Took him on opening morning!
 

Closed out our one bird season this opening morning. I worked two eager gobblers in from some distance and they both strutted right up to my dekes. They gobbled probably 80 times in the half hour it took to get ' em in. :) They passed the spot I wanted to shoot ' em in full strut, side by side. I coulda doubled with one shot but that would be too much and we have a one bird limit! They began to shove my jake deke over and one broke away from the other and I clucked to get his head up out of strut. He popped it up half way and I literally took it off at 7 yards.
AWESOME hunt! I heard lots of gobbling, (all around me), spitting and drumming (a first for me) and saw twin strutters up real close![:-]
I bet heard six gobblers within a quarter mile radius.
Oh yea, 9 5/8" beard, 7/8" spurs--score 54 3/4. My first longbeard.:D

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

COngrats on a fine bird.

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

congrats. on the nice bird.
you got the hard one out of the way.
You Done Did Good !!;):D

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

Sounds great. Can' t wait for my opportunity.

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Way to go Tailfeathers,sounds like it was a great hunt.:D

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

great story, today was the first day of hunting and i was out just to hear all the birds, not hunting, but i could have killed like 3 birds, i love the sound of them old toms, great job, who_else

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

Congrats on the bird .

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

awesome :D:D:Dhow much did he weigh?

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Way to go on your Rio!!!!;)

RE: Took him on opening morning!
 

Well you got your limit early but sounds like you got a pretty good show too. Congratulations.