fishingking Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Been watching two toms and a few hens in a field for the last week in the same spot every day and decided to make one last attempt at shooting a bird this season ...saw them in the field around 5 pm so I went home got my camo on and made my way down the railway tracks to where ive been seeing the birds ...they were along the edge of the bush so I snuck out to the edge of a hydro tower and stuck a decoy hen in the ground about 3 ft from the tower and set up about 30 ft from the tower in some short scrub ...made 3 chirps with my mouth call and waited ...15 mins goes by and I was getting anxious to see a bird coming so I stood up almost to get busted as they were walking my way at 50 yrds and closing I dropped to my knee and chirped once more and got a gobble ...in came the tom along with the Jake following...they walked side by side the whole way to my decoy so I had no shot ..as they now have figured out the jig was up the tom started turning away from the slightly less smart Jake and I perched up and nailed him at 30 yrds..tom down! Sorry crappy pic but he flipped into a puddle when I shot him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genec Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Good for you...congrats. i finally gave up...hunted 14 days, and saw 68 turkeys in total, but nothing came close enough for a shot on the bean fields I hunted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingking Posted May 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Ya genec I hunted 2 dozen times with only one chance at a Jake previously...I haven't hunted in 10 days and I actually been keeping a close eye on the pattern of these birds because they weren't responding to calls or even caring about decoys at all because they were with hens...when I arrived to the spot the hens were nowhere to be seen which was the game changer ...(got lucky)..I thought when I couldn't get a shot off because they were walking side by each I wasn't gonna get to shoot but the smarter tom turned away from the unlively decoy and made it clear for the shot and I nailed him 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler0420 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Congrats on the bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Congrats on your tom you just got to love it when a plan comes together very nice bird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishingking Posted May 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunner-2 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 11 hours ago, genec said: Good for you...congrats. i finally gave up...hunted 14 days, and saw 68 turkeys in total, but nothing came close enough for a shot on the bean fields I hunted. I found the birds this year just giving a hard time as i said in my post i would hunt the filed they would stay in the bush i hunt the bush they would go to the field just a big game to them 68 turkeys that a good number of birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verado Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Great bird and story. I definitely will have to try that one season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba14 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Way to get er done FK!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surf and Turf Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Congrats on your bird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Its About Time Posted June 1, 2020 Report Share Posted June 1, 2020 Good job on the bird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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