Got this one this morning. I had 6 long beards come in on me and heard 3 other groups gobbling within a 1/4 mi from me. 19 lbs. 10in. beard 1 in spurs.
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Elm River Hunt Club
Wayne County Illinois
www.illinoisdeerhunters.com
Congratulations on the tom, and man those mushrooms look good!
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"When a hunter is in a tree stand with high moral values and with the proper hunting ethics and richer for the experience, that hunter is 20 feet closer to God" - Fred Bear
I took it with a gun. I only had 5 days to hunt and the first 2 were terrible. I would have tried with a bow if I had drawn a second tag but was unlucky with that. Some guys get 3 and 4 tags and can only kill 2 birds per year. I have only got 1 tag the last 3 years and have tried to get 2. Another screwed up IL way of doing things. Why not just give everyone 2 tags. I am thinking about going to KY. in a week and trying with a bow there. I took a nice gobbler there last year with a bow.
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Elm River Hunt Club
Wayne County Illinois
www.illinoisdeerhunters.com
A really nice Tom was taken on my land over in Richland County this past week. However, it wasn't me because I live 300 miles away and refuse to shell out 200 bucks (or whatever it is) for a non-resident turkey tag. So, aMennonite kid with a muzzleloading shotgun is now eating turkey. Maybe he'll save me a wing[&o]
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"Shoot him again....his soul is still dancing"
Gobbler
