BilletHead Posted May 9 Posted May 9 Just three days left I almost let the season get past me. Later morning hunt. Worked a field with birds and they left. Picked another hay field. I only had a small site window straight out front. Heard a gobble and a pair of birds followed tight to the tree row towards me. When it appeared it was like in my face. Red dot sight placed at Base of head. That bird didn't even flop around. It was less than ten yards and it blew feathers out another ten yards. You can see in this picture the string of features blown beyond the bird, 17 1/2 pounds, 10 inch beard and 1 1/2 spurs. Jelly neck, Quillback, Ryan Miloshewski, Seth and 2 others 5 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted May 9 Author Posted May 9 1 hour ago, Flysmallie said: ewwwww That is actually a thing of beauty. A quick end to the story. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Flysmallie Posted May 9 Posted May 9 10 minutes ago, BilletHead said: That is actually a thing of beauty. A quick end to the story. True. The first one I ever shot flopped around all over the place. I was only 13 or 14 and my dad and uncle weren’t there to help. It wasn’t a good time.
BilletHead Posted May 9 Author Posted May 9 13 minutes ago, Flysmallie said: True. The first one I ever shot flopped around all over the place. I was only 13 or 14 and my dad and uncle weren’t there to help. It wasn’t a good time. No, it isn't. Been there done that. I have tried to stand on the head. They are powerful birds and those wings flapping around will beat you to death. I have grabbed the legs and got spurred on the wrists. At the same time those wings were again flapping, and I felt like a helicopter getting ready to take flight. Quillback and Seth 1 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Terrierman Posted May 10 Posted May 10 I guess there might have been deader turkeys sometime. But maybe not. It's not hard to miss at that range. Good shot. BilletHead 1
Seth Posted May 13 Posted May 13 Congrats! I love hunting those last few days of season. It seems that the gobblers finally get those hens bread and start moving around again looking for the remaining unbred hens and actually work again. That second week seems to be fairly tough for us most years. My cams had a couple toms show back up last weekend on different farms after not getting anything for nearly two weeks. It didn't matter though since we were already tagged out. With the crop of jakes that we have running around again this year, I'm hopeful that next year is another good one. BilletHead 1
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