already
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[quote=crenshawco]Which one of y'all bumped their bird? Prolly Southwood😁!! Maybe not, I think he had limited out already 😂😂😂 I swear it wasn’t me. Like most of us I apply the Golden rule to turkey hunting. I would never even approach another hunter who was working a bird much less tell them I was going to loop around them. That’s so disrespectful.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4
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Wasn’t me, I was in south Alabama that day.
Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
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That could've turned ugly pretty quick!
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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That could've turned ugly pretty quick! No doubt! I have all the respect in the world for y’all that hunt public ground because of what y’all have to put up with and that’s exactly why I only hunt it if our turkeys disappear because my temper wouldn’t work well in those situations!
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