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04-26-2008 | 02:15 PM

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Wood Duck Wizard

Joined: Mar 2008

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From: Ontario Canada

RE: Pictures of your harvest

Well
after all those days of scouting and hoping that the Winter was not too tough on the birds, my season is over already..
Drake and I returned to the blind this morning and were treated to lots of coyote howling and turkey gobbling at dawn. We had a strutter on the way to us when no less than 6 hens

flew down in front of him and carried him off to his duties..
After hearing silence for about an hour I heard a tom fire up in the woods about 200 yds from us he was shock gobbling to a crow and after a while he was joined by 2 other gobblers. I took his temperature and he was hot with double gobbling and and shock gobbling to crows, our calls and the other gobblers. The stand off lasted for about 40 mins before he finally broke and started towards us.. Drake saw him for a brief moment before he went behind a large bush and after what seemed like forever he walked out into a clearing about 90 yds from us. He was looking around for the hot hens that Drake and I were trying to sound like. Finally he looked up the path we were set up on and the strut show started!! He would take a step strut then take another step. It took him about 10 mins to close within 25 yds but Drake could not get a shot due to his angle of approach. He started to get nervous and turned to walk away when Drake told me to shoot him since he couldn't get on him and he said that he wanted me to get him. I had to hold on him for quite awhile since he was moving around behind several trees. Drake told me afterwards that my leg was shaking his whole chair while I was waiting for a clear shot..!!!Finaaly he presented a shot at about 30 yds and he was down @ 8:00. Turkey season 2008 done!!! Way too fast but lots of Fun.
He was a good bird.. Stats 22.5 lbs - spurs 7/8 both and 8 1/2 Beard.

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