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Old 05-02-2004 | 04:33 AM
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Well one of the gang members watched this bird roost on the side of a mountain at the edge of public grounds. He made a phone call and Scrapper and I were off early for the walk back in, as a guess of where the bird made roosted , we sat at a spot and had a smoke and waited out first light and gobble.

Well low and behold , the bird was roosted about 45-50 yards straight in front of us, so we slowly moved back and setup. The bird gobbled about 50 times and we sat still and waited him out. I had a feeling that he was going to land not far out from the seup ,as being roosted on the side of a mountain , he's going to fly into the hill side to land.

Well did I call that right , I could see him getting ready to pitch out so I was sitting ready to grab the gun form my lap as soon as he did. He came off the branch at 6:01 am and glide right into my range just over the edge from me, I fastly lifted the gun and pointed it and yelped a total of 4 times and Up came the head. The bird was died at 6:02 .

Too be honest that is the fastest Turkey hunt I have ever had....BT



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Old 05-02-2004 | 05:39 AM
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atta boy!

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Old 05-02-2004 | 05:45 AM
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Nice call on the setup, I like the pic too.
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Old 05-02-2004 | 05:58 AM
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Awesome pic BT,congrats!!what are the stats on that bad boy?
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Old 05-02-2004 | 08:36 AM
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Way to go, us PA boys are whuppin up on 'em!

Wish I could see the pic!

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Old 05-02-2004 | 09:10 AM
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sounds like an exciting hunt...reminds me of the last hunt i was on ....thanks for sharing [8D]
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Old 05-02-2004 | 09:34 AM
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Way to go BT...post us a pic of that turk,and I dont mean Scrapper!!!
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Old 05-02-2004 | 03:57 PM
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excellent hunt, congrats
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Old 05-02-2004 | 07:01 PM
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Short 'n' sweet, good job

BTW, thats gotta be the best turkey pic I've seen!
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Old 05-02-2004 | 07:37 PM
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Don't ya love it when a plan comes together....some of us had to work our fannies off!

ps, all I see is a red X....can't see the pic?
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