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This past spring I had promised my brother-in-law (pictured here) that I would try to call him in a gobbler. We got in the woods early on the first monday morning after the season opener. We were hunting in a club in Neshoba county. During the previous deer season we had watched several nice gobblers all over the club that we hunt. Knowing where they were roosting, we set up in a great spot that morning. Immediately, we had 5 or more toms gobbling at us from the roost. I just knew this was going to be an easy hunt. At 7:45 a.m. all those toms had hit the ground and took off for parts unknown. I told my brother-in-law that we were moving to another spot. We got settled into another blind that we had made at 8:05 a.m. I started calling and at 8:15 a.m. I heard this tom gobble. I was trying to video the hunt and thought everything was going perfectly. About 5 minutes later, the tom gobbled again in response to my calling and he sounded like he was right on top of us. I had to put the camcorder down so I could position myself lower into the blind. I really thought this bird was going to walk out right beside us. A minute passed and the tom appeared in full strut at the corner of one of our foodplots. The tom immediately saw our jake and hen decoys and made a beeline for the "jake". He bowed up and was trying to knock him over when my brother-in-law, ended the confrontation. I looked at my watch and it was 8:30 on the dot. Boy, you talk about a guy being excited! This was the first time I had called a gobbler in for someone other than myself, and I will always remember it. I just wish I could have gotten all of it on film. There is always next year. Turkey had a 10" beard and 1" spurs. I am not sure of the specifics of the hardware. I know it was a Remington 870 shotgun and he was shooting #4's. |
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