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Beagle Boy
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This post is thank my buddy Jody.
Jody and I turkey hunt the same piece of dirt. He'd been on some good gobbling birds this spring, and I had been struggling somewhat.
I PMed him yesterday and told him I was headed out for an evening hunt. Two minutes later my phone rang at work, and he tells me to get a piece of paper and a pen... he was going to put me on a place he knew I'd kill a bird. I started not to even go - kind of hated to go and hunt a bird Jody had been fooling with - but I said what the heck. He's nice enough to do that, I'll take him up on the offer.
I get to the area about 5:30, and there's two birds gobbling to crows. For the next hour and 45 minutes I do very little soft calling, clucks & purrs. That joker gets 50 yards from me and is gobbling on and off. I pretty much shut up. He knew just where I was at, but he wasn't going to close the distance.
As he eased off, I was able to move and stay very close to him. He'd gobble at crows, thank goodness. That really helped me to stay close.
Finally, at 7:15 three jakes jump all over this turkey. I hear wing beats and fighting purrs; it was awesome. They chase him by me at 50 yards. He's on a dead run and goes out of sight. Over the next 90 seconds I hear him running in the leaves. He makes a big loop, comes right in my lap and clucks one time... as if to say, "I'm getting my tail whooped by these young birds, let's get outta here...
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That just shows you that gobbler knew where I was at all along.
If it weren't for those jakes, and Jody Hawk, of course, I wouldn't have killed that bird. Kind of funny, watched a jake at 10 yards on Tuesday. My dad said those jakes were paying me back..
He's the biggest gobbler I've ever put on scales, 21 pounds, 9 3/4-inch beard and 1 1/16-inch spurs.
Jody, you're a good friend for doing what you did. I've never had anyone call me up and say go to this exact spot for a bird. You know as much as I do how hard those birds can be to kill.
I thank you my friend, and yes, I owe you a bird.
Proverbs 22:9, "A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor."
Jody and I turkey hunt the same piece of dirt. He'd been on some good gobbling birds this spring, and I had been struggling somewhat.
I PMed him yesterday and told him I was headed out for an evening hunt. Two minutes later my phone rang at work, and he tells me to get a piece of paper and a pen... he was going to put me on a place he knew I'd kill a bird. I started not to even go - kind of hated to go and hunt a bird Jody had been fooling with - but I said what the heck. He's nice enough to do that, I'll take him up on the offer.
I get to the area about 5:30, and there's two birds gobbling to crows. For the next hour and 45 minutes I do very little soft calling, clucks & purrs. That joker gets 50 yards from me and is gobbling on and off. I pretty much shut up. He knew just where I was at, but he wasn't going to close the distance.
As he eased off, I was able to move and stay very close to him. He'd gobble at crows, thank goodness. That really helped me to stay close.
Finally, at 7:15 three jakes jump all over this turkey. I hear wing beats and fighting purrs; it was awesome. They chase him by me at 50 yards. He's on a dead run and goes out of sight. Over the next 90 seconds I hear him running in the leaves. He makes a big loop, comes right in my lap and clucks one time... as if to say, "I'm getting my tail whooped by these young birds, let's get outta here...
"That just shows you that gobbler knew where I was at all along.
If it weren't for those jakes, and Jody Hawk, of course, I wouldn't have killed that bird. Kind of funny, watched a jake at 10 yards on Tuesday. My dad said those jakes were paying me back..
He's the biggest gobbler I've ever put on scales, 21 pounds, 9 3/4-inch beard and 1 1/16-inch spurs.
Jody, you're a good friend for doing what you did. I've never had anyone call me up and say go to this exact spot for a bird. You know as much as I do how hard those birds can be to kill.
I thank you my friend, and yes, I owe you a bird.
Proverbs 22:9, "A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor."
