Mastevt, Congratz man! Nice rig you had set up there.

Jepcho, no shotgun for me. My first turkey will be with a bow, no matter how many years it takes. I want my first one to be with a bow. Lol call me crazy but im fine with eating tag soup year after year. I just want to get one with my bow so bad.

Dan, I think that was the plan for me getting my braces off... Gotta look pretty for the camera. :D I just got back from my appointment and all of those erands me and my mom did. Not to brag or anything but I look pretty good. :D It feels very weird without braces though, considering ive had them on for almost 4 years!

WTG!!!!! Mastevt. That's an awesome bird. Man, I love those spurs. I've got just about the same setup as far as dekes. Older birds just can't stand it. Good job calk'ing to immitate a jake. That's a great call in this situation. He's gonna be tough with all that testosterone you fired up!!! lol

BTW- "Secret Weapon" is the name of my call company.

Dan

Andy- Feels real slippery, rt? but good!!! I wore em for about the same amount of time. Of course you probably had those fancy new clear one's. I had those old metal one's that made you look like a picket fence. lol Congrat's on gettin' them off-enjoy!!

Dan

Thanks, It was a rememorble hunt. May just take my oldest son Brandon out tomorrow, depends if he's all caught up on his school stuff. I'm all tagged out for the year, so I'm done, but still would like to call one in for my boy. So,....your call company? What kind of calls do you make?

thats a great bird mastevt!!!!! hes a big one. congrats and thats a great looking set up there. is that a camo tape wrap or what around the stock??

The stock camo socks were bought at Bass Pro. It's real similar to a wet suit. Turn it inside out, and roll it on the stock. Same with the barrel part. Easily removed to put on another gun if you want. The fan was origanally made for a real jake decoy I made two years ago. To make it more friendly to get in and out of the field I made the fan detachable. However, after several field tests, I found out it was a major pain bringing in the taxied Jake, and a separate fan, with all my other gear. Then trying to find the holes that the fan fits down into in the jake body in the dark. I decided to scrap the jake. I used the original wires that I had glassed into the tail, and installed some broken aluminum arrow shafts with a couple of small hose clamps. Bottom of arrows have field points on them for easier installation in the ground. I can now fold up my dekes and tote in my turkey vest, and carry the fan in an old pizza box to protect it. Much easier! But still a load to bring out when you got a big bird to carry on top of that, and the usuall 1/4 to 1/2 walk back to the truck. Makes one wish he brought along a cold bud just for the occassion. LOL.

great story. Congrats

Season open in MA, seeing toms just can't get them to leave the hens. Lots of jakes to be had but i am holding out for the the big boys as we only get two tags in MA. Found the same in NH last week during youth turkey weekend. Still plenty of time have no fear MA will be there.

Sirtoby (aka ED)

Hey Ed. good to hear from you. You sound pretty confident so I'll be standing by waiting the pic's and stories. Give em hell!!

Dan

going out this afternoon with a buddy of mine. going to be taking the bow out and the video camera. hopefully we can get a couple on the ground