Man what i day i had i think i went through every emotion a turkey hunter goes through today but not giving up got me my first longbeard. If any of you read my last post (one last hoorah) then you know the trouble i was having with these birds. Well yesturday morning i set up 40 yds from where i bumped them 3 days before. Well it was very quiet morning not one gobble and to beat it all after fly down i could see the birds fly up on top of the ridge! The place where i had hunted the first 2 weeks because they normally flew up there unless i was hunting it seemed. So i was pretty ticked and depressed but decided to stick it out where i was till at least 10am. I then decided to get back on top to where i had been many times this year[:@]. When i got up on top the place looked like a hurricane hit it. Leaves were tore up everywhere! For some reason my gut sd to stay here and hunt the rest of the day so i set my decoy up and started calling. Very first time a gobbler thundered off a ways to my right. So i worked him in to seemed like 40 yds then he just shut up. I know a good 20 mins went by of silence. I thought now what i dont wanna call and mess this up but i dont where he went. So i did a soft purr and man he thundered ! I was on a little knoll and all i saw first was this big fan go up! What a sight! my first gobbler i had even seen in the woods strutting at 20 yds ! [:-] To me this would have been enough but to actually drop him at about 15 yds was a dream come true! What a great season its been for me with the first 2 yrs not even seing a bird to my third seing lots of birds and calling them in. To getting one. I can really see now how beautiful a sport this is. Thanks to everyone on here for your advice you all were with me in spirit yesturday as i scrambled to remember everything i had learned from you guys at the moment of truth. I will get some pics on here very soon Thanks! and God Bless!

Good going Lil E!! Sounds like another recruit for the " Hooked For Life" club. My seasons are over but I' ve always been one to relive the memories from years past quite often. Sounds like a great day in the field...

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Thanks! my bird weighed about 16lbs with a 9inch beard and 2 1/2 inch spurs. I have been trying to upload a pic for you guys but it keeps coming up as this page cannot be displayed. Oh well i' ll keep trying!

so happy to read about your hunt being a good one [8D].....congrats

Congrats LiL E!!!Hooked for life now buddy!!!2 1/2 inch spurs???[][]Pics are in order here,incredible set of hooks!!WOW!

Congrats on the great bird! Glad to see you finally broke the ice......persistence does pay off!

Way to go!! Your very own experience will always be your best teacher!! Congrats on staying put and tuffing it out!! 15 yards is a very close shot for sure!! I guess your hooked now!!

Conrats on a dandy bird,,, I aswell would like to see the Pic' s ,, Them spurs sound great ! I am aswell a spur man ,, but the problem is when ya shoot and they are not what you wanted ,,, its too late to throw him back! ...BT

BT!!!Shoot first talk later kinda guy!!!