Principal got Tyler out of Class and took picture of us together. Thanks.
Monday - April 19th, 2004
17 lb. - 6 oz.
10" beard
1" Spurs
Monday, April 19th -
6:00 a.m. - Gobbler is gobbling on Roost, Hard to locate due to high wind walked to close, busted off of the roost at 40 yards.
7:00 a.m. - Gobbler out in middle of planted corn field, would not respond to calling wind to high at 150 yards.
7:20 a.m. - Gobbler sounded off to the south of my location. Moved to top of hill could see it, and moved to edge of woods in the path I thought it might take along the field just east of it's location at 100 yards.
7:25 a.m. - Set-up a Jake and Hen decoy in the field and moved to location so that decoys are further east of my location. Two Gobblers sounded off to my calling at 80 yards.
7:30 a.m. - Gobblers still sounding off now can see three adult gobblers just over a small ridge to the west and responded to my calling at 60 yards.
7:35 a.m. - Three Gobblers see decoy's and drop tails and start running in my direction followed by three more adult gobblers.
7:40 a.m. - All Six Gobblers strutting in my direction, I push safety off at 40 yards.
7:44 a.m. - All Six Gobblers are now at 10 yards out from my location.
7:45 a.m. - They started to get nervous and dropped tails, BOOOM!!!!! Gobbler on ground, others run off about 30 yards away and watched the one beat the ground with it's wings, and they started gobbling again and then finally they walked away gobbling.