tag team tom pics and story added

  • lick
    Posts: 6443
    May 20, 2009 at 1:27 pm #210962

    me and the mrs tag teamed a tom this am will post more after work

    ok ive been hunting these turkeys for about 5 days now with the cat and mouse game going strong today we won set the blind mon after work had to wait a bit for a tom to leave the field never a bad thing today me and the mrs got there 445 awful quiet about 530 some gobbled off a ways then 2 hens come out and make there way across the field in front of us about 40 yards out i was pretty happy with my blind placement so we sat and waited about 6 2 toms show up and follow where the hens went but just a bit farther out then one wanders in to 43 yards the mrs has a 20 gauge remington 870 and has got them before at that range so i gave her the green light and yelped softly he picks up his head and boom she shoots and he goes straight up in the air and flys towards us she tells me her gun jammed so i drop to one knee and try to catch up with him and fire down he goes (but you can tell in the pic i didnt catch up with him ) i know its kinda a boring hunt without calling and chasing but its a different sense of pride to win the cat and mouse game finally

    dont worry that pic wont win the photo contest for sure

    weight 22.9

    beard 10.25

    spurs 3/4

    SteveHuettl
    South Metro
    Posts: 224
    May 20, 2009 at 2:13 pm #51889

    Sweet!

    I’m excited to hear the birds are still motivated. I will be hunting in WI this Friday-Sunday for the last 3 days of the season…should be interesting!

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    May 20, 2009 at 2:21 pm #51892

    I’ll be chasing again Friday and then taking a budy of mine Saturday and Sunday! Hey gut, you must not have any birds left on your place! Looking forward to the pics!

    kevinbrantner
    West Central Wisconsin
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    May 20, 2009 at 3:33 pm #51896

    Good job! Sounds like you didn’t even spend enough time out there to get loaded down with ticks!

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    May 20, 2009 at 4:49 pm #51898

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    Hey gut, you must not have any birds left on your place!

    the ones that are still around are pretty smart or pretty lucky i have 8 farms to hunt and could have more with these late seasons its pretty easy to get permission as far as pics they are ugly story is boring only called once to get him to put his head up

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    May 20, 2009 at 4:50 pm #51899

    Quote:

    Sweet!

    I’m excited to hear the birds are still motivated. I will be hunting in WI this Friday-Sunday for the last 3 days of the season…should be interesting!

    sorry to wreck it for ya these birds were ones i have worked on a pattern for the last 2 weeks finally got one to make a mistake only called once to get him to put his head up

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    May 20, 2009 at 6:04 pm #51907

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    Good job! Sounds like you didn’t even spend enough time out there to get loaded down with ticks!

    612 he hit the ground actually im out in the field so very few ticks at least on this farm

    DANPEARSON
    Central WI
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    May 20, 2009 at 6:08 pm #51908

    congrats on another bird! having a great year. did you use decoy(s) on this one? will be out chasing again starting tomorrow night. I haven’t had any luck this year with decoys, all of them have been running and gunning.

    Dan

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    May 20, 2009 at 6:14 pm #51910

    Quote:

    congrats on another bird! having a great year. did you use decoy(s) on this one? will be out chasing again starting tomorrow night. I haven’t had any luck this year with decoys, all of them have been running and gunning.

    decoys are in the basement ive had no luck with decoys this year

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    May 20, 2009 at 7:12 pm #51912

    The only bird I called in was thanks to B-Mobile. Brought the hen with in 70 yards and the tom broke off from her to kick some tail. The only problem was I wasn’t doing the shooting! But my buddy did harvest his first bird ever!

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
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    May 20, 2009 at 8:36 pm #51922

    Nicely done GUT1!

    Congrats to you both!

    big_g
    Isle, MN
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    May 21, 2009 at 12:01 am #51938

    Nice job gut and dare I say Mrs. gut…. Sorry… it sounded funny in my head and it usually would get me slapped…

    coppertop
    Central MN
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    May 21, 2009 at 3:52 am #51948

    Nice job Gut!

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    May 21, 2009 at 12:54 pm #51955

    Thank goodness the Mrs. slowed him down for you!

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    May 21, 2009 at 4:43 pm #51980

    Good stuff and congrats Pat! You were having better luck than us that day, that’s for sure. We were just sick with toms, but just came short of converting.

    You’re wife’s a sweetheart for claiming her gun jammed so you could shoot it.

    Anymore tags you’re going to fill?

    Joel

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    May 21, 2009 at 6:04 pm #51991

    still have 3 tags as we bought one yesterday when we registered him

    they won the cat and mouse game today flew down but couldnt get em any closer than 65 yards
    2 toms 4 jakes and 4 hens the 2 toms then skirted us and went up in the “bull pen” and gobbled there heads off for 2 hours at everything i would do i even tried the gobble tube they would answer the challenge but wouldnt leave the pasture gonna “tweek” the blind this afternoon patterns are changing a bit as the farmers starting to work the fields were are hunting wish it would have stayed wet for a couple more days

    turk2di
    Western, Ky
    Posts: 58
    May 24, 2009 at 9:38 pm #52034

    Sweet!!

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