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Old 04-16-2008, 11:55 AM
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Thanks Hoyt.A good friend of mine has a ranch hand that looks out for his cattle. This guy was checking fence the other day and flushed a hen off a nest full of eggs. The more those hens go to sit, the lonelier those ol toms will be. I'm hoping that saturday will be a good one.
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Old 04-17-2008, 06:57 AM
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Got up early this morning and went out before work on the property directly behind work. First time out this year...... AND I SCORED!!!!!!!!!!

Story and pics later, I have to get on the road for work. Here's the stats though:

Turkey's Weight: 19.0 lbs. 0 oz.

Spur length Right: 0.875 in. Left: 1.000 in.

Beard length 8.750 in.




Your score is 19 + 8.75 + 10 + 17.5 = 55.25



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Old 04-17-2008, 01:42 PM
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Okay, I'm back and can post pics and the story:

I haven't had a chance to go out since the season opened on the 12th this year. I was out of town but it was cool and rainy anyway. A warm front finally moved in with yesterday being around 70 and today 76. My alarm went off at 4 am and I hit the snooze button twice. The third time I thought to myself that my wife didn't get a lot of sleep the night before because of kids and if I hit this snooze one more time she'd kill me. So I got up. I didn't have a lot of hope for this location. I hadn't heard a single gobbler there last year.But since it's directly behind my work and I have seen turkey there I figured it's better than sleeping in. I got there about 5:45 am and got set up on a field behind the owners house. I set up two feeding hen decoys andbacked up against a tree. As light comes on I do a few soft yelps. Later I simulate a couple fly downs by slapping my leg with my gloved hand. (it's in the 40's at this time of day so I have on felt gloves and didn't have on a ball cap). By 6:40 I still haven't heard the first bird even though two trains have whistled (shock gobble) and I've called as sexy as my limited skill can muster. I look to my right and see a doe watching me. I yelp to her and she can't figure out what I am. I can only see part of her as she's below a rise but I can tell she's not alone. She finally decides I'm not anything good and I see three tails bounding for the woods. A few minutes later I decide to reposition as I'm running out of time before I need to be to work. I decide some more elevation is needed to get my call out into the mountains. I climb a small hill and make a few calls from it's peak. Nothing. I cross the saddle and start up the next hill that marks the back of the property. I'm noticing several scratchings and what looks like hen droppings. I'm also noticing I need to kick my treadmill routine up a notch cause I'm sucking oxygen on this short incline. At the top of this foothill is a fallen tree, about 10 yards short of the crest. I thought I'd sit behind it and do some calling but when I got into position I wasn't satisfied. There was a leaning tree just ahead right on the crest itself allowing me a larger field of view. I moved up to the tree and looked ahead to see a tom in full strut, his head white and blue. He was behind a screen of bushes about 30 yards away. He started moving to my left, maintaining distance. A second bird, also in strut appeared, coming from below the rise. They moved left towards an opening. The first bird entered the opening and then the second. I couldn't tell which was bigger but I could tell they both had decent beards. I didn't have a mouth call in my mouth because I'm not very good at using them so I just used my mouth and tried to make a putt sound to bring them out of strut. They wouldn't do it. The first bird turned it's back to me and the second bird was sideways. I tried two more putts and said "Forget it". My Winchester barked and the second tom dropped in his tracks. Gobblers exploded everywhere. Apparently 5-6 more gobblers were below my line of sight following the two I could see. One landed in a pine about 60 yards tomy right and putted while I walked to my tom, his head still white with dots of red where my pellets had connected.

Here's the picture I took with my phone on the site where I shot him. That blurry barkless tree leaning above his fan tailis where I was when I shot him.


Here I am back in the owner's field.


One more.


Yes, that is a bluetooth headset in my ear. I was using it to call my buddies and tell them I scored. It's not my biggest bird but it's my first mountain bird. I can get two more this year and now it's time to try at them with a bow!
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Old 04-17-2008, 07:33 PM
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Nice bird. I hope to be shooting one on Monday. Good job!
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Old 04-17-2008, 10:14 PM
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Nice bird! congrats sounds like one heck of a morning, i cant wait to get out this weekend and try to get the youngster a bird, then monday its on like donkey kong
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Old 04-18-2008, 11:36 AM
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Great job Talondale. Sorry I didn't see this sooner. I will get it posted ASAP. Also, you might want to post the story and pics over on the photos post.

Again, great job. Team Spurrfect is on the move!
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Old 04-18-2008, 12:46 PM
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We're in second place now guys. Let's connect on some birds this weekend and get back first place!


TEAM #15 Spurr-fect
1 brandon_rundquist 1 72.2500
2 car
3 fenrick
4 HoytUltraTecDrew
5 learningturkeys
6 nick_bleuer76
7 ranchand99 1 69.7500
8 RJPOUTDOORS
9 Talondale 1 55.25
10 webbclan CAPTAIN 1 62.0000
11 oldreloader
11 TOTAL TEAM BIRDS TAKEN 4
Total Points 259.2500 259.2500
Team Rank 23.5682%

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Old 04-18-2008, 02:35 PM
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I'm looking to better my score. I'll be chasing Easterns tomorrow morning. Looks like a workday opportunity for Rios in Southwestern Oklahoma next week on the way back from a business trip.
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Old 04-19-2008, 10:42 AM
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Congrats Talondale!!
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Old 04-21-2008, 06:53 AM
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Thanks Ranch. Any updates anyone? Was hoping someone would have connected this weekend.
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