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Day 1- Called in 6 gobbler and missed twice[:@] because on my rookie brother. My buddy took a nice longbeard.

Day 2- In the rain called in a gobbler and a hen never had a clean shot. Then called in two jakes and took my first double with my brother and his first turkey:D My buddy called one very nice gobbler for another friend filling his tag.

Day 3- Hunted a new ridge and walked about a million miles. Worked two bird only to have one shot by another hunter and the other one clamed up and never seen. Brother had a gobbler within 40 yards and never shot!

Day 4- Took my gobbler by 7am and hunted with my brother the rest of the day. He seen two gobblers but never being able to get a shot.

Day 5- Worked a gobbler off roost for my brother and watched him strut from 80 yards to 20 only to have him start putting. Brother opened fire missing him twice:( Worked up another gobbler but again never getting shot off.

Day 6- Slept in trying to get rid of hang-over put on the night before[8D]

Over all we had a great week in West Virgina:D wish it could last all year. I drove back to NH all night on Saturday and got home just in time to change and head out into the woods. By 7:30am I worked in a what I thought was a longbeard and a jake. Turned out to be two jakes and had a great hunt on them so I decided to take the bigger one of the two. He gobbled all the way in and was strutting and spitting in front of me for a about 20 minutes before I decided to take him. Wasn' t a beard dragger but you' ld never know it the way he made me work. A very nice and memorable hunt:D

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nice story. sounds fun. Good pic to. one looks a little wet tho.



Trc. Merc.

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Welcome back my friend!! Looks like you had yourself a great time!! Nice looking birds as well!!! You might want to edit your post, the last two pic' s didn' t come up because I see a space after the first.;)

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Congrats on a successful hunt;)....I myself am a West Virginia hunter. I' ve busted up a couple of gobblers, but so far....no dice....sounds like u got em all..:D. They' ve been all hened up the past couple of days, maybe I should just stick to deer huntin' [8D]

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Congrats to both of you and nice lookin birds.

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Congrats--sounds like a good time[8D]

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Thanks everyone, it' s good to be back for a while! I have created a new turkey hunter with my brother. He had a blast and can' t wait to do it all over again. He told me me learned a lot hunting in our camp, we told him we' re still learning everytime we enter the woods or work a gobbler. The stats in order of the pics are, 13.5lb (both jakes) as far as the beard goes on those, I know mine was longer lol:D My gobbler was 17.5lb 9.5" beard 3/4" spurs. My NH bird was 15.5lb 5.5" (thick beard!) bumps for spurs.

I' m heading out Friday for VT:D I sure hope things continue to keep working for me. I forgot to post my buddys birds with ours so here' s his gobbler. It was 19.5lb 9" beards and 1" spurs. Our other buddy took a real nice gobbler, 21lb 10.5" beards and 1 1/8" spur on one and 1 1/4" on the other. I don' t have it on my digital but think I' ve got it on my regular camera.

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love the pics and the story:D........congrats to you both:D[8D][:-]

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congrats....looks like you guys did good....good luck on the rest!!

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congrats to the both of you! very nice birds and very nice pics , thanks for sharing them with us!