JW

I name birds I pass on and I passed on this Jake. His name is Tonto for the one large center tail feather!

(I meant no disrespect to anyone by this name)

He beat the crap out of Elmer. It got so bad I tossed and old box call at him, then a air of gloves, even stuck my head out of the blind window. It wasn't until I actually got out he finally went away. He was so enamored with his new found flock!





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He would gobble great and spit and drum even better!

JW

Wingbone

The guy thinks quite highly of himself. He has some attitude. Sounds like it was a fun hunt.

JW

He was one of two that walked in that morning, each one strutting and all alone. I do think I was at a period the big boy had chased them off. So each was lost to "Now what do I do?" type attitude.

Oldtimr

He won't be so tough when Keemosabee shows up!

JW

Maybe next year OT!

That morning with my daughter we had 3 gobbles behind us. Heard one fly down where we don't know and several gobbles in the distance. About 930 on a leg stretch and lull I spotted the bird I shot on Thursday using a field 3/4 mile away across the valley. Each time we use this area we learn things that allow us to piece together a nice puzzle. This was a tough spot to sit as the vast majority fields are crowned which makes where he was standing higher than where we sit. I'd rather be on level ground or higher than them but I can not.
I think I'll go back and ask the farmer if I can build a few flat ground platforms. That will solve that problem.

JW

jmedenf

I've never named any of the ones I've let walk, but I've named a few I shot. Usually only some of the more memorable hunts get names. My first big tom that weighed at 25 lbs is knows as Big Bubba. A few years ago I shot one behind a farm of cows named Cowboy. Cowboy had triple spurs on each leg and took two hours to convince him to come across the field. I helped my neighbor get his first turkey this year, in fact we double jaked. His jake is dubbed Jake From State Farm.