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Offline HD

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Welp, we got drawn for the season "D" which started today.

I did alot of scouting and glassed a few turkeys to watch their behavior. Placing the blinds up a week before season start, so they could get used to um. Close to the main traffic areas. Thinking that they would be henned up, I bought a Tom decoy to pull dominate gobblers away from the hens. The morning before season, I did one final scout, and had several Tom's talking back to my calling. That night, (last night) there were 2 tom's and several hens on the field close to one of the blind set-ups.

My daughter came home so we could hunt together and left the house at 4:30am to get to the blind. Once there we set the decoys and settled into the blind. After a couple hours of calling now and then, (without any replies) I figured they musta roosted in another area. My daughter soon was taking a nap in the blind when I noticed the group back on the field. Without calling, I raised the tail up and down a few times on the "killer B" decoy, the Tom's broke away from the hens. They made a bee line for our set-up, coming into a 20 yard range. My daughter said that she would take the one on the left, and I, the one on the right. When she squeezed off her shot, I let mine fly.....SCORE!!!! DOUBLE!!!!  :rocker;
« Last Edit: May 05/06/12, 08:51:56 AM by HD »
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 :Clap: Nicely done, congrats!  :happy1:
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 :Clap: :Clap: :Clap: congrats.................left a lot of hens widowers though!!!! :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Way to go Buddy!   ;)
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Welp. Nice work!
Can I put that terrific photo on the website?
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Thanks fellers! It was a blast! Sure you can put it on there Fawk.
« Last Edit: May 05/06/12, 08:44:46 AM by HD »
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Way to go. Nice to have your daughter with you.
On the other hand now your season is done. But is that good or bad?

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I took the time off of work to hunt, but now I'll have time to hit the links and wet a line.  :happy1:
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That is the best thing I have heard of in a long time!
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Thats way too cool!  Congrats to both of ya.
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Thanks fellers! It was a blast! Sure you can put on there Fawk.

You are there.

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Congrats! Great Job!   :fudd: :fudd: :Turkey: :Turkey:

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way to go HD  :happy1:

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Congrats!  I bet that was a treat.
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Thanks again to all you kind folks!

Dennis, it was the greatest, most exciting (and the quickest) turkey hunt of my life!
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The tails & beards are mounted, hanging on the wall.  :happy1:
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nice work and congrats to you both!