|
|
|||||||
| Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Search | Today's Posts | Mark Forums Read |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
05-04-2017, 11:39 AM
|
||||
|
||||
Awesome 2017 Season is Over
Had an amazing season.
Started with Tripp's first turkey opening weekend. Opener of youth we had two opportunities to kill, one was a poor setup on my part where he couldn't see the bird and the other was a miss. The following weekend we had an amazing hunt we will both cherish for a lifetime. He is now hooked. Bird strutted in at 17 steps and he performed flawlessly. Flew down and came right to us. I got it all on video.   2 weeks later I struck a bird up in the morning I ended up killing in exactly the same spot. A stud too. 1 3/8" spurs. 11 1/2" beard.  A week later I spent two days doing battle with an old public land warrior. Finally sealed the deal at close range. Another 1 3/8" spur with one broken off. 11 1/2" Beard.    And yesterday I finished up with a sure nuff stud. A bird that had been giving us fits for 3 years. I spent 7 hours with him a week ago only to be left humbled again and again. Yesterday was shaping up to be the same but I forced the issue and pure aggression in tight broke the ole boy. He put on a show at 20 yards gobbling in my face when I finally cut the last gobble short. 4 setups and 900 yards covered in 1.5 hours. My best bird to date and a hunt worthy of my final tag of 2017. 1 5/8" and 1 1/2" spurs and 11" beard.   
__________________
"Luck is where Opportunity meets Preparation" BUT "Sometimes its better to be lucky than good"
|
|
#3
05-04-2017, 11:45 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
"Luck is where Opportunity meets Preparation" BUT "Sometimes its better to be lucky than good"
|
|
#6
05-04-2017, 12:07 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
We killed 4 this season and I know in the pasture they killed at least 3.....
I'd say that's not too bad.........I saw 10 hens 2 gobblers and heard another mid day Sunday.... There are a few left......but not like it was for sure. Of course, I saw 4 birds and heard 7 on my farm one morning.....so who knows where they are.
|
|
#10
05-04-2017, 12:18 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I left 4 gobbling yesterday.
__________________
"Luck is where Opportunity meets Preparation" BUT "Sometimes its better to be lucky than good"
|
|
#13
05-04-2017, 12:22 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
__________________
"Luck is where Opportunity meets Preparation" BUT "Sometimes its better to be lucky than good"
|
|
#14
05-04-2017, 01:12 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Congrats!
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
