Hey Guys!!! I killed my first turkey!!! Sunday morning - last day of the season @ 7:45 a.m. There is a funny story to this - so bare with me... My wife and I were sitting in the blind, we had done a few soft yelps just after they flew down from the roost. My wife decided she was going to go check out the fields, since it was cool and we knew they would be in the sun trying to get warm. I decided to stay in the blind, just in case anything happened to stroll by. About 5-10 minutes after my wife left the blind, I heard a gobble from behind me. I stayed in the blind about an hour and 1/2 - hadn't seen or heard anything and I was getting cold - so I decided to step out of the blind and stand on a ridge along side of the field. The sun was shining and I wanted to warm up a bit. I pulled up my face mask and decided to smoke a cigarette. After standing there a few minutes... I see a turkey 10 yds from me... I see red, white... OH CHIT, he has a beard! I leaned back behind a tree, raised my 12 ga and blasted him. Much to my amazement, he was a big one! 20 lbs, 1 3/8" spurs and a 12" beard! I had to yell out a celebratory WOO HOO! I see my wife run over the other ridge to the north of me and she was WOO HOO'ing with me. Ok - now for the funny part. My wife had been stalking him the entire time she was out there... for an hour and 1/2! He was in the field gobbling and she was following him on the ridge - he was only about 20 yds from her getting a shot and she stalked him that entire time... I step out along side of the field for 5 minutes, smoke a cigarette and killed her bird. She gave me a good cussing when she saw the size of his spurs and his beard. LOL I took him to the taxidermist on Monday. I'm amazed at how awesome he was for my first turkey ever killed. In a way, he is kind of like both mine and my wife's turkey - she worked him for an hour and 1/2 and I just happened to be at the right place at the exact right time! Ok - here's the pics!








Thanks guys! Charlie - you should be able to get him scored and get us some more points on the board!!!


Shane