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Hoosier Gobbler DRT !

Old 04-29-2011, 07:11 PM
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season started wednsday and i took 3 days off work.had a plan to set up at my father inlaws place where i had been seeing birds every day in the field.what i didn't know was my bro inlaw was also gonna be there.not really a problem since there is over 200 acres to hunt.guess where he set up ? between the roosted birds and me !!! i was 300 yds down the field from roost when he shot twice....and missed. went running/gunning the rest of the day and all i could find were jakes. thursday morning went back to same spot.....bro inlaw missed again i repeated day one and came home wore out. today i went to another spot where i had seen all jakes.stopped on the road and crow called and got a gobble back at my buddys cabin.drove on down the road and parked at his gate,jumped out and heard 3 gobblers sound off !
hoofed it closer and got really close to to gobblers on the roost together.one must have spotted me cause he clammed up,but the other kept hammering! i could hear a hen yelping behind him in the woods and prayed he would pitch out into the clearing between me and him [just so happens it was an old tiny CEMETARY !] It was a good place to die !!! he gobbled a few more times and pitch out 15 yrds in front of me,popped his head up high ,took two steps and ran into a face full of custom NITRO[not remington] 4x5x7 hevishot ! these loads are good for 60+ yards and i just about missed him he was so close ! BBD !

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Remington 12 ga.11-87SP Camo,custom 3 inch NITRO 4x5x7 hevishot,Primos Jellyhead .660 choke

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Old 04-30-2011, 09:24 AM
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congratz, how long is that beard?
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Old 04-30-2011, 04:38 PM
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22.5 lbs
12 inch beard
7/8 and 15/16 inch spurs
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Old 05-01-2011, 05:51 AM
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Congrats!!! Man...what a rope!!
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Old 05-01-2011, 04:54 PM
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Way to go dog killer great bird and great story!
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Old 05-02-2011, 02:30 AM
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Great looking bird,what a paintbrush beard. Good job DK,hard hunting does pay off and the proof is before us. Thaks for sharing your hunt with us,good story with a happy ending.
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Old 05-02-2011, 02:57 PM
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Thanks guys!
I got home from work this afternoon and went in my barn.........to discover my cat had pulled the beard from a small container of BORAX and now it is in 3 pieces.
not much damage,just chewed on at the base/gristle. i can fix it if i dip the base in epoxy to hold it together. lucky for my cat that i'm a gentle soul.just really pissed !
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Old 05-03-2011, 04:50 AM
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Nice one.. .now that is a rope!
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