Last Day Gobbler
05-25-2009, 09:34 AM
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: PA
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Last Day Gobbler
Today is the last day of the Pa turkey season. I've had a long season, i was lucky because i could hunt just about every morning and i have called in 10 longbeards through out the season but could not close the deal. Then today i had a bird below me gobbling on a gas line but he followed the hens the other way so i went to circle around him. As i was walking through the field i thought i heard a gobble so i made a call and heard a gobble out in front of me towards an old abandoned barn less than a hundred yards away. Lucky for me there were still round bales in the field so got closer to the barn and set behind a round bale. I made another call and heard his gobble alot closer and seconds later i saw him struting about 70 yards away i couldnt see his beard but knew he wasn't a jake because i could see his full fan. I made a few calls and he strutted down by the barn and then started to parallel me which i thought was about 50yds. Then hen was pulling him away so i decided i needed to shoot a soon as he came in the opening i clucked and he put his head up for the last time, i shot and he dropped like a ton of bricks i tagged him a 8:15 am. I stepped it off at 55yds here is a pic of him he is only a two year old 3/4 spurs and a 9 inch beard. I had already passed him a week earlier but he will do just fine for the last day.
