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!!
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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.
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