Finally...after a 4 year dry spell
Got one this morning! I slept right through my alarm clock so I was nearly an hour late getting to the field. It was getting light so I didn't want to risk going to the spot where I had put a gobbler to bed the night before. Instead, I went to the nearest corner of the farm I was hunting, hoping by chance one would be roosting nearby. About 15 minutes later there were 3 toms gobbling from way across the farm,near where I would have been had I gotten to the field on time. It took over an hour and a half of sweet talkingto make one of themdecide to make the trip to visit me from so far away.
Get this. He hung up at 47 yards way off to my right. I'm right handed and I was nervous about moving too much if I tried to reposition well enough to get a good shot. So, I slowy moved my gun to the right until I ran out of left arm to hold the forearm of my gun.What next? You do what you have to do. I learned that you can shoot a bird at a pretty good distance one handed! I'll chalk some of my success up to my red-dot sight. I doubt I could have aimed as well one-handed with out it.
20.74lbs
11/16" spurs
9 5/8" beard