Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

Called in 3 longbeards down in the swamp this morning and culled this one out of the group. Sure was pretty seeing three of them in full strutt in the early morning fog. Incredibly one of these three birds gobbled at a hoot owl at 5:40 this morning when it was still pitch dark. I couldn't believe it but I sure appreciated him tipping his hand that early in the game. It gave me the chance to get set up pretty close. 17 lbs, 1 1/8 inch spurs and a 10 1/2 inch beard. A 3 inch number 6 Heavy-13 dropped him at 20 steps.

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

dang - excellent - nice hooks

JW

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

Congratulatios. Nice hooks on that bird.

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

Nice bird!! That's a cull bird? Wow

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

thanks for sharing. Congratulations!

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great job!

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

Beautiful bird! Good job.

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

As John Madden would say... "I love seein a big guy score"
Congrats.

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

Cool! Congrats on a great hunt. Thanks for sharing. Are we gonna see more "culls" later in the season?

RE: Alabama Swamp Gobbler Down
 

LOL! Didn't mean to imply this is a poor or "cull" bird. Some of my friends and I simple use the word "cull" interchangably with the word "kill". And yes I plan to cull/kill a few more this season. Heck they haven't even really gotten lonesome and love starved yet like they do in late season down here. They are usually still pretty henned up at this point in the season. So this is a pretty promising start for me. Hope to get my 5 bird limit this year.