Second Bird Down
 

Killed my second of the season this morning. I first set up on a bird that only gobbled 2 times on the limb. Had drawn him in just over the crest of a hill from a little clearing they love to strut in. I was expecting to see his head any minute. Had my gun up, safety off and....all of a sudden 4 bucks just stampeded through between me and the gobbler like they had been scalded by something. Never seen or heard that bird again. While I was fooling with that bird however I kept hearing two birds gobbling together out a old logging road that ran out of the back of the little clearing I was set up on. So I went out it and got as close as I dared; set up and started calling. They would gobble sporadically but not really hot. They eventually kept moving further and further off. Finally I hadn't heard them for a while so i picked up my Lynch box call and worked it pretty loud. A bird thundered out to my right about 70 to 80 yards away. I got ready and waited. I was scared to make a move to get a slate or box so I yelped to him on a Double D mouth yelper (yes I'm trying to use one this year) and he gobbled way closer and directly in front of me. In just a minute I saw him moving fast from left to right. When he passed an opening at 25 steps I nailed him with a load of Hevi-13's. Tale of the tape 17lbs 15oz, 1 inch spurs both sides, 10 inch beard.

Awesome!! Sounds like a cool hunt!!! Congratulations on number two!!

Congrats! Damn you have 2 down and I can't start till April 14th! I am rearing to go. Nice pic. Good luck rest of the season!

Sounds like you had a great time. Got a few weeks left till I head out to western Nebraska to chase them.

Great story and great turkey. Congrats on your second turkey your on a roll

Great story Todd, and congrats on #2! Can't wait until I put #2 down myself! Gods luck, get some more.

getting it done! congrats!

Congrats on bird # 2 !! I still have until the end of April to hunt them.. But it helps to get the blood going..

congrats...

Nice one for sure,good job ridding the world of Thunder Chickens and making our woods safe to enter.