Tagged out in Iowa

[zubba]

Itook this guy Sunday morning. I seen him strutted out with 3 hens about 200 yards away to my right. I then had a hen come in to my decoys from my left. She milled around the decoys and was yelping & clucking...so I put my call down and let her do the dirty work. She called enough to get the Tom & 3 hens to start working their way over, then she started going out to meet them. They met up about 100 yards away. So I picked up my call and started doing some softclucks and purrs. Sure enough, the group of hens started coming in and he followed behind them. Had them all within 30 yards, but he wouldn't break strut. After the hens milled around the decoys for a couple minutes, they started to loose interest in my foam decoys....lol. Since the Tom wouldn't break strut, I hade to take himat 27 yards when he was in half strut. 23 lbs, 8" beard, 3/4" spurs. Tagged out in Iowa. Good luck to anyone still chasing birds.

[wis_rifle_hunter]

thats one heck of a bird man. congrats and nice job. are you going to mount him?

[zubba]

are you going to mount him?

I might keep him around in the freezer to mess around with later this summer. But I still have some deer I have to get finished from last hunting season, a couple coons, a pheasant, a coyote, and coyote rug. That mixed with my full time job and summer projects, I don't know how much time I'll have before deer season starts back up.

I see your from Platteville...just a quick 20 minute drive if you ever need any award winning taxidermy done...lol.

[jepcho]

Congrats man. I'm all done in Iowa too. Took one the saturday of 2nd season and another the first saturday of 4th. What part of the state you hunting? I normally hunt way down south but couldn't make it down there this year due to my newborn baby and the wife not being fully recovered. So this year I was clear up north in the north central part of the state. The Mitchell/Floyd county area.

[Western MA Hunter]

Great bird... congrats...

[leadoperator]

Great bird! Congrats!

[nick_bleuer76]

Great, bird! Speaking of Iowa, me and my bro have taken 4 Iowa birds so far, this is one hell of a state!

[zubba]

What part of the state you hunting?

I hunt the northeast corner of the state. Dubuque & Jackson County

[jepcho]

Thats good area man. I've been to alamakee county before and that was amazing territory. So are you a taxidermist then?

[zubba]

So are you a taxidermist then?

Yep. Mostly specialize in Whitetails, but do other mammals as well. My website if interested is www.drop-tine-taxidermy.com