Shortest turkey season yet!

Well, it was here and gone before I knew it. I was out the door by 4:15 and home before 7:00. I believe this gobbler may have been bumped off his roost by another hunter adjacent to me. His loss my gain. He came out on the field and gave me a ten minute show of strutting and gobbling before cautiously approaching my lone hen decoy and then it was #5’s in the face all before 6 am I wanted to use my b-mobile and give a report on it’s worth but the early morning gusts had me a little worried how it would hold in place. He went 21lbs. 10 1/4″ beard and hair over 1″ spurs.

Congrats on a nice bird! I had a similar hunt in that my season was over before I knew it! Months of getting ready for the big hunt and bam…it’s all over in a half an hour! Way to go!

Congrats on a nice bird! I had a similar hunt in that my season was over before I knew it! Months of getting ready for the big hunt and bam…it’s all over in a half an hour! Way to go!

Congrats Bigtime!! A real dandy of a bird and an even better picture!

Congrats Bigtime!! A real dandy of a bird and an even better picture!

Congrats Randy …nice bird.

Congrats Randy …nice bird.

Very nice!

Very nice!

That picture looks awfully familiar… did i take that?? j/k BTW, thanks for the wakeup call. wish i would have been with knowing you would get one right away. Congrats and get ready for a early phone call yourself. the “Gobbler”

That picture looks awfully familiar… did i take that?? j/k BTW, thanks for the wakeup call. wish i would have been with knowing you would get one right away. Congrats and get ready for a early phone call yourself. the “Gobbler”

Excellent.

Excellent.

awesome, coppertop! a lot of hunts are doggin, chasin and maneuverin but its quite the rush when the first setup works as planned.
i beat my earliest kill record sunday. the tom flew down at 5:25 – sunrise was 5:55 – he gobbled and strutted on a ridge in a pasture for 5 minutes, a hen showed up and started to lead him away, so i hit him with some cuts, he spun around and charged in and i dropped him at 15 yards at 5:40 a.m.

awesome, coppertop! a lot of hunts are doggin, chasin and maneuverin but its quite the rush when the first setup works as planned.
i beat my earliest kill record sunday. the tom flew down at 5:25 – sunrise was 5:55 – he gobbled and strutted on a ridge in a pasture for 5 minutes, a hen showed up and started to lead him away, so i hit him with some cuts, he spun around and charged in and i dropped him at 15 yards at 5:40 a.m.

Way to go Coppertop! It’s great when they come off the roost and hit the decoy just like they are supposed to.

Way to go Coppertop! It’s great when they come off the roost and hit the decoy just like they are supposed to.