Got another Big Tom (pic)
04-21-2003, 06:51 PM
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Daphne, AL
Posts: 425
Got another Big Tom (pic)
Wow have I put in the time and dealt with silent gobblers---gobblers that go the other way when I call---and about everything else that can go wrong.
I saw this big boy in a freshly planted field around 8:00 AM this morning with my hunting buddy. We were way back in the woods and tried to close the distance. Suddenly he folded up and trotted off. I felt sure that he could not have seen us. Sure enough---we saw a coyote come into the field. All this after spending almost 2 hours trying to coax two Toms that were gobbling their heads off about 75 yards away. They just would not move!
Anyway, I decided to go back this afternoon about 4:15 PM and look at the planted field. All I saw was a big hen but could not see over the hump. I thought I heard a gobble but was not sure. A few minutes later about 5 other hens came down the middle of the field toward the one I had seen. They were moving at a good clip. About 30 seconds later---there he was---right behind them---moving on along himself.
I got down on my hands and knees and crawled along a fence row until there was a break. I laid up on a bank and peaked into the field. He was 40 steps in front of me in full strut and I had a clear shot. As soon as he put his head up---I let loose. I never made a call. Got him at 4:50 PM!!
19 lbs 12 oz
11 15/16" beard
1 3/16" spurs
I saw this big boy in a freshly planted field around 8:00 AM this morning with my hunting buddy. We were way back in the woods and tried to close the distance. Suddenly he folded up and trotted off. I felt sure that he could not have seen us. Sure enough---we saw a coyote come into the field. All this after spending almost 2 hours trying to coax two Toms that were gobbling their heads off about 75 yards away. They just would not move!
Anyway, I decided to go back this afternoon about 4:15 PM and look at the planted field. All I saw was a big hen but could not see over the hump. I thought I heard a gobble but was not sure. A few minutes later about 5 other hens came down the middle of the field toward the one I had seen. They were moving at a good clip. About 30 seconds later---there he was---right behind them---moving on along himself.
I got down on my hands and knees and crawled along a fence row until there was a break. I laid up on a bank and peaked into the field. He was 40 steps in front of me in full strut and I had a clear shot. As soon as he put his head up---I let loose. I never made a call. Got him at 4:50 PM!!
19 lbs 12 oz
11 15/16" beard
1 3/16" spurs
04-21-2003, 07:01 PM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Whitetail Ridge Iowa
Posts: 949
RE: Got another Big Tom (pic)
Enjoyed the story...good job on a awesome
longbeard
. Nice to hear of a successful
hunt without calling...nothing like a little bit
of woodsmanship to come out on top[:-].
Congradulations!
longbeard
. Nice to hear of a successfulhunt without calling...nothing like a little bit
of woodsmanship to come out on top[:-].
Congradulations!
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Congratulations!
