My son shot his first turkey Easter morning. We heard some in the darkness then set up between them and a field. They flew down but stayed on the ridge behind us. We had 3 hens walk by at 25 feet but the toms wouldn\'t follow. The toms headed up toward the upper field so we headed after them. We were unable to get close so headed toward another tom gobbling a few hundred yards south. we were walking down a trail when I saw his fan over the hill. I immediately dropped to a knee and my son did the same. I told him the tom was 30yds over the hill. I said get your gun ready and sight over the hill and as you stand be ready to shoot the blue head. He slipped up and fired as the tom dropped his fan and prepared to run. The bird dropped instantly. He hit it in the head with a few BBs. The bird had a 1\" and 1 1/8\" spur and a 10.5\" beard.
First Turkey
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elkmtngear
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- Aug 9, 2017
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Really nice bird...Congrats to you guys! :upthumb:
elky McElkerson
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- Mar 13, 2014
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fantastic!! spotting and stalking!
Colorado_Lew
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- Mar 4, 2014
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Congrats to the young man and to dad! What a beard for a first tom!! :upthumb:
Buglemaster
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- Aug 25, 2017
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What a terrific bird! Congrats to both of you! :clap:
Thanks guys... Now its my turn to try to get a bird. I didn\'t get one last year because I was trying to help him get one. Now that he has one I will try for my first tom with a bow. I have arrowed half a dozen hens durring the fall from tree stand while deer hunting but no tom yet. I am sure I could get one with the scattergun but I want the challenge of spot and stalk with a bow. Time to put some still hunting skills to work.
elky McElkerson
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- Mar 13, 2014
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good luck.
we are all so lucky turkey cannot smell well..imagine?!! we would never even see one..hahah.
we are all so lucky turkey cannot smell well..imagine?!! we would never even see one..hahah.
