Well went out and bagged my third gobbler, ending my turkey season pretty early. The morning started out exciting but cold as hell. I had hens yelping pretty aggressively and yelping back at me at a good rate. As every one knows, that drives gobblers nuts. Now the spot I been hunting has been getting pressured pretty good with at least 3 other regulars attempting to get this gobbler with a distinct short gobble. He has eluded me once where he came to about 20 yards behined me. I hunted this place at least 5 times and this morning he tried to do the same thing.... well he did do the same thing by coming into about 15 yards behind me. I could hear him strutting and drumming but cant move at all.
After he moves off, I get several other gobble from behind and this time I called in a couple of jakes and two hens. They hung around me at about 10 yards for about 15 minutes. After the small flock moved off, I started soft calling again and got the attention of another hen. She came in and hung around a bit and off she went. I gave thre yelps on my box call and off in the distance I got a short sharp gobble. I didnt think any thing by it and just sat there giving soft calls here and there. Not 10 minutes after the last gobble, I see a red head pop up out of the brush and out comes the majestic gobbler I been chasing since opening day. he see's my dekes and do a half ass strut and stat to walk off so I get into position as he goes behined a brush and give a sharp cutt to get him to stop. Right as he stops, I fire off a round and down he goes.
Final stat: 11inch beard, 1 1/16 inch spurs, and 21 pounds.
After he moves off, I get several other gobble from behind and this time I called in a couple of jakes and two hens. They hung around me at about 10 yards for about 15 minutes. After the small flock moved off, I started soft calling again and got the attention of another hen. She came in and hung around a bit and off she went. I gave thre yelps on my box call and off in the distance I got a short sharp gobble. I didnt think any thing by it and just sat there giving soft calls here and there. Not 10 minutes after the last gobble, I see a red head pop up out of the brush and out comes the majestic gobbler I been chasing since opening day. he see's my dekes and do a half ass strut and stat to walk off so I get into position as he goes behined a brush and give a sharp cutt to get him to stop. Right as he stops, I fire off a round and down he goes.
Final stat: 11inch beard, 1 1/16 inch spurs, and 21 pounds.
